This is one of the most ambitious and criminally underrated racing games that I have ever played. If you were to tell me that this game was released in 2020 I wouldn't even doubt it.
DiRT 2 is underrated?! That's kinda funny cause I always thought DiRT 2 was beloved by many rally fans that love to play video games... Guess I was on a different mindset. I am very lucky to pick up a DiRT 2 copy 4 years ago for PC behind a thrift store. $3 and still works on my PC today... Damn DiRT 2 age really well with minor fixing!
DiRT 2 for me comes off similarly to NFS Prostreet but off-road. Maybe it's the travelling festival aspect? The kickass soundtrack? The driving and car selection? Or all of the previously mentioned?
DiRT 2 is significantly better than NFS prostreet in every aspect, especially in realism, like jumps, prostreet: oh no one inch from ground i roll and crash DiRT 2: **jumps off a big ramp in LA(last jump before finish marina air)** that was fun!
@@muhammadfaizkhawarizmi4303 first of all, Rally cars are made to withstand jumps. Race cars don't. Lastly, jumps are supposed to be thrilling and fun, if you're using the right suspension. If you're not, they become terrifying instead. While I agree that DiRT 2 is better when it comes to realism than ProStreet, the reasons you explained are simply wrong.
@@muhammadfaizkhawarizmi4303 The cars will only jump if the downforce isn't high enough. Some cars in ProStreet, if tuned properly (their bodyworks) will never jump in any maps, no matter how fast you're going. Also, that map is damn fun lol
DIRT 2 IS PERFECT! AWESOME GAME! The graphics, the gameplay, the soundtrack (omg, the soundtrack!!) The sound of the engines, realism, damage, even the Menus is fucking awesome, you fell like you really are travelling and competing in a rally championship! No doubt is my favourite game of all the time. It blows to pieces a lot of games that are released even in 2020... Dirt 2 and Dirt 3 the best of Codemasters forever!
DiRT 2 is very similar to Skate 2 and Skate IT. This very young take on the game that was starting to be successful with the addition of graffiti, with a game with “underground” style menus, with a slightly yellowish dark screen that reminds a lot of Skate IT mainly. Play both games for you to see. Oh and of course, the event styles of this game are very similar to the NFS Pro Street but Off-Road. These car party is much like I remember the NFS Pro Street ... Undisputed this is the best rally game ever made. *DiRT 2 is legendary*
@@DarkM2212 eh, idk, undergrounds have this cool vibe without the pestering police, if they could pull it off in a mw+underground mix then it would be cool
The game that got me interested in rally genre in videogames, absolutely loving it. Just imagine how it could be enhanced nowadays with better textures, more foliage & grass, and volumetric particles casting & receiving shadows to make it an ultimate DiRT game. To me everything else visually holds up to this date pretty well, not to mention its amazing soundtrack, neat driving physics, beautiful water simulation, excellent car list, DiRT-fest vibes etc. etc. What a gem of a game, indeed.
The trailer was really cool. Souvenirs used to appear after completing certain races, and I think a Christmas tree would appear around Christmastime then disappear after the season was done. The trailer in this and the garage in the original Grid really pulled you into the game.
This is LITTERALY all my childhood man, almost makes me nostalgic from when I was like 8 years old or something lol, Even though I havent played or watched a video of this game for like 4 or 5 years, everything still looks familiar
This year I bought a used DiRT 2 for my PS3, and I did a playthrough several weeks ago. First time I did a playthrough in 2013 on PC, did a 100% back then cos I liked the game that much. So, back to this year, early September, I started to play this game again, and I did a playthrough for the 2nd time, I didn't need a whole day to rush through the campaign from scratch (0%). It wasn't my first time, but I was shocked how good this game was. If I wouldn't have gone to sleep I probably could play the entire career through with a single sitting. After I finished sleeping, I went back to finish the game. :D It was maybe the happiest day in this year. For me, this year was shitty and stressful, but this game compensated me for some bad things. :) Maybe some old folks who used to develop DiRT2 have left Codemasters or some shit musta happened, but the newer DiRT games can't produce this quality. Not by a mile. DiRT3 was fine, but it wasn't as good. Showdown was a little favourite to me for quite some time, but DiRT games which were released afterwards couldn't amaze me somehow. DiRT4 is better than some 2018-2019-2020 racing games, but not too special either. I've seen some DiRT5 trailers, but I'm not hyped at all. :/ I'm not saying it will be bad, but my guess is that I won't like it. Can't be sure until I play it, but I'm not amazed, the trailers can't deliver any worthy interest... Respect for the exceptions, but games nowadays went downhill. I'm not a fanatic gamer anymore, partly because of these reasons.
for me this is one of the best racing games of all time, i ran this in a dual core, fantastic optimization, damage model, sounds, etc. i miss this so much
I remember getting Dirt back O9 when I got my first Gaming console tye PS3, I had some amazing titles like Ratchet and Clank, Little Big Planet and like a billion more games
The only rally game as far as i know, where you could overtake another opponent in a rally stage, as it happens in real life if you are way faster or maybe if someone in front had a crash/problem, and back in the days this feature was my favourite and the one who got me in love with this game, and in 2020, still nobody has this feature, it's quite a shame...
Back then there was only one dirt game at a time, now they can afford to have a simulation hardcore rally game (dirt rally 2.0) and an arcade racer for a more laid back mainly console audience, and i honestly like the dirt showdown style handling in D5. It's not trying to be a 1:1 replica of the older games, it's just trying to preserve their fun and enjoyable aspect.
Feels like nobody knows how to make a great arcade racing game anymore,now it's either full simulation like DiRT Rally 2.0 or extremely simplified physics like DiRT 5. I miss the half term between arcade and simulation we had in Dirt 2/3/GRID/NFS ProStreet
Just finished completing this game 100% and it was so fucking worth it. The attention to detail in this game is insane and this game literally came out a decade ago. This a true example of a game using its engine very well!
Oh man... I wish I could play it again. Wonderful game, the best DiRT!!! Many flashbacks from that game. Especially when I almost cried at Colin McRae's memorial :)
I enjoyed so much Dirt 2, at the time it was mindblowing for me. I liked a lot all categories, trailblazing was really fun, you coul almost feel the more power
Some more you didn't mention: - A sticker of a won event will be displayed in your winner car's interior; - You'll have a souvenir in your RV from every location you've raced in (like for instance that dinosaur from Utah and the London double decker); - This one is more of an assumption but from what I can tell drivers you became friends with will appear next to your car in the main menu; - The environment around your HQ will change in accordance with a country where your previous race was held
I think Richard Burns Rally has that. Also in that game, if you run over the crowds, you retire from the rally and an helicopter comes to rescue the people you just ran over
WHY DOES ALWAYS WHEN I START PLAYING A RANDOM RACING GAME YOU START MAKING VIDEOS ABOUT IT. IT WAS THE SAME WITH PRO STREET AND UNDERGROUND. I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE. I LEGIT CAN'T.
this looks alot better than even Dirt 3 IMHO I really loved Dirt 3 and still play it to this day. But it seems I should get this and give it a shot. I wonder if I could get my G29 working with this game like I did with Dirt 3
I know i am late but yes you can, especially on PC where you can rebind individual controls to whichever input device you want, i just played through DiRT 2 with a T300RS and TH8A Shifter, good times, only thing you can't use in DiRT 2 i found is the clutch pedal, no idea why but it's not a real issue, you can still use either sequential, automatic, or still just use your manual shifter to shift gears.
That's sad that we won't see that kind of damage model in the franchise anymore. I can already see Dirt 5 trying to be better at everything but of course damage will suck, fucking manufactures
This is one of the most ambitious and criminally underrated racing games that I have ever played. If you were to tell me that this game was released in 2020 I wouldn't even doubt it.
How do you get it on pc?
Like where to buy it from
AveryS. You have to have a physical copy of it or buy a really expensive cdkey for it.
Can you see the attention to detail in Midnight club LA
DiRT 2 is underrated?! That's kinda funny cause I always thought DiRT 2 was beloved by many rally fans that love to play video games... Guess I was on a different mindset. I am very lucky to pick up a DiRT 2 copy 4 years ago for PC behind a thrift store. $3 and still works on my PC today... Damn DiRT 2 age really well with minor fixing!
DiRT 2 for me comes off similarly to NFS Prostreet but off-road.
Maybe it's the travelling festival aspect? The kickass soundtrack? The driving and car selection? Or all of the previously mentioned?
The soundtrack is similar, and some songs are either Remixed, original and have appeared on Pro Street and Shift
DiRT 2 is significantly better than NFS prostreet in every aspect, especially in realism, like jumps,
prostreet: oh no one inch from ground i roll and crash
DiRT 2: **jumps off a big ramp in LA(last jump before finish marina air)** that was fun!
@@muhammadfaizkhawarizmi4303 first of all, Rally cars are made to withstand jumps. Race cars don't.
Lastly, jumps are supposed to be thrilling and fun, if you're using the right suspension. If you're not, they become terrifying instead.
While I agree that DiRT 2 is better when it comes to realism than ProStreet, the reasons you explained are simply wrong.
@@cletusmcyeetus5975 yeah, thanks for the info. Well then i'm now shaking my head cuz why is there a jump in nfs prosteet (in nevada)
@@muhammadfaizkhawarizmi4303 The cars will only jump if the downforce isn't high enough. Some cars in ProStreet, if tuned properly (their bodyworks) will never jump in any maps, no matter how fast you're going.
Also, that map is damn fun lol
Oh man, DiRT 2 and DiRT 3, the best of the series
I’m really looking forward to the latest instalment because it’s looking a lot like both of these games
And dirt rally
Yeah let's hope Dirt 5 will bring honor for dirt 2&3
@@emiliojavier8268 You know dirt rally is a sim right? Dirt 3 & 2 are pure arcade.
@@whitenova.2658 That's because it was underrated. The rally sim fans hated it so much! So Dumbs... Dirt 2 and Dirt 3 are awesome games.
DIRT 2 IS PERFECT! AWESOME GAME! The graphics, the gameplay, the soundtrack (omg, the soundtrack!!) The sound of the engines, realism, damage, even the Menus is fucking awesome, you fell like you really are travelling and competing in a rally championship! No doubt is my favourite game of all the time. It blows to pieces a lot of games that are released even in 2020... Dirt 2 and Dirt 3 the best of Codemasters forever!
totally agree :)
DiRT 2 is very similar to Skate 2 and Skate IT. This very young take on the game that was starting to be successful with the addition of graffiti, with a game with “underground” style menus, with a slightly yellowish dark screen that reminds a lot of Skate IT mainly.
Play both games for you to see. Oh and of course, the event styles of this game are very similar to the NFS Pro Street but Off-Road. These car party is much like I remember the NFS Pro Street ...
Undisputed this is the best rally game ever made.
*DiRT 2 is legendary*
ProStreet and Dirt 2 are one of the best games just because of their atmosphere
@@HurairahGT1 but underground 1/2 are the peak of NFS
@@Fanaz10 I'd say most wanted and underground 2 are the balance we need
@@DarkM2212 eh, idk, undergrounds have this cool vibe without the pestering police, if they could pull it off in a mw+underground mix then it would be cool
wow man, its just what i think too, DiRT 2 reminds me the cool atmosphere of skate 2. for me DiRT 2 is the best racing game ever i'd play.
You mean to tell me we can do rally racing in a 350Z in DiRT2.
I need that game.
Its been out since 2009 where you've been :D lol
not where I'm supposed to be.
@@epicdude3659 Only copy you can get nowadays is a disc copy for a console. Game was pulled from every online store years ago.
@@linkfan95 I prefer to use a disc anyway
man, internet has alot of cracked dirt2
Actaully, this is the best part of the Dirt games. This game give me a lot of memories when I played it. Thank you, bro. You are brilliant💫
Yes it is! But dirt 3's gymkhana/drift challenges was one of my favorites
The game that got me interested in rally genre in videogames, absolutely loving it. Just imagine how it could be enhanced nowadays with better textures, more foliage & grass, and volumetric particles casting & receiving shadows to make it an ultimate DiRT game. To me everything else visually holds up to this date pretty well, not to mention its amazing soundtrack, neat driving physics, beautiful water simulation, excellent car list, DiRT-fest vibes etc. etc.
What a gem of a game, indeed.
I like how the game *knows* when you Intentionally crashed or touched a wall
Dirt 2 is the best of the series by a country mile. Would happily take a remastered version
The trailer was really cool. Souvenirs used to appear after completing certain races, and I think a Christmas tree would appear around Christmastime then disappear after the season was done.
The trailer in this and the garage in the original Grid really pulled you into the game.
Yes! Its halloween now, so the pumpkins around! 😂
That moment when codemasters done a better job with the damage on their rally games than their f1 games
Maybe it's because of i don't know... licensing issues
be honest, you just wanted to do a crash compilation
go and watch some BeamNG Drive videos, that's the best crash compilation platform
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This is one of the few games I kept coming back to time and time again, and it never felt dated. It always felt like I was playing a new DiRT game!
8:22 This game has sooo much better interior animations than the crew2... And it's a 2009 game... 👏
2:07
Co driver: "Come on we losing some time!"
The driver: *Anyways I start crashing the excavator*
6:33 idc what y’all say. That shit looks like something out of a movie
4:52 "Just a scratch" after literally hitting a bouler and rolling
OMG MY FAVOURITE GAME AAAAAAH!!!!!!!! LOVE YOU MATE!!!!!!!
This is LITTERALY all my childhood man, almost makes me nostalgic from when I was like 8 years old or something lol,
Even though I havent played or watched a video of this game for like 4 or 5 years, everything still looks familiar
Game is a Masterpiece, amazing handling, sound and graphics for the time
And the reaction of the other drivers when you crash them, I love that!
This year I bought a used DiRT 2 for my PS3, and I did a playthrough several weeks ago. First time I did a playthrough in 2013 on PC, did a 100% back then cos I liked the game that much. So, back to this year, early September, I started to play this game again, and I did a playthrough for the 2nd time, I didn't need a whole day to rush through the campaign from scratch (0%). It wasn't my first time, but I was shocked how good this game was. If I wouldn't have gone to sleep I probably could play the entire career through with a single sitting. After I finished sleeping, I went back to finish the game. :D It was maybe the happiest day in this year. For me, this year was shitty and stressful, but this game compensated me for some bad things. :) Maybe some old folks who used to develop DiRT2 have left Codemasters or some shit musta happened, but the newer DiRT games can't produce this quality. Not by a mile. DiRT3 was fine, but it wasn't as good. Showdown was a little favourite to me for quite some time, but DiRT games which were released afterwards couldn't amaze me somehow. DiRT4 is better than some 2018-2019-2020 racing games, but not too special either. I've seen some DiRT5 trailers, but I'm not hyped at all. :/ I'm not saying it will be bad, but my guess is that I won't like it. Can't be sure until I play it, but I'm not amazed, the trailers can't deliver any worthy interest... Respect for the exceptions, but games nowadays went downhill. I'm not a fanatic gamer anymore, partly because of these reasons.
I love this game so much, especially rallycross and trailblazer. This game is 🔥
6:37 what a cinematic crash.
Amazing edit, amazing game, amazing everything
for me this is one of the best racing games of all time, i ran this in a dual core, fantastic optimization, damage model, sounds, etc.
i miss this so much
I remember getting Dirt back O9 when I got my first Gaming console tye PS3, I had some amazing titles like Ratchet and Clank, Little Big Planet and like a billion more games
1:53 co-driver can react hmm "SAMIR SAMIR YOU BREAKING THE CAR"
good video mate! DiRT 2 was a good game with very nice details
The only rally game as far as i know, where you could overtake another opponent in a rally stage, as it happens in real life if you are way faster or maybe if someone in front had a crash/problem, and back in the days this feature was my favourite and the one who got me in love with this game, and in 2020, still nobody has this feature, it's quite a shame...
Can't wait for dirt 5. It's seems to be carrying the fun, exciting spirit of dirt 2. Even the visual direction remind me of D2.
I miss playing this :’)
Can you believe it's a 11 years old game? Such a masterpiece. And I remember when it came out. Ran on every crappy PC. (including mine lol)
Dirt 5 physics feels way simplified compared to 2 and 3.. a 10 years old games😑
Back then there was only one dirt game at a time, now they can afford to have a simulation hardcore rally game (dirt rally 2.0) and an arcade racer for a more laid back mainly console audience, and i honestly like the dirt showdown style handling in D5.
It's not trying to be a 1:1 replica of the older games, it's just trying to preserve their fun and enjoyable aspect.
Feels like nobody knows how to make a great arcade racing game anymore,now it's either full simulation like DiRT Rally 2.0 or extremely simplified physics like DiRT 5. I miss the half term between arcade and simulation we had in Dirt 2/3/GRID/NFS ProStreet
@@iyad8644 Yeah you're right it feels like Dirt showdown which i hated honestly
@@Brenooliveira072 Yeah you mean the sim-cade type of physics which is the best in my opinion
My favorite windshield toy was the Xbox 360 Avatars.
My favorite dirt game ever, i played hundreds and hundreds of hrs online on this game. Absolutely loved it
Why does this game look way better than Dirt 3? That crash at 6:40 was a work of art.
Just finished completing this game 100% and it was so fucking worth it. The attention to detail in this game is insane and this game literally came out a decade ago. This a true example of a game using its engine very well!
Im hyped for DiRT 5
Same here 🧛
@@user0941 nope, I really was hyped... not at all rn xD just waiting for online mode
4:50 just a scratch... NICE. Make DiRT 3 video 😊
This, i have been playing this game since i was a kid. This what made me become a rally enthusiast.
Seriously one of the most fun games I ever played. What a masterpiece.
Dirt 3 and dirt 2! The goats
This is better then dirt games now a days, miss this amazing masterpiece, now a days games don't feel the same and it shows!
Wow the co-driver reacting is a neat touch. They even react by grunting when crashing. Shame that all of those are absent in the newer games
''cosmetic damage''
*proceeds to throw the evo from side to side and roll it over multiple times*
Cool thing about the campervan you have in DiRT 2 is the same campervan in TOCA Race Driver 2 cut scenes.
Oh man... I wish I could play it again. Wonderful game, the best DiRT!!! Many flashbacks from that game. Especially when I almost cried at Colin McRae's memorial :)
I enjoyed so much Dirt 2, at the time it was mindblowing for me. I liked a lot all categories, trailblazing was really fun, you coul almost feel the more power
How about some Racedriver: GRID vids? 🤔
It still looks and plays cool (especially crashes).
This game gives me Racedriver Grid vibes, the vehicle selection, the physics, car crashes and damage.
you missed some détail like :
-some monument is destructible
- the tires physics after a jump
but i apreciate the vidéo
Ahhh, this game... I miss it! 😢
You are the best
And a question
There will be some funny moments from Need for speed pro street?
Dirt 2 is the best of the complete Dirt series by a mile it doesnt even look bad in 2020
Overall, Dirt 2 is still my favorite Dirt game.
Yes attention to detail where everything you hit is solid
this game was 50 percent of my childhood, along with the other 50 percent being colin mcrae rally 3
Some more you didn't mention:
- A sticker of a won event will be displayed in your winner car's interior;
- You'll have a souvenir in your RV from every location you've raced in (like for instance that dinosaur from Utah and the London double decker);
- This one is more of an assumption but from what I can tell drivers you became friends with will appear next to your car in the main menu;
- The environment around your HQ will change in accordance with a country where your previous race was held
I'm impressed how good that game looks nowadays, it's amazing!
Every car sound in this game is very very good
4:50
"Just a scratch..."
I think the new Dirt 5 being very similar to this i think they will add this sort of customization
Hands Down the menu of dirt 2 was the Best and coolest of all the dirt Series
This is the best racing game i have for my 360, and in perfect condition :D Better than Dirt 3 in my opinion.
Racing Malaysian gamers:
Proud that Malaysia maps are also available in DiRT 2.
Simply the best part of all Dirt games
Best rally game of all time
ngl this game is if FH1 and NFS PS had a baby because the theme is literally like both those games combined
this was my second ever car game, and i fuckin lived it
i remember that you could do any race with any car class through the hotlap mode...
no other game in the series has done that.
My first dirt games
this game is like rally bornout paradise
Dirt 2 has a good visual damage but Colin McRae Dirt (1) has the best, BEST cosmetic damage in the history of Dirt games. (Personal opinion)
This game was way ahead of it's time
I will be waiting for the Need for Speed Shift 2, excellent video, I am filled with memories it was an excellent game in Dirt 2 much more than 3
Yet a very old and nostalgic game but still has an amazing graphics and physics
Edit: unlike nfs games
Its honestly fucking crazy how lackluster dirt 4 and dirt 5 are when compared to these older games
this game also one of the first games to support then new dx11
Man
Dirt 3 is even more insane
I need this game.
RIGHT NOW!!! ON MY TABLE!!! TO 7:00PM!!!!!!!
XD
it would be really cool if the crowds behind the barriers ran away if youre about to crash towards them
I think Richard Burns Rally has that. Also in that game, if you run over the crowds, you retire from the rally and an helicopter comes to rescue the people you just ran over
@@Valenfield98 ok thats rly cool
This game is 11 years old. Keep that in mind. Codemasters made absolutley little to no progress graphics wise.
If you guys didn't know, the developers of this game went on to making playground studios, which is Forza Horizon
Dirt 2 was ahead of its time
Bruh ikr
I Miss playing it. My pc version I got off of stream no longer works...something to do with the old windows live.
I'd happily play the old DiRT games over DiRT 5 any day! And that even includes DiRT 4 surprisingly.
i miss this game
Holy poop that's a lot of damage
cant wait for dirt 5
WHY DOES ALWAYS WHEN I START PLAYING A RANDOM RACING GAME YOU START MAKING VIDEOS ABOUT IT. IT WAS THE SAME WITH PRO STREET AND UNDERGROUND.
I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE. I LEGIT CAN'T.
🤣
He's spying on ya
I was thinking of DiRT2 and popping in my PC for old times sake and I saw this video...
Lmao.
What a well made video
I miss trail blazer races the most
I’d like to add that on the Xbox 360 version you can get a mirror toy of your Xbox avatar.
incredible soundtrack also
The good old days
this looks alot better than even Dirt 3 IMHO
I really loved Dirt 3 and still play it to this day.
But it seems I should get this and give it a shot.
I wonder if I could get my G29 working with this game like I did with Dirt 3
I know i am late but yes you can, especially on PC where you can rebind individual controls to whichever input device you want, i just played through DiRT 2 with a T300RS and TH8A Shifter, good times, only thing you can't use in DiRT 2 i found is the clutch pedal, no idea why but it's not a real issue, you can still use either sequential, automatic, or still just use your manual shifter to shift gears.
gosh remember when codies actually put time and effort into making their games
@skinfullofdoom right on right on
That's sad that we won't see that kind of damage model in the franchise anymore. I can already see Dirt 5 trying to be better at everything but of course damage will suck, fucking manufactures
The best Arcade type Dirt game