Dirt 3 Review

Dirt 3 is a rally driving game made by Codemasters and released in May 2011. It is the third instalment in the Collin McRae Rally series.
There are various modes to this game. The most popular being the dirt tour. In this mode the main objective is to earn reputation by participating in races, rally’s and drift tournaments. They are split up into different events and are organised into 4 prisms. Each prism unfolds into triangles which you unlock by completing the events. This is an interesting way of organising all the tournaments in a graphical way. 
You have to gain a certain amount of points in order to unlock the next event. Normally by finishing at least 3rd in some events. When you do something new there is a small cut scene explaining what you have to do. 

I would recommend playing this game with a controller or wheel but the keyboard works ok. It depends what driving assists you have turned on.
Even though this game was released in 2011 the graphics still hold up and look quite good. I was able to play with the settings maxxed out and have 60 frames per second while playing. The game is not too hard and not too easy, they struck a nice balance there. 
Drifting is the hardest aspect of the game but you don’t have to compete in all those events to progress.
The flashback is a nice feature if you crash you can hit a button and rewind a few seconds and continue from there. There are only 5 flashbacks you can use in each event.

In each event you can choose between a selection of cars, each having different power and weight and different bonus reputation points for completing a certain goal.
This game is more of an arcade game than a rally simulator. If you want a more rally experience I would suggest dirt rally. Don’t get me wrong, the rally aspect of the game is good, the pace notes are accurate and the handling of the cars are real enough. But the rally events are mixed with racing, drifting, truck racing and smashing events where you have to smash all the targets for points.
There are also other modes to the game. Single player and multiplayer.
Both these modes have time trials of races to compete in with the multiplayer having split screen or play with other players online.

Overall I found this to be a very entertaining game with enough different events to keep you interested for a long time. 
I give it 8.5/10