Codemasters has announced that DiRT Showdown will release on May 25th, and it will be the first title released under Codemasters’ new publishing label, Codemasters Racing.
Codemasters has also announced that the DiRT Showdown Hoonigan Edition is available to pre-order from GAME and gamestation. The Hoonigan Edition will include more in game cash, online XP multiplier and some Monster Energy and Hoonigan liveries for some of the in game vehicles.
DiRT Showdown will be available on PS3, Xbox 360 & PC.
Source: Press Release
Tuffcub
What’s Hoonigan?
cam the man
I normally pre-order all of codies racing games but after the last Dirt game I’m still unsure about this.
Forrest_01
I think its pretty safe to say that this one won’t be anything like previous Dirt’s (well, maybe apart from the handling i guess?).
cam the man
It was all the gymkhana stuff that I didn’t like. With every vid of this game I see there seems to be more and more of it.
Forrest_01
From the preview (which is actually all i have to go on right now), it seems that there is just the one event type a little like gymkhana.
The rest seems to be very destruction derby-esque, which can only be good as far as i am concerned (as that is exactly how i play Dirt 3!!!)
Forrest_01
From the preview;
“There’s almost nothing of the now familiar Dirt mix of rally and gymkhana here. Ken Block does make his presence felt, certain events tasking you with a brief gymkhana-like series of donuts and drifts but it’s a marginal influence. A much greater influence is the old Reflections PlayStation and Saturn game, Destruction Derby.”
cam the man
Cheers Forrest, I’m going to wait until the Sixthaxis review before making my mind up.
Forrest_01
Agreed – I think that would be very sensible considering the fact that this is veering off in a different direction. It sounds very promising though & have definitely put this on my ‘to watch’ list.
maneorix
This isn’t your typical racing game so I’d expect to see far more of Gymkhana and racing events of that type. I’ll get it at some point, but not a pre-order for me. I’ll wait until they announce a proper racing game.
Awayze
Where is GRiD 2?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Blayney
+1
It’s been too long
freezebug2
Looks like a bit of fun, but not pre-order material for me ta. Probs wait till it’s travelled down the stairs to the basement basket room!
Codies are taking too much on I think with F1, Grid 2, the Dirt series and now this….becoming a factory conveyor belt without the personal touch to each model….just my 10 cents!!