The Codemasters have posted an FAQ as to why their latest racer, DiRT Rally, is only on PC rather than spanning multiple formats, and the good news is that the game may arrive on consoles at some point in the future.
For now, we’re focused on Early Access. It’s really important to us that we make Dirt Rally the best game it can be and we can only do that with your help. Steam Early Access is the perfect place for us to do that.
We believe that Dirt Rally is the game many of our fans want and right now, our plan is to develop Dirt Rally with community feedback and get that experience absolutely right. Once we have done that, if there is sufficient demand for the Dirt Rally experience on consoles, then of course we’ll consider that.
The Early Access PC version should mean that bugs and balancing issues are all ironed out if they decided to go ahead with a console version, so that is a good thing.
Source: Codemasters
camdaz
As the hardware inside the PS4 and X1 are as close to a pc as any console has been I thought it was a bit strange not to port Dirt Rally to them. I reckon there will be a lot of interest in a console version.
TSBonyman
We demand this for console! That’s that sorted then. ;)
double-o-dave
Wouldn’t be surprised if some sad b*stard has already started a petition. lol
Avenger
It was a given that the possibility of a console release was out there, but I doubt it will happen. It’s a simulator rally game, and the prospective console purchases versus the costs of porting likely won’t match up.
Further to that, the game runs on the old Ego engine, so pound to a penny that amongst those moaning it is ‘too boring’ and ‘bring back the old DiRT’, there will be groans of ‘it looks terrible for a next gen game’. Unless the game does really really well on a broader scale, I can’t see it coming to consoles.
PC seems the perfect place to have this game. As someone else mentioned, it feels like a indie/fan-based project to cater for those hardcore racing and rally lovers.
freezebug2
I might give this a go on PC rather than console, my current set up has an Intel i5 and 8GB, just lacking a Graphics card (onboard shite) which I’m looking into.
Avenger
If the onboard GPU is an Intel HD 4000 (which for i5 I presume it is), then it should run the game okay according to the requirements. Don’t quote me on that though, but I’ll know soon enough when I buy it and try it out on my PC and see where my GPU gets me on performance.
Would be good if any other TSA’ers pick it up, as we could hook up online when the feature is added during the summer, if people fancy it.
freezebug2
Cheers for that info dude, I just checked the games hardware requirements coupled with a visit to my computer manufacturer’s support website and it’s specs would appear to be “adequate” for the task ;)