DiRT Rally launches on PS4 and Xbox One to critical acclaim

April 5th, 2016 by codemasters

Today’s the day our DiRT family gets bigger – so hello and welcome to the console players joining us on the DiRT Rally journey! Strap yourselves in, because it’s going to be a thrilling ride. And PC players, welcome to DiRT Rally v1.1 – the new content is unbelievably good fun, so we hope you love and enjoy it as the critics have.

It’s been a brilliantly hectic day at Codies HQ today, especially with our #DiRTRally launch event. Our Rally Around the Capital’s gone down a storm on social media – we’ve been trending on Twitter for a good few hours now – but better still, you all seem to be loving and enjoying the game on PS4 and Xbox One. If you’d like to catch up with what’s gone down today, just take a look at the DiRT blog for more info.

To those of you who’ve been with us since the start – thank you so much for sticking with us on this wild, twisty, ride that is DiRT Rally. Your honest feedback, enthusiasm and passion for our game has been utterly immeasurably wonderful, and and we can’t thank you enough. You’ve helped make the game what it is today – and for that, we’re truly grateful. And now today’s arrived, we can’t wait to share the finished product with the rest of the world.

For those of you who are joining us today, or who are thinking about joining us – here’s what you’ll be letting yourself in for…

DiRT Rally leaves Early Access and announces console release

December 7th, 2015 by codemasters

We’re delighted to announce that DiRT Rally drifted out of Early Access today, and onto Desktops with version 1.0! Everything we’ve been working towards has led up to this point, and we’ve very excited to be launching the full game. Not only this, but we were extremely pleased to reveal that we will be launching DiRT Rally on to PS4 and Xbox One next April.

Yes – as of today, DiRT Rally officially left Early Access and launched fully on Steam. It’s been a hell of a ride, and we’re so glad that such a passionate and skilled community have been able to join us along the road to launch. Between the community who have been playing Early Access, the game’s players have clocked up an impressive total of 98 million kilometres so far.

So, what’s in version 1.1? Well, today’s launch brings with it the Winter Wonderland update – which delivers a new rally set in the snow and ice of the Varmland region of Sweden to the game. These snow-filled stages are known for their snow banks, and we’ve been hard at work on new soft edge technology that simulates the density of snow. As a result, you can now lean on the snow banks when pushing for those stage records.

The update also brings two new cars to the game, the Hyundai Rally and the Volkswagen Polo Rally. These cars are the most recent additions to the pinnacle of the sport and they are the perfect way to round off our Early Access programme. The Winter Wonderland update also sees the introduction of Steam Workshop support that allows players to share Car Setup & Force Feedback settings.