XB1 Xbox One Update v 1.14

Only really done the rally stages in career, frame rate is ok.

 

Thanks for the info, I get these like 1/4 second gaps where the screen doesn't update, usually followed by me loosing control!

I might try re-installing it.

 

Frame-rate is fine thus far. Have only really been playing some career events.

 

Will you come to the championship at the Assetto Corsa console?

 

Have been playing as much as I have had time and never encountered those, reinstalling could be good option but have you done hard restart for you xbox lately? I have played only rally portion of game but it has been smooth for me. Have had few vertical lines at sweden, forgot what you call them but maybe screen tearing(?) but no fps drops or gaps you described.

 

Yesterday's daily rally stage through wales at night in wet conditions was absolute quality. I can't believe how good it is on tx wheel as well.

 

How does it compare to Dirt Rally? I have read some criticisms of it especially the grip levels on gravel, what are your thoughts on that? I have never been much into Rallying although as a youngster I used to love watching rallycross on a Saturday afternoon but I picked up Dirt Rally on the cheap and enjoyed it in the brief spells I have spent with it and would like to pick this one up digitally but it's way to pricey. Crazy that digital is so much more expensive than the disc format.

 

Its easier than Dirt Rally but much more fun.

I get a buzz from the new game while Dirt Rally gives me headaches.

 

I agree its easier, im really enjoying it though!

 

Cheers guys, i'll probably hold fire on it until I see it on offer either digitally or at the local shops.

 

Its well worth the full price imo, iv seen some negative stuff on the codemaster forums but it really is nitpicking. The stage generator adds a nice element of replayability and the regular community events are great fun with the added pressure of you only get one stab at it.

 

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated 55 quid for the digital version is too much for me... especially for what would be a dip in and out game.

 

I agree with the other comments, dirt rally did my head in on wheel, but this one is so much better, but still no pushover. The stage generator is amazing. Last nights daily rally stage, I had a nightmare. Lol

 

Yeah I must admit I liked the look of that stge generator, very neat feature. I also liked the rally academy idea as well. As a rally newbie that would be something that I would find really useful.

 

Lol it was a loooooong old stage, i managed 9.58 i think which put me in tier 2 and i felt like a driving god, then looked at the leaderboard and there were people nearly 20 secs faster than me!! I felt a massive sense of achievement finishing to stage without an incident lol

 

Quite funny how people in here mainly seem to enjoy Dirt 4 whereas on the PC side the bottom line is that it's garbage and a rip-off given how CM claimed it's more simmy than DR but it actually isn't.

 

I think expectations are higher on PC, Assetto on Xbox in its current state would also be considered absolute garbage compared to sims such as Iracing, Rfactor etc.
Dirt4 is not a sim, its in that region in between Forza and Assetto/Pcars but its a damn lot of fun! If Assetto didnt exist on console then i think people would consider it a Sim. Im so tired of waiting for this update to drop on xbox i feel like we have been completely left behind, thats not to say im not going to play it when it drops but i just cant help but feel its all a little half arsed.

 

lol it's nowhere near garbage, it's very playable, excellent handling on wheel and has pretty much every function going in a game that I would say falls between arcade/sim. The perfect game to fill a few hours while waiting for kunos to sort out the Xbox version of assetto which to be honest apart from the handling model/physics isn't very good. I know people who play on pc and Xbox and at the current time the difference between the 2 is now massive. They describe the pc version as the best racing game out, and the Xbox one version one of the worst.

 

This right there is the interesting bit. Dirt 4's cars on dirt surface handle nothing like a rally car should with the main problem being that it's not possible to maintain a smooth and continuous powerslide through an entire turn. Unless it's a tiny kink, the rear will regrip for no reason when the tyres should just keep spinning.

I watched many gameplay videos of Dirt 4 now and I've yet to see a decent powerslide like IRL.

So in my book, that's very bad physics.

 

I'm not talking physics as in how a rally car handles in real life, I'm talking how the wheel as a input device on Xbox to controlling the car is execellent. Believe me some games on Xbox over the years using a wheel are pretty awful.
I wouldn't class dirt 4 as a sim, it's a arcade/sim.

The wheel as a input device on A/C is probably the best Xbox has ever had.