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Colin McRae: Dirt 2

Dirt 2 is set to take off-road racing games on DS to a new level. Dirt 2 features exciting action-sports attitude and takes players on a stunning World Tour. Influenced by the big-event atmosphere rally is…

8 September 2009

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 is a racing, released 8 September 2009 on Nintendo DS.

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What Colin McRae: Dirt 2 is

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 was released in 2009. It was published by Codemasters. It is available on Nintendo DS only. It runs on Ego Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dirt 2 is set to take off-road racing games on DS to a new level. Dirt 2 features exciting action-sports attitude and takes players on a stunning World Tour. Influenced by the big-event atmosphere rally is showcased in at events like the X-Games, this global tour takes players to some of the most diverse and exotic real-world locations and offers a sensational line up of officially licensed rally and off-road vehicles. Designed from the ground up exclusively for DS, Dirt 2 is tuned for portable play including a career mode, arcade mode and a range of quick-fire challenges. Dirt 2 also comes equipped with the latest evolution of the most powerful track editor on a handheld game system. Now…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Colin McRae series

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 is the 16th of 41 entries we hold in the Colin McRae series. The next entry was Colin McRae: Dirt 2 - Access All Areas Pack in 2009.

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What it launched against

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 launched on 8 September 2009, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version and Halo 3: ODST.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Pokémon SoulSilver Version, Pokémon HeartGold Version, Halo 3: ODST.

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When did Colin McRae: Dirt 2 come out?
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 was released on 8 September 2009 for Nintendo DS.

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