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Colin McRae: Dirt 2

Dirt 2 is quite different to the main version for the more powerful consoles and PC. It has its own selection of modes and, maybe most importantly, the trademark rallye roots of the series are completely gone…

8 September 2009

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 is a racing, released 8 September 2009 on PlayStation Portable and Wii.

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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 PlayStation Portable and Wii.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dirt 2 is quite different to the main version for the more powerful consoles and PC. It has its own selection of modes and, maybe most importantly, the trademark rallye roots of the series are completely gone. Because it was developed separately, there are also some other major gameplay differences regarding car handling, AI behaviour and available features (e.g. no rewind, no money mechanics during career mode and no tuning). The career mode is a linear selection of races (circuit or offroad). Besides unlocking the next events to participate in, proceeding through the courses also automatically unlocks various rewards like new cars, paintworks or difficulty options. The two other available…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Colin McRae series

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 is the 15th of 41 entries we hold in the Colin McRae series. The next entry was Colin McRae: Dirt 2 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 PlayStation Portable and Wii.

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