Colin McRae: Dirt 2

Colin McRae: Dirt 2
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Producer(s)Adam Askew
Designer(s)Matthew Horsman
Programmer(s)Matthew Craven
Artist(s)
  • Nathan Fisher
  • Daniel Oxford
  • Jorge Hernandez-Soria
SeriesDirt
EngineEGO 1.0[4]
Octane (DS)[5]
Platform(s)
Release
  • NA: 8 September 2009
  • EU: 11 September 2009
  • AU: 17 September 2009
  • AU: 24 September 2009 (DS)
Windows[1]
  • EU: 4 December 2009
  • NA: 8 December 2009
  • AU: 10 December 2009
Mac OS X
  • WW: 8 September 2011[2]
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 (stylised as Colin McRae: DiRT 2) is a racing video game developed and published by Codemasters in 2009, first for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Xbox 360, and then later for PC platforms (Windows, Mac OS X). It is the sequel to Colin McRae: Dirt. Dirt 2 is the first game in the series since McRae's death in 2007 and the last to feature his name in the title.[a] It is also the first and only game in the series to be available on a Nintendo home console and the last game in the series to be released on handhelds.

It features Ken Block, Travis Pastrana, Tanner Foust, Dave Mirra, and Mohammed Ben Sulayem. The game includes many new race-events, including stadium events. Along with the player, an RV travels from one event to another, and serves as "headquarters" for the player. It features a roster of contemporary off-road events, taking players to diverse and challenging real-world environments. The game takes place across Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. The game includes five different event types, plus three more "special" game modes. The World Tour mode sees players competing in multi-car and solo races at new locations, and also includes a new multiplayer mode. A sequel, Dirt 3, was released in 2011.

  1. ^ "Dirt 2 PC version release date". New Game Network. 27 October 2009. Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  2. ^ Cohen, Peter (8 September 2011). "Colin McRae: DiRT 2 comes to the Mac". Loop Insight. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Feral Interactive: DiRT 2 release announcement". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  4. ^ Robinson, Martin (19 November 2008). "Colin McRae: DiRT 2 Announced". IGN. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  5. ^ Bozon, Mark (6 August 2009). "Dirt 2 DS Unveiled". IGN. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.


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