DiRT Rally 2.0 Could Become The Best VR Racing Experience Of 2019

When it comes to racing videogames my preference certainly veers towards the rally genre more than any other. While you don’t get that neck to neck adrenaline of racing side by side against other competitors, it’s the complexity of the tracks that wins me over. Rather than lovely flat tarmac which suits ultra-low hypercars, rally stages tend to be a mix of surfaces and environments which are simply awesome fun to drive/slide through. So when Codemasters confirmed this month that upcoming title DiRT Rally 2.0 would be getting virtual reality (VR) support I was more than a little happy. So much so that I decided that DiRT Rally VR was worth another play as it had been awhile. And as luck would have it the studio granted VRFocus access to the review build of the sequel – the standard version – so it only seemed right to have a little comparison between the 2016 VR version and the 2019 non-VR version. Why you may ask, simply because.Let’s start by saying this isn’t going to be a review of DiRT Rally 2.0 that will come later in the year with the official VR version which is slated for release on Oculus Rift during the summer. What I will say is if you enjoyed the original, and Codemasters manages to perfectly optimise the sequel for VR then Oculus Rift users are in for a treat.