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Arrivano oggi una serie di nuove immagini e video per DiRT Rally in versione console, il gioco di guida targato Codemasters, già disponibile su PC in formato digitale su Steam dallo scorso dicembre e che arriverà nei negozi anche in versione retail, su PS ed XBox One a partire dal 5 aprile. Il titolo punta ancora allo standard dei 1080p e sessanta fotogrammi al secondo sulle console current-gen, un traguardo ragguardevole, e che la versione PlayStation 4 è "molto, molto vicina" al raggiungimento. Su Xbox One si è invece un po' indietro: il team sta cercando di raggiungere i medesimi risultati, ma in caso contrario potrebbe optare per una risoluzione dinamica, che potrebbe scendere da 1080p a 900p nelle fasi più impegnative. In ogni caso le due versioni saranno sostanzialmente identiche e Codemasters potrebbe addirittura ricorrere a una patch day one per sistemare le performance. Iconic McRae liveries. Seven new cars. Vintage full gravel Pikes Peak. All this and more, arriving to DiRT Rally on April 5th 2016. Available for pre-order on PS4 and XBox One now: www.dirtgame.com

The update also brings two new cars to the game, the Hyundai Rally and the Volkswagen Polo Rally. These cars are the most recent additions to the pinnacle of the sport and they are the perfect way to round off our Early Access programme. The Winter Wonderland update also sees the introduction of Steam Workshop support that allows players to share Car Setup & Force Feedback settings. You can find a guide for this here: DiRT Rally Service Park - Guide You can get started with settings from our simulation team here: Developer Service Pack We’ve also made improvements and refinements made to Global Leaderboards and League support. Here’s the rundown of other stuff that’s new this month: You can now tune your immersion levels by customising your OSD options, choosing between On, Countdowns Only and Off. The Logitech G29 wheel is now correctly listed in the controller preset menu. Custom Championships now reward you with the correct number of credits. There’s a new EULA to sign when you boot the game, which asks you to kindly behave yourself when you’re playing with others. Your favourite pet mouse has learnt a new trick, and can now change the livery on your car. If you own an Owner’s Club event, you will now correctly own the Owned achievement. If you pledge a wedge to an online Wager Event and the event ends while you’re on stage, we’ll give you your CR back. Your Oculus Rift can now be toggled to lock the horizontal orientation. Look for a flag in the hardware configuration file. Sliders on the Advanced Racing Wheel Options screen now increment at the same rate as the Steering and Pedal calibration screen. Your Service Crews are back from their training course and will now correctly setup your car for multi-location events. Stopped one set of Rallycross results from appearing on a Rally leaderboard. You no longer need to hold the headlight control to activate your lights. You can now just tap that. Windows accounts with accented and non-latin characters will now correctly save game settings. Fixed a weird bug where the camera would briefly flick back to the default position at the start of a stage after customising the seat position. Kick_Up will now politely and calmly inform you if your wheels fall off, and if you’re going the wrong way. As ever, please stop by the forums and let us know what you think of version 1.0 and how you think we did in early access. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Codemasters, storico studio di sviluppo inglese, dopo aver chiuso la sua piccola filiale di Malta, ha annunciato che da adesso in poi si occuperà solo di giochi di guida. I pessimi risultati di vendita di Overlord e Battle Decks, devono aver spinto la società verso la scelta di tornare a focalizzarsi su ciò che sa fare meglio, com'è stato confermato dai recenti successi di F1 2015 e di Dirt Rally, quest'ultimo ancora in Accesso Anticipato su Steam. Possiamo sperare su racing game maggiormente simulativi?

Here's a run-down of what the patch contains... Game Added a session list screen which is available via the Multiplayer menu. This screen will allow players to search for all public sessions and join the one they want to. Custom and Hopper sessions will be visible on this list. Multiplayer fixes and improvements: Added additional information to lobbies so players can see how much progress has been made in the current session. Parc ferme rules are no longer incorrectly applied so players will not get their fuel locked to 100kg in qualifying or not be able to change their tyres at the start of a race if they qualified outside the top ten. Fixed an issue that would cause a players car to always be ghosted during timed qualifying sessions. Fixed framerate and lag spikes causing incorrect collisions. Fixed a bug that meant connections with limited upload bandwidth would appear laggy while on track and eventually disconnect. Disallowing Brake Assist will no longer also block ABS. Cars will no longer ghost when driving too slowly on track. Fixed a bug which made the screen pulse black when spectating specific cars in specific circumstances. Minor hopper improvements and changes Removed the AI from all hoppers. Removed the assist restrictions from the Hardcore hopper. Made the countdown timer longer and prevented it from starting for a short time if there are not many players in the session to try to allow more people to join. Changed the grid order to random from realistic. So now the players Mercedes cars will not always start on the front row. Updated the Feature Race to Brazil. [*]Removed the incorrect second DRS detection zone from the Mexico mini map. This was not present in the actual track data. [*]Corrected the number of laps for the Mexican Grand Prix. [*]The player is now correctly disqualified for not using both compounds in a dry weather race. [*]Improvements to AI behaviour in Qualifying: AI will no longer all leave the garage at the same time. AI will no longer use Prime tyres in Q2. AI will always do two runs in Short Qualifying and Q3. [*]Fixed the flashing rear tyre issue present on some PC setups. [*]Made the D-Pad menu more responsive to use. [*]Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause OSD messages to remain on screen or to never display. This was mostly reported online but can be seen offline too. [*]Fixed an issue that would cause new tyres to be too cold when they’re put on at a pit stop. [*]Fixed a problem that could cause unrealistic lap times in practice and qualifying. Sports Updates – Part 1 Adjusted the relative performance of the teams and drivers based on the season’s results so far. Updated the tyres for Russia to Super Soft and Soft. High End PC Enhancements New CPU-driven particle effects to improve visual quality on systems with high-end CPUs. Select “high” or “ultra” particle effects from the options menu. Increased audio voice counts for systems with high-end CPUs. Select the “high” audio quality setting from the option menu. Improved CPU performance for users with 6 and 8+ cores. Improved CPU performance for Intel CPUs with Hyper-Threading Technology. Optimised performance for Intel integrated graphics chips.

DiRT Rally World RX Update At the start of last month we announced our partnership with the FIA World Rallycross Championship and today we’re pleased to release the first of two new World RX updates which will bring the world’s fastest growing motorsport to DiRT Rally. V.0.6 more commonly known as the World RX Update is now live and we’re really excited to be working with the team at the FIA World Rallycross to bring you a choice selection of drivers, cars and some of the best circuits in the calendar. Here’s the tl;dr list of what we’ve added, changed and tweaked in this month’s update: Embark on a new World RX Career and Custom Events Two new circuits, Höljes, Sweden and Lydden Hill, England both with three routes each Official FIA Rallycross Championship drivers, cars and liveries Anti-cheat stuff which will stop the small few from messing up our leaderboards. Our next step is to tell your mum you’ve been cheating – don’t say we didn’t warn you Ability to identify your device as a wheel if you own one which isn’t supported yet A brand new DiRT Daily Event type where you’ll be competing against the community Delta Ability to repair a puncture mid-stage Ability to remove the drivers arms without causing him to bleedout Now have the ability to return the wheel back to zero degrees when your car is reset This is just the first of our World RX packs; in the next one we’ll be adding a new track, new cars and online competitive play. Until then be sure to check out fiaworldrallycross.com for more info about this awesome motorsport. Here’s the full list of everything else we’ve changed, fixed and made better: Additions Three new World RX cars: the Ford Fiesta WRX, Volkswagen Polo Rallycross and Peugeot 208 WRX. Two new tracks: Lydden Hill, UK and Höljes, Sweden. New music tracks for your listening pleasure. Toggle added to enable centring of the steering wheel when the car is reset to track or starting a new race. This can be turned on/off from the “Advanced Wheel” menu in the options menu by toggling “Centre Steering”. The strength of this effect can be tuned from the “Vibration and Feedback” menu by changing “Steering Centre Force”. Added a FFB slider to control the strength of the force applied when centring the wheel. Clutch deadzone and saturation sliders have been added to the advanced wheel options screen. Added support for the Leobodnar Sim Steering FFB system. A game preference has been added to allow for the driver arms and steering wheel to be hidden when using an interior camera. Progress bar now has red/green markers showing the split when completing a sector. Fixes The “Little Light” achievement now unlocks after fulfilling the criteria. Win Championship based achievements now unlock after a player loses an event during that championship… Sorry. All Hillclimb achievements now unlock correctly when the requirements are met. Terminal reset lines on the Monte Carlo rally route Pra d’Alart have been pushed back from the track edge. General art fixes to the Germany routes. Visual co-driver calls improved throughout all tracks. Ambience added to German routes. Various fixes to benchmark mode race playback Solved issue where the game would freeze and stutter while driving when the user has multiple hard drives. Added functionality to override the type of device for a controller or wheel – enabling advanced options for these input device respectively. Steering linearity is now being applied to the Microsoft Wireless Speed Wheel. Position difference. Indicator shown in the Championship Standings for a Hillclimb event now displays the change in championship positions. Fixed an issue where the distance required to unlock the later engineers wasn’t updating. Fix for replay camera sequence sometimes getting stuck on the onboard camera. Issue where the default vehicle tuning settings were not being applied correctly is now fixed. Fixed an issue where cars would flip or launch into the air when driving at speed near low height objects… We’re gonna miss watching those videos. Upgraded motion platform and telemetry peripheral support so you can now run as many DBox and UDP streams as you want, simultaneously without the need for 3rd party software. Finishing 16th in a championship event will now give considerably less rewards. Fixed a problem where the game would cause random inputs in the menus that didn’t come from you. Various fixes to improve stability and reduce jitter in post race cut scene and replays. Fixed the championship position indicators displaying the wrong information. Fixed issue where warning message were still present on screen after completing an event. Updated vibration and feedback screen to display descriptions for each of the options. A wide range of fixes and tweaks to prepare for the upcoming content. This latest update will download to your PC automatically but if you happen to be one of the few who haven’t joined us yet for early access… What are you waiting for? Download DiRT Rally from Steam now.

The FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy has signed a new partnership with successful video game developer Codemasters in order for World RX to be featured in DiRT Rally. The game is now available on Steam Early Access. The first stage of this partnership will see the RX Supercars, tracks and racing modes implemented into DiRT Rally as part of Codemasters’ commitment to deliver regular content updates during the game’s Early Access phase on Steam. Owners of the game will soon be able to drive a choice selection of these cars for themselves across three different game modes and experience the sheer speed, action, dynamism and performance that makes World RX one of the fastest growing motorsports in the world. As with previous updates, this new content will be available free of charge to existing owners. The tracks that have currently been built and included in the game are Holjes (Sweden) and Lydden Hill (Great Britain). The Hell circuit in Norway will be added in the near future. DiRT Rally’s Lead Designer, Paul Coleman, explained: “From the outset we wanted DiRT Rally to be the ultimate off-road racer and to fulfil that vision we knew we had to include World RX. Since the launch in Early Access back in April we have continued to add new, diverse content to the game and World RX will add another dimension that will challenge even the most experienced players.” At the World RX round in Sweden over the weekend, the Championship’s top drivers were able to test-drive virtual versions of the 600bhp RX Supercars that compete in the World Championship. “Codemasters have done a brilliant job – the detail is very realistic and not far from real life,” explained Team Volkswagen Sweden’s Johan Kristoffersson, who is currently second in the overall World RX drivers’ standings. “As drivers, we always want to change the smallest things on our cars, but this version is very good. There are just a couple of tweaks that need to be made and then I think it will be just like driving the real thing. It’s by far the best rallycross game I have played.” Martin Anayi, World RX Managing Director for IMG, concluded: “It was great to have the Codemasters team with us in Holjes over the weekend, which allowed us to showcase our new joint game venture to over 40,000 fans. Codemasters has worked exceptionally hard to get this project off the ground and it’s been encouraging to hear such positive feedback from our drivers after they had test-driven the game. We are very excited about our new collaboration with Codemasters and look forward to working with the team more closely to help develop the game further.”

In questo caldo giorno festivo, ecco arrivare alcuni nuovi screens di anteprima del prossimo F1 2015 targato Codemasters. Da notare l'immagine del podio...

DiRT Rally Pikes Peak Pack Out Now - http://store.steampowered.com/app/310560 The world famous Pikes Peak - Built from the ground up in its full fat modern tarmac state (the first time in a video game) and the mixed. It seems like forever ago when we pushed the button and surprised the world with DiRT Rally. To everybody reading this screen we can’t thank you enough. Today we're really pleased to be able to push the button on our first big update, the Pikes Peak Pack which is available now and included in DiRT Rally no extra cost. It should start downloading the next time you log into Steam but if it just so happens that you don't own a copy of DiRT Rally yet you can purchase it on Steam right here. Here’s the full list of everything we’ve changed, added and fixed in DiRT Rally V.0.4 New – Added over 4,300 metres of rock otherwise known as Pikes Peak New – Or old depending how you look at it, yes that’s right we’ve also added the mixed surface version of Pikes Peak too New – Each route on Pikes Peak is available with a variety of weather conditions (Sunny\Rain\Overcast\Clear) New – Hillclimb car class featuring the Peugeot 405 T16 Pikes Peak, the Peugeot 205 T16 Pikes Peak and the Audi Sport Quattro S1 Pikes Peak. New – Hillclimb career mode and full support for Online Events and Leagues New – Added a few tutorial messages and hints and tips to some menus and loading screens New – Sent all our AI drivers back to rally school, turns out they were struggling to keep up with you guys so expect a bit more of a challenge from now on New – Your changes in position are now shown on the event and championship standings New – Added a message to let you know when you’ve been promoted or relegated in Championship mode New – 13 new achievements for all you unlock and rub in your friends faces. New – Added the ability to map clutch and gears for the following steering wheels: Logitech Driving Force EX, Logitech Driving Force GT, Logitech Driving Force Pro, Logitech MOMO Racing Wheel, Thrustmaster F430 Force Feedback Racing Wheel, Thrustmaster Ferrari GT Experience Racing Wheel, Thrustmaster RGT FF Pro, Microsoft Wireless Xbox 360 Racing Wheel New – Added analogue handbrake support Change – Engineer slots now unlock based on distance driven rather than spending your hard earned credits Change – When using a wheel the ragdoll shake effect is now turned off Change – Had our mechanics make some improvements to the drivetrain on all of the cars Change – Custom Events now use the full fat versions of the cars rather than the poor mans versions Change – Improved our Steam error reporting, this won’t really change anything for you right now but it will help us in the future in particular with getting to the bottom of error 41 issues Change – Made it clearer when you can’t afford a car Change – Improved the messages which tell you what the different game modes are Change – Custom events now tell you if a stage is a “Long” or “Sprint” (short) version Change – Changed certain title headers in the leagues reward screens to make it clearer where you finished Change – The weekly event is now six stages instead of four Fix – If you’re using a H-Pattern with clutch setup, the game no longer shifts to neutral when contact with your kit is lost. Fix – Turns out that sometimes the AI would overshoot the start line, we’ve had a word with them about it Fix – Hand braking when using manual clutch now no longer locks all four wheels on the Ford Fiesta Fix – Position indicators will now stop showing the incorrect information Fix – Fixed a weird thing that would sometimes let you have more than one go at an online event (bet you’re gutted you didn’t notice that one) Fix – Ever been caught in an infinite loop of disconnects and reconnects at the end of an online event? Yeah, we fixed that. Car update – The Fiat 131 Abarth now has historically accurate rear lights Car update – The Fiat 131 Abarth now features the Rallysport Development livery Car update – The Ford Escort Mk II now features the Phil Collins’ livery Car update – The Lancia Fulvia HF now features the Lancia livery. Car update – The Peugeot 205 T16 Evo 2 now features the Peugeot Sport livery

La Codemasters ci concede oggi qualche altra immagine di anteprima del suo prossimo F1 2015, titolo con licenza ufficiale del mondiale di Formula 1 che sarà disponibile in Italia a partire dal 9 Luglio. Sempre da oggi è anche possibile effettuare il preordine del gioco tramite il sito ufficiale, ma non sono previsti bonus per chi acquista in via anticipata.

Con il nuovo breve trailer di anteprima che vedete qui sotto, la Codemasters ha annunciato l'arrivo a Luglio del suo prossimo F1 2015, per PS4, XBox One e PC. Non mancano alcuni spettacolari screens in alta risoluzione.

Il nuovo titolo rallystico della Codemasters, nonostante sia ancora in versione beta su Steam, ha saputo già appassionare molti fans della derapata controllata. Vi propongo quindi la lettura di una interessante intervista fatta a Paul Coleman, lead designer di Dirt Rally. “We've completely remodelled the physics engine and the simulation of how these cars are represented, and that’s given us an incredibly solid foundation on which to build from. We're getting a lot of this information out of reference books, manufacturers will correct us in some cases, or approve them in others, and we’re then using our new physics simulation engine. We're able to put those numbers in much more faithfully than we've ever done before, so that every car actually feels like it does in real life.”

A quanto pare la serie DiRT di Codemasters torna - a sorpresa - solo su PC, almeno in questa particolare versione apparsa in queste ore sull'Accesso Anticipato di Steam: il nuovo DiRT Rally è infatti disponibile in early access, acquistabile a 29,99 euro (a 26,99 euro in questo momento grazie allo sconto del 10%). Si tratta di un arrivo a sorpresa, indubbiamente, visto che un nuovo DiRT aleggiava da tempo nell'aria ma non era stato ancora annunciato nulla di ufficiale da parte del publisher. Codemasters ha deciso di percorrere la strada dell'Accesso Anticipato per il nuovo capitolo, affidandosi anche alla community per ricevere feedback e suggerimenti su come portare avanti lo sviluppo del gioco, oltre a poter utilizzare un sistema di finanziamento indipendente prima del lancio del gioco in forma completa. Qui di seguito trovate il tipico trailer di lancio con alcuni screens in game.

Lettura interessante, per tutti gli appassionati in attesa del nuovo F1 2015, è l'articolo di anteprima pubblicato da Multiplayer.it. Non mancano questa mattina neppure 5 nuovi screens di anteprima e l'immagine della copertina del prossimo titolo Codemasters. Da segnalare infine che la casa inglese ha inaugurato oggi a questo link il suo nuovo negozio online, offrendo tutti i suoi titoli (compreso l'ultimo F1 2014) con lo sconto del 50%. La maggior potenza degli hardware è stata quindi l'occasione per rivedere il sistema di rilevamento dei danni: sono più precisi, influenzano un numero maggiori di parti della vettura e vengono meglio rappresentati a schermo... L'intelligenza artificiale, ci spiega Mather, è stata rilavorata in modo che al tasso di sfida richiesto da diverse tipologie di giocatori si unisse anche la giusta virtualizzazione delle caratteristiche dei piloti...

The new model delivers enhancements and additions in over 20 areas including engine and transmission, aero dynamics, fuel tank, force feedback, suspension and most notably a brand new tyre physics model – creating a truly breathtaking and realistic representation of how these cars handle on the track. The buzz and excitement that surrounds each GRAND PRIX™ is incredible, and we wanted to transfer that to F1 2015 with an all-new broadcast style presentation that’ll deliver that unmistakable race-day weekend atmosphere. You’ll be seeing all of this in the Championship Season mode, the brand new (and very challenging) Pro Season mode and of course Quick Race and Multiplayer too. Using the voice recognition technology available for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles you’ll be able to interact with your race engineer like never before. Through in-game voice commands with Kinect for Xbox One and the PlayStation®Camera or compatible headsets for PlayStation 4 you can ask for race info, updates on the weather, tyre status, request tyres and even front wing changes… And that is just a few of the many options available. We know a lot of our fans wanted to play F1 TM 2014 on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, so as well as being the official videogame of the 2015 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP we’re also including the cars, drivers and tracks from the 2014 season as bonus content. All built from the ground up with our updated handling and new game features. Here’s what Game Director, Paul Jeal had to say about the game - “F1 2015 marks an exciting new chapter for Codemasters and FORMULA ONE; it’s a shift in direction for the game series, on new formats and our brand new game engine, with the game set to be released earlier in the season, launching this June,” The handling is a vast improvement from our previous games. In particular our new tyre model is a superb step forward towards realism, letting you explore where the limit is and allowing you to instantly feel much more connected with the car. You can now experience the changes in grip caused by temperature changes, wear, car set-up, debris and weather conditions. Our improved vehicle dynamics much more accurately convey the difference in performance and the feel between mechanical and aerodynamic grip. The new Force Feedback system adds to the feeling of connection with the car and track surface. The more natural and realistic nature of the game physics also serves to ensure that the racing experience is more accessible, enjoyable and rewarding for players of all skill levels.” With the second race of the 2015 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP this weekend in Malaysia, the team is busy modelling the new 2015 cars and drivers in readiness for the game’s summer launch. You can see a tease of our first signed off 2015 content in our debut screenshots, as well as an early glimpse of the Mexican circuit. In addition to the 2015 season, we are also delighted to be able to offer the 2014 season as a bonus selectable season. Even this far out from our games release they truly show the power of our new game engine.” F1 2015 will be launching in June on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. To keep up to date with all the latest news on F1 2015 and this season’s championship you’ll find us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Google+

Dopo lunga attesa, ecco finalmente spuntare i primi screens di anteprima del prossimo F1 2015 della Codemasters, titolo con licenza ufficiale FIA Formula 1 che dovrebbe arrivare su tutti i formati nella prossima estate. Com'è evidente, le immagini sono state "rubate" nel corso di qualche evento di presentazione, quindi non sono di alta qualità.