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Codemasters confirms a slight push to enable DirectX 11 support for DiRT 2...
Colin McRae DiRT 2 will look a little bit better on the PC thanks to the game gaining DirectX 11 support.
The latest version of the API isn't scheduled to arrive until October 2009 alongside Windows 7, making this one of the first games to confirm support. Key improvements include the addition of Shader Model 5.0, providing enhanced depth of field, ambient occlusion and shadows, while hardware tessellation results in improved water appearance and crown animations.
"While the console editions of Colin McRae: DiRT 2 will retain their September ship date, we believe that the DirectX 11 feature set is too compelling to ignore, especially considering how much more it can add to the visual experience for PC gamers," said Bryan Marshall, chief technical officer, Codemasters. "As a leader in digital racing entertainment, we are staying ahead of the pack by immediately taking advantage of key new technologies such as hardware tessellation, multi-threading and Shader Model 5.0 to deliver the most realistic, immersive and exhilarating racing experiences in the business. The fusion of DirectX 11 with Codemasters' EGO(tm) Engine will raise the technical bar considerably in the racing genre."
"We expect Codemasters' early move to DirectX 11 to place them in a leadership position in developing the next generation of PC games and simulations," said Rick Bergman, senior vice president, AMD Products Group. "To aid in transitioning to DirectX 11, AMD is providing Codemasters with access to our software engineering expertise in DirectX 11 technologies such as tessellation and shader modelling. DirectX 11 has all of the ingredients needed to take PC gaming to a new level of realism by giving developers tools to effectively utilize the multi-CPU, multi-GPU systems now available to players."
As a result of the new enhancements, the Games for Windows version of Colin McRae DiRT 2 has been pushed back into December.
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Added:Fri 25th Sep 2009 14:32, Post No: 6
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Added:Fri 18th Sep 2009 17:24, Post No: 4
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Added:Mon 24th Nov 2008 12:59, Post No: 3
I think it's a sign of respect from Codemasters to a professional sportsman that they worked very closely with. They give posthumous awards - so think of it like that.
Perhaps the greatest respect they can offer the late Colin McRae is to do a 180 from last year's version and focus on making DiRT 2 a game for the rally fans once again instead of appealing to the yanks.
Added:Mon 24th Nov 2008 11:05, Post No: 2
how can they do another colin McRae dirt game when hes dead (i dont mean no disrespect to him or his family) but it just doesnt make any sense he put his knowlage into the last game so how can they improve it unless there using other rally drivers and making a tribute game to colin mcrae.
Added:Thu 20th Nov 2008 13:46, Post No: 1
Ug, sounds like they might be dumbing it down even more. :(