Prerelease:DiRT 2 (Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)

This page details pre-release information and/or media for DiRT 2 (Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360).

To do: There are more pre-release media. There is also a lot to document.

Developmental timeline

2007

• 12 July - DiRT 2 has been confirmed to be in development and is in production stage.

2008

• 19 November - DiRT 2 got announced.

2009

• 21 January - The dirt2game.com domain gets registered.
• 27 March - Teaser Trailer has been released.
• 2 April - QA.197111 Thu 14:24 build got compiled.
• 7 May - Studio Tour trailer got released.
• 4 June - A DiRT 2 build got revealed on E3 2009.
• 23 June - preview.235608 23/06/2009 15:50 (Xbox 360 Preview) build got compiled.
• 26 June - preview.238123 Fri 15:41 (PlayStation 3 Preview) build got compiled.
• 7 July - The PC version has been delayed from September to December 2009, to include then-new DirectX 11 support.
• 23 July - QA US.255992 Thu 13:29 build got compiled.
• 1 August - Master World.260696 01/08/2009 19:35 (Xbox 360 Gold) build got compiled.
• 3 August 15:12 - Master US.260954 Mon 15:12 (PlayStation 3 US Demo) build got compiled.
• 3 August 15:31 - Master Europe.260954 03/08/2009 15:31 (PlayStation 3 EU Demo) build got compiled.
• 4 August 13:02 - Master World.261263 04/08/2009 13:02 (Xbox LIVE Marketplace Demo) build got compiled
• 4 August 17:21 - Master Europe.261353 04/08/2009 17:21 (PlayStation 3 EU Gold) build got compiled.
• 4 August 17:28 - Master US.261353 Tue 17:28 (PlayStation 3 US Gold) build got compiled.
• 20 August - The Xbox LIVE Marketplace demo got released for Xbox 360.
• 27 August - The demo got released for PlayStation 3.
• 8 September - DiRT 2 got released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in North America.
• 11 September - DiRT 2 got released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Europe.
• 17 September - DiRT 2 got released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Australia.
• 18 November - QA.295308 18/11/2009 16:23 (PC Gold) build got compiled.
• 26 November - Master World.299448 26/11/2009 13:39 (PC Demo) build got compiled.
• 4 December - DiRT 2 got released for PC in Europe.
• 8 December - DiRT 2 got released for PC in North America.
• 10 December - DiRT 2 got released for PC in Australia.

Late Spring 2009

Studio Tour 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N0i1eaEQj8

Studio Tour 2

Timestamps: 1:43-1:52, 2:59-3:10 and 3:17-3:25

Differences

User Interface

• The User Interface used blue colors instead of green.
• Menu press sound is different
• Menu animations are different
• Loading spinner had faster speed and was more whiter and the text had inverted color.
• The mini map in HUD had background like in DiRT.
• Replay circle was different

Cars

• Ken Block's Subaru Impreza WRX STI car has some livery differences.

Cinematics

• The race pre-start camera is static, not cinematic seen in final game.

Locations

• Most of the tracks don't have sponsor boards yet.

London

• The Power Station banner had Battersea Battle logo instead of just London.
• The lighting and sky were different
• The projector seen in night tracks projected DC Shoes logo.

Gameplay

• Race end camera has been disabled, possibly because it wasn't still finished yet.

Deleted Drivers

To do: Examples of internal references and where Coleman confirmed they were scrapped.

References to various scrapped drivers can be found in the game's internal database code. Chief game designer Paul Coleman confirmed that these drivers were completely cut at some point in development.

Standard Drivers

• Colin McRae (Scotland)
• Marcus Grönholm (Finland)
• Liam Doran (England)
• Lawrence Gibson (Great Britain)
• Brian Ickler (USA)
• Robby Gordon (USA)
• Wally Dallenbach, Jr. (USA)
• Troy Herbst (USA)
• Rifat Sungkar (Indonesia)
• Karamjit Singh (Malaysia)
• Muhammad Rafiq Udhaya (Malaysia)

Legend Drivers

These were the legend drivers who were supposed to be in the Colin McRae Challenge event, but got removed and replaced with the existing legend drivers in the game.

• Tommi Makinen (Finland)
• Ayrton Senna (Brazil)
• Nigel Mansell (Great Britain)
• Markku Alen (Finland)
• Stig Blomqvist (Sweden)
• Bjorn Waldegard (Sweden)