I haven't had much chance to play this so far, just a quick blast after work yesterday and before heading out. I'm using the MS wheel.
First of all, it's pretty much the same game as the demo. I can't see any graphical improvement so for those for whom this is extremely important; look away now!
After setting up my driver details, I've only completed the driving school stuff and one stage in career mode so far:
The driving school section is a bit pointless tbh, in that it doesn't give you any instructions on how to approach each challenge, unlike the excellent rally school in Richard Burns Rally. However, it does introduce you to each surface type and does a good job of showing how the handling of the car changes between each. The challenges weren't particularly tricky. You just need to beat a ghost over a single section of stage, or a whole stage for the final challenge. The rallying geek in me quite liked the fact that when driving as Henning Solberg you have a female co-driver (even if she isn't German).
Onto career mode. First thing you do is drive a single stage in a works C4 (not sure what the point of this was tbh). After this you set up your co-driver who can be male or female and who you can name (I went for female hoping she'd be a bit less annoying). You can also pick the name of your team. And that's where I'm up to.
The handling is the same as the demo and I found the car too oversteery for me. I haven't actually done any stages where I can change the setup yet, but that will be coming next as I get into the main career mode.
Pace notes seem slightly inconsistent - sometimes you get distances to the next corner and sometimes you don't. It hasn't caused me too many issues so far, but it's early days.
To summarise, I'm liking it so far. Looking forward to really getting into it tomorrow night.
First of all, it's pretty much the same game as the demo. I can't see any graphical improvement so for those for whom this is extremely important; look away now!
After setting up my driver details, I've only completed the driving school stuff and one stage in career mode so far:
The driving school section is a bit pointless tbh, in that it doesn't give you any instructions on how to approach each challenge, unlike the excellent rally school in Richard Burns Rally. However, it does introduce you to each surface type and does a good job of showing how the handling of the car changes between each. The challenges weren't particularly tricky. You just need to beat a ghost over a single section of stage, or a whole stage for the final challenge. The rallying geek in me quite liked the fact that when driving as Henning Solberg you have a female co-driver (even if she isn't German).
Onto career mode. First thing you do is drive a single stage in a works C4 (not sure what the point of this was tbh). After this you set up your co-driver who can be male or female and who you can name (I went for female hoping she'd be a bit less annoying). You can also pick the name of your team. And that's where I'm up to.
The handling is the same as the demo and I found the car too oversteery for me. I haven't actually done any stages where I can change the setup yet, but that will be coming next as I get into the main career mode.
Pace notes seem slightly inconsistent - sometimes you get distances to the next corner and sometimes you don't. It hasn't caused me too many issues so far, but it's early days.
To summarise, I'm liking it so far. Looking forward to really getting into it tomorrow night.