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''DiRT 2'' dropped Colin McRae's name from the title after the release due to the driver's tragic death.
 
''DiRT 3'' was released in May 2011, featuring more cars, more locations, more routes and more events than any other game in the series, including over 50 rally cars representing the very best from five decades of the sport. The game will feature more than double the track content of ''DiRT 2''. Players start at the top as a professional driver, with a top-flight career in competitive off-road racing complimented by the opportunity to express themselves in Gymkhana-style showpiece driving events.
 
''DiRT Showdown'' was released in May 2012. The game is more arcade-y than its predecessors, putting more focus on Gymkhana and putting in more modes, such as demolition derbies and party games.
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* [[Anti-Frustration Features]] -: The game borrows the Flashback mechanic from ''[[GRID]]''.
* [[Continuity Nod]] -: Take a close look at the laptop in your trailer in ''DiRT 2''. It's playing the original ''DiRT''!
* [[Cool Car]] -: Even the scrappy 2WD hot hatches featured throughout all of the Colin McRae series are highly and finely tuned dirt-slinging machines.
* [[Cultural Translation]] -: Many of the old-school ''[[Colin McRae Rally]]'' fans complained about the "Americanness" of the ''DiRT'' installments, especially the second one, ''DiRT2DiRT 2''.
* [[Elite Tweak]]: So many settings to change in the first ''DiRT''...
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: The Peugeot 307 in the 4WD class of the first ''DiRT''.
* [[Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels]]: In the first ''DiRT'';
** In the first ''DiRT'':
** Pro (hardest)
*** Pro-Am (hardest).
*** AmateurPro-Am.
*** Amateur.
*** Clubman (easiest difficulty with Terminal Damage).
*** [[Easier Than Easy|Rookie]].
* [[Jack of All Stats]]: The Subaru Impreza Group N in ''DiRT2DiRT 2'' is this;: a car that can easily take the top three in any of the "interchangable disciplines" (Trailblazer/Rally/Rallycross), but isn't powerful enough to really dominate any one discipline.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|No Cars Were Hurt]]: While all of the games have had licensed vehicles, the beat-up derby vehicles in ''DiRT Showdown'' marks the first instance in the series where fictional cars are used. Licensed vehicles return for the arena modes, though.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: The ''DiRT'' series features some of the best PC and console graphics ever put to screen.
* [[Shout-Out]]: To real-life driver Colin McRae, who did a lot of the consulting on car handling for earlier games.
** Some of ''DiRT 3'''s achievements, including:
*** [[Star Trek|Assistance is Futile]].
*** [[MC Hammer|Can't Touch This!]].
*** [[The French Connection|French Connection]].
*** [[Robot Wars (TV series)|No-bot Wars]].
*** [[The Italian Job|Self Preservation Society]].
*** [[Talladega Nights|Shake and Bake]].
*** [[The Deer Hunter|Steer Hunter]].
* [[Truth in Television]]: Said [[Fragile Speedster|Peugeot 307 rally car]] is also very fragile in [[Real Life]].
 
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