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I' m not buying Forza 2. I was going to before i played the demo, and while i' ll note that the game is technologically impressive, it' s just not for me. DiRT however is my kind of game and i' m definitely buying this next week when it hits store shelves.

Is anybody else planning on getting it?

I played both Forza and DiRT demos, and while the former was good from a pro driving point of view, it just didn' t press enough of my fun buttons. DiRT however did seem a good laugh, and quite varied in its game types. So yep, until the mad rush of stuff in September/October this is the game I' m going to get.

The absence of wheel-to-wheel online multiplayer racing will keep me from buying it. It' s pretty fun as a single player experience, and it does look good. But any game I get has to have some pretty robust multiplayer experience and I was stunned that DiRT hasn' t got it.

I still say wait for Race Driver Year One as its using the same engine as seen in DiRT and can pretty much guarantee wheel to wheel racing in a huge variety of vehicles.

Dirt > Forza hands down. My only big beef is that when you' re doing stuff like the hill climb, if you go screeching off of the side you can' t see your car get wrecked. Motorstorm' s got it beat there.

I still think Forza 2 is much better. Not that I think Dirt was bad but I just couldn' t get into it.
It' s weird, I usually hate simulators, and most racing games I' ve liked have been arcade racers. But Forza 2 really worked for me.

BTW, I finally got Forza 2 today, hurray! I got the Limited Collector' s edition but it' s nothing special. The book you get looks like a cheap instruction manual and the box isn' t very exciting. It' s nothing like the Gears of war Limited Collector' s Edition with the tin box and the really cool art book. Even the Viva Piñata Limited Edition box was cooler

After playing both games today, Forza 2 kills dirt hands down.

In Forza you can really ' feel' the road to a tee and has the best use of pad rumble ive felt in a game so far.

Seriously, I would consider buying Forza 2 to all 360 owners (even if you did not like the demo, just trade some older games for it).. the Final game is magic, by far the best 360 game ive played.

Dirt is a fun diversion, but Forza is a higher caliber experience. Designing and trading cars, not to mention racing them, is going to guarantee a vibrant online community for Forza for years.

Dirt on PC might interest me with a good PC racing wheel like a Logitech MOMO or maybe even a G25.