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).

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

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.
• 26 March - QA build for PlayStation 3 is compiled.
• 27 March - Teaser Trailer has been released.
• 7 May - Studio Tour trailer has been released.
• 4 June - DiRT 2 demo build has been revealed on E3 2009.
• 23 June - Preview build for Xbox 360 is compiled.
• 26 June - Preview build for PlayStation 3 is compiled.
• 7 July - The PC version has been delayed from September to December 2009, to include then-new DirectX 11 support.
• 29 July - Earlier version of PlayStation 3 demo build is compiled.
• 1 August - DiRT 2 goes gold, thus ending the development of the game. And Xbox 360 release build is also compiled.
• 3 August - PlayStation 3 demo build is compiled.
• 4 August - Xbox LIVE Marketplace demo and PlayStation 3 release builds are compiled.
• 20 August - The Xbox LIVE Marketplace demo has been released for Xbox 360.
• 27 August - The demo has been released for PlayStation 3.
• 8 September - DiRT 2 is released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in North America.
• 11 September - DiRT 2 is released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Europe.
• 17 September - DiRT 2 is released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Australia.
• 18 November - The PC release build got compiled.
• 4 December - DiRT 2 is released for PC in Europe.
• 8 December - DiRT 2 is released for PC in North America.
• 10 December - DiRT 2 is released for PC in Australia.

Late Spring 2009

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.