Dirt Rally 2.0

If there’s anything that can bring a dose of certainty to a dark night in the Polish countryside, it’s that voice. “Flat left over jump, extra extra long keep middle 170,” it says as we speed by trees and hedgerows and fields and barns. I can’t see the world outside the glare of my headlights, but that voice knows everything. “Into six right, opens over…

Tagged with Codemasters, driving, feature, Phil Mills, rally, The Joy Of, Dirt Rally 2.0.

A is for Another Automobilista. Automobilista, the sim that stormed to victory in the single-player portion of the inaugural Flare Path Grand Prix (a popularity contest for race sims) is to get a sequel in December and interestingly the sequel will rely on an engine last seen in Project CARS 2. As Reiza explained to www.racedepartment.com, the graphical prowess and “smooth as butter” fluency of…

Tagged with Airland, Armored Brigade, Armstrong Powerhouse, Assetto Corsa Competizione, Automobilista, Automobilista 2, Barbarroja, Cricket 19, DCS World 2, DCS: World, Falcon 4.0, Fantasy General 2, Field of Glory II, IL-2 Sturmovik, Japan 45, K2, Mount Everest, Ports of Call Classic, Reentry, Rule the Waves 2, Steel Beasts, Steel Beasts Pro Personal Edition, Steel Division 2, The Flare Path, Wings Over Flanders Fields, Dirt Rally 2.0, Train Sim World.

A is for Additional ants. Covered regularly in The Flare Path's outdoorsy sister column The Garden Path, Empires of the Undergrowth has sufficient hexagons, realism, and warfare to feature in this one from time to time too. Yesterday's update certainly warrants a mention. The largest content injection since Slug Disco's myrmicine management RTS entered Early Access, the Leafcutter Update adds a new ant species, numerous…

Tagged with Armored Brigade, Bike Sim Experience, Broken Lines, Deadstick, Empires of the Undergrowth, Fantasy General 2, Gates of Hell, Lotus Simulator, Narrowboat Simulator, Plaguepunk Justice, Rule the Waves 2, Steel Division 2, Tabletop Simulator, Tank Crew: Clash at Prokhorovka, The Flare Path, Uboat Simulator, Virtual Red Arrows, VTOL VR, Warsaw, Wings Over The Reich, 11-11 Memories Retold, Armoured Commander 2, Burden of Command, Dirt Rally 2.0, Unity of Command 2.

A is for Aircraft Carrier Survival. Having researched WW2 flat-tops for their due-in-2020 damage control game Aircraft Carrier Survival, developer CFG clearly felt that torpedoes, bombs, shells, mines, kamikaze attacks, accidents and cyclones, didn't constitute a sufficiently potent calamity cocktail. Captains will also have to deal with sabotage, mutinies and nervous breakdowns.

Tagged with Aircraft Carrier Survival, Cliffs of Dover, Close Combat: The Bloody First, DCS: World, Derail Valley, eSail, Flying Circus, Graviteam Tactics, helisimmer.com, Nantucket, Naval Battles Simulator, Terminal Conflict, The Flare Path, Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator, Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail, Way of Defector, We. The Revoultion, Wings Over The Reich, Dirt Rally 2.0, Radio Commander.