Dirt To Return To Its Colin McRae Roots & Next Gen Game On The Way?

I’ve been a fan of Codemasters Colin McRae series since the very beginning and like many, right on through to the acclaimed Dirt series. But while I enjoyed the Dirt games, I missed the pure Rally sim that the series once was, so much so that I totally skipped the last instalment in Dirt: Showdown. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciated many of the new features and modes in the Dirt series, but in the back of my mind I was wishing for the franchise to go back to its roots.

I know there are a lot of fans that love the Dirt series of late, but I know there are also a lot of gamers that share my thoughts.  So when one Dirt gamer quizzed the Chief Game Designer of the Dirt series at Codemasters via Twitter by asking “Can the next Dirt game please be more Rally orientated?” Paul Coleman of Codemasters replied “Yes it can and it will.”

Below is the Tweet in question:

@Kick_Up Can the next Dirt game please be more Rally oriented? Alot of us REALLY miss the Colin Mcrae games, longer point to point courses

— Swan Lee (@Silaslang) January 10, 2014

Paul Coleman also tweeted just today, hinting at the Dirt series being a next gen instalment. 

RT @grEvenX: Retweet everyone who wants to see a next-gen @dirtgame ! #PS4 #4ThePlayers #greatnessawaits

— Paul Coleman (@Kick_Up) January 13, 2014

So would you like to see the Dirt series go back to its roots or are you happy with the direction that it’s been heading?  Let us know in the comments section below.

You can also checkout our reviews of Codemasters two latest racers in GRID 2 and F1 2013.