This is my first time contributing to RPS, so I'm going to start out with a little (pertinent) information: I've driven a lot of cars. As an automotive journalist I've sat behind the wheels of everything from the aggressively unremarkable Dodge Dart to brilliant machines like the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series, the Subaru WRX STi, the Audi R8 V10, a rally-prepped Ford Fiesta, and even a pair of formula cars. I'm pretty quick on tarmac.
Dirt 4 isn't about tarmac, so I knew it would be a learning experience. In fact, I drove that Fiesta I mentioned a moment ago about 100 meters onto a rally stage, with Tim O'Neil and Ken Block on board, before I valiantly steered it into a ditch. Once I got it out of the ditch and en route again I made it down another half of the stage before reacquainting myself with the ditch. I swore to do better next time, but next time never came.
“Close enough”, I thought when I got this assignment, so I set up my sim gear and got to racing.
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