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"If you ever want to feel inadequate as a driver, take a look at Ken Block&amp;#039;s sensational car control in his gymkhana videos on YouTube. To describe Block as a rally driver isn&amp;#039;t totally accurate. True, he has many victories, but this is only the beginning of the story. Incredibly, he first turned a wheel in a rally car only four years ago. In that short time his name has become synonymous with extreme, borderline insane, driving exploits. Jump a Subaru STI 171 feet? Done it. Beat the late, great Colin McRae in rally competition at the X-Games? Check. The list goes on.   Like any extreme athlete in the vein of Evel Knievel or Travis Pastrana, Block has the fans and the broken vertebrae to show for it. If only there was a way to get a Block-style adrenaline rush without the ambulance rides...   Enter Codemasters, makers of the original Colin McRae rally video game. They chose Block to put their new game, DIRT2, completely over the top. Block, who&amp;#039;s on the cutting edge of what rallying is becoming, embraces and excels in traditional rallying. But he&amp;#039;s also pushing the limits of what can be done in these cars, and that&amp;#039;s what he&amp;#039;s passed on to the creators of DIRT2.   A gymkhana-style thrill ride with Block in his brutally quick WRX STi at the Silverstone circuit in the UK will make you a believer not only in his abilities, but also in the huge fun-factor of rally cars. Block says the WRX in the DIRT2 game handles and feels just like his real car.   Indeed, DIRT2 is as close as you can get to the real thing. Stunningly realistic graphics and true-to-life handling characteristics will get your heart beating as if you were on driving on a real stage. Realistic sound and co-driver pace notes mean it&amp;#039;s not much of a stretch to imagine yourself throwing Ken&amp;#039;s STI through the treacherous bends of a special stage.   Don&amp;#039;t take me for a gaming junkie \u2014 I haven&amp;#039;t been excited about a video game since my parents gave me an Atari for Christmas in 1982. But DIRT2, which has just been released in the U.S., has changed that. Guess I&amp;#039;ll have to go buy an Xbox or PS3. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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