So you pay 40 euros for the game and another 40 for what you described as less than a 1/4 of so called extra content... content that was ready to be release when the game was... I got the Monaco rally stage, a few cars and 20 euros out the door...
Actually, that's not entirely true. While the actual content may have been ready to use in the game, from my understanding it was not approved by sponsors/manufacturers to be used in the game. Some of these companies are picky on what they allow in the game and how their cars are portrayed; others don't really care that much and will approve it straight away. However, as may or may not have noticed, the real-life liveries on the DLC cars (I think it's just them, but I'm not sure) cannot be used in DiRT Tour. Why? Good question, I don't know, but for some reason they couldn't be approved to use there.
Now, is this all absolutely ludicious? Yes. Is it Codemasters' fault that they have to go through so many hoops to get the content released? No, it's not. You know, they could just not bother with it at all. "Can we have the Lancia Stratos?!?" "Nope, we're too lazy to get the required approvals for it and you guys would just whine about paying for it anyways."
yes Im a sucker but that doesnt make it right and he is right IMO its codies who are exagerating...
No, I agree that it doesn't make it right at all, but you aren't in a great position to whine and cry about it if you paid them for it. Complain with your wallet, not your keyboard on an unrelated forum. If you want to vent, fine, but in the end you had a choice, you didn't have to buy them.
By the way, he is not right, with how he stated it:
The main problem with DiRT3 is that you only get half of the game, and the other half is being released as DLC, which you have to pay for.
As I have said, that is wrong. It is a FACT that more than half of the TOTAL DiRT 3 content that you can have is in the RELEASED game. About 25% (probably less) is actually available as add-on content. That is a fact.
Now, if you want to argue that of the TOTAL price paid, half was for DLC, then by all means, do so, but that's not what he said. As far as the US goes, the DLC will not equal half of the total price paid for all content until the game sells below $40 (it's $60 at most retailers still, $45 at amazon, on sale at Kmart this week for $40, but only this week).
Just a question do you work for codies?
No, but I sure wish I did.
As for the OP try Dirt 2 instead - more locations , pretty much the same physics, graphics (filter colors aside) and cars and must be a lot cheaper
More locations - yes. More cars - Nooooooooo. I bought DiRT 2 3 weeks ago, it doesn't have more cars. There are 35, to be exact, which is what the game says. From what I could tell, a LOT of Rally cars were shared with the Trailblazer cars, just modded, not to mention the different variations of buggies and landrush trucks. Not so with DiRT 3.
I will say though that since the OP is in the US, it won't be a walk in the park to find DiRT 2, for a reasonable price. New copies are sold for $30-40, I've seen a few Gamestops selling it used for $25, which is too steep IMO. I ended up getting a copy at a mom-and-pop shop for $10, but only after looking for weeks. I really just got lucky.
It probably is in the OP's best interest to just rent it anyway, no sense in buying it if you won't like it (unless you're just filthy rich, which in that case, can you buy me a new car?
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The game ships with about 50 cars and about 10 locations (a few only available for certain modes). The DLC consists of about 14 cars, 1 NEW location only available for Rally, and 1 Recycled DiRT 2 location, only for Rallycross.
