What do you think of Gymkhana?

[AOS-]

I love it when I intercept the last guy with everyone else chasing at them. The ramp from container to container has one open side and the other side is basically a wall. A group was chasing the last two, and they both decided to jump that section. I stick my car out from around the corner (since they can't see me) and bam both fly into me.

 

[chromatic9]

Having played through the game a bit now, I think there's a little too much of it.

I don't dislike it, as to me its just arseing about in cars which I've done plenty of. I do enjoy it in Dirt 3.

 

[CCX]

I didn't think I would like it, so I just left the Gymkhana alone as much as possible - but when I got the right car setup on the Fiesta at the DC Compound, I really enjoyed it. I found that shortening the gear ratios and lowering the downforce made a big difference, because you can do donuts and tight drifts around things in second gear instead of bouncing off the limiter in first. That made it a lot more fun for me.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Argh, just had to deal with a major troll in the Compound. We were playing Transporter, and this particular player was driving a dark blue car and lurking in the score zones, so that if you went to score a point, you'd crash into them and they'd get it. It was especially annoying up on the scaffolding in the Power Station.

I still won, though.

 

[AOS-]

If they do that, just drive to the second zone. Someone tried to cherry pick like that on me one time, but they weren't hiding in the zone so I just went around and scored at the zone that was just behind it.

 

[ranhammerR34]

It is freaking insanely difficult for me... and I have to say... I love it.👍 Its great to just mess around with and not give much of a darn about anything.

 

[AOS-]

Just take it easy on the accelerator. By doing so, you're less prone to sliding out when driving.

 

[HugoReyes-8]

Is there a way to get through to Season 4 WITHOUT participating in the gymkhana events? I'm stuck on Season 2 and I've done all of the rally events so far but I totally suck at gymkhana and I cannot open season 3.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[predator_ZX]

its fun and different.. good to keep adding new concepts .. mind you im not that good at it yet imsure ill get better in time

 

[Adzian]

It's fun, sometimes really challenging, but MOST OF ALL just different. Gymkhana challenges during those 4 Dirt Tour seasons aren't that great even for me, but freestyling the DC Compound is just amazing and so entertaining! I can spend hours completely destroying my Fiesta, while doing spins, donuts, jumps, drift and all the other crazy stuff.

 

[nhlkaiser]

Is there a way to get through to Season 4 WITHOUT participating in the gymkhana events? I'm stuck on Season 2 and I've done all of the rally events so far but I totally suck at gymkhana and I cannot open season 3.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

With a little help from the points earned from the extra rallies from the Monte Carlo DLC I didn't touch Gymkhana in either 3 or 4. In 2 I needed a bronze to get the last few points needed so I just dropped the difficulty to get it.

 

[banana123]

Stupid. Overrated. Ridiculously hard. No relation with real rallying.

So, rubbish.

^^^ +1 ive given up on the dirt tour cos theres a gymkhana event thet i cant get higher than 4th on, i cant unlock anymore events despite getting first on everything else. Hate it alot

 

[Dragonistic]

I seriously don't understand how people are stuck on it, lower the difficulty and it's near impossible to fail.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I finally managed the 180-degree jump after a fortnight of not playing! And I did it almos straight away!

I tried downloading the Mini Gymkhana a while ago, but I got an error message saying it hadn't downloaded. I didn't have enough Microsoft Points left over to try downloading it again, so I didn't think much of it. I was fooling around in-game tonight and found the Mini Gymkhana, so I had a go straight away. I pulled the handbrake as I went over the jump in the Parking Lot, and that was enough to complete the 180-degree jump mission.

 

[Havok_]

Don't enjoy it personally. It's not hard, it's just boring compared to blasting through trail blazer and rally tracks.

 

[DromeGT]

I enjoy the Gymkhana mode. I haven't played the game fully yet (only got to play it for a bit at Codemasters HQ whilst I was waiting for my brother; picking him up from work experience). In all I think that it is a clever concept.

 

[LeftyWright69]

It's like anything that is just for fun that someone figured out how to make money doing, It hasn't helped Ken Block to win a Rally Championship and he made Gymkaka popular. Talk about doing something for the lack of nothing better to do. Maybe there is something that can be learned from it but mostly just a driving area that can help a novice squid to figure out how to "Hang It Out - LIT"

With me the jurry is still out on the whole Gymkaka thing, but back in the mid 80z I was competing my 86 IROC Z in SCCA and since all I knew how do was attack things WFO and didn't understand how to track through a turn I was doing my own version of Drifting - Gymkaka and just unscrewed every turn to have fun since I didn't have a clue on what I was doing w/ 4 wheels except flat out. Then a old tiger came up to me and indicated to me that he thought my driving was very entertaining to watch but he thought that "I'd go faster if I slowed down." Yah right what did know? Slow down and go fast, I thought that was the dumbest thing I ever heard. "How dumb was I?"


It wasn't until I tried to got serious driving a car that what he told me made sense. Go figure.......

 

[nhlkaiser]

it's just boring compared to blasting through trail blazer and rally tracks.

This.

 

[BubbleBelly542]

Well it's fun but, it really doesn't belong. Oddly enough I think it should have been DLC. I enjoy it but I've only had the game a few days and it will get old. There's just not any variety. It needs bigger jumps, more challenging environment, more obstacles, etc....

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Yeah, I feel a little that way. There's only really one gymkhana arena, and Codemasters missed out on a heap of tricks - like driving on two wheels, reverse spins and donuts, and even grinding on a rail (which Block did in Mountain Lab 1.5, the first video).

There's talk that Codemasters could make a gymkhana-only game next (I've heard rumours that DIRT 3 will be the last in the DIRT series), which would probably play out like a skateboarding game. If that's the case, then they'd really need to expand things to include more arenas the size of the Battersea Compound. With Gymkhana 4: The Hollywood Megamercial being released overnight, I could see them adding in the Universal Studios backlot as another location, as well as the Port of Los Angeles and Monthery-de Linas from GymkhanaTwo and Gymkhana_THREE - Ultimate Playground. And possibly the airport and aeroplane graveyard he took James May around for Top Gear. But even then, that's only five arenas. Games like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (particularly the second game in the series, before it got bad) had upwards of a dozen skateparks. And they had a multitude of tricks in them, not just the four in DIRT 3.

 

[Vaxxtx]

Yeah, I feel a little that way. There's only really one gymkhana arena, and Codemasters missed out on a heap of tricks - like driving on two wheels, reverse spins and donuts, and even grinding on a rail (which Block did in Mountain Lab 1.5, the first video).

There's talk that Codemasters could make a gymkhana-only game next (I've heard rumours that DIRT 3 will be the last in the DIRT series), which would probably play out like a skateboarding game. If that's the case, then they'd really need to expand things to include more arenas the size of the Battersea Compound. With Gymkhana 4: The Hollywood Megamercial being released overnight, I could see them adding in the Universal Studios backlot as another location, as well as the Port of Los Angeles and Monthery-de Linas from GymkhanaTwo and Gymkhana_THREE - Ultimate Playground. And possibly the airport and aeroplane graveyard he took James May around for Top Gear. But even then, that's only five arenas. Games like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (particularly the second game in the series, before it got bad) had upwards of a dozen skateparks. And they had a multitude of tricks in them, not just the four in DIRT 3.

Gah...how sad is that. Will not buy if that is the direction they are going. D3 was is already sad IMO, I didnt think it could get any worse.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I don't know ... a gymkhana game would take one element of the existing gameplay and refine it into a standalone title. It's been fairly popular in DIRT 3, and the skateboarding genre - which a gymkhana game would be closest to - is a proven quality. Provided that they have more content and more diversity, a cross between TONY HAWK and STUNTMAN could work very well.

 

[BubbleBelly542]

I don't know ... a gymkhana game would take one element of the existing gameplay and refine it into a standalone title. It's been fairly popular in DIRT 3, and the skateboarding genre - which a gymkhana game would be closest to - is a proven quality. Provided that they have more content and more diversity, a cross between TONY HAWK and STUNTMAN could work very well.

I wouldn't buy it, unless they had some kind of stunt mode where you put rockets on your car and destroy things and your car. But I think it sounds like a game only worth being put on the Online Stores for download on PC, and the two main consoles. And for $30 US.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

It probably wouldn't have that. The idea is apparently just that - an idea. But I have heard that if it went ahead, there would be a lot more content than the existing gymkhana gameplay mode.

 

[Dch48]

It should never have been put in the game because making the cars slide so much has ruined the regular racing parts and made them pretty much unplayable without using full assists.

 

[Northstar]

It made me stop playing the game.

I can't get past the stupid tutorial so I'm stuck on the first tier.

Really should of had it like Shift 2 where it's part of career but not mandatory to complete the rest of career.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I'd suggest putting ABS, tricksteer and the indicator on. The trick is to use the handbrake for everything. You only need to get bronze medals for everything, and place in the top three in the event final. Setting the car up really helps - you want short gears, low downforce, a low ride height, stiff suspension, a strong diff and rear brake bias. Since all six parameters are on a scale of one to five, you want the following (in the above order): 2 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 2.

The final is at Palace Square in Monaco. It's not very difficult; if you know where to go, you can get to first place in twenty seconds - and that's with the difficulty set to five. Assume that the ramp you start on is looking north. At the northern end, you have four drift gates. Inside those are smash boxes and a donut pylon. At the eastern and western edges are jumps, with a spin zone in between then. Then, in front of the spin zone are two donut pylons, and on the southern edge are two more drift gates and two smash boxes.

When you start, go to the furthest of the two donut pylons that you can see. Go anti-clockwise around it, then double back to the nearer pylon; this, time go clockwise. When you do a full donut, pull out from it and drift through the two drift gates (get the smash boxes if you can). Then it's a case of building up speed for the western jump, before going through the four drift gates at the northern end and then the eastern jump. Go back to the donut pylons and start all over again.

 

[Blangadanger]

I enjoy it to a certain degree, though I admit I turn the AI difficulty down to 2 so that I can quickly pass the event to get to the others (that I like much more).

When setting up my car, I've been using higher downforce, stiffer suspension, maximum differential, and lower ride height. I prefer the Suburu WRX since it's not what I would describe as twitchy.

 

[YayoiGT2]

Love it - you have to take different approach from Rally/Trailblazer events. You cannot be only super precise like in the Rally events, you have to take a "calculated recklessness" approach to be good at it. You cannot simply do one stunt ad nauseum, but you also cannot do whatever stunts you want to be successful. Planning ahead and keeping in-tune with current rhythm of car is key.

Do not call me a no-brain American either, I can clear many of the rally events in any class with AI difficulty set to 5 or even 6 on my second or even first try, and trailblazer races on the third.

 

[Silent7Sniper7]

Youtube: ItsTheSteve1

Watch the gymkhana 1 video and see how seriously and how much i love it