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DiRT 1 was just as bad. But Biggles, believe me DiRT 2 is hugely better. Plays very nicely with a wheel (I'm using my DFGT with it). If you haven't tried it yet, download the DiRT 2 demo and give it a go.
I have played the DiRT 2 demo. Too arcadey for my taste. Possibly better than DiRT 1, but not enough to make me want it. Might be fun with a controller but not great with a wheel.
I played the Shift demo on my PC (with steering wheel) and I was less than impressed. The only thing it has going is graphics. I'm glad I did not buy it on impulse. After playing the Forza Motorsport 3 demo, that is definitely an infinitely better game. The car physics in Shift just don't feel right to me. Car is floaty and oversteers through all corners.
Shift is confusing - it struck me as quite "sim" at first, but this is because the good FFB makes it feels like the handling is tricky, so I was braking early, & feathering the brakes & throttle before I started to realize that you really don't have to! At a certain point the cars' "extra grip" kicks in & keeps you from over-steering or under-steering (however, nothing like how arcadey the physics are in DiRT 2).
However, there are a lot of quite impressive things in Shift - cockpit view, sounds, tracks, FFB, etc. that help compensate for the edges of the physics being rounded off a bit. It's still a bit early for me to tell - so far some of the cars are quite convincing, others less so - but if the driving is consistent-feeling & challenging after I've reached the point where I'm pushing the cars to their limit, then I think Shift will have good replay value, especially online, where the visuals seem to be completely lag-free.