"On a keyboard, in third person mode" I am dying now.

Give Samir a break, don't pressure him or he'll break the car even more.

7:34 I developed an admiration for "LetsDoAnal"

6:22 is absolutely beautiful scriptwriting! You gotta love the alliteration at the end too.

The AI in the singleplayer actually cheats where it reads your best times from previous race and comes up with a number that makes it harder for you to beat until you start to lose a lot then they become slightly easier. This was explained by the developers in the original Dirt Rally in a live stream a couple of years ago, it's basically rubber banding with time.

Triple Caution Triple Caution !!! TRIPLE CAUTION !!!!!

10:10 me: damn he must be a great rally driver, is he using a wheel or something? me after hearing hes using a keyboard: ON A WHAT NOW?

Ah yes, the legend of Catty, the mysterious Chinese driver we all aspire to be. You're not the first to mention them 🙂

"Always drive comfortably below your limits." Colin McRae: I don't know what that phrase means.

"How are these people beating me! They must be cheating..." Plays on a keyboard.

"I was not the best" Says the madlad 10 seconds more than the WR driving on keyboard in thirdperson

"On a Keyboard in 3rd person mode" Legend

Philip, I can assure you that, regardless of where you are on the leaderboards, you are absolutely one of the best Dirt Rally player using keyboard. Nearly all of the top drivers use an actual wheel as a controller, so the fact that you can even get close is extremely impressive.

Thank you for the mention in this video and I'm glad my setups help you in some Manner. You'll also never see me in the dailies as all my time spent on the game is spent in time trial setting up the cars for every location and hopefully making this game easier for everyone to play.

"I didn't need to be the best, I just needed to be the best I could be. I took pride in my sucesses and failures" Damn. Easy to forget this was a video about a racing game at one point. Really nice.

I haven't even played this game, but somehow this made me emotional. Great video Philip! "I didn't need to be the best, I just needed to be the best that I could be."

6:28 thats some good alliteration

I like how in forst 30 secs there's the legendary Samir's codriver

Why am I crying ? This was beautiful for some reason. I just got the game and it made me lose hope in myself. Till I watched this.

"Comparison is the thief of Joy" - Ted E. Rose-Veltonovich The Dirt games are best played when your only goal is beating your own best time.

6:27 That alliteration porn though.

"I beat Dirt Rally 2's singleplayer campaign... ...on a keyboard in third person mode" Wow, I am struggling with playing it on a controller :o

"on a keyboard, in third person" M. Night Shyamalan eat your heart out, what a twist!

"I'm happy to accept that I'll never be as good as drivers like Catty.. not even close" Me who finished at 2227 in the daily: >>

hahaha mate! I have been seeing your name pop up in the leaderboards of dailies from time to time :D I'm ERT_Jarod (I'm seen a few times in this video, in 1st place @7:35 :D ) I've tried to add you a couple times b4 to chat to ya about dirt and maybe help you out a bit as I've always been a fan of your vids for years now haha. Ofc you rejected me (no hard feelings) but man did I have a good laugh seeing you top 100 on occasion knowing full well you're 3rd person keyboard ;) But yeah man the competition and skill of some of the drivers in this game is incredible, I myself am a pro driver in this game currently working to qualify for the world champs and participating in pro level leagues against the best of the best and it takes a lot of time and effort to compete with these top level guys, its actually quite crazy how stressful and hardcore it is at times :) But anyway, congrats on beating the master ai dude, not even I have done that yet (mainly coz I dont play career ;) ) and I hope to still see your name pop up time to time :p kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZxga5do0J3QoY0.html here is a run of mine on that exact Argentina stage that I won on that daily event :D You will see what the driving looks like from my perspective ;)

"The mere idea of matching them in a single segment became an insurmountable challenge. Even along Seemingly Simple Straight Sections they'd Soundly Secure Superior Scores, Surpassing my Subpar Struggles as I Soon Succumbed to Settling for Second place."

This video is incredible, a whole arc with real character development and a good story. Bravo

That's how racing works. Sometimes in order to be going faster you have to slow down. Driving within your skill level and slowing down is always going to be faster than crashing... Then as you improve, you gradually push it, a little faster, a little faster.

Inb4 Phillip purchases a direct drive sim rig and starts a sim racing channel

I like that video and your message. And the best thing is: You can replace the word Dirt 2 everytime with something else like learning a language, assessing software development, going to the gym, spending time with your loved ones. Your message is always true ;-)

This was unexpectedly wholesome, i kind of felt it was life advice.

Being honest, a wonderful video from a gamer who understands the word "game" beyond just winning, I really enjoy it, really really cool video and it leaves me with something to think about

Good to see another life-lessons-with-phil-but-its-a-video-game on the dirt rally series :D And yes I did watch the entire video already I was part of the 1 minute club :))))))

I'm a filmmaker. I often have anxious thoughts about if what I'm doing matters. Videos like these give me solace in those worries, as when Philip said "This game bettered me as a person" I was reminded how media can make us reflect and feel emotions we didn't before. That is what matters when making a game or any other creation. Even if that feeling is just fun, or it it reminds us to have perspective like Dirt did here. Thanks for this video.

6:28 In Germany this would be one single word...

Man, these types of videos are why I like Philip so much more than most other youtubers. He doesn't just talk about video games in a general sense, but he'll have these occasional videos that are so insightfu andl humbling. I like how here he's saying its not about trying to the best, but the best you can be. I really love that quote at 7:58 with "And my ego melted away as my respect for this game grew." There's just something inspiring about this, especially with the up beat dirt rally soundtrack playing in the background. I also liked that Asda video where he mentioned how enjoyable it was to just listen to music while walking to Asda and how certain tracks would mark certain parts of his journey. I tend to listen to music while drawing or working so I tend to associate whatever songs I was listening to at the time with some of my finished works. I really enjoyed the game making journy series too, especially as someone who is studying a game design course.

when he said about getting top 50 was like "not bad pretty decent" then at the end when he said he was on keyboard i was like "this guy is a god"

You are breaking the car Philip please you have to listen to me!

this is one of your greatest videos of all time. listening to your experience being humbled and to not give up was really inspiring. I really love the videos like these where you just talk about your experiences. this is a great video!

First thing I do after a Online Rally stage with hundreds or thousands of players is look how far up the Scroll bar is on the right lol. But for real, this game can be so frustrating. One little mistake and you end a monthly 200 places further back. But there are these moments, when you drive a stage, hit every corner as good as you can, 6 or 7 minutes of driving, and you finish alot quicker then you have before. It feeld amazing, like you have achieved something impossible, that you have showen all your skill. A feeling that cannot be recreated by anything else.

I rarely intentionally look up youtube videos to rewatch them, but today I did it with this video. This might be my favorite out of all the videos you've uploaded.

Damn, this video is exactly what i needed after a continuous lose streak, thanks dude

This is such a wonderful story arc. I eagerly await to see how much more you’ve grown by your next Dirt Rally video

After watching this video, there are many things I want to say but, all I want to say is, Thanks for making this video, I left this video a lot more happier and motivated in life

Your first video on Dirt Rally always stuck in my head for some reason. And I recent;y have started playing it, and thanks to the mindset your video had given me, I've been having tons of fun with it. I'm super glad to have a video on 2.0 by you, as I loved your first vid. Thanks for making such good content!

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Dude that was so inspiring. You perfectly described my frustration with the game. It’s time I revisited it. Thank you! 🤘

Undoubtedly the best review I've watched. Thank you for actually talking about what its like to PLAY the game.

Hey mate, I really appreciate the advice! After the first stage I was ranked around 1200 (typical for me) so I decided to just try driving more patiently. It was kind of awkward at first fighting the urge to just lead foot it, but I watched my rank slowly rise to my new best of 520! You also gave me a whole new appreciation for the game and my personal adventure through it!

I have always enjoyed these storytelling videos of yours. You can write really well!

This is beautiful, thanks for uploading this after my hopeless countless of crashes in the game i just bought, thanks man!

Wow... I expected this to just be some playthrough of a track, but this turned out to be so wholesome and touching. Good job.

I really enjoyed this, it felt like all the dirt ralley stuff up until this point were small teasers for this video. I can really tell this game has meant a lot to you, and can really see why as well Ever since being a child, you always have that fantasy of spending weeks and months dedicated to mastering a game, and this one would perfectly scratch that itch (if I was any good at driving games haha) 6:20 stuff like this shows sincerely how much you sink into writing these videos. I can picture it perfectly, you see a small pattern of s words and just run with it. Stuff like this puts a smile on my face, because it demonstrates you still really enjoy making these sorts of videos Nice one mate

on a keyboard ??? makes it even more impressive!

What a fantastic video, I loved every minute of your story telling. Beautiful stuff

Hey , I was just looking for some cornering tutorials and ended up with this AMAZING VIDEO. Man, that is some formidable storytelling !! And the way you’re telling it is very immersive! I just couldn’t stop watching it and listenening to this amazing story of yours - and you know what, I think I’m gonna really take it slow with group B cars in Spain 😅 Thank you again for such an amazing story!

1:25 omg operation flashpoint soundtrack 😍😍😍

This game is pretty great. Catty is insanely fast. Me and a couple of my friends are top 50 in single stage times but still 7+ seconds slower. I have no idea where they can find so much time in the stages. (8bitMonkey on racenet)

just love this video, always come back to it after a good dirt rally session, philip i hope you never stop doing videos

"I've learned how to get out of a skid in a RWD car, it might even save my life one day" Yeah, I guess it could if you drive your car with a keyboard. In third person.

You know you just earned yourself a sub, i was very frustrated on dirt rally 2.0, this is amazing advice ‘I tried not to be the best but the best i can be’ thank you for this awesome video have a good day.

I can feel your passion as you talk, you make me wanna play this game simply because you love it so much! great video as always, keep it up, you're amazing

This kind of quality is not new to this channel but i got to say this one stands out to me. What a fantastic video thank you!

Gotta rewatch this every few months since I still love rally solely from this video Nice alliteration around 6:25 lmao

I really applaud your effort to try and get back on the track at 1:45 but that was a hilarious failure. 😂

I've been playing Dirt games for years now but I simply do not get how you manage to do so well with just a keyboard in Dirt Rally and Dirt Rally 2.0. I'm stunned pleasently and it gave me hope that one day I could be that good aswell

I was feeling really down because I've been trying really hard to improve at living my life, and after I push myself intensely I get hit by a wave of demotivation, followed by depression from not being able to get things done. This video made me realize that I need to stop pushing myself to a point where I crash, I need to take the turns slow and brake early. Thanks a lot for your video.

Thank you for this video dude your commentary is spot on very well spoken like a gentleman 💪🏻✌🏻

Grats on beating Dirt Rally 2, I never could beat the Rally games, too hard for me. I did beat the mainline Dirt games though, that's enough challenge for me.

Watching early in the video: "Wow, this guy isn't very good." 10:12 O N A K E Y B O A R D Me, sitting behind the wheel of my Logitech G29: "Uhhh, sorry I take that back. I'm actually pretty impressed now."

This is my favourite video on your channel, its the one i've come back to the most.

This is such a great video ❤ I've been playing DiRT Rally 2.0 for a year and few months now, this whole video is so relatable.

Perfect timing! Yesterday Xbox anounced dirt rally 2 being in the game pass for PC!

I dunno, man, being required to be always online to play this game kind of sucks. At least Gran Turismo Sports has a good reason for it and is on top of that only multiplayer. But Dirt Rally 2 is kind of a bummer, getting kicked out of offline races because your internet connection broke down.

Hey man, I’m loving this video thank you for making it. I just got dirt2 from PlayStation plus’ free monthly games and I’m addicted.

Great story, it was a pleasure to watch it! There is one thing that resonates with me more than others: it is indeed a lonely game and it sometimes makes me sad

Indeed you have learned the most important skill of a rally driver: Focus on finishing the stage by driving just below your limit.

I love when a videogame makes you a better person. So many great games, hobbies, and competitions out there can really improve one's life.

Great video - thanks for sharing @2kliksphilip. And here I thought I was the only one to love racing with my keyboard. Although I'm partial to 1st person instead.

Your content is mesmerizing Phillip. A rather niche topic is somehow made interesting. Be it by your therapeutic voice, or excellent writing. You make me a better person, or make me feel a better person. Thank you Phillip.

10:09 _"...on a keyboard..." Pretty hilarious how you earlier thought the top players must be cheating. How did you not know... _"What do you mean a race wheel!? I've already changed them inbetween the races!"_ I get Homer Simpsons vibes here, where you ruin the english manual and had to read the french one... _"Le circuit!? What the hell is that!? "_ x'D

6:27 Sweet smoking summer sausages that alliteration was simply stunning

Extremely humbling video, love you Philip

Love it! Great video and thanks for sharing it. I've owned this a while and never booted it up...maybe I will now

"I didn't need to be the best, I just need to be the best I could be. I took pride in my own journey..." This became a life lesson for me... Wow

I miss dirt 3 rally mode where you could haul ass so hard you could catch up to the other drivers and you could pass them cleanly or destroy their hopes in the rally career by destroying them

To me this video is one of the best I've ever seen, the progess is amazing ❤ honestly such a good video, rewatching it now, first watched it over a year ago and I've remembered it ever since ❤

7:06 omg I always get goosebumps in this par of the video, the change of music, the voice, catty7073. Amazing

still one of your most beautiful videos. i hope while moderating you see this comment, and i hope you see the small, but meaningful impact you have on so many people’s lives

it's funny, i'm waiting for dirt rally 3 more for 2kliksphilip's video than actually playing the game.

i loved how you told a story. beatiful video. pain and patience i learned the same the first time i played gran turismo 6 coming from action racing like NFS.

I’ve been doing vr rally 2 lately and it is hard to describe with words. Breathtaking. I’m learning my own racing zen and appreciating how far I’ve come since playing arcade racers on a gamepad, to simcades on a gamepad, to simcades on a wheel, to sims on a wheel, to sims on a wheel in vr.

try it with a steeringwheel, hoodcam und manual gearbox someday, it really intensifies your experience. it's tons of fun optimizing your driving and master every stage. deep respect for conquering it with a keyboard tho :D

I'm not sure if you're insane playing with keyboard. Even playing with gamepad is not perfect but keyboard... I'm shocked and impressed Phillip!

I'm right at the point where it is getting frustrating trying to complete tracks on single player campaign. Time to change my perspective and try out the challenges! Thank you, this was refreshing!

Liked and subbed Philip. This was amazing! ❤️❤️❤️

3:20 "Stop by Marshal" Ok !

Many times I love to drift at insane speed, to the maximum possible, maybe after 10 attempts, one of those times I do a perfect drift without crashing or ending up being damaged, but it is so satisfying that time, it is worth it above the another 10 failed.

This is one of the most beautiful youtube videos I've ever seen its meaning goes far beyond sim racing