DiRT Demo Skids Onto Live and PC

Codemasters has announced that a demo of the highly-anticipated Colin McRae: DiRT - featuring three different events and tracks - will be kicking up dust on Xbox Live Marketplace on May 24 and will also be available to download for PC the same day.

The demo will feature a Crossover challenge in which players must compete against driving legend Colin McRae, in a race around the Averlsbarhring in Germany. Both drivers will be buckled in behind the wheel of a Subaru Impreza WRX STI spec C, with McRae's ride adorned with his 2006 Summer X-Games No Fear livery.

The second race included in the demo is a fierce C.O.R.R. (Championship Off-Road Racing) competing, battling against nine other drivers who are all bombing around Michigan's Bark Rider Off Road Raceway in V8 650hp.

Lastly, Xbox 360 owners can test their mettle on one of the game's hill climb events, steering Mitsubishi Evo IX up Arizona's Windy Point. If you're playing on PC, however, you can take on up to 100 other players (not simultaneously unfortunately) to get the best time on the Sardinian rally stage at Mounte di li Conchi.

Colin McRae: DIRT is available on Xbox 360 and PC on June 16, with a PlayStation 3 version to follow shortly after. To download the PC demo when it's released, just head to the official website.

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