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Ego Game Technology Engine (more commonly referred to as Ego Engine or EGO) is a video game engine developed by Codemasters.
EGO is a modified version of the Neon game engine that was used in Colin McRae: DiRT which was developed by Codemasters and Sony Computer Entertainment using Sony Computer Entertainment's PhyreEngine cross-platform graphics engine.
Race Driver: GRID (2008) was the first official game to use the EGO Engine, due to the fact the DiRT engine was known as "Neon", although there isn't any official documentation, so the technical difference of them is not known.
Colin McRae: DiRT 2 (2009) uses a modified version of EGO 1.0, with the addition of a DirectX 11 enabled graphics renderer (including other changes).
F1 2009, also released in 2009, was the first "Formula One" game to use the EGO Engine.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (2009), Bodycount (2011) and the Operation Flashpoint sequel (2011) are currently the only First Person Shooters made with the EGO engine (Dragon Rising & Bodycount on v1.0, Red River on v2.0). There were major changes within the engine in order to facilitate First Person Shooter gameplay.
Updates (beyond DiRT 2)
EGO 1.5
- The unofficial version number given to the heavily modified version of EGO 1.0 created by Codemasters.
- Used in F1 2010. The game features "...the most complicated weather system ever seen in a racing game..." according to the game's senior producer Paul Jeal.
- Contained new technology that would later be in the 2011 EGO 2.0 engine.
EGO 2.0
- A modified EGO 1.0 engine.
- EGO 2.0 is used in: Colin McRae: DiRT 3, F1 2011, F1 2012, F1 Race Stars, DiRT: Showdown and Operation Flashpoint: Red River.
EGO 3.0
- An updated EGO 2.0 engine.
- EGO 3.0 is used in: GRID 2, F1 2013, GRID: Autosport and F1 2014.
EGO 4.0
- An updated EGO 3.0 engine. This newer version of the engine provides a large number of improvements to physics models.
- EGO 4.0 is used in: F1 2015, and DiRT 4.
Games using the EGO Engine
v1.0
- Colin McRae: DiRT (2007)
- Race Driver: GRID (2008)
- Colin McRae: DiRT 2 (2009)
- F1 2009 (2009)
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (2009)
- Bodycount (2011)
v1.5
- F1 2010 (2010)
v2.0
- Operation Flashpoint: Red River (2011)
- DiRT 3 (2011)
- F1 2011 (2011)
- DiRT: Showdown (2012)
- F1 2012 (2012)
- F1 Race Stars (2012)
v3.0
- Race Driver: GRID 2 (2013)
- F1 2013 (2013)
- GRID: Autosport (2013)
- F1 2014 (2014)
v4.0
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| EGO Engine games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Colin McRae series |
Colin McRae: DiRT - Colin McRae: DiRT 2 - DiRT 3 - DiRT: Showdown - DiRT 4 - DiRT: Rally | |
| Formula One series |
F1 2009 - F1 2010 - F1 2011 - F1 2012 - F1 Race Stars - F1 2013 - F1 2014 - F1 2015 | |
| Operation Flashpoint series |
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising - Operation Flashpoint: Red River | |
| Race Driver series | ||