With Colin McCrae DiRT only just out on PC and 360, Codemasters has said that DiRT 2 is already in development, despite the PS3 version not being released yet.

The first game was launched in June of this year and obviously was always presumed to do well as DiRT 2 must have been planned months ago.

Codemasters won’t be sitting on its laurels though as it promises that the new game’s multi-player function will “be a big surprise”, and that it’s online play will also be something special.

Matthew Horsman, DiRT's chief game designer, said "All the stuff people didn't like about the first DiRT will be changed for DiRT 2," he explained, and then promised that "DiRT 2's online mode will offer a much more embellished experience so everyone will be happy."

In addition a PSN demo is on its way and should be available before the fulls game’s launch in September.