Ahead of its April 8th release, Codemasters have released a developer diary for Dirt Rally, that goes into the details of its success on PC and the challenges of bringing the game to home console.

“The key pillar that we grew the whole game on was the idea of making the most authentic and best rally racing experience that had ever been made.” says Paul Coleman, Chief Games Designer “We started from the ground up, looking at what we needed to do with the tracks, how we needed to change the cars to make sure that they drove properly within them and getting that feeling right; the sense of flowing through a stage and of impending doom if you go off the road. All of that stuff really feeds into what it is to be a rally driver and the mind-set that you approach the stages with.”

Look for Dirt Rally when it hits PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on April 8th