Eleven minutes of DiRT 3 rally with the Broker commentating, recorded by the developer on a Founder Alpha test build. A racing game, a cropped taskbar in the capture, and his opinions on the driving.
A real session: the developer playing DiRT 3 on a Windows PC with Signal Broker running, the Broker watching the game window and commentating in his own voice. Nothing is scripted and nothing was re-recorded; what he says is what the build produced at the time, including the lines that miss.
Here we are in DiRT 3 with a cropped taskbar at the bottom. Still recorded and Signal Broker has had his opinions on the gameplay. Though we’ve bitten some dust, there is hope in future tests.
He is a character, not an assistant: you do not type to him and he does not wait to be asked. Silence is a decision he makes; the Broker Bar in the app shows LISTENING in that case. The same character ships in Founder Alpha today, with the current build’s capabilities and limits.
Moments from this recording
Read from the recording itself: the Broker’s words are what his overlay showed at that moment, the time is where the audio-derived captions place them, and “what the frame shows” is the game picture at that second. Hits and misses both count; nobody listened to the audio to write this.
0:55He reads the entry list
accurate The event, the stage, the player’s name and the car all come from the screen.
DiRT 3 recording at 0:55.
Alright, a solid lineup here. LowRes Hero, huh? Gotta wonder if that’s a flex or a humble brag. Finland’s Tupasentie—classic sharp turns and pine scent, ready for some dirt shredding. This Monster-down Ford’s eyeing the start line like it’s already ripping.
What the frame shows. The Single Race screen: Rally, Finland, Tupasentie, eight entrants with the player, LowRes Hero, last, beside a Monster Energy Ford.
late The numbers are real, but they belong to the stretch about nine seconds before the line.
DiRT 3 recording at 3:19.
Pushing that Ford hard. Fifth gear, almost a hundred mph on gravel. This is where sh*t gets fast and loose, and the margin for error’s microscopic. I’m feeling the tension—hold it steady, don’t mess up now.
What the frame shows. The gauge read fifth gear and 94 mph at 3:10; as the line starts (3:16–3:23) the car is in third and fourth at 68–85 mph.
accurate The speed is within a mile an hour of the gauge, and the Ogier–Block gap is what the panel shows.
DiRT 3 recording at 4:05.
Ah, running hot at 91 on the dirt, dusty beast pushing it hard. Ken Block trailing close behind the champ—this one’s tense. The trees closing in, that old house watching the madness. Yeah, I’m watching you two battle it out on this rough Finnish grit.
What the frame shows. The gauge read 90 mph at 4:02; from 4:08 the timing panel lists Sébastien Ogier first and Ken Block 0.415 s behind. The co-driver’s pace notes just before the line are the game’s voice.
accurate The position and the replay option are both on screen.
DiRT 3 recording at 5:21.
Okay, so I’m stuck back in seventh? Yeah, that’s sh*te compared to Ogier and Block’s pace. Looks like the field’s got no mercy today. Guess I gotta hit replay or just swallow it and move on. Not the worst, but far from a podium, huh?
What the frame shows. The results table with LowRes Hero in seventh, and Continue, Restart Race and View Replay below it.
inaccurate The five seconds is Craig Stewart’s gap to the leader, not the player’s, and Max Davison is ahead, not behind; only the second gear is right.
DiRT 3 recording at 9:32.
Holding a little back on that 2nd gear slide. Fine balance here, not letting the tail snap free but letting the dust fly. Gotta close that 5-second gap though, no dilly-dallying when Max’s breathing down my neck.
What the frame shows. The timing panel lists Max Davison first, Pierluigi Costantini +3.692 and Craig Stewart +5.249; the player is not on it. The gauge drops from fourth to second between 9:32 and 9:38.
accurate The finishing place comes straight from the table.
DiRT 3 recording at 11:05.
Ah, well, not the podium but the finish’s locked in. Eight out of eight and the dust has settled. Could’ve been worse. Still, that gap’s a punch in the gut. Next time, maybe a bit more fire, yeah? The rally gods have spoken, for now.
What the frame shows. The final results with LowRes Hero eighth of eight in an Audi Quattro, behind Fraser McDonald’s Lancia Delta S4.
Recorded on an earlier Founder Alpha test build (“ALPHA TEST” in the upload title); the capture includes a strip of the Windows taskbar at the bottom, as the upload’s description says.
He reads what DiRT 3 prints (the entry list, results tables, the speed on the gauge) and twice takes the timing panel’s gaps between other drivers for the player’s own: 5 seconds at 9:32 and, a few lines later, 3.7 seconds.
The co-driver’s pace notes (around 3:54–4:30 in the automatic captions) are the game’s voice; every quoted line here is the text of the Broker’s overlay bubble.
Frames extracted from the recording (YouTube PBCk6z9YaGY, 1920 × 804) at 1:00, 3:08–3:23, 4:02–4:14, 5:24–5:26, 9:32–9:38 and 11:08–11:10; words read from the overlay bubble; timing from YouTube’s audio-derived captions; gear, speed and gaps read from the game’s HUD in the same frames.
What this does not show
The commentary you hear was generated by AI on an earlier Founder Alpha build; wording, timing and voice behaviour change between builds. The current public release is 1.0.0-alpha.12.
A line can be wrong, repeated or badly timed. Quiet stretches are normal: silence is a decision the Broker makes.
This is a recording from the developer’s own play session. It is not a benchmark, a compatibility promise for this game or a measurement of how often he speaks.
The app has no microphone input and no chat: whatever the Broker says is a reaction to what he saw, not to the player’s voice.
Try him on your own game
01Create a free account and claim the trial.
30 Signal Minutes (exactly 1,800 Signal Seconds), claimed through your eligible account. No card, purchase or subscription required; the trial never silently converts to paid. Your account.
02Download Founder Alpha for Windows.
Read the unsigned-build notice and verify the download’s SHA-256 on Download.
03Start the game first, then choose it in the app.
Pick the game window, confirm the title, wait for Game Knowledge, tick Allow game capture and press START BROKER. PAUSE holds the Broker without ending the session: he stops looking and speaking until you press RESUME. There is no in-session game switching: to change game, STOP, choose the other game in the app, then START. The setup guide has every step; streamers add one Browser source in OBS.
Signal Time is metered from the Broker’s managed AI work — every look at your game and every spoken line — rather than simply the elapsed time of your gameplay session. Your account shows usage and remaining balance.
Founder Alpha is available to customers in the United States. Founder Alpha is early-access software. Signal Broker is an AI system. The Broker's words and voice are generated using AI. No person is speaking or writing what he says.
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