
New features, new innovations and a fresh approach make DIRT 5 a hub of off-road racing, style and culture, where you can constantly create highlight-reel moments. Whilst respecting the heritage and retaining the DNA of the franchise, DIRT 5 writes a new chapter in the legacy of DIRT – bolder and braver than ever before. With a star-studded Career, four-player split-screen, innovative online modes, livery editor and more new features, DIRT 5 is the next generation of extreme racing. Blaze a trail on routes across the world, covering gravel, ice, snow and sand, with a roster of cars ranging from rally icons to trucks, to GT heroes. It was the last video game released by Codemasters as an independent company before acquired by former rival Electronic Arts on 18 February 2021.ĭIRT 5 is a fun, amplified, off-road arcade racing experience created by Codemasters. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 6 November 2020, for Xbox Series X/S on 10 November, and for PlayStation 5 on 12 November (for North America, Oceania, Japan, and South Korea) and 19 November (for most other regions), and for Stadia on 24 March 2021. Outside of career mode, there’s playgrounds mode which gives the game a little bit of freshness and longevity, but once you’re done with that, it’s hard to justify a reason to keep referring to DIRT 5, and not one of its earlier versions, or competitors as your go-to racing game.Dirt 5 (stylised as DIRT 5) is a simcade racing video game developed and published by Codemasters. Unfortunately, the game feels bloated with DJs, Podcasts, questionable writing, and a customization system that has to be tempered excessively to make the game feel natural.

Racing, and some moreĭIRT 5, is a game that revolves around racing, and yet the narrative-driven career mode holds most of the weight of this title, along with the sound design, and ever-changing weather and environments that are visually stunning. And that seems to be the overall feeling of the game, a title that tries to hide its ineptitude behind an artificial facade of beauty.

To be fair to the game, the graphics are marvelous, and the level design in this game is on-point, unfortunately behind the beautiful exterior lies a game that is not very well optimized (at least for computers) and that doesn’t run as smooth as it should. Game modes and cars quickly become worn out and aren’t really something that might bring players back to the game.

Racing apart from the aforementioned observations is also extremely easily even by arcade standards, players who have experience with similar titles, might not find the game even remotely challenging, which ultimately might lead to thinking the game is boring and repetitive.
