It’s the same with Pathfinder events, which are DiRT’s version of hill climb/rock crawler events. There are only a few ovals though, and they only take a minute or two to complete. Sprint races, for example, are fun races set around a small oval. There is plenty of choice and a good variety of events, but DiRT 5 feels like it has spread itself too thin in some categories. DiRT 5 has a wide variety of car classes, but the rate at which you switch between them hinders you getting comfortable in any one class, and it makes it less worthwhile experimenting with the different vehicles. Most races are very short, with the longest ones lasting less than five minutes on average, even towards the end of the career. It’s still entertaining whichever stage of the career you are at, but it’s an unusual structure.
Where most games traditionally introduce more powerful and challenging vehicles as you progress, DiRT 5 chops and changes, and you can be blasting high-powered rallycross monsters in the early races, but in the latter stages of the career, you may find yourself in a big lumbering SUV. You will tackle the same types of races frequently but in different classes of vehicle. This allows you to roughly choose the events you like the most, although occasionally the routes force specific race types on to you.īalancing and progression feel a little off throughout the career, though. The career mode is presented as branching networks of events unlocking dependant on which event you chose previously. The focus here is on short intense races, variety, and most of all, fun. Now DiRT Rally caters for the Sim crowd, DiRT 5 has adopted the style of DiRT 3 and Showdown and is now once again a bold, brash, out-and-out arcade racer. Platforms: Xbox One/Series X|S, PS4/PS5, Windows PCĭiRT 5 marks the point where the split between the more serious DiRT Rally and the fun-focused numbered series of DiRT games is complete.ĭiRT 4 tried to hold onto DiRT’s pure-bred rally roots by including traditional Rally stages and trying to be a bit more serious, a bit more grown-up.DiRT 5 is a very entertaining arcade racer but doesn’t quite fulfill its potential
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