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Choose from a variety of sponsors, each with specific rewards and requirements, which adds a sort of side challenge to the overall race. There's also some real corporate sponsorship backing to contend with, which is an interesting element. Others (like, say, me) might miss the no-frills, less-joke-filled hints and tips of previous games.ĭirt 5 seems to have traded its slower focus on skill-building, co-driver alerts and, well, a realistic take on actual rally racing for more shine and celebrity endorsement (and we're using the word loosely ). Some gamers might enjoy the morning radio show commentary, which seems like an ad-libbed joke framed around canned stats for every race type, feature, and location. There are also other inclusions of household names in sports and YouTube, but this whole attempt to add YouTube appeal is a double-edged sword. Known gaming voice products Troy Baker and Nolan North lend their voices to the characters, and the folks behind racing-enthusiast YouTube channel Donut Media essentially act as narration for the story. The developer has fully integrated popular racing YouTubers and gaming voice actors instead of the calmer, simpler narrators and assisting voices of previous games. One area where I suspect Codemasters has tried to really increase mainstream appeal is in the presentation of the career mode story. From the absolute simplest with plenty of AI aids to help brake and maintain traction, to near sim-level physics, Dirt 5 is a very accommodating game.

There are also a plethora of customization options to adjust the game to the exact level of challenge you want.

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If you're more focused on traditional rally racing, for example, skipping those drift-obsessed challenges might seem particularly appealing, since there's a lot of emphasis on it this time around.īut the heart of the game is still focused on rugged terrain full of tricky twists, turns, and jumps. The structure is fairly familiar to most career racing games, but Dirt 5 allows players to skip events if they wish. Overall, there are around 130 different events, with each chapter culminating in a 'Main Event' race, but to access them you'll need to earn enough stamps in the Minor Races table. There are ice races amid urban sprawl and other venues and types of events that don't fall entirely within the confines of traditional rally racing. Race through dust, dirt, asphalt, ice and mud tracks in Greece, Africa, China, Arizona and other locations. The career mode is spread over five chapters filled with branching events that cover a range of racing styles. As with Dirt 4, there's a ton of content here as a result.ĭirt 5 laudably focuses on giving players choice. The game has come a long way from stock challenge dirt tracks.

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The series has branched out to become more mainstream since changing its name, while trying not to alienate its original fan base in the process. Granted, Dirt 5 is one step away from simply throwing the racing equivalent of the kitchen sink. Dirt 5 Review: Still So Dirty After All These Years While games like Forza also play in the dirt, few games have focused on down and dirty rally racing like this series.

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Hopefully that's a big enough benefit to get a wider audience for the game, as it's a very solid update to Dirt 4 and a fun and distinctive racer compared to the competition.

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Thankfully, Codemaster has been updating the series regularly, diversifying it creatively and generally (mostly) improving its particular brand of racing.ĭirt 5 bridges the boundary between two console generations, and buying it for the PS4 or Xbox One will automatically get you an update to the PS5/XSX versions. Yet in modern generations of the racer genre, Dirt rarely seems to get the attention it deserves. Codemaster's Dirt series has been around for a very long time, dating back to the late 90s when it was Colin McRae's Rally.

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