An event podcast in the background introduces some tension and stakes as two hosts discuss your performance and how you stack up against other racers, but overall, it feels like a bare-bones career racing experience. Each event earns experience, money, reputation and tokens based on your performance and whether you complete extra objectives. The career mode is a branching tree of interconnected race events that need to be completed to unlock the path forward. The hope is that Dirt 5 can capitalize on its strong technical foundation and variety with actual gameplay, but that's exactly where the game falls short, starting with the basic career mode. There is a versatility that I appreciate, and it often made the early races more interesting. It can be somewhat hit-and-miss in terms of visual fidelity, since some weather/day combinations don't work as well as others, but there are moments when the game can look absolutely stunning as well as decidedly mediocre.
The course selection supports that, with many tracks going across different terrains that can change based on the weather a previously dry road segment may evolve into a mudslide halfway through a race as puddles form and your car gets increasingly dirtier with every lap.
During various day and lighting conditions, each track looks visually distinct.
Dirt 5 continues in that vein with a versatile approach to weather and road conditions - at least visually.Įvery track in the game can be experienced in the rain, snow, sun, or all of them together. Dirt games were always about the terrain, so the road and weather conditions had to be taken into account and could impact vehicle handling and the approach to driving. That isn't wrong, but like many things in Dirt 5, there is more an illusion of diversity than actual tangible depth. On paper, that might look like an advantage to show off more diverse climates and environments. There's no open world to cruise around in, and the game design is rather traditional, with 75 tracks in 10 locations around the world, including Greece, Nepal and Norway. I'm a huge fan of the Forza Horizon series, so the prospect of Dirt 5 stepping into the ring and competing with one of my favorite racing games is a great move. While the colorful design and flashy visuals do their part to support the festival vibe, Dirt 5 often feels like a mediocre arcade racer wrapped in AAA production design with little substance to offer once the first few races are in the bag.
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Dirt 5 takes cues from Forza Horizon to create a racing festival in which you rise in the ranks as a driver through several events and across 10 worldwide locations. Whereas its direct predecessor, Dirt 4, tried a new path with procedurally generated rally tracks, Dirt 5 abruptly turns toward its competition. Expectations were set for Dirt 5 long before the game appeared on store shelves. Whereas Dirt Rally catered to a simulation-craving audience, Dirt went into an arcade direction with simpler physics and vehicle behavior. Codemasters has been going strong with its Dirt and Dirt Rally series.
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