
The player has agency to pick his or her path through this impressive amount of career races, and is often given two to five different options each time. Thing are more exotic than ever now, thanks to a career mode that spans the globe over the course of approximately 130 different events. Just don’t go into it expecting an shockingly great showstopper. This particular effort isn’t great, but it’s still pretty good, solid fun, and that’s okay. These games have reached such a high bar for so many years that we’ve come to expect greatness from every single outing. That said, even if this is the worst game in its series, that doesn’t mean it’s bad. Either way, it could’ve used more time in the proverbial oven. Perhaps it was rushed, or maybe it was finished by people who were working their butts off at home, I don’t know. It’s fun, somewhat addictive and quite accessible, but it’s not up to par with the previous releases in terms of quality, polish and gameplay. In fact, DiRT 5 is very likely the worst out of all the titles released under its franchise name. The first one just happened to be way too difficult and unforgiving for my tastes, and the resulting frustration turned me off of it after a bit. That’s its own thing, which I truly appreciate and respect.

After all, we’re talking about the main/numbered games, not Rally.
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Although the last game was certainly better made, this one brought the series back to the type of racing I expect from it. I just happen to prefer arcade racers over simulation racers, and find them to be a kind of interactive comfort food. If that makes this paragraph’s opening sentence confusing, that’s understandable. Yes, while D iRT 4 wasn’t what I expected it would be, I’d be lying if I said that it wasn’t a better, and much more polished experience than its new sequel. That isn’t to say that this is a better game than its predecessor was. Thankfully, DiRT 5 returns to its series’ adrenaline and personality-fueled roots, leaving DiRT 4 as a surprising anomaly.

You’ve likely played something they’ve built if you’re a racing fan. They’re the folks who developed 2001’s World Rally Championship for the PS2, 2014’s DriveClub and a few Motorstorm games in-between. Thus, this is the first entry in the popular series to have been developed by what was once known as Evolution Studios, but has since rebranded as Codemasters Cheshire. This time around, Codemasters gave another studio the keys and let them drive this intellectual property of a vehicle. As such, this review will talk about how the game fares on both Xbox One X and Xbox Series S.
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We were able to get our hands on a review code for the game prior to it being enhanced for next-gen. The flagship console versions just happen to be next-gen in nature. Don’t get us wrong, though: This thing has released on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, as well as PC.

We’re about to embark on a new console generation, and while PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X launch titles seem limited, racing fans have had a new Codemasters racer to look forward to. At least I did before DiRT Rally 2.0 was actually released.

In fact, I always think of that game as being DiRT Rally 2. Both seemed to be separate, until 2017’s DiRT 4 surprised us by being very rally and realism oriented, marking a major departure from its predecessors. In the thirteen years since, we’ve seen the release of several mainline DiRT games and a more difficult and realistic spin-off series called DiRT Rally. A game that sold very well during its first week, and continued to do so thanks to good word of mouth and some pretty great review scores. The result was Colin McRae: DiRT, which we’ve always just called DiRT for obvious reasons. Back in 2007, Codemasters tried to revitalize its Colin McRae Rally series by going in a more colourful and personality-driven route.
