DIRT 5 leans more towards arcade racing with its handling being quite forgiving, even encouraging you to throw caution as you go barreling around hairpins with the handbrake pulled hard. High-speed thrills, big dirty drifts, and an escape from the realism of other racers. The racing is top-notch and it’s exactly what we’ve come to expect from a DIRT release. I’m here to race and trade paint, not listen to grown men trade pleasantries. Unless, of course, you’re a fan of the podcast in real life. Unlike Codemasters’ F1 2020, where the narrative is played out with actual cut-scenes, this is all voice-over and not all that engaging. The Podcast host is flat out annoying with his over-enthusiastic delivery, while Troy Baker delivers his usual lazy charm, which doesn’t work on me. The rest of the career mode is fantastic. I’ll tell you now – I didn’t give a hoot for it – the narrative, that is. I took on the career mode first to get a taste for this new “narrative” career where Troy Baker and Nolan North are the stars, alongside the real-life Doughnut Podcast. Whatever it is you’re looking for in a DIRT racing game, you’ll find it here, and then you’ll find some more, because DIRT 5 is full of stuff to do, unlock, and collect. The big addition to DIRT 5 is the introduction of Playgrounds – a brand new mode where user-generated content takes centre stage. It’s all Skodas are good for anyway.ĭIRT 5 offers a great variety of stuff to do with a deep career mode that I am admittedly not yet done with, online multiplayer with a slew of modes, as well as free-play and time trials. I’ve spun out a Ford Mustang on the frozen river of New York City, and I’ve used a Skoda as a makeshift battering ram. I’ve thrown Mitsubishis around mud tracks in China. I’ve spent the last few days abusing DIRT 5’s car collection. And, despite me already getting this version of the game at no cost for review purposes, Codemasters has earned my purchase on the Xbox Series S – the only next-gen console I’ve managed to pre-order.
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