Because the focus is mostly offroading, Dirt 5 continues the series tradition of varied design. The globetrotting presentation helps keep things fresh, like a modern day Cruis’n. Dirt 5 features Brazil, China, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Norway, Nepal, South Africa, and two USA circuits (Arizona, Roosevelt Island) with two to five courses each. The tracks themselves are extremely strong, even if the raw count doesn’t feel like a lot. I did, however, fall out of the map once on a race, which forced me to restart. That smoothness isn’t immune to glitches. On the Series X everything looks a little snappier, coupled with a smooth framerate that’s a must for racing titles.
Draw distances are on point on some of the more elegant tracks, but the cars themselves are often colorful in a silly way. You want the physics to be on point enough, even if you’re going for an arcade feel, so that the tracks don’t suffer.Īs far as looks go, Dirt 5 hits that zone where it looks great without feeling dull.
As an off-road racer, that’s a tough nut to crack. As someone who has skirted both lines (I have a Logitech wheel system for Xbox One, which works on Series X), I feel like Codemasters has reached a comfortable medium here. Released: Novem(PC, PS4, Xbox One) / November 10 (Series X/PS5)ĭirt 5 takes a more arcadey turn, which should delight a lot of the folks looking to pick it up with their shiny new console for the first time in a while (or ever) and possibly piss off hardcore simulation enthusiasts. Although Codemasters has been a paragon in the genre for decades now, for whatever reason the Dirt series was always in my rear view mirror.ĭirt 5 (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X ) At a certain point in my life, religiously chasing racing games kind of passed me by.ĭon’t get me wrong, I’m always up for a digital drive: I just might not be partaking in every single entry of a franchise.