While Dirt 5 has some traditional rally stages, they are not the focus and are not multi-stage affairs - plus you have the entire pack of opponents jostling with you, which isn't very pure rally.Īlso missing is a co-driver, so you don't get useful info on upcoming corners. If you want the point-to-point stage events, Dirt Rally is there for you. Importantly, Dirt 5 is a very different experience to the Dirt Rally series.

To see this content please enable targeting cookies. This is a longwinded way to say that Dirt 5 is a top-notch arcade racer, and one that fills a gap that very much needed filling.

Dirt 5 is such a game, letting me feel like I'm in The Matrix and have taken that special pill from Limitless. I get enough of being okay in everyday life, so when a racing game makes me feel like I am one with the car I think a special part of my brain unlocks. I enjoy feeling great at video games even if I'm bang-average. Codemasters moves Dirt firmly into arcade racer territory, with great success.

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