It is a simple thing in its structure, moving you from race to race and offering you credits to upgrade cars as you go, but it is exactly this straightforwardness that gives Dirt 5 a moreish one-more-race quality. The game’s career, lightly narrated by video game voice acting stalwarts Nolan North and Troy Baker as a podcast duo, throws up different events that spider out as you progress. Super light Ariel Nomads and nippy buggies, roaring rally cars from different eras be they 90s Scoobies or modern day Aston Martins, throaty trucks and misshapen Sprint cars. That comes with a keen eye on variety in vehicles and race type. It is, at heart, a rally game but one that wants to broaden that scope to make a snappy arcade racer with a lot of power under the hood. Makes sense shiny hardware begets shiny hardware.Ĭodemasters' Dirt 5 is certainly filling that role for the PS5 and Xbox Series X, although it is more preoccupied with making those spiffy motors absolutely filthy as you wrestle them around weaving mud tracks amongst a febrile pack.

One that shows off that visual prowess with fancy bonnets and shiny chrome, careening along at a fair lick to get the pulse racing. One of the most traditional events of a next-generation console launch is the release of a spectacular new racing game.

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