DiRT 5
November 6, 2020
DIRT 5 is the boldest off-road racing experience created by Codemasters. Blaze a trail on routes across the world, covering gravel, ice, snow and sand, with a roster of cars ranging from rally icons to trucks, to GT heroes. With a star-studded Career, four-player split-screen, innovative online modes, livery editor …
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Critic Reviews (39)
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"Dirt 5 is the perfect racing game to launch the new generation of consoles: a thrilling arcade off-road racer that doesn&s;t skimp on visual flair."
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80.0
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85.0
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75.0
"A series of playsets to Forza Horizon&s;s big open toybox. A fun and flashy arcade racer that&s;s easy to pick up and play, but much, much harder to put down again."
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92.0
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86.0
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30.0
"A great game to use for the first time your brand new Xbox Series X."
Read original review"Dirt 5 it&s;s a fun and entertaining arcade racer that had born between two generations and, while we&s;re waiting to see the PS5 &a; Xbox Series X version, that&s;s something that you can feel. It&s;s fun, made for everyone and …"
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90.0
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85.0
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30.0
"With beautiful visuals, excellent controls, and a ton of content, Dirt 5 has a lot to offer players, especially with how lenient and easy-going the game&s;s structure is."
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85.0
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92.0
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30.0
"With a fun choose-your-path career mode and community-driven custom courses, Dirt 5 provides a thrilling and approachable off-road experience"
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85.0
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92.0
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30.0
"Dirt 5 offers an exceptional arcade racing experience with solid controls, stunning visuals, and a jaw-dropping variety of tracks."
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80.0
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70.0
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65.0
"It may not be as deep or sophisticated as many other modern racers, but Dirt 5 is nonetheless an entertaining outlet for engine revving on Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5."
Read original review"If you&s;re the type of person who plays racing games for hundreds of hours, Dirt 5 might let you down and I completely understand why. But for everyone else, it&s;s a very accessible and personality-filled game that should keep you …"
Read original review"The improvements to the handling, performance, visuals, and sound make DIRT 5 on PS5 the ultimate version of the game. If you&s;re still on the fence about getting it, you&s;re missing out."
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92.0
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91.0
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35.0
"DIRT 5 offers a new path for the DIRT series and treads it brilliantly. The core numbered titles have always been slightly more arcade, but this takes it to a whole other level and is fantastic because of this move. …"
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95.0
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85.0
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35.0
"Dirt 5 is an excellent racing game that manages to combine impressive visuals with exhilarating racing."
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90.0
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75.0
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70.0
"DIRT 5 on PlayStation 5 is the best way to experience Codemasters&s; new title."
Read original review"The fifth entry in the DIRT series is another brick in the wall of a franchise that delivers solid, accessible and brilliant arcade gameplay with gorgeous tech. Can&s;t wait to see this on PS5 and Xbox Series X."
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70.0
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85.0
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30.0
"Dirt 5 doesn&s;t come screaming around the corner as a definitive next-gen spectacle, but it&s;s still pure racing junk food with a confident swagger that I&s;m happy to gorge on any day of the week. It&s;s a V8 hooligan with …"
Read original review"Even with an enhanced version on the horizon that includes 120 fps with the arrival of next generation consoles, Dirt 5 delivers a fantastic off-road racing experience full of content that will keep you busy not only on the track, …"
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75.0
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78.0
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65.0
"Dirt 5 is a departure from earlier entries in the series, as it goes full arcade racer. That’s to its credit though, as the actual racing is satisfying and exciting. This means that the vehicles and their customization options feel …"
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78.0
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82.0
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"Overall Dirt 5 is a real blast play. With the gameplay not being too strict, it gives you that feeling of being an arcade racing king without having to leave the comfort of your own home. There are some area&s;s …"
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75.0
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80.0
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35.0
"Though the various visual modes require some work, Dirt 5 is nonetheless a breath of fresh air for the long-running rally racing franchise that widens the audience duly and marks a commendable debut for the franchise on PlayStation 5."
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85.0
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90.0
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30.0
"DIRT 5 takes off-road racing to another level. The game is 100% recommended, and comes with Smart Delivery to enjoy it on Xbox Series too."
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70.0
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85.0
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30.0
"DiRT 5 feels like a game that is built to showcase new hardware. Still, if players stick with the frame rate mode it works just fine on the last generation as well. I cannot wait to dig in once I …"
Read original review"Dirt 5 isn&s;t particularly deep, but it&s;s fast, frantic, extremely handsome, and buoyed by a superb stunt track editor."
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85.0
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92.0
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25.0
"Fast-paced and carefree off-road arcade racer with a varied track design, dynamic weather changes and a large scope."
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65.0
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85.0
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30.0
"A new studio in charge sees Dirt retain some of its old swagger in a fun, frequently beautiful but occasionally hollow arcade racer."
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70.0
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90.0
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60.0
"Fasten your seat belt for a festival of drifts in mud, ice, water, and every other rough surface that you can imagine in Dirt 5."
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70.0
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70.0
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70.0
"Loud, brash, brightly coloured tracks with a rousing selection of cars and racing styles in a game that&s;s much more about fun than serious simulation."
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88.0
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76.0
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"DIRT 5 is the fun one in the DiRT family now – this is the racing game you boot up when you want to have a great time without really thinking about much else. It&s;s funny, coming from the seriousness …"
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20.0
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"Arcade offroad racing of the like we&s;ve played four times previously."
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85.0
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92.0
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"If you’ve been itching to get back in the driver’s seat, DIRT 5 is what the doctor ordered. Despite a lackluster career mode that fails in both connecting to the player and building tension, DIRT 5 succeeds where it matters …"
Read original review"Dirt 5 adopts the arcade sensibilities of the series&s; past, but its frenetic action is dampened somewhat by an uninspired handling model."
Read original review"One of Codemasters&s; best racing games, DIRT 5 is an unbridled shot of adrenaline-fuelled fun that&s;s impossible not to love. Superlative stuff."
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75.0
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"A showcase of exciting arcade offroading."
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82.0
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"Dirt 5 isn&s;t the next-gen technical showcase you were probably hoping for, but its excellent off-road tracks are an absolute delight to race on while superb modes such as Arcade, Playgrounds and Online/Offline multiplayer provide enough gas in the tank …"
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90.0
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90.0
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"If you&s;ve just got yourself a PS5, don&s;t sleep on DIRT 5. It brings bombastic, arcadey racing to the console&s;s launch lineup, giving you something totally different to play alongside the heavy hitters. Although the haptic feedback implementation is basic …"
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"Codemasters latest arcade rally game provides a wide range of racing... and a good chance to show off your next-gen console"
Read original review"That lack of challenge and sense of progression won’t be for everyone, and might even put off Dirt veterans, but Dirt 5’s a varied and beautiful racing game that’s a blast from event number one."
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70.0
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90.0
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"I’m a big fan of Dirt 5. It’s not going to garner the praise of a Gran Turismo or a Forza, but it’s exactly the kind of game I was after. It’s fun, easy to get into, full of variety, …"
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68.0
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"Dirt 5 revives what made the original series so successful. Fun right away without wasting time on adjustments and improvements of all kinds. He thus honors his illustrious arcade ancestors with a very nice rendering. It is thus easier to …"
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"Dirt 5 is currently unplayable after 1.03 update so I don’t recommend buying it now, however, when that&s;s out of the picture there’s a fun arcade experience to be had with amazing graphics but not so much for the reality …"
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