It is what you would expect from a big-budget racer.
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It feels a bit like the developers are going through the motions of what they know how to do. It does get the job done but I can’t help but feel that this is a game on cruise control. So, DIRT 5 has the rides, the tracks, some fancy visual effects, and some solid gameplay. After this happened a few times in one afternoon, it was time to play something else for a bit. I don’t mind the odd crash, it happens, but this was happening far too often.
After some gruelling races in career mode, I had to go back and do it again – and again, and again. In my experience, it ONLY happened right after races in career mode but BEFORE my progress was saved, the worst possible time. I need extra feet and hands to count the number of times this happened during my journey. Unfortunately, as of the time of my review, DIRT 5 was crashing on me unacceptably frequently. Although if you ever get sick of the official tracks, jump your way around an arena. Of course, because they are created by other players, they do vary in quality. I played a couple and for the most part, they are just stunt courses. There is also an option to build a playground track and upload it for others to race on. Outside of career mode, the standard options are here such as arcade (single race basically), split-screen racing which is always welcome, as well as online races. That said, the weather effects and night time action really show off the vibrant colours of the game, featuring lots of pyro explosions and even lasers at points on various tracks. Make sure you have your brightness settings just right, because the radical difference in lighting and weather during the same races sometimes resulted in moments where I just couldn’t see where I was going, trying to navigate at high speed with the minimap wasn’t as fun as you would think, and the ‘headlights’ were useless. With the tracks constantly changing during various races, there are plenty of experiences on offer. There isn’t an overall points table or ranking that I could see, so the narrative is a bit of a side note that you can follow if you are interested, or just skip and keep on racing. The narrative places you as a rookie, getting attention as you work your way through the various races and challenges. The meat and potatoes of DIRT 5 is its career mode where you’ll race your way through tiers of races whilst a VERY basic story is told via a ‘podcast’ type show playing in the background in between races. I wondered if after hours of play my hand would get tired, but it was fine, so thumbs up from me. This is a feature I didn’t know I was missing in my life and future PS5 racers should definitely make use of it. This means that using the shoulder buttons to accelerate and brake has a nice amount of resistance and you can really feel the brakes push back and judder as you try and slow down on the bumpy terrain. Gameplay in DIRT 5 is solid – which is to be expected – and the PS5 version also features use of the Adaptive Triggers on the fancy new controller. DIRT 5 is a pretty game as well, it features dynamic weather so throughout the course of a race it may turn from evening to night, from early morning to day, and you will encounter torrential downpours, thunderstorms, and even dust storms as you make your way through the various tracks and competitions. As long as you don’t mind looking a bit banged up on the winner’s podium, aggression is definitely the way to go. There is no mechanical damage as far as I could tell and once I had moved the other cars out of the way, I was gone. Racing aggressively in DIRT 5 may mean you end up with a bit of visual damage along the way, but that’s just the collateral damage required to win.
Sure, this tried and true method may not make you many friends online, but hey, this ain’t Gran Turismo. With 12 AI cars on the track, all bunching up in corners, the game allows you to go old school – late brake, ram your way through to the front, and floor it once you have made it through the carnage. There are no penalties here for pushing your way to the front. The vehicles all slide around as you would imagine they should and the drifts are easily controllable with gentle use of the accelerator and brake. The controls and gameplay style are second nature to anyone with even the slightest experience with racing games. DIRT 5 sits firmly in the arcade racer category.
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