One odd thing I found was that all cars seemed to have a matte finish paint which means the reflections on the car during the races weren’t that detailed, but I think that was a conscious decision by the developers in order to render the track particles build-up on the car. The interior of cars hasn’t been given much focus as the exterior which is understandable considering the arcade nature of the game.

The cars are modeled very well from their real-world counterparts though few cars felt boxy. The mud splurging through the tires, the tires skidding on ice, cars splashing through water, the particle build up on cars themselves all of these were noticeable visually and well done. The highlight for me was the track-surfaces. The dynamic weather effects are to the point especially the rain and blizzard. Each location feels distinct visually and conveys a great sense of globetrotting adventure. The various track locations especially look amazing ranging from the backdrop of the Northern lights in Norway, Deserts of Arizona, Tropical forests of South Africa and Brazil, Mountain peaks of Nepal, the spring season of China, and many more. The lighting, track particles, cars, weather system everything has been given a facelift from the previous games. Thanks to Codemasters for providing an early review code for PC.ĭirt 5 is releasing for current-gen, next-gen consoles, and PC that means there are a lot of improvements to the graphics department all over the board. How does the Dirt 5 fair? Let’s see in this detailed review.

The game is made by Codemaster Cheshire which was formed from the members of Evolution games who made Driveclub. With Dirt 5 the developer Codemasters have focused fully on arcade multi-disciplinary offroad racing. Dirt Showdown focused on wreck fest style arena racing, Dirt 4 focused on arcade rally racing both of which weren’t huge hits. Dirt Rally 1 and 2 went on a pure simulation model that perfectly fit rally racing, while on the arcade side of things the games have been a bit inconsistent and the last good one was Dirt 3. Over the years the Dirt games have had multidisciplinary off-road games and rally focused games.

I am a big fan of the franchise and have played all the games since Dirt 2. Dirt is one of the long-running racing franchises that has gathered a dedicated fan following over the years and also managed to be fairly consistent with each of its releases.

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