Dirt (Series) Review

Posted: 7 months ago.

Overview

Dirt 5 is the latest game in a series of the extreme sports racing game. Like Forza Horizon or the older MotorStorm games, the series focuses on exuberance and party atmosphere rather than just realism. It's from the team behind the more simulation focused Dirt Rally but with more fantastic fun and extreme scenarios rather than super-realism of that series.

Colin McRae: Dirt (2007) on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 (2009) on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, Mac and PC
Dirt 3 (2011) on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC and Mac
Dirt: Showdown (2012) on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC and Mac
Dirt 4 (2017) on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac
Dirt 5 (2020) on Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC

Dirt 5 offers rallycross, ice racing, stadium super trucks and off-road buggies. Players can compete in events in a wide range of locations including Arizona, Brazil, China, Italy, New York City and Norway. There is changing weather and seasons that affected the performance of vehicles. This is accompanied with a narrative-career mode.

Game Details

Rating: PEGI 3+, ESRB EVERYONE

Release Date: 01/01/2007, updated in 2020

Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S

Genres: Action, Adventure and Racing

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Commitment

Duration: This game will take between 50 hours and 55 hours to complete.

Players: You can play with 4 players in the same room and up to 8 players online. Dirt 3 and Dirt 5 offer split-screen racing for up to four players in career mode. You can race up to 8 players in online modes.

Costs

Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience.

You can purchase additional cars and team boosters that give you a unique team offer, a unique engineer and two unique facilities.You will need PlayStation Plus to play online with PlayStation 3. You will need Xbox Live Gold (must be 18 to create, then configure family accounts for younger players) to play online with Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S. You will need Xbox Live Gold to play online with Xbox 360. You will need PlayStation Plus (must be 18 to create, then create sub-accounts for younger players who need be set as 13 or older) to play online with PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5.

Age Ratings

This game has been rated PEGI 3+.

This game has been rated ESRB EVERYONE.

Users Interact: The game enables players to interact and communicate with each other, so may expose players to language usually associated with older rated games.

Accessibility

Accessibility for this game is as follows:

System Settings

The Wii has a few helpful settings, like disable rumble, but you have to use gesture controls for most games and the system menu. PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping). PlayStation 5 has a range of system-wide accessibility settings. Xbox One has a system features, the excellent co-pilot share controls mode and adaptive controller support for all games. Xbox One has a system features, the excellent co-pilot share controls mode and adaptive controller support for all games... read more about system accessibility settings.

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