

Xbox Series S/X out November 10th, PS5 coming on November 19thĭon't run away just yet, though.


Availability: Out November 6th on PS4 and Xbox One.Platform: Played on PS4 Pro and Xbox One X.In Dirt 5, that festival vibe pervades - you're given a customisable lanyard and access to a lattice of various events split over five chapters, all underscored by a light story headed up by Nolan North and Troy Baker. It's a multidisciplinary racer, and a patchwork of different influences, but by far the biggest is Dirt 2 - that loudest, most raucous of Dirt games, with its music festival framework that the original Dirt 2 team would go on to develop further with the Forza Horizon series. With the Dirt Rally series picking up the more serious and sim-minded point-to-point action, Dirt 5 is a pure arcade racer, packed full of spectacle and a smattering of smart ideas, and while some parts ring a little hollow, others can still leave one hell of an impression. The results are fascinating, if not always entirely convincing. A new studio in charge sees Dirt regain some of its old swagger in a fun, frequently beautiful but occasionally hollow arcade racer.ĭirt has been many things in its lifetime, but here's a first: a mainline entry developed outside of Codemasters' Southam campus as its Cheshire studio takes point, giving us the series' trademark raucous off-roading through an all-new filter.
