If you’re like us, you’ll spend more time than you’re comfortable admitting in DIRT 5’s photo mode. Each has their own unique look and feel with the weather changing dynamically as you race and they all look rather stunning.
In addition to New York you will visit Arizona, Brazil, Morocco, China, Italy and Norway. We didn’t particularly enjoy the ice races on New York’s river so where we could, we’d skip the ice-breaker rounds. Really like the pathfinder rounds, the only type that sees you on your own? Then pick the path with more of them. There are moments where AJ cuts in with the same advice at the end of the race and if we hear again how we’re not making any friends we’ll likely scream, but then again there’s something soothing about hearing Nolan North’s voice.Īs you meander your way through your career you can choose your path through each bracket, focusing on the types of races that suit you the best. It’s one of many things DIRT 5 tries in an effort to distinguish itself from the norm and generally it hits its mark. It’s a unique way of navigating a single-player career and whilst the races do get somewhat repetitive after a while, James Pumphrey and Nolan Sykes are entertaining presenters, doubly so when joined by game voiceover royalty such as the other Nolan and Troy. Well, I guess that’ll wash off but there’s an Aston Martin in there somewhere There is, however, a fly in the ointment in the form of Bruno Durand (voiced by Nolan North) who is vanquishing all before him and through the medium of a podcast from Donut Media is goaded into taking on AJ.
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As the in-game undefeated DIRT Series champion, you’re his side-project, his protege and hopefully, his heir apparent. However, you do not need to go it alone, as you will have Alex “AJ” Janiček (voiced by Troy Baker) by your side giving you advice as you navigate each bracket.
Should you delve into the Career mode, you will take on the role of the new kid on the block in the championship. DIRT 5 doesn’t latch on to any specific, real-life competitions, but it does draw some inspiration from them. It reminded us of the early days of the DIRT series and whilst they were too heavy on the X-Games culture for some, you couldn’t deny that they were fun to play. Sure, it has its faults, but it’s a game that knows what it is, isn’t ashamed to be it and has lots of fun whilst it’s doing so. If that’s the case, then they’re off to a good start with DIRT 5. Whilst this is wild speculation on our part, it would make sense to morph the simulation-based DIRT Rally arm of the franchise into a WRC-backed game but keep the DIRT name going with something else. Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me!
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It seems, however, that with DIRT 5, Codemasters is keen to distinguish the DIRT series from being a pure-breed rally series in preparation for the studio taking the official WRC license in 2023. Confused naming conventions aside, the last three were, ostensibly, die-in-the-wool rally games all about getting from point-to-point as quickly as possible, all the while avoiding the natural hazards that festoon the side of country roads.
Since then we’ve had DIRT 4 and DIRT Rally 2.0. However, the franchise went dark after the rather disappointing DIRT Showdown only to emerge in 2015 in the form of DIRT Rally. You could take part in various off-road events such as Rally Cross and for those wishing to emulate Ken Block, Gymkhana events were included too. They were fun arcade-style rally games that slowly expanded their racing beyond straight-up rally stages. This eventually morphed into the DIRT nomenclature in 2007 and hasn’t had the great Colin McRae’s name attached to it since Colin McRae: DIRT 2, released two years after his death in 2009. The DIRT series of games has been around now for a very long time and can trace its roots all the way back to Colin McRae Rally which was released back in the before times or 1998 if you prefer.
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