The first current-gen (Xbox One & PS4) reviews for this week's release of Dirt 5 have gone live today, and it looks like the arcade racer is going down pretty well! Let's see what some reviewers are saying about the game so far...
God is a Geek (9/10)
"Dirt 5 is an excellent rally racer offering plenty of race modes and car classes to choose from. The Career mode is engaging, and the presentation is gorgeous."
Critical Hit (8.5/10)
"Dirt 5 doesn’t come screaming around the corner as a definitive next-gen spectacle, but it’s still pure racing junk food with a confident swagger that I’m happy to gorge on any day of the week."
Push Square (8/10)
"DIRT 5 sees the franchise drift back to an arcadey experience, and it's a great success. Despite some technical issues here and there, this is a rock solid off-road racing game from top to bottom."
ScreenRant (8/10)
"Overall, DIRT 5 is an absolute blast. Aesthetically pleasing and with extremely fun gameplay, the title is only held back by its odd frustrating moment and a campaign that feels a little on the brief side."
Press Start (7.5/10)
"Dirt 5 isn’t at all the game I thought it would be. Far from a clinical rally sim, what it is is a simple, fun off-road racer that has a big personality."
Eurogamer (No Score)
"A new studio in charge sees Dirt retain some of its old swagger in a fun, frequently beautiful but occasionally hollow arcade racer."
Dirt 5 currently has a Metacritic rating of 83 based based on 11 reviews for Xbox One, and 82 based on 12 reviews for PS4. Don't forget that the game is also coming to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on November 10th, and will be available as a free upgrade via Smart Delivery if you buy it on Xbox One.
Are you picking up Dirt 5 this week? Let us know in the comments.
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Sounds like the the game is getting well received..
Sounds good! Might give it a go.
Got this one preordered!
Arcade Rally racers are probably my favorite Racing Sub-genre. I’ve played and enjoyed most of the Dirt games and know I’ll have a blast with this one on the series S. Now I just have to decide between 120 and 60 FPS modes...
From what I heard this one is being made by the old MotorStorm team. I think that will explain a lot about it, they definitely seemed to go in a more arcadey and over the top direction than Dirt 4, which was always a more accessible game than the Dirt Rally games which have been hardcore sims racers. I am not exactly sold on the style of Dirt 5 though, but I can see how it could appeal to a different audience.
I stopped playing the Dirt games when they started chucking in tons of other disciplines. I like the point-to-point racing against the clock rally events, so I'll be opting for WRC 9 on Series X.
Sim racers put me off, but arcade racers are my kind of racing games. With the good reviews it's been getting, I'll have no other option but to take a closer look at this one. There's been a great offer of arcade style racers recently like Hotshot Racing, Horizon Chase Turbo, then there's the classics available on Switch (out run, virtual racing) and there's even 80s Overdrive, which got much better after its recent update
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