DIRT 5

 PlayStation 5
User Score
5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 162 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 162
  2. Mixed: 63 out of 162
  3. Negative: 47 out of 162
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  1. SulacoLV
    Mar 4, 2021
    4
    Very unbalanced AI
    Too crowded with cars at the start of races
    Arcade all the way, realism absurdly low
    Very few relevant challenges, short career Stupid challenges such as "collide when airborne" on tracks without jumps. The worst game in the Dirt series by miles. Weighing in the instabilities it is a 1. Stay away!
  2. hoohoo
    Feb 9, 2021
    3
    Meh. Bought this since I borrowed a racing seat, wheel and pedals. Next gen game? Really? Graphics are mediocre on PS5. Driving is easy and fun, but I got bored after driving the eight first races. It would be cheaper to insert coins in a real arcade machine..
  3. frazzefraz
    Jul 22, 2021
    1
    Worst arcade racer ever. Feels like Codemasters is dead and dont want to make racing games anymore. Maybe they sold it to EA because this company has begun to sinking to the bottom.
  4. TooTroublesome
    Apr 6, 2021
    3
    Man, this is dull. It's unpolished, collisions often have no sound effect. Driving through deep water has no sound effect and doesn't slow or effect the car in any way. Career is terrible, nothing like the old games. I hate it when game franchises go backwards. Did no one on the dev team sit down and play their old games and try to understand what made them great? Gutted.
  5. JMM85
    Dec 11, 2020
    2
    It's very difficult to rate this game without taking into account the game breaking issues around game crashes and save file corruptions. If you're playing this game on PS5 you will get frequent crashes after finishing a race. Every time you crash like this there's a chance your save file will get corrupted. Eventually, it will get you and your entire progress will be completely wiped out.It's very difficult to rate this game without taking into account the game breaking issues around game crashes and save file corruptions. If you're playing this game on PS5 you will get frequent crashes after finishing a race. Every time you crash like this there's a chance your save file will get corrupted. Eventually, it will get you and your entire progress will be completely wiped out. If I was rating this game as a working game, I'd give it an 8/10. Fantastic arcade racer. Some great track design. Vibrant graphics. I thought long and hard about my score, worrying it was too harsh, but ultimately the game on PS5 IS completely unplayable as you will eventually lose all your progress and have to start from scratch. Until this is resolved the game cannot be recommended.… Expand
  6. LoisEinhornPSN
    Dec 13, 2020
    0
    This game is broken on PS5, it crashes every few races and from time to time it corrupts your saved game meaning you have to restart the career from zero.

    DON’T BUY
  7. Andyhs
    Jan 1, 2021
    3
    Complete waste of money

    Gameplay is 100pct arcade and is very unlike dirt4. Unfortunately, it is just not fun.
  8. stasweb
    Aug 16, 2021
    0
    It's a complete disaster. This game has nothing in common with previous dirt games.
    It looks and feels like a smartphone game with enhanced graphics. The biggest disappointment that there are no rally events. Physics is like a soap in a bath, level design sucks, graphics sucks - it's sharp but there are no mirror reflections, c'mon, and on PS5 I had FPS drops! No replays, tons things you    It's a complete disaster. This game has nothing in common with previous dirt games.
    It looks and feels like a smartphone game with enhanced graphics. The biggest disappointment that there are no rally events. Physics is like a soap in a bath, level design sucks, graphics sucks - it's sharp but there are no mirror reflections, c'mon, and on PS5 I had FPS drops! No replays, tons things you have to pay for... I was happy to find out that 5th part is rolling out, but i thank myself that i haven't bought it. Even when it's free via ea play subscription it's still not worth playing.    … Expand
  9. Yegwen
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    Frequent crashes, save corrupted AND uploaded to cloud, which means I lost all progress.
  10. THE_T_V1RUS
    Jan 6, 2022
    3
    A rally game with no rally? It's just racing??? Why? Where is my co-driver?

    I want to give it a lower score but the racing is decent and the graphics are nice, but it feels like an arcade racer. I was hoping for something much more realistic and rally based.
  11. alka9403
    Dec 14, 2020
    0
    After a few races the game will crash constantly and the all the save data will be lost. Very frustrating...
  12. napster11089
    Dec 14, 2020
    0
    Ps5 version is unplayable, game crashes after every few races and save file gets corrupts.
  13. Steyraus
    May 6, 2023
    0
    The 5 minutes of scrolling to get padt the User aggrement get you in a bad mood before you even play the game. Then the game itself is one of the worst racing games ive ever played. Controls are to floaty and the cars just suck.
  14. sshirogumi
    Apr 15, 2021
    3
    **** In every aspect, from the visuals to the very racing mechanics. This 'how do you do fellow kids' festival colorful Fortnite-like aesthetic is already nauseous. As if the game was made by a bunch of old farts, who puffed up and tried to make it stylish, fashionable, youthful. Inside Forza Horizon - Flatout 3 outside. Stupid jokes of some type of degenerate DJs or podcasters, this**** In every aspect, from the visuals to the very racing mechanics. This 'how do you do fellow kids' festival colorful Fortnite-like aesthetic is already nauseous. As if the game was made by a bunch of old farts, who puffed up and tried to make it stylish, fashionable, youthful. Inside Forza Horizon - Flatout 3 outside. Stupid jokes of some type of degenerate DJs or podcasters, this pink-and-yellow-green trickery, the design of the cars themselves is insane - some fictional tractors with square angular wheels, hearses with protruding lanterns and other deformities. The graphics and the sfx itself roughly correspond to the level of the Drive Club in 2014, only in DС the textures and skyboxes were not so shamefully made. It would seem that the weather and lighting were made cool, but even here it is a farce. From sandy trails in Italy, which for some reason is covered with snow, suddenly stopping and beginning showers and other snowfalls in a thunderstorm, I laughed so hard. Aesthetically and visually, the game is disgusting.

    In terms of physics and race mechanics, this is a case where rally and off-road racing is better done even in NFS Heat! Total toyness, there is no feeling of contact of the car with the track - if there is dirt or snow, then it seems to clip into the texture. There is no balance, no sense of challenge or difficulty. AI degenerates unable to make any competition, mindlessly pushing and hopelessly lagging behind by half-lap at the very beginning of the race. The game modes have been simplified, but the gymkhana suffered the most. There is no feel of progression, there is no incentive to go through all 125 (!) copy-paste events of this squalor, too. All these unlockable stickers and icons can only be sticked on developers forehead, because the customization here is just as shameful as everything else. I remember Dirt 3 and my hair stood on end: how could the fall to the production of such cheap-**** games like this? This is, at best, the Onrush level (at least there was some idea in it), and at the worst, Flatout 4 (at least they tried hard).
    Codemasters fald below disgrace. However, their fall was already traced in the no less disgusting Grid.    … Expand
  15. Blaz222
    Jun 2, 2021
    0
    Quite literally unplayable while online. When you're not connected online the game works, but the very second you connect online in the PS5 network settings, the game crashes to the PS5 menu, rendering the online portions unplayable and literally IMPOSSIBLE to access. What idiots are supposed to be testing this game out? Fire all of them they're incompetent.
  16. Benjiii
    Jan 10, 2022
    0
    EA does it again. A fairly good game ruined by the greed of EA to make as much money as possible. Imagine buying a 60ÂŁ game for your son only for him to not be able to access the full game without microtransactions? So for him to proceed and perform well he needs to pay even more. It's nothing else than bullsh*t honestly. I pay to access the game. I shouldn't have to pay further to be theEA does it again. A fairly good game ruined by the greed of EA to make as much money as possible. Imagine buying a 60ÂŁ game for your son only for him to not be able to access the full game without microtransactions? So for him to proceed and perform well he needs to pay even more. It's nothing else than bullsh*t honestly. I pay to access the game. I shouldn't have to pay further to be the best in-game.… Expand
  17. jmarcel
    Jan 25, 2022
    4
    The biggest problem with this game, is that everything feels the same.
    Icebreaker (because it's on ice) and Pathfinder (which is a very nice change of pace, but far to easy) are the only exceptions.
    everything else is just 12 cars doing a race. rarely is this a point-to-point affair, 90% of these are just "do a couple of laps on a generic off-road circuit". You can get different    The biggest problem with this game, is that everything feels the same.
    Icebreaker (because it's on ice) and Pathfinder (which is a very nice change of pace, but far to easy) are the only exceptions.

    everything else is just 12 cars doing a race.
    rarely is this a point-to-point affair, 90% of these are just "do a couple of laps on a generic off-road circuit". You can get different vehicle types, but again, most feel pretty much the same. there are exceptions, but they're rare and far between.
    I've also found out that on the selection screen, you might get several class options, but the game gives you the locked options of the first class (making you think all the next cars are locked) before it gives you the unlocked ones of a second. If you're not aware of this, you can get far in the game, without ever driving some of the classes available in the game.

    The AI is terrible. you win more races by mimicking their bashy-smashy attitude to get in front, and staying there because they often just stick there, rather running 4-wide than actually trying to pass.

    The game also tries to get you involved into a rivalry between some veteran and some rising champion by making you a rookie that beats both of them (stop me if you've heard this one). problem is: I've never raced either of them, to my knowledge.

    The game looks great, and the changing weather and day/night cycle are great, but then the races are often way too short to make those feel not awkward.

    Codemasters seems to have no clue of what to do with the numbered Dirt series, with every game being something different. But this one is clearly the worst of the bunch.    … Expand
  18. Haxpeh
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
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  19. Lonit
    Jan 4, 2022
    1
    Left me very unimpressed,

    forget everything you thought you knew about dirt with this bland title, my guess is they went for an arcade style of driving this time around to appeal to a wider audience, you can clearly see they borrowed a lot of things from other games but they execute every aspect a little bit worse than existing titles. I've heard the graphics praised as the only    Left me very unimpressed,

    forget everything you thought you knew about dirt with this bland title, my guess is they went for an arcade style of driving this time around to appeal to a wider audience, you can clearly see they borrowed a lot of things from other games but they execute every aspect a little bit worse than existing titles.
    I've heard the graphics praised as the only redeeming quality but they're not that good to be honest. driveclub did graphics so much better for example, the crew did off road better etc, all along your playing journey you'll notice things that are slightly worse than what you've seen previously.

    Some other comment pointed out how the UI feels like a mobile game and I couldn't put my finger on it before but that is a spot on description! it all feels so generic and bland.

    I got the game for free with ps+ this month but it feels like it should just bee a free to play game from the start because there are so many car locked behind a paywall, just imagine the horror of paying full price and discovering this, I can only imagine how it must have felt...

    also, if you're somehow not sick and tired of the ever pretentious Troy baker yet, you will be after this game.    … Expand
  20. Immortalgordo
    May 9, 2021
    4
    A distinct step down from the previous years iteration. Although this game is on a next gen system, I believe graphics actually got worse. They are almost cartoonish. The cars look fake and the terrain looks like an anime show. The driving mechanics are unresponsive and clunky. The difficulty is all over the place. Especially in regards to the AI. The damage system makes no sense. Pass onA distinct step down from the previous years iteration. Although this game is on a next gen system, I believe graphics actually got worse. They are almost cartoonish. The cars look fake and the terrain looks like an anime show. The driving mechanics are unresponsive and clunky. The difficulty is all over the place. Especially in regards to the AI. The damage system makes no sense. Pass on this one. Hope next years is better. But I doubt EA is going to help this situation…..… Expand
  21. jash1
    Dec 20, 2020
    0
    This game is very buggy and on average will crash at least once per hour when playing.

    The game itself is ok at best. The AI is either impossibly hard or incredibly easy depending on the race type you choose. I played the campaign through on medium and either came first or last in every race. I can't think of many races I played that were especially competitive. Compared to other    This game is very buggy and on average will crash at least once per hour when playing.

    The game itself is ok at best. The AI is either impossibly hard or incredibly easy depending on the race type you choose. I played the campaign through on medium and either came first or last in every race. I can't think of many races I played that were especially competitive.

    Compared to other arcade racing games like motor storm, this one falls flat.    … Expand
  22. LewisMHarold
    Dec 29, 2021
    3
    The graphic quality is the only good thing about this game. The handling is vague and dull. The difficulty is ridiculously imbalanced, some races will be easy and others will be impossible.
  23. Officialalexj
    Jan 13, 2022
    4
    I got it for free on PS Plus and it was alright but a lot of cars are hidden unless you buy them with real cash. They didn't give you the best options for vehicles in the base game.
  24. ibgd
    Jan 5, 2022
    4
    Just got this game through PS+. Glad I did not buy it. It's full of glitches and screen flickering. The physics are so bad it seems like the car is floating... doesn't matter the environment. The background music during the race is broken, the sound comes in and out at various points. The story... well there's none - the career mode is incredibly boring.
  25. twinkytwonk
    Jan 12, 2022
    2
    I love and arcade racer but this is everything that is wrong with modern gaming. Every time you start the game it tries to direct you to the ps store to buy some crappy car, has cringeworthy commentary/chat, The road surface has no effect on the driving experience, the other cars travel in a line like a train, and worst of all it is devoid of all fun. The only plus is that i got it on psplus .
  26. Ghostmane
    Jan 16, 2022
    1
    You can have fun with it for a while, but it isn't worth its price. This Game is a bad 1 to 1 copy of Dirt 3 with better graphics. Thats it. I had more fun with Dirt 3. Their creativeness is also lacking if you compare simple things like loading screens, drift score counter, and things like that. EA destroyed this game.
  27. LucasK001
    Feb 21, 2022
    4
    Even though the game looks quite nice and includes different competitions, it gets very repetitive and boring very quickly. The circuits are all alike and are very few. The DLCs are outrageous: they bring almost no new features and are very expensive.
  28. Sun_of_a_Beach
    Apr 19, 2023
    0
    Game looks good, sounds good but:

    This f!@#$%ng Gymkhana just pisses me off!

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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. GameGrin
    Dec 18, 2020
    85
    DIRT 5 is an excellent, stunning and simply enjoyable arcade racer that is easy for anyone to pick-up and play regardless of your motor vehicle knowledge with a career mode that is surprisingly entertaining. You may want to pick it up on PlayStation 5 though since it feels awesome to play with the new DualSense features.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Dec 14, 2020
    80
    Much buggier than the PS4 version, Dirt 5 is nonetheless a showcase for PS5 gaming, and a much-needed champion for splitscreen racing. [Issue#183, p.86]
  3. PlayStation LifeStyle
    Dec 2, 2020
    85
    DIRT 5 on the PS5 is the best version of the game to get on PlayStation consoles, when it works. That’s a big caveat, and most gamers will not want to have to constantly remember to pre-emptively upload their save game after a few races, or risk losing hours of progress due to one unfortunate crash. This also necessitates a PlayStation Plus subscription, since copying PS5 save games to USB storage is unfortunately not an option as of this writing. Assuming these issues get patched out, then it is easy to recommend buying this on the PS5, because DIRT 5 is a showcase racing game for the next generation of consoles with its smart use of haptic feedback and ray tracing, all while delivering a smooth performance.
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