Dirt 5 customization series#

It's DiRT 5's creative mode, letting you tear up the rule book and create the course of your dreams. The clue is in the name, in so much as it's a giant playground for you to go wild. Playgrounds are where DiRT 5 really shines, though, and at least for the time being is where the desire to keep playing comes from. As I do whenever the ice race in New York comes up. At points, there's only one race that you must do, but it frequently branches off into two or more, so if you're not fond of one path, take the other.

But DiRT 5 takes a non-linear approach in that you don't have to follow a single path through each tier. Race, unlock new stuff, race again, do some bigger, more valuable races, rinse and repeat.

The career mode follows the tried and tested. Source: Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Windows Central) Online play is, well, online play, you'll either use it or you won't, though aside from a little wait to get into a race, it's otherwise totally fine. While you aren't going to buy DiRT 5 for its realistic rally experience, you are going to buy it for a good time, and the two main aspects of that are the career and the Playgrounds modes.

Dirt 5 customization series#

If you're looking for something to show off the 120Hz party piece of the new Series X, it's right here. The wizards at Digital Foundry did their thing and confirmed just how good the performance is. Visually, at least at a glance, it doesn't seem to take much of a hit either, and it's very steady and very fast. The 120hz mode is the icing on the cake, albeit at 1080p, but right now if you're chasing that high frame rate chances are it's on a gaming monitor and not a huge TV anyway, which minimizes the impact a little. Just makes everything muddy, which is awesome. The environments are exciting and detailed and who doesn't love the fact that your car gets drowned in mud as you race? The weather can dynamically change as well, though apart from the ice track, it doesn't feel like it affects your handling too much.

All the cars are well recreated and while they're a tad on the shiny side in the menu, when you get out on track they look fantastic.