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DIRT 5

“WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT SOCIAL DISTANCING WOULD MAKE FRAME RATES BETTER?”

we’ve been waiting a long time, but finally Dirt 2 gets its true sequel. Dirt 5 is consistently beautiful, more colourful than any other Triple-A racer of the past ten years and wants you to have fun. Indeed, it’s the antithesis of Dirt 4’s serious rallying sim. If you’re looking for a simple yet premium-quality racer, this is it. It’s almost perfect.

It’s not even slightly pandering to the sim crowd this time round. Traditional rally stages have simply been omitted. Instead, one to four players (locally!) can take on a career mode full of close-competition events, sliding around hairpins,

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