DIRT 5

EA STRIKES AGAIN!!! game crashes on nvidia gpu rtx 4060 laptop.

Pretty fun. It doesn't require the EA App,

There’s not really much I can say about Dirt 5. It’s one of those games that feels like it should be in an arcade, to play for about five minutes, either on your own or with a bunch of friends, for a quick race or two and then nothing more. The tracks are okay, but become repetitive very quickly, so unless you have a really short term memory, the game turns stale in less time than it took me to write this review. Graphically the game looks nice and the vehicles handle like most games of this type, but the overall presentation is annoying and the banter from the two voice overs in career mode I had no time for and just skipped listening to them all together. The game also boasts a licensed soundtrack, but apart from songs by The Amazons, Foals and Royal Blood, nothing else was recognisable to me and it wasn’t long before I muted this part of the audio as well. If I’d continued with Dirt 5 I imagine I would have probably burnt my way through it in a relatively short amount of time, but with just over an hour and a half of gameplay, it was enough for me to decide it just wasn’t for me.

F**k Off Denuvo

This game's tough to place. There's the typical "it's nothing like previous DiRTs, so it's bad" angle; and the "if it wasn't called DiRT, it'd be a respectable arcade game" angle. I guess both are true. There's moments of fun in it, and it's fun driving a good line and avoiding hazards at high speeds in some of the thoughtfully-designed courses. There's also some mastery needed with Manual gearing, because you have to know when to prioritize high torque, or when you need to prioritize maximum speed. And sometimes it really does capture glints of what made DiRT great when you're fighting the AI trying to scrape past a tough and bumpy corner at high speed. But after maybe an hour of play, you begin to notice that the physics feel REALLY vague and mushy, and that more often than not full-throttle is the only way to go. And it basically feels like you're just massaging a hunk of frozen meat to get it to turn, with unimpactful vehicle and wall collisions. That feeling, combined with the soulless feeling while racing, in the menus, and the loading transitions just make the game feel bland, and make me wonder why I'm even playing it. Then there's the uneven difficulty. I played it on Very Hard, and a number of events were too easy, but certain events sometimes took me a dozen tries before I could fluke-out a win. And some event types like the Ice Skating events just aren't much fun - and the Gymkhana events are downright terrible, where it feels like you're actively fighting your car in claustrophobic environments where you have no room to express yourself. Overall, it is a decently fun arcade game if you don't attach the DiRT name to it. But the fun always feels short-lived, since I always want to put it down after about 30 minutes - a far cry from DiRT 2 & 3 each sucking up 45 hours of my life in the blink of an eye. Go grab Gravel when it goes on sale for $2. It's the best analog I can find to DiRT, especially since every DiRT game but this one is currently deslisted. https://store.steampowered.com/app/558260/Gravel/

This game takes you back to the good old arcade style racing. If you like those kinds of racing games like I do, then this is a no brainer. If you want more simulation driving, I'd recommend something else. If you've played Dirt 2 and loved it, get Dirt 5.

I like the gameplay, but I can't stand the fact that after doing a few races, the game just likes to crash for no reason.