Dirt 4 Review

Dirt 4 is a rally game developed and published by Codemasters. It was released June 2017.

The game has a career mode, multiplayer and joyride mode. In the career mode you will find Rally Cross, Land Rush and Rally sections. At the end there is the triple crown event which includes the three events.

Compared to Dirt 3 the graphics and sound are better. The driving is a bit more realistic (a bit more difficult to drive). You can change the difficulty settingss. There are no gymkhana events. Instead you have Joyride. Different category including time trials and smash the blocks. Each one gets harder. In the career mode you have many stages to choose from that are part of the world rally championship. Sometimes the stages have rain or are at night time, which makes it more difficult. Your car gets repaired at the end of each main stage. Some stages are long and some are short. You have sponsors and a team. You hire engineers and mechanics to what you can afford. Also, you can upgrade your car.

Like most racing games, you can choose your camera angle. If using a game pad the bumper cam can be more precise but the third person cam is easier on the eye. The graphics look pretty good when you look at the trees going past. The rain has a slippery effect on the car when turning. I found that turning in and using the throttle around corners improves your time. Sometimes you have to use the handbrake. Flying through the tarmac stages at high speed is the most fun. When you crash you can recover but at a cost. (Normally a 5 second penalty). 

I didn’t find the game as fun at Dirt 3. I think I liked the design of Dirt 3 (One of my most played games). Some of the stages in Dirt 4 are over 15km which is a lot for a game. Also, Dirt 3 was more arcade like. More played for fun. Dirt 4 is a good game and a worthy successor. The graphics are a step up but they could be better and sometimes rain or lack of light can ruin the fun when you just want to have a fun time playing the game. For a rally game it is pretty good. Somewhere in between Dirt 3 and Dirt Rally.

8.2/10