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Dirt 4

It’s perhaps symbolic that Codemasters has included Colin McRae’s old co-driver in Dirt 4 for the first time in one of its rally games since Colin McRae Rally 2005, because Dirt 4 very much feels like a return to the good old days of the series. Hearing Grist’s pace notes again – a voice drilled into my brain in the late ’90s and early 2000s via my ravenous consumption of all games beginning with the word ‘Colin’ – has taken me back nearly 20 years. Back then Codemasters’ rally games were the yardstick against which all other racers with off-road aspirations were measured (at least up until the likes of Richard Burns Rally and WRC: Rally Evolved). Well, those days are back. Accessible yet tough and grimy yet gorgeous, Dirt 4 sets a new standard in rally racing – and its well-considered career mode and endless stages inject it with tremendous stamina. Absolutely stonking brilliant.

-- As reviewed by IGN
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MSRP: $49.80
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Product details

  • OVER 50 OF THE MOST BREATH-TAKING OFF-ROAD CARS EVER BUILT - Including Ford Fiesta R5, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI, Subaru WRX STI NR4 and Audi Sport quattro S1 E2
  • 5 INCREDIBLE RALLY LOCATIONS WITH MILLIONS OF ROUTES - Australia, Spain, Michigan, Sweden & Wales
  • HE OFFICIAL GAME OF THE FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP - Race at Montalegre, Loheac Bretagne, Hell, Holjes & Lydden Hill in a multitude of different series
  • LANDRUSH - Short-course dirt track racing in Pro Buggies, Pro-2 Trucks, Pro-4 Trucks and Crosskart vehicles in California, Nevada and Mexico
  • CAREER MODE - create your driver, compete across the disciplines, gain sponsors and build your team with clear goals and rewards

PROS

+ Endless racing action
+ It feels sublime

CONS

- Visually a bit bland
- Bloody crosskarts

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Expert reviews and ratings

By TrustedReviews on January 27, 2017
It’s the last race of the championship and I’m gunning down a dirt track, kicking up dust as my car sweeps around each turn. My co-driver is doing his best to keep me informed of what’s coming, but there are gaps where he hasn’t fully mapped out the course. I’m racing blind. Ahead of me is a steep drop, snaking downwards into a forest covered in a thick blanket of fog. It’s twisting and labyrinthine, and I can barely see a metre in front of the vehicle, but somehow I make it out the other side, back into the sunlight where the finish line awaits.
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By IGN on June 06, 2017
It’s perhaps symbolic that Codemasters has included Colin McRae’s old co-driver in Dirt 4 for the first time in one of its rally games since Colin McRae Rally 2005, because Dirt 4 very much feels like a return to the good old days of the series. Hearing Grist’s pace notes again – a voice drilled into my brain in the late ’90s and early 2000s via my ravenous consumption of all games beginning with the word ‘Colin’ – has taken me back nearly 20 years. Back then Codemasters’ rally games were the yardstick against which all other racers with off-road aspirations were measured (at least up until the likes of Richard Burns Rally and WRC: Rally Evolved). Well, those days are back. Accessible yet tough and grimy yet gorgeous, Dirt 4 sets a new standard in rally racing – and its well-considered career mode and endless stages inject it with tremendous stamina. Absolutely stonking brilliant.
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