![]() ![]() While a mishap here and there on the course isn’t a race-killer, Dirt 4 keeps the tension high enough with AI that is always nipping at your heels. Mind you, it’s not a crutch or a glorified easy mode as there’s still enough of a challenge present. More forgiving while encouraging you to be reckless, this blue-collar mode makes your engine sing with joy. It’s where Dirt 4 lets its hair down, giving you a chance to sling mud around corners and simply enjoy the drift ahead of you. ![]() That’s Dirt 4 at its most authentic once again, but Dirt 4 at its most fun is when you flick the switch and choose Gamer mode. The two modes of play have numerous overt and covert differences in handling when examined, with Simulation naturally requiring a higher degree of precision in action to avoid spin-outs and leaving your shiny new paint scraped across various walls. All of this is perfectly fine-tuned by a choice of two distinct play-styles: A purer Simulation style to appeal to any veterans from Dirt Rally and the far more forgiving Gamer mode that does all the heavy-lifting for you. Tracks with treacherous bumps for time trial races, wide corners to slide V8 trucks around and twisting paths for more traditional rally racing. Instead, players have a back to basics selection of tracks in locales which are thankfully bereft of rampant Red Bull liquid piss marketing. Gone are the neon-infused days of Ken Block power-sliding a vehicle decked out in ostentatious energy drink sponsorships through a warehouse of the most extreme GoPro cameras around. Part of that appeal comes from the aesthetics. It’s quite simply the most enjoyable Dirt game that Codemasters has ever developed. It’s a reminder of the joy of broadsliding, of getting your wheels dirty and the taste of sand in your mouth. Dirt 4, on the other hand, is something completely different in terms of handling. The curve wasn’t just steep, it did a full 360. What about the person who didn’t want to spend hours checking their suspension and fine-tuning their engine? Even at its most basic form with as many assists turned on as possible, Dirt Rally was still a beast behind the wheel. It’s a move that earned Codemasters a ton of love for Dirt Rally, albeit from a niche audience that appreciates a refined adaptation of the craziest motorsport around. A precise simulation of point to point racing across the muddiest of terrain that was merciless and unforgiving to even the merest hint of a thumb slipping up on the analogue stick. When Codemasters returned to the Dirt franchise, it was with a game that was the sport at its purest. ![]()
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