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DIRT 5

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DIRT 5
DIRT 5 cover
Developers
Codemasters Cheshire[1]
Publishers
Codemasters
Engines
Onrush engine[2]
Release dates
Windows November 5, 2020
Reception
Metacritic 72
OpenCritic 81
IGDB 81
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC, Subscription gaming service
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing, Simulation
Vehicles Automobile, Off-roading
Art styles Realistic
Series Colin McRae Rally
DIRT 5 on HowLongToBeat
DIRT 5 on IGDB
DIRT 5 on MobyGames
DIRT 5 on Wikipedia
Colin McRae Rally 1998
Colin McRae Rally 2.0 2000
Colin McRae Rally 3 2003
Colin McRae Rally 04 2004
Colin McRae Rally 2005 2004
Colin McRae: DiRT 2007
Colin McRae: DiRT 2 2009
DiRT 3 2011
DiRT Showdown 2012
Colin McRae Rally (2014) 2014
DiRT Rally 2015
DiRT 4 2017
DiRT Rally 2.0 2019
DIRT 5 2020

DIRT 5 is a singleplayer and multiplayer racing game developed and published by Codemasters. It is part of the Colin McRae Rally series, and the last game to be published by Codemasters before its acqusition by Electronic Arts.

Unlike DiRT 4 which focused on time-attack-based rallying, DiRT 5 focused on off-road racing. Various disciplines of off-road racing include rallycross, ice racing, Stadium Super Trucks and off-road buggies.

The game was released on November 5, 2020

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Game Pass for PC, Xbox Play Anywhere. Year One Edition also available.
Windows
Steam
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Included with EA Play (Steam). Year One Edition also available.
Windows
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Amplified Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Amplified Edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store (unavailable)
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Amplified Edition also available.
Windows
Steam version requires Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Version differences

The Amplified / Year One Edition includes all DLCs except Ford F-150 Raptor PreRunner by Deberti Design and Porsche Macan T1 Rally Raid.

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC The DLC include new cars.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Energy Content Pack
Windows
Ford F-150 Raptor PreRunner by Deberti Design
Windows
Gameplay Booster Pack
Windows
Porsche Macan T1 Rally Raid
Windows
Super Size Content Pack
Windows
Uproar Content Pack
Windows
Wild Spirits Pack
Windows
Year 1 Upgrade
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\DIRT5\user0\profile
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1038250/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\CodemastersSoftwareCompan.DiRT5_4cfye3zbe1gaw\SystemAppData\wgs
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1038250\remote\user0\profile
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1038250/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video options
Video options
Video options (cont.)
Video options (cont.)

Input

Gamepad bindings
Gamepad bindings
Keyboard bindings
Keyboard bindings

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
A controller is required to move elements such as “stickers” and “stats” from the “Player Card” and to use the “Livery Editor"
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
DualSense button prompts also supported.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes
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Generic/other controllers
Various racing wheels, pedals, and accessories are supported.
An official list of supported devices is available here. Devices not listed may work, but the user will have to manually map each action.
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
5.1-Atmos
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
In the game menus and in certain scenarios, copyrighted music is played such as "A Whole Lot of Love", "Gasoline", etc.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 A splitscreen-mode is offered in the main-menu
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated

Issues fixed

Microstutters on i7 12th Gen CPUs

Install Park Control and Disable "Parking AC" on "Effiency (E) Cores" and "Performance (P) Cores" then hit "apply".

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Wwise [4]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10 (1903)
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 2130
AMD FX-4300
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 60 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon RX 480
DirectX 12 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
PC audio solution containing Dolby Atmos required for Dolby Atmos playback.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1038250/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1038250) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Dirt 5 feels more like a new MotorStorm than a new Dirt - and that's okay - Eurogamer.net - last accessed on 2020-06-22
    "Made beyond the walls of Codemasters' Southam campus for the first time, it's being developed by the company's Cheshire studio, previously known as Codemasters Evo and of course before all that going under the Evolution banner."
  2. Dirt 5 on Xbox Series X - what's the difference between 60fps and 120fps racing? - last accessed on 2021-09-30
  3. Verified by User:Mygod on 2022-10-03
  4. Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-11-02
    Listed on Steam store page.