Play enough of those stages, and the paved roads of Spain will completely change the way you’ve been driving anyplace else. Wales has a fantastic combination of challenging splits, and with fast downhill sections and plenty of unforgiving camber throughout. If you’re too quick sweeping around a Left-5 corner in Australia, the fences will grab you up and spit you out on the other side of the hill. Dirt 4 is certainly no Need for Speed Underground 2 in terms of car customization, but it knows-as should you-that it’s the stage time that counts, not what color the damn brake calipers are painted.Įach of the five locations for rally stages offers its own challenges. No different wheel or tire options, no adding lights, and no, you can’t put Lamborghini doors on a Ford Fiesta R5. From there, you pick the colors, and that’s it. For our Evo X, we were given a handful of design options. When it comes to creating the livery of your dreams, the options are fairly limited. Older and rarer cars, like a 1975 Ford Escort Mark II or a 1985 Renault 5 Turbo, can only be purchased in the classified section, but they aren’t always available. Three championships into our test of the game, we had earned enough money to buy a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X from the dealership.

This means that when you hit a water hazard too fast or bounce off yet another fence, you’ll get a chance to hit a few more things before stuff really starts to fall apart. However, better-quality parts don’t quite translate into having the fastest 22B on the icy hills of Varland, Sweden-rather, the parts you do have last longer and won’t take as long to repair. The same can be said for improved racing parts, which play a vital role once you start throwing your helmet into larger 12-stage events.

The better the engineers on staff, the more durable repairs during an event will become, but at a cost. Career mode leaves you responsible for buying cars, hiring engineers and co-drivers, and upgrading your facilities, giving you a reason to keep playing even if it’s to finish an event to afford better talent.

Dirt 4 review