Gameplay: 80

DIRT brings the widest diversity from the whole series. You are not limited anymore to play only the classical rally events. The handling and physics of the car meets the best compromise between simulation and arcade racing. The career mode definitely makes you go on and complete the game. A plus for giving you to opportunity to choose everytime the difficulty level before a race. The collection of cars is amazing full filing every gamer taste.

Graphics: 93

You have nothing to comment against the graphics. The new graphical engine is an example for every developer how to bring the racing games to the next level. You will not see here bombastic colors palette, or exaggerated lighting effects, but a doze of everything mixed with passion for sun, dust and dirt. Yes, everything is created around these three elements and every rally has its own atmosphere. About the physics is hard to say something. Everything looks and feels at the superlative. The screenshots shown here speak for themselves.

It exists but this doesn't mean that is good of anything. The multiplayer doesn't offer any direct chance to play against any opponent. Instead it offers you a bar display where you can view live your opponents status.

Sound: 78

A mediocre sound in general. The environmental sounds resume to whoosh effects, wheels of brakes squeak, and motor sound. The motor sound is different from car to car, but is far from the quality that the last NFS Carbon brought to us. The game has no licensed soundtrack, so the few vibes present in the menu screen are quite boring. But who cares when you actually want to race.

Hardware: 74

Some minor bugs in the physics of the car, but otherwise a clean game. Though the price to pay for the graphics is quite high. Even a GeForce 7900 GT and 2 Ghz RAM memory can't support the highest graphical options. In races with several cars on the track you will encounter big framerate problems.