Dirt: Showdown

Originally published on my HLTB profile.

Originally written and published on September 29th, 2023.

Dirt: Showdown is a decent and different entry in the Dirt series.

There is a pretty good variety of event types and also cars. I was honestly pretty surprised by how they managed to put a spin on the typical races and demolition derbies. The driving and crashing physics are satisfying and come with a decent damage model. The graphics are nice, the soundtrack is alright and the (Advanced) difficulty was challenging enough to keep me engaged.

Now, my complaints. The optimization is not perfect, because of the framerate dips. There is a lack of a custom race mode, excluding the multiplayer, which is nowadays dead anyway. Another thing is the campaign, it is just a collection of events put together with nothing in between. I will give them that, they tried by reserving some of the environments for later in the campaign and by naming the opponents, but it just didn't do it for me. The whole campaign just felt really uninspired.

It is a solid game. While it doesn't do anything really new or special, it can still be fun, especially if you're looking for a demolition derby racing game.

Overall rating: 70%

Playtime: 18h 21m

Played on PC.