Accessible balance of arcade and sim
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the more forgiving handling makes it easy to enjoy without constantly punishing yourself for every little mistake.”
Steam review · 34 h played ↗
DiRT 4
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 81%Very Positive · 81%Codemasters, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)2017Racing · Driving · Simulation
The verdict
DiRT 4 is a fun, accessible simcade rally game with a deep team-management career and great car feel. Skip it if you want hand-made stages, variety, or online play, since the servers are gone.
Great for
Rally fans wanting an approachable arcade-to-sim balance with controller or wheel and a long solo career
Main risk
Procedurally generated stages and a very long career get repetitive, and online servers are shut down
What players love
Fun, satisfying driving and car feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I've never had a game feel so good when going sideways.”
Steam review · 40 h played ↗
Engaging career and team management
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The option to create your own team, get sponsors and improve your standing with them. The whole teammanagment is actually really good and a lot of fun.”
Steam review · 130.3 h played ↗
Runs well on many setups, including Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Works perfectly on steam deck”
Steam review · 19.2 h played ↗
Great sound and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“soundtrack is kinda a banger”
Steam review · 55.5 h played ↗
Procedurally generated stages (Your Stage)
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Procedurally generated stages! No other rally game has made me pull up to a stage and not know what is ahead.”
Steam review · 28 h played ↗
What players complain about
Feels like a step down from Dirt 2/3 and Rally
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“they took dirt 3/2 but they forgot to take the soul of dirt 3/2 so its boring and too corporate, no atmosphere at all”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
Poor controls: wheel, controller, keybindings
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“all of the wheels are having microstutter in the game and literally undrivable cause of that”
Steam review · 78.3 h played ↗
Repetitive procedurally generated tracks
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It took me 25 hours to notice. The rally stages are just made up with the same corners, hairpins, you name it.”
Steam review · 30.2 h played ↗
Unpredictable, floaty physics and handling
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The brakes are so unpredictable that the car will just dart to the forest for no reason”
Steam review · 8.3 h played ↗
Online servers shut down / delisted
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“doesnt let you play single player as race net servers are down constantly.”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗
Long, repetitive, padded career
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Very repetetive and likes to drag events out. Not a fan of 6x8 races to complete a single event.”
Steam review · 39.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support50 GB
Minimum
OS64bit Versions of Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
ProcessorAMD FX Series or Intel Core i3 Series
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD HD5570 or NVIDIA GT440 with 1GB of VRAM (DirectX 11 graphics card required)
Storage50 GB available space
Recommended
OS64bit Versions of Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5 4690 or AMD FX 8320
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 780 or AMD R9 390
Storage50 GB available space
OS64bit Versions of Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
ProcessorAMD FX Series or Intel Core i3 Series
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD HD5570 or NVIDIA GT440 with 1GB of VRAM (DirectX 11 graphics card required)
Storage50 GB available space
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