Dirt Showdown game review

According to Codemasters, Dirt Showdown will be its most connected game ever.

Codemasters is investing a lot of energy in spruiking the game's extensive multiplayer options, as well as its new social tracking service RaceNet but solo play hasn't been left out of the equation.

After some hands-on time with the first half-a-dozen events in Career Mode the divide Dirt Showdown is attempting to straddle is clear.

The menu overlays and transitions instantly smack of the Dirt series players have come to admire and the car and track visuals themselves retain that familiar Codemasters aesthetic.

It's abundantly obvious, however, that Dirt 4 this is not. This is something a bit left-of-centre.

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