Dirt 4

Dirt 4 is a racing game focused on rallying. Players compete in timed stage events on tarmac and off-road terrain in varying weather conditions. Rally stages span five locations: Fitzroy in Australia, Tarragona in Spain, Michigan in the United States, Värmland in Sweden and Powys in Wales. Cars are drawn from a wide variety of competition classes and time periods, such as the Group B cars of the 1980s, Group A and Group N cars from the 1990s and 2000s, and Group R cars from the 2010s.

The game does not feature World Rally Cars or any elements associated with the World Rally Championship. Dirt 4 introduces a new feature called "Your Stage" that procedurally generates rally stages based on a setting and parameters that the player defines. As the game does not feature any licensed content for its rally mode, Your Stage is used to generate all of the stages that the player drives on in career mode.

Dirt 4 was developed by UK-based video game company Codemasters. Codemasters consulted with rally drivers Kris Meeke and Petter Solberg on the game's handling model. The game features co-driver and commentator voice work from professional co-drivers Nicky Grist and Jen Horsey.

The developers created DiRT 4's realistic audio by recording engine, intake, exhaust, transmission, and cabin noise. To capture proper on- and off-throttle for the full rev range of the engine, they recorded cars on-track rather than on a dyno. The audio model used a loop and grain approach, employing Wwise middleware to implement sounds into the game. Codemasters had recorded 200 cars from 2009 up to this game. Other recorded sounds include rolling surface, gravel kick-up, spring and damper compression, crowds, impacts, weather, and ambient.

Dirt 4 received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. 2/10: "Accessible yet tough and grimy yet gorgeous, Dirt 4 sets a new standard in rally racing – and its well-considered career mode and endless stages inject it with tremendous stamina. Absolutely stonking brilliant". Polygon gave the game a 9/10: "I've never been more charmed by a racing video game and I could not recommend any other more than Dirt 4, to anyone of any ability.

Dirt 4 is a joy". GameSpot awarded the game a 9/10 and said "if Dirt Rally's punishing difficulty alienated long-time series fans in any way, this commitment to accessibility should help to bring them back, and the near-infinite possibilities of Your Stage should keep them playing. Dirt 4 is a shining example of Codemasters at their brilliant best".