Dirt 5 has been generally well-received by those looking for a fun, next-gen arcade racer, although the game did launch with a few issues. Most notably, the Xbox Series X version of Dirt 5 suffered from a bug that resulted in chunky low geometry cars in 120fps mode. Well, Dirt 5 has received its biggest patch yet, which fixes the Xbox Series X 120fps geometry bug, polishes up Quality mode on all platforms, adds additional racing wheel support and some new wintery items for the track designer, and more! Get the full lowdown on Dirt 5 ver. 2.0, below.
'Snow Limits' Free Content Pack
New Playgrounds items, new liveries, new Ice Breaker circuit, new customization items and the option for Snowy conditions in Playgrounds all added, for free to all players
Wheel Support
Extensive selection of wheels supported for DIRT 5 across each platform, including Thrustmaster, Logitech and some Fanatec devices
Visual
Further general visual and performance improvements across the board, including visual updates to the ‘Prioritize Frame Rate’/120hz mode on Xbox Series XFurther FPS improvements when using Image Quality mode on Xbox One and PS4Fixed issues causing flickering lights during night-time eventsPC: Further fixes for reports of crashes and startup issuesFixed issue causing game freezes in the Career – Sponsors tab when selecting an Amplified Edition sponsorCareer
Fixes for crashes occurring at the beginning of some Career events for some playersAdded option to listen back to previous podcast episodes from a playlistFixed visual bug in Career mode that shows the player earning more than the maximum amount of Stamps after completing ThrowdownsOnline
Technical changes made to the matchmaking process; search times for lobbies have been increased to improve the likelihood of live lobbies being foundFriends lobby size increased to eight playersFixes for crashes occurring when exiting active multiplayer eventsSplit-Screen
Fixed multiple bugs causing crashes and performances issues in split-screen playAudio fixes for low volume in split-screen modePlaygrounds
Leaderboard display adjusted to show faster target timesResolves occurrences of objects being available for the wrong event typeGeneral
Amplified Edition entitlements fully unlocked for Amplified Edition pre-order playersPS5: Fixed issue with Trophies not unlocking. Any Trophies earned during this issue should unlock for players after completing one eventFurther improvements made to AI behavior, particularly in races with large gridsFixed instance of cars triggering a track reset incorrectly on Arizona – Merrick Butte locationFixed issues causing crashes in the post-race menusSprint cars: changes made to handling model following community feedbackDisplay fixes for PS4/PS5 Trophy images and textGeneral stability and quality of life improvements across each platform to improve your experienceDirt 5 is available now on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5.