The final mode that you can take part in is the Joyride. If you find a track that is top fun to race on, you can send this to your friends and lay down the gauntlet. If you don’t like it, all you have to do is keep generating until you get what you are looking for.
You can’t fully customise the stages, but the system is up to the challenge. Want a short but technical stage weaving through the snowy landscape of Sweden? Easily done. Want a nice straight forward fast stage to try and hit those top speeds. Randomly generate tracks by moving a few sliders and you can create individual tracks that are totally random. Yes, there is more, we haven’t even mentioned the My Stage section of DiRT 4. Although the game does a good job in knowing where you should be braking and turns your car into a ghost if you simple forget which button is the brake.
The racing is generally fair, although you will find the odd moron that things its funny to shunt you off the track. Giving you the option to join or create a lobby you are able to join people from all over the world. So moving away from the career section for a minute you can dive into the multiplayer modes. So there you have it, all the stages of your team development covered. Obviously when travelling the world you want to be able to eat some nice food and relax at the end of a hard stage. These range from bigger garages, to canteen facilities designed to keep your staff happy. The final piece of the team puzzle that DiRT 4 shows to you is the team facilities. Pick your team members, with extra slots becoming available as you progress through the ranks. Each person available will have a contract length and cost as well as a statistic to show where their expertise lies. Now to customise your team, you can chose from a number of staff members, including a chief engineer, as well as the engineers who repair your vehicles. Take your time to check out these vehicles as they all have miles on the clock. Some of the stand out names I spotted were the Renault 5 Turbo, the Opel Manta as well as the Lancia Delta to name a few. Inside is a treasure trove of classic rally vehicles including some iconic cars. Either dive into the manufacturers where you can buy the latest models available, or head into the classifieds. So you have just started your new team and you want to buy a new car. In some instances the team that wanted me was trying to take upwards of 60% of my winnings. However, signing for a team will seriously deplete your winnings. You now own a rally team! To race you can either buy your own cars from the numerous cars on show, or you can sign for a team. Pick your team name and finish up and away you go. Chose the livery that will adorn all your vehicles, customising the pattern and colours. You do this by completing a few races and then following a promp to create your team. So the main aim in your career is to build your team from scratch. Only rally is open at the start with the other unlocking as you progress through your career. Heading into the career you are greeted with four options, Rally, Landrush, Rally Cross and Historic Rally. These game modes are separated into sections, Once you have spent enough time here you can dive into the multitude of game modes. Its all very reminiscent of the episode of Top Gear with Ken Block. Pulling handbrake turns around cones and columns, drifting through buildings. Once through the options you get thrown into the DiRT academy, this is where you essentially can drive around getting used to the current car.
Although you are able to full customise the controls to allow traction control and stability control, among a whole host of other options. Gaming giving slightly easier handling than its simulation counterpart. You have two control models in DiRT 4, Gaming and Simulation. When you first load up the game you are confronted with a decision to make. The game brings a lot of what fans enjoyed in DiRT Rally and builds on that with brilliant additions. DiRT 4 developed by Codemasters is the sequel to DiRT Rally, although it feels more like a lovechild between DiRT Showdown and Colin McRae Rally (2013).