When does DIRT 5 get good?

The first 3 hours are a test. In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (70%); after 3h it's 1 in 3 (32%). The opening is criticised more than in 96% of games we track.

How many players finish DIRT 5?

9% of players who start reach the ending.

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DIRT 5

Nov 5, 2020 Steam: Mixed

The first 3 hours are a test

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Reach the ending 9% of players who started

Started playing 65% of owners

Steam reviews 54% positive of 7,044

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (70%); after 3h it's 1 in 3 (32%).
The opening is criticised more than in 96% of games we track.
9% of players who start reach the ending.
Most players drop off before “Graduation Ceremony” (Complete Chapter 1): only 47% of starters get there.
Only 65% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 7,141 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 8.1h for positive, 2.3h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (65.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Graduation Ceremony Complete Chapter 1 Most players quit here 47% −53
Extreme Acceleration Complete Chapter 2 27% −20
Escape Velocity Complete Chapter 3 16% −11
Final Shift Complete Chapter 4 11% −5
Superstar Story Complete Chapter 5 9% −2
Now I Am the Master Complete the Superstar Finale of the Career 9%

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (40)

story milestone ending side

Long Jump Jump 50m distance in a single jump 100%
Gonna Need New Tyres Complete a 100m drift 55%
+10 HRSPRS Save your first customised livery 48%
Graduation Ceremony Complete Chapter 1 47%
Practice Makes Perfect Complete 10 clean laps 37%
Jack of All Trades Complete one of every type of Career Event 37%
Extreme Acceleration Complete Chapter 2 27%
Checks and Balances Earn a total of $1,000,000 24%
Fast Cars and Fancy Cards Customise and save your player card 22%
Escape Velocity Complete Chapter 3 16%
Final Shift Complete Chapter 4 11%
Everyone's a Critic Rate a Playground 10%
Superstardom Reach level 50, becoming a Superstar 9.7%
Superstar Story Complete Chapter 5 9.1%
Now I Am the Master Complete the Superstar Finale of the Career 8.8%
International Win a Multi-Class race in career 7.8%
I'll Show Them! I'll Show Them All! Unlock all Throwdowns in the career 6.6%
Stuntmasta' Score 30,000 or higher in a Career Gymkhana event 5.7%
Blank Slate Build and test your first Playground 5.2%
No Event Left Behind Complete every Career Event 4.9%
A Wheely Big Finish Complete the "Wheelspin" Gate Crasher Event 4.8%
BBs Beat Bulldozer 4.3%
I'm Spinning Around Complete the "Flying Lap" and the "Sprint Spiral" Sprint events 4.3%
Light Entertainment Complete the "Absolutely Smashing" Smash Attack event 4.0%
In My Mirrors Gain first place in one of the Main Events of Uproar 3.7%
Name that Dune Complete the "Todra Trials" and the "Tinghir Tour" Morocco Stampede events 3.7%
Shore Thing Complete the "Rising Tide" and the "Surf n Turf" Brazil Land Rush events 3.7%
No Half Measures Gain 3 Stamps in one of the Main Events of Super Size Career 3.5%
Spare Some Change for Gas? Drive 1,000 miles 3.5%
Out of this World Complete "Race Oddity" Gate Crasher Event 3.2%
Extra Energy Earn all 75 Stamps available in Energy 3.1%
The Grand Finale Gain 3 Stamps in one of the Main Events of the Wild Spirits Career 3.1%
Full Charge Drive 30 miles in the Porsche Taycan 2.9%
Wasteland Warrior Drive 30 miles in the Prodrive Hunter 2.9%
Cash Out Complete "The Buy-In" Smash Attack event 2.6%
Dusk til Dawn Earn all 75 Medals available in Uproar 2.6%
Main Course Earn all 81 Stamps available in Super Size Career 2.6%
The Duke Drive 30 miles in the Duke Coupe Off Road Mod 2.5%
Travelling in Style Drive 30 miles in the Bentley Continental 2.5%
That's the Spirit! Earn all 75 Stamps available in the Wild Spirits Career 2.3%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.