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DiRT 4
The first 3 hours are a test
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 90% of owners
Steam reviews 81% positive of 16,266
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (52%); after 7h it's 1 in 8 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 90% of owners got the first achievement.
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 16,394 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 25.7h for positive, 8.2h 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 (89.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (48)
story milestone ending side
- Real turbulent juice Cleanly land a jump longer than 65m 100%
- Thanks for Coming Complete the Welcome Event 99%
- Four-titude Earn the Fearless Bonus in a Stage or race 75%
- First you have to finish Finish in first place in a Career Event 68%
- This is fine Triumph in the face of adversity 66%
- Cleaned up nicely Complete a clean Stage or race 65%
- International Rally R-3 Earn the International Rally R-3 licence 59%
- National Stadium Pro-3 Earn the National Stadium Pro-3 licence 59%
- Textbook Win your class in a multi-class Event in Career 58%
- A Bonafide Underdog Story Get an overall win in the lowest eligible Vehicle Class in a Rally Event in Career 58%
- Little Help? Call in the Chief Engineer's recommendations during a Service Interval 37%
- Never Raced or Rallied Buy a vehicle from the Classifieds 35%
- Limp Home Finish three sectors of a Stage with a flat tyre 35%
- International Rally H-C Earn the International Rally H-C licence 30%
- I am the 13.9% Win a Stage in Headcam 28%
- Truckasaurus Qualify for an A-Final in a Landrush Event in Career 27%
- International Off-Road C-3 Earn the International Off-Road C-3 licence 23%
- The Nightman Cometh Win a Stage at night 21%
- Double Yolker Take two Joker Laps and win a Rallycross race 17%
- International Rally R-1 Earn the International Rally R-1 licence 16%
- tankflybosswalk Complete an Event in Jam Session 15%
- National Stadium Pro-1 Earn the National Stadium Pro-1 licence 13%
- ...now watch this Drive Complete all of the Advanced Driving Techniques at the DiRT Academy 11%
- International Off-Road C-1 Earn the International Off-Road C-1 licence 11%
- Mondays be like... Get a bad case of the Mondays 9.8%
- First on the GRID Qualify in the top spot in a Rallycross Event in Career 9.4%
- Tooled Up Upgrade three Facilities to Grade A quality 8.7%
- Make The Dream Work Hire a fourth Engineer onto your Team 8.6%
- Rubbing, son, is racing Win the FIA World Rallycross Championship 8.1%
- It's all terrain, dummy Win the Landrush World Series 7.8%
- New R-Evolution Own a vehicle equipped with all Grade A parts 7.7%
- Global Superstar Win the Global Rally Series 6.4%
- Chapter and Verse Set a time in every challenge in a single Joyride Chapter 5.6%
- The Day Today Finish in the Second Tier or higher in a Daily in Community Events 4.6%
- rAd-hoc Repair your car on Stage and win the Stage 4.2%
- Taps Aff Finish a Stage in sunny conditions in Community Events or Clubs 3.8%
- International Rally H-A Earn the International Rally H-A licence 3.6%
- Precisely Set a Gold medal time in a Time Attack challenge without hitting a penalty marker 3.0%
- Delta Force Finish in the Top Tier of a Delta Daily in Community Events 2.9%
- Obsolete Models a Specialty Win the Historic Legends Series 2.5%
- Completed it mate Win the Triple Crown 2.3%
- Be Brave Complete a Stage or race with the Fearless Preset active 2.1%
- Flavour of the Week Complete back to back Weekly Community Events 2.0%
- DiRTy Dozen Complete all 12 Stages of a Monthly Event in Community Events 2.0%
- Always Believe Achieve 10 Gold medals in Joyride 1.8%
- Kenneth? What's the frequency? Destroy 100 blocks in 60 seconds in Joyride 1.7%
- Up and up Get promoted to a new Tier in Pro Tour 1.4%
- Sweaty Complete 25 Events in Pro Tour 1.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.