I expected the game to lean more into simulation territory, but it turned out to just be a simple arcade racer. The handling feels effortless and vehicles are insanely grippy which that ruins the whole illusion of off-road racing. The game features a decent variety of vehicles, however the selection of tracks is underwhelming and they end up repeating throughout. Despite that the game manages to be fun enough. Pikes Peak events in particular are the highlight of DiRT, these are extremely fast compared to the rest of the game and actually require you to get a good grasp on the controls. It's just too bad the rest of the game falls short of what it could've been.