If you missed the previous Dirt titles, then Dirt 3 will certainly bring you up to speed with Codemasters's finest racing series, and comes thoroughly recommended to any petrol-headed gamer who loves to power slide through gravelled forest tracks.

Plenty of circuits; cars and event types; Gorgeous gameplay; graphics and sound; Great car handling makes for an enjoyable game

Lengthy transitions in menus; Gymkhana can be frustrating; Online competition has Jedi skills

DiRT 3, the next installment in Codemaster's most popular "DiRT" franchise is now available, and once again, the development team behind the game has done a brilliantly job with this game. There is bulk of new contents in Dirt 3 to keep racing fans busy for a very long time.

By Brad Russell Traditional racing games are a dime a dozen these days; they are either annually renewed or get a new paint job in the graphics department with each entry. Most racing games unfold like this: get in, race, unlock some stuff, and progress until satisfied.

Let us not beat about the bush here. Dirt 3 is good; real good! In fact, I will put my neck out on the line here and say that it is the best racing game since Burnout Paradise. I'm not a massive racing nerd...

+ Looks and feels amazing; + Online is fun; + Great learning curve and assists; + A wide variety of cars and tracks; + YouTube video uploading

Unlikes...Err; there aren't any

Rally cars just got even dirtier with Codemasters' new evolution of their Dirt franchise. Codemasters' racing department are fast becoming a renowned little crew producing some incredible titles that, with the might if the Ego Engine behind it, are providing gamers with a raw and gritty feel to...

This game is a great addition to the dirt series its got a good length of the campaign or dirt tour and its got great multiplaye Dirt Tour Brilliant tour get load of hours of game play to do those DC challenges races, rally, gymkana, trailblazer all a mixture with 5 areas of tracks can get a bit...

So you're looking for a cool racing game, but you want something different. This is the best rally game released to date, because Codemaster's DIRT Showdown has absolutely nothing on this game. So don't buy that one, buy this one. Split screen? Yes. Plenty of cool cars? Yes. Great physics? Yes.

I have played almost every racing game both on the tarmac and off and the Dirt series has always been a bit ahead of the curve. Dirt 3 jumps off the curve and sets its own bar that will be impossible for off road games of the future to contend with.

lots of never ending fun as i am a car lover i would know that drifting a car is fun and adding all the new things such as gymkhana and free ride, i would recomend it to everyone who like any type of car and i dont know how they could make a better dirt

Absolutely brilliant. To my mind, the pinnacle of racing games at the moment. The actual DiRT tour leaves a little to be desired depth wise, but the gameplay more than makes up for it. Stunning graphics to boat.