DIRT 5 Update v2.0 And A Snow Limits Content Pack

Codemasters have released a number of improvements for their latest off-road racing title, along with some free bonus content with the arrival of DIRT 5 Update v2.0 and a Snow Limits content pack.

The Snow Limits content pack is automatically available in the game. It includes a new festive livery for both the Ford Mustang GT4 and the Porsche Cayenne Transsyberia. Plus there’s a new Sprint event on Roosevelt Island in New York which is available in Arcade, Time Trial and Online races.

And the festive theme continues with new items to use in each of the three Playgrounds event types, and snow as a new weather condition.

The other big news is the arrival of the main DIRT 5 Update V2.0 which includes support for a wide range of wheels and pedals.

DIRT 5 Update v2.0 Patch Notes

• Snow Limits Free Content Pack – New Playgrounds items, new liveries, new Ice Breaker circuit, new customisation items and the option for Snowy conditions in Playgrounds all added, for free to all players 
• Wheel Support – Extensive selection of wheels supported for DIRT 5 across each platform, including Thrustmaster, Logitech and some Fanatec devices

Visual

• Further general visual and performance improvements across the board, including visual updates to the ‘Prioritise Frame Rate’/120hz mode on Xbox Series X
• Further FPS improvements when using Image Quality mode on Xbox One and PS4
• Fixed issues causing flickering lights during night-time events  
• PC: Further fixes for reports of crashes and startup issues
• Fixed issue causing game freezes in the Career – Sponsors tab when selecting an Amplified Edition sponsor 

Career

• Fixes for crashes occurring at the beginning of some Career events for some players
• Added option to listen back to previous podcast episodes from a playlist 
• Fixed visual bug in Career mode that shows the player earning more than the maximum amount of Stamps after completing Throwdowns 

Online

• Technical changes made to the matchmaking process; search times for lobbies have been increased to improve the likelihood of live lobbies being found
• Friends lobby size increased to eight players 
• Fixes for crashes occurring when exiting active multiplayer events

Split-screen

• Fixed multiple bugs causing crashes and performances issues in split-screen play
• Audio fixes for low volume in split-screen mode

Playgrounds

• Leaderboard display adjusted to show faster target times
• Resolves occurrences of objects being available for the wrong event type

General

• Amplified Edition entitlements fully unlocked for Amplified Edition pre-order players 
• PS5: Fixed issue with Trophies not unlocking. Any Trophies earned during this issue should unlock for players after completing one event
• Further improvements made to AI behaviour, particularly in races with large grids 
• Fixed instance of cars triggering a track reset incorrectly on Arizona – Merrick Butte location
• Fixed issues causing crashes in the post-race menus
• Sprint cars: changes made to handling model following community feedback 
• Display fixes for PS4/PS5 Trophy images and text
• General stability and quality of life improvements across each platform to improve your experience

Xbox, PlayStation 

• Multiple general performance improvements across the board, reducing instances of crashes, gameplay stuttering and FPS drops, further optimising general gameplay  
• Xbox: Resolved issue causing some players to lose controller vibration/rumble 
• PS4: Resolved issues caused by saving data created before the previous patch, such as progress disappearing upon game restart and crashes when using livery editor 
• PS5: Further refinements to the use of DualSense adaptive triggers  
• PS4/PS5: V-Sync added 
• Fix for crash caused by signing out during a Gymkhana event  
• Visual improvements to rain effects on the windshield when using interior camera views  
• Display fix for rewards screen in the post-race menu 
• Photo mode: minor fixes and optimizations 
• Multiplayer: improvements in kicking players in the lobby who do not ready up for an event 
• Multiplayer: general improvements to online matchmaking and lobby searches 
• The Trophy/Achievement ‘Spare Some Change for Gas?’ will now require players to race for 1,000 miles, instead of 10,000  

You can buy DIRT 5 digitally on Steam for the PC, the Microsoft Store for the Xbox One, or the PlayStation Store for the PS4. Or purchase physical copies via Game or Amazon.

Keep up with all the latest DIRT 5 news, content and DLC, here. Or check out the full, official DIRT 5 car list to see all the vehicles available in the game.