DIRT 5 is an Adventure, Driving/Racing, Simulation, Sports, and Strategy game published by Codemasters released in 2020.
Ports Required for DIRT 5
The incoming connection ports for DIRT 5 are as follows:
DIRT 5 - Steam
- TCP: 3074, 27015, 27036
- UDP: 3074, 27015, 27031-27036
DIRT 5 - PC
- TCP: 3074
- UDP: 3074
DIRT 5 - Xbox One
- TCP: 3074
- UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500
DIRT 5 - Xbox Series X
- TCP: 3074
- UDP: 88, 500, 3074, 3544, 4500
DIRT 5 - Playstation 4
- TCP: 3074, 3478-3480
- UDP: 3074, 3478-3479
DIRT 5 - Playstation 5
- TCP: 3478-3480
- UDP: 3074, 3478-3480
If you want to follow guides that are custom tailored to your exact router and DIRT 5 simply follow one of these links:
- DIRT 5 - Steam
- DIRT 5 - PC
- DIRT 5 - Xbox One
- DIRT 5 - Xbox Series X
- DIRT 5 - Playstation 4
- DIRT 5 - Playstation 5
DIRT 5 has the following styles of play.
- An adventure game is where the player is usually the protagonist and plays through an evolving story. The storyline is the driving part of an adventure game.
- Driving/racing games put you in the cockpit of a vehicle. The view can be either from inside the cockpit or from a chase camera. Examples include Mario Kart, Dirt, and Forza.
- Simulation is a huge category of games that includes driving and flying simulators, social simulations, medical simulations, sports simulations, and even dating simulations. They attempt to mimic the real world in a way that is either educational or rewarding or both. Popular examples include SimCity, FlightGear, and Madden NFL.
- Sports games simulate a variety of sports including football, baseball, basketball, track and field, and combat sports. They tend to be very competitive. Some are realistically modeled after their real world counterparts while others are satirical with a stronger emphasis on entertainment. Many sports games feature players from the real world in them.
- In a strategy game the player is required to use skillful thinking and a strong focus on planning ahead in order to achieve victory over their opponent. They can be either single player against bots or multiplayer against other players. They come in both turn-based and real-time versions, the former allowing each player a chance to complete their turn, the latter having a continuous running clock without stopping. Resource management and exploration are common themes in strategy games.
Forward Ports for DIRT 5
When you are playing DIRT 5 you might need to forward some ports in your router. Forwarding ports is a useful trick in gaming because it can really help to make your network connection most stable and on occasion even faster. Routers were not designed to allow incoming network requests and some games can play tremendously better if an incoming connection is forwarded through the router to the game.
Before You Forward a Port
Before you can forward a port you need to know the following things:
- Your router's IP address.
- The IP address of the device that the game will play on: either your computer or your console.
- A list of TCP and UDP ports to forward.
How to locate your Router's IP Address
The easiest way to locate your router's IP address is to run our free Router Detector utility. It's a part of the Network Utilities suite of tools and it's completely free to use.
How To Forward Ports
Quickly get your ports forwarded using Network Utilities. Then when you are done you can just as easily close your ports back down to keep your network as secure as possible. You can also do it manually.
The usual process for forwarding a port is:
- Open a web browser and navigate to your router's IP address.
- Find your routers port forwarding section.
- Put the IP address of your computer or gaming console in the correct box in your router.
- Put the TCP and UDP ports for your game in the corresponding boxes in your router.
- Intermittently you have to reboot your router for the changes to take effect.
After following those steps your ports should be forwarded. Head to our applications and games list for more port forwarding guides.