I always liked the mainline Dirt games. Skipping the very first Colin Mcrae game, the 2nd was a blast. 3 was a treat. 4 was a rally... But it helped me to get introduced into that scene. All dirt games somehow worked. 5 was the weakest link for me but going back to the arcade roots was probably a necessary step. It had cool game modes had similar aspects to ONRUSH (which is another game I liked around those times) but it was nothing special.