Earlier this week, the developer of Yakuza: Like A Dragon confirmed PlayStation 4 save files can’t be transferred over to the PS5 version.
Now, Codemasters has said the same is true of Dirt 5 – and Microsoft has noticed.
“Currently on Xbox, all progress can be carried over between generations,” Codemasters wrote. “On PlayStation, your Playgrounds creations can be carried over, but other game progress (Career, currency, saved liveries) cannot. If that changes, we’ll let you know!”
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As with Yakuza, there’s no explanation for why Dirt 5 saves won’t work for the next-gen version – despite the game offering a free upgrade. So while you don’t have to buy the game a second time, you will still have to start your progress over from scratch.