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It would be remiss of me at this point not to mention the direct competition, DiRT Rally 2.0. One minute the sun is shining, the next you’ll need windscreen wipers and lights. While the cars themselves still sound less interesting than a health and safety seminar, other noises such as transmission whine, squeaky brakes and tyre scrubbing add to the authentic vibe alongside dynamic weather. Detail in the surroundings have also moved forward, from the wind turbines of Portugal to the roadside fires in snowy Sweden. Understandably, last-minute post-Covid-19 events such as Estonia and Ypres are missing.Įven the stages that are carried over from previous WRC titles feel fresh because the overall look of the game has been given a polish, and it’s just so much more satisfying to drive. The lighting, in particular, is a dramatic step forward, especially at night or during a bedazzling sunrise.

The African stages are a little bland, perhaps the most derivative in the whole game, but New Zealand offers some of the best roads in a rally game, flowing from one camber to the next. New locations for this season include Japan, New Zealand and Kenya. Handbraking around a hairpin is more satisfying than licking the lid of a yoghurt. Using a gamepad still results in the odd over-correction, being a bit too easy to end up weaving down the road in the quickest car, but you can adapt to that. Headphones on, steering wheel plugged in and a singular goal. Now, instead of the game physics being the limitation to speedy progress, it’s your brain’s ability to stay up to speed with the action. This inspires confidence and rewards you for pushing harder each time. Now, thanks to a leap forward in suspension control, they ride over lumps and even corner edges with ease. Previously, the main WRC class cars would be very skittish, a slight abrasion throwing them around too much. The WRC 2 cars have pliant suspension that soaks up bumps, rolls a little through corners and provides satisfying body control. The vehicles have significant weight to them. The main breakthrough is the way the cars handle. Usually, at this point in a WRC review, I would go on to talk about some slightly shabby graphics, unruly vehicle handling and moan about the sound, before summing up as an enjoyable game that lacks a certain sparkle.

The in-car steering wheel animation doesn’t match your inputs. On one Monte Carlo stage, there’s the top of a tree growing in the middle of the road. I signed for M-Sport Ford in WRC 2, only to have a Škoda branded workshop. One of the in-game tutorial voice-overs plays at the wrong time, causing much confusion.

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Your driver and co-driver have the same head. There’s also just a litany of strange, small, defects too. Some serious balancing is required across the events. You can have a good run and finish 20 seconds off the pace on one stage, only to beat everyone by half a minute driving like a rookie on the next.

Your rivals are more erratic than a Kris Meeke rally performance.

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There’s an extensive upgrade path, effectively identical to the one in last year’s WRC 8, just don’t expect to have the ability to build your own team from the ground up. There’s also a lack of customisation in any form, which has become de rigueur these days, even for officially licensed titles. Thankfully your on-stage performance is a bigger determinant of success. Or let’s try completing a number of extra events within the next six weeks? Not possible, as the event calendar simply won’t allow you to. How about not using hard tyres for the next two events? Completely pointless. The problems start with the career objectives, which for the most point are stupid. Between all of this are fun events featuring historic cars or extreme conditions to break things up. You can manage your team in terms of vehicle and personnel upgrades, contract offers, objectives and of course, winning rallies.

The main focal point is the Career mode, working your way up from Junior WRC, through WRC 3, WRC 2 and finally into the main WRC to fight for the overall world championship.

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