![]() ![]() That feels like a bit of a shifty move from the marketing department at Nacon, the new publishers of the series.When you first start the game it does seem a little daunting with so much information thrown at you, but sit back and try and take it in and it does become easy to understand. This is all great stuff until you want to hop into the promised Subaru WRX of Colin McRae or the monstrous Mitsubishi Evo X and then find out you can only get them if you pre-ordered (I didn’t) or if you pay for the deluxe version (I didn’t). But if you bought one in real life, they would probably fall apart after four weeks of regular road use. These are cars that somehow dominated the WRC. They are all there, everything from the iconic Toyota Celica to the Lancia’s, both the Delta and the Integrale, the all-conquering Audi Quattro to the beautiful Renault Alpine A110. Seeing the cars from that era in all their digital glory is a real rush. It’s the small details - like having spectators standing right of the verge of the road when these beauties from the ’80s and ’90s literally come flying over a jump and then immediately handbrake turn through a hairpin corner, flicking rocks, dust and debris into their faces as they rocket off down the track and do it all again - that makes it fun. It includes 19 classic rallies in History Mode and a bunch of the really classic stages that cover the globe from Greece to Las Vegas. The pre-release media was really pushing the fact WRC 10 was going to have a ton of extra content by focusing on the 50-year history of the WRC. A graphic representation of your car, the chassis, the wheels and brakes, showing how your adjustments are actually affecting the car would really save a lot of time currently wasted on trial and error.Īll that to say, this Advanced Settings interface looks like it has been lifted directly from WRC 9, so a bit disappointing… The problem is that there is no point of reference. This can be very annoying, but you can tweak it by using the Advanced Settings. ![]() If you are like me and use a lesser breed of steering wheel, you will spend most of your racing time jumping between under and oversteer. The game appears to be optimized for a specific Fanatec steering wheel set-up. It is effective and absolutely necessary. This is where you really dial in the settings on your car to get it just right for each track. The one thing I really hoped they had fixed in WRC 10 was the very uncharacteristically archaic Advanced Settings interface. Their eyes go wide, their mouth drops and they shake their heads. They always look like you have just bamboozled them with a truly brilliant card trick. I found myself actually feeling bad for the digital people I had to give the axe. This does mean that you will have to fire some team members, which is surprisingly hard. The more points you earn and the more money you win, the better mechanics you can hire and the better you will perform. I love this element of modern racing games. This is where you race for points which you can spend on buying new cars, modifying your cars, and building your team. WRC 10 has all the same modes as its predecessor.Īs I mentioned, Career Mode is highly immersive and how you get the most out of the game. Well, we have to start with the obvious and move our way down. ![]() How on earth are Kylotonn and KT Racing going to improve on what was, arguably, the best rally game (if you measure greatness on the fun/challenge matrix) of the last 12 months? ![]() It’s a great way for those new to the game to get familiar with the mechanics. The cars will be limited, but you will not be punished as severely when you try to let it all hang out and get unlimited restart attempts. If you are a more casual gamer who just wants to race a little, you can jump in at any point at any track in the Junior WRC series. It looks amazing, the soundtrack is great and the Career mode is completely immersive. It’s a serious racing sim that doesn’t require you to have a degree in mechanical engineering. It’s not quite as hardcore as Dirt Rally 2.0, but it’s not the ‘sim-cade’ fluffiness of Dirt 4. I had bought WRC 9 at the beginning of last year as a lockdown treat for myself and it is a very good game. When the review code for WRC 10 arrived in my inbox, I was well excited. ![]()
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