There are a few flies in the muddy ointment (facepack) but fortunately they aren’t dealbreakers.įirstly the car models are less than impressive. If this all sounds like smiles and sunshine, think again. The best that can be said about the car models is ‘last gen’…
Like Dirt Rally, there are weekly online challenges to get stuck into plus eSports competitions and four tiers of car classes to enjoy, including a sprinkling of classic cars this time around. It’s highly satisfying once you’ve nailed it though and you’ll be keen to repeat many of the 100+ stages in order to climb the timing charts online. You may well spend the first half of the season struggling to get to grips with the cars, and playing on any setting but easy will likely see you hoofed out of the team before midway through the racing year. The cars themselves handle well, with a fairly easy learning curve for anyone who has played a more simulation-centric rally game before. As you speed through the environments, desperately trying to stay out of the ditch, there is a real sense of place and therefore the stages avoid the generic feel which is synonymous with rally games.Īn improved lighting system and the dynamic weather effects enhance the immersion, and at speed, with the bonnet camera, you could be hard pushed to think you’re not sat on the sofa in your pants, but you’re actually in Sardinia careering through the glorious scenery on crumbling roads. You see, unlike nearly all rally games, WRC 8 features digitized versions of real life tracks so there is real variety and authenticity to the driving experience. Well it’s certainly not, in fact this could be a contender for Dirt Rally 2’s brown crown. Like Codemasters‘ F1 series, after successful races you can allot points towards a tree of development choosing from two branches initially with two more opening up during the season.Īll of the above would be a shocking waste of time, if the racing itself was below par. After a few races, the management aspect starts to click and becomes an enjoyable distraction between the intense rally driving. Your team can be recruited to help with the upcoming events, with engineers, mechanics, meteorologists, finance directors and many more, all making the event run smoothly and minimizing costs.
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