WRC 2010 - New World Rally Championship Title Announced


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Updated first post.

Official Website: http://www.wrcthegame.com/

1st Hands on - VVV visit Milestone and roadtest WRC

Moving to the PC with G27, ah this is more like it, working properly and it instantly feels fantastic, the traction effortlessly conveyed, still a bumpy run the wheel makes for an exceptionally physical experience. Progressive acceleration worked well while more aggressive use of the power makes for a far greater level of risk. As ever rally is always balancing on that knife edge and WRC is no exception, I'm looking to find more speed, cut a corner, use the positive camber, making the best of it. Alas again I push too hard, clipping a barrier (which is damaged in the incident) and damaging my car, this having a profound effect on the handling and effectively ruining my stage time. But it's great to feel a game that's so intuitive at this stage, every mistake is my fault, visually matching the effects of gradients exactly.
Now a chance on the XB360 with a pad, and I'm finally handed some head phones, an instant difference now I can hear my co-driver and actually predict the corners. From struggling with understeer, suddenly it clicks, I'm really starting to feel the handling. If I was to compare it, I would say it reminds me of Colin McRae 1 and 2 releases in the late 90's, the inertia feels right, especially on the looser surfaces. Then there's the judicious use of the handbrake, critical in hairpins and some negative camber corners where understeer can really affect section times. Racing in Sweden, Finland, then Jordan, each stage have their unique challenges and it will be interesting to see how the settings affect the skill required. In a perfect world the sim setting should prove the greatest risk/reward, ultimately making for better stage times with experienced gained, that's something we'll have to test on a later version.

that CMR1 & 2 comment put a smile on my face. :cool:

:shifty:

Source

New batch of WRC screenshots

New screenshots of the upcoming game WRC from Black Bean have emerged, showing environments, cars and the menus.

What we don’t see from these batch of screenshots is whether there’s going to be more than Ford, Citroen and Skoda in the main WRC portion of this game; hopefully not, otherwise this game will be immensly boring (a little hint there Black Bean).

The game is due for release on 8th October on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.

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Source, with all the screenshots available

Edited by Rob
Hotlink complaint

there's just two official cars in WRC, a Citroen & a Ford :p

http://www.wrc.com/games/

Official Car List

18 Cars

WRC

Citroen C4 WRC

Ford Focus RS WRC 09

Ford Focus RS WRC 08

Subaru WRC 07

S-WRC

Abarth Grande Punto S2000

Ford Fiesta S2000

Skoda Fabia S2000

Peugeot 207 S2000

P-WRC

Subaru Impreza N4

Mitsubishi Lancer X

Mitsubishi Lancer IX

J-WRC

Suzuki Swift S1600

Citroen C2 S1600

Renault Clio R3

Honda Civic R3

Ford Fiesta R2

Citroen C2 R2

Suzuki Swift R2

13 Rallies

  1. Rally Sweden
  2. Rally Mexico
  3. Jordan Rally
  4. Rally of Turkey
  5. Rally New Zealand
  6. Rally de Portugal
  7. Rally Bulgaria
  8. Rally Finland
  9. Rally of Germany
  10. Rally Japan
  11. Rallye de France Alsace
  12. Rally de Espana
  13. Wales Rally GB

Quick Reference

Classic Game Modes:

Single Stage

Single Rally

Championship

New Game Modes:

Road to the WRC (Career)

Rally Academy

Time Attack

Hot Seat (4 players)

Online Modes:

Single Stage

Single Rally

Championship

Categories:

JWRC, PWRC, SWRC, WRC

Cars - 18

Drivers - 60

Car Damages - 32

Rallies - 13

Tracks - 78

Events - 55

Other Features

Online ranking system

Car customization

Co-driver notes

Voting system

How many cars do you expect in an WRC-only game?

At least some of the past cars, like old SAAB ones or something in a nostalgia type mode or something. Just a little bit disappointing, but it might not be helped by the 200 unique cars in GT5.

Well, as much as I like seeing a new WRC game, I'm not having much faith in it, seeing as Milestone are developing it. They can't create a good on-road racing game (on two wheels or four), but maybe they can create a good off-road one. I won't dismiss it entirely. Hopefully there will be a demo.

  • 2 weeks later...

Auguset 6th

WRC Hands-On - http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/wrc-hands-on

It's also looking more and more like a success. At E3, WRC's handling had the right feel, but was often unpredictable. Weeks later in Milan it's taking shape beautifully. I try the game on Finnish dirt, Swedish snow, Jordanian sand and German tarmac, and grip is finely modulated, progressive and surprisingly subtle, with noticeable rather than pronounced surface feedback. The swishing, graceful slides on snow are particularly delicious and easier to control than some games' representation of power-sliding on tarmac. On a console pad, with some driving aids turned on, it's a surprisingly accessible; on a steering wheel (WRC will support every wheel imaginable) with the aids removed it will bite your hand off. But, crucially - and unlike, say, the difference between such set-ups in Forza 3 - it feels like the same game each time.

http://www.simracingworld.com/news/1860-wrc-2010-preview-eurogamer/

new screens - http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?game_id=12417#anchor

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  • 2 weeks later...

WRC 2010: First Stage in Career Mode - Citroen @ Portugal

We at http://www.insidesimracing.tv received our PC preview copy of WRC 2010 by Blackbean & Milestone and decided to share the first stage in career mode with all of you.

This was run with a Fanatec Porsche 911 GT3 RS in a Gamepod racing rig. All levels set to most difficult and professional environment.

To read my complete first take on our preview, head to http://www.racesimcentral.com/news

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