WRC 2010 - New World Rally Championship Title Announced


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World Rally Championship Title Announced

Following first vague info on a new multi-platform World Rally Championship title that has been floating around the net for a few months, the new WRC title has been officially announced.

Published by Milan-based Black Bean Games and developed by Milestone, the new title will bring the World Rally Championship action to the PC, the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 in 2010. Black Bean Games secured the rights for an official WRC title from ISC, exclusive commercial and media rights holder of the championship.

?The official WRC game will engage a whole new audience for the sport and we?re tremendously excited at the opportunities to grow our fan base and the profile of the WRC. It provides a hugely powerful touch point for us in which to showcase the WRC to consumers, and it will be the most realistic and playable rally game of all time. We chose to work with Black Bean Games because they have a proven track record making top level games with the official license in two-wheel motorsport.?, ISC?s Simon Long commented.

This marks the return of the WRC to the PC and other consoles as past WRC titles from Sony have been confined to the Playstation platform. No further info on the title?s content and features have been revealed yet.

http://www.virtualr.net/new-world-rally-ch...itle-announced/

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last Black Bean game i played was Evolution GT, didnt even complete 5% of the game, boring, crappy physics, useless non skipable p.o.s cutscenes.

tracks & cars were beautiful tho.

Grid, Dirt 2, NFS Shift have adopted few features from Evo GT.

like the blurred vision after crash, race rewind...

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UPDATE - 5th-August-2010

Official Debut Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSpB1tFQ50I

Genre: Rally / Off Road

Publisher: Black Bean

Developer: Milestone

Platform Release Date

PC: 8 October 2010

Playstation 3: 8 October 2010

Xbox 360: 8 October 2010

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

Website for latest News & other Info - http://www.simracingworld.com/games/295-wrc-2010/

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.

Source

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

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

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

  • 4 months later...

The first screenshot has emerged of the new official WRC game which is scheduled for release in 2010.

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Published by Black Bean Games, the game will be available across the world for the first time on PlayStation?3, Xbox360? videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft? and PC formats.

Black Bean, and their in-house development studio Milestone, are two of the most respected names in motorsport gaming, and were behind the highly rated SBK Superbike championship and MotoGP games.

Simon Long, North One Sport CEO, said: “The official WRC game will engage a whole new audience for the sport and we’re tremendously excited at the opportunities to grow our fan base and the profile of the WRC. It provides a hugely powerful touch point for us in which to showcase the WRC to consumers, and it will be the most realistic and playable rally game of all time. We chose to work with Black Bean Games because they have a proven track record making top level games with the official license in two-wheel motorsport.”

Virgilio Bixio, Black Bean Games President, said: “We are particularly proud to bring the WRC franchise back into the videogames arena after so many years of absence. Milestone has been working hard on this title and our expectations are really high. We will be able to provide the utmost competitive title that will provide extremely positive results. Furthermore, Milestone’s work is enriched by the overwhelming support we have received from the WRC community.”

Black Bean announced a few principle elements of the game at the launch of the 2010 World Rally Championship in Paris:

  • Official locations, drivers and co-drivers will be featured. The game's thought out to give the player the feeling of taking part in a real championship.
  • Complete career mode
  • Unique online and offline modes
  • 13 different worldwide locations
  • Ultra-realistic physics
  • Vehicle customisation, adaptable to each track
  • Breath-taking visuals with stunning backgrounds
  • Improved vehicle damage visuals.

There's still a lot more to come...

http://www.rallybuzz.com/wrc-2010-video-game-screenshot/

?The official WRC game will engage a whole new audience for the sport and we?re tremendously excited at the opportunities to grow our fan base and the profile of the WRC. It provides a hugely powerful touch point for us in which to showcase the WRC to consumers, and it will be the most realistic and playable rally game of all time. We chose to work with Black Bean Games because they have a proven track record making top level games with the official license in two-wheel motorsport.?, ISC?s Simon Long commented.

Snore...

Honestly, I really do hope this is a brilliant game. Bring rallying back to its WRC roots, and not the crap DiRT 2 has decided is more important.

  • 4 months later...

I noticed it at E3, even tweeted about it. Looking very nice, even if gfx aren't the best they aren't the most important thing when it comes to racers. Controls & handling > * :yes:

Which is why DiRT 2 was so bloody awful. Looked great, had lame events to cater for the US and awful controls. I hate what X-Games is doing to WRC, even more when it effects the games.

  • 2 weeks later...

I won't, I'm really looking forward to it. There is a huge gap in the market for WRC and I really doubt GT5 is going to come close to filling that void.

A full fledged title is needed, and seeing as CM has literally gone to dirt, this is the next best hope.

Same goes for F1 2010.

I noticed it at E3, even tweeted about it. Looking very nice, even if gfx aren't the best they aren't the most important thing when it comes to racers. Controls & handling > *

Which is why DiRT 2 was so bloody awful. Looked great, had lame events to cater for the US and awful controls. I hate what X-Games is doing to WRC, even more when it effects the games.

I think I've met my soul mate :wub:

  • 3 weeks later...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSpB1tFQ50I



New Screens :D - http://www.simracingworld.com/screenshots/295-wrc-2010/view/#12042
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the cockpit cam needs more details, it looks like as if from Half Life 1 era :p

Release Date: October 8, 2010
Platforms: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC

I hope we can do atleast the Scandinavian flick in the game.

Looks good, just a few things:

1. I knew the game wouldn't look really crisp, but the dust effects are pretty awful. Of course, you don't see that when you're driving along, but the replays won't look good at all if they don't sort it.

2. The in-car cockpit view reminds me of something from TOCA - the hands just look odd.

3. That roll right at the end of the trailer better not be an indication of over-the-top crash physics.

Even so, it's kept my interest.

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