

The new game was officially previewed Tuesday, packing improved physics, updated visuals and new modes, including a new 50th anniversary setting that celebrates and recreates great moments in WRC history dating back to the championship's inception in 1973.ĭeveloped by French studio KT Racing (the company also responsible for the previous five generations of official WRC games), WRC 10 continues to use the proprietary KT game engine, which also sees use in the TT Isle of Man motorcycle racing games. WRC 10 debuts four brand new rally locations - Belgium, Croatia, Estonia and Spain - bringing the total to 19 countries and environments to choose from.

Thirteen of those are WRC 2021 calendar locations you'll encounter in the career mode the remaining six are historical locations for the new Anniversary mode. The new locations are divided into about 40 new built-from-scratch rally stages, bringing the total to just over 120 unique stages to master and perfect.

WRC 10 introduces improvements to the rendering of foliage and new, more varied road textures that improve the look and feel of each course. Dynamic and static weather and customizable time of day should help add variety to the game's course list. The stars of the show are the 22 historical cars from Mitsubishi, Peugeot, Subaru, Toyota and more. KT Racing tells me that it focused on finding and recreating the most famous rally cars dating back to 1973. KT Racing says that it's improved the sounds for almost all car models in the game - even the historic models - with more realistic engine, brake and collision reproduction. Lazy sound design is a pet peeve of mine in racing games and sims, so I'm particularly interested in hearing how unique each vehicle sounds. On the PS5, WRC 10 will also support haptic feedback, allowing players to, for example, feel the brake pressure on the DualSense controller. Starting back in 1973, the World Rally Championship is rapidly approaching its fifth decade of existence.
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To celebrate, WRC 10 - celebrating a 10th anniversary of its own - is debuting a new 50th anniversary mode, highlighting the classic cars, legendary drivers and historical locations of the WRC's 50-year journey. Anniversary mode will feature 20-plus challenges, split between five categories that will recreate the conditions of memorable moments in WRC's history. Each Anniversary stage will include historically accurate spectators, sponsors, barriers, vehicle cladding and the drivers that made the cars and courses famous.
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You'll be able to see Colin McRae in his Subaru Impreza WRC or Tommi Makinen's Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution.Ī total of 12 historical rallies are included - seven available at launch with five more being added via free post-launch updates - starting with a location from the very first 1973 WRC, the Acropolis in Greece. Three versions of Sanremo, Italy (1981, 19) and New Zealand will also be included from the get-go. Post-launch additions will include historic locations in Argentina, Germany and Mexico. More than 20 anniversary challenges will be split into different categories (First Years, Groupe B, Groupe A, WRC, Modern WRC), replicating the conditions of legendary moments in WRC's history. Meanwhile, WRC 10 will also include the main career mode that follows the official 2021 WRC calendar. Players will be able to create their own team or start any of the 52 existing 2021 teams representing WRC, WRC 2, WRC 3 and Junior WRC.
