WRC 10 REVIEW PS5 FULL
Threading your way along narrow mountain tarmac or slippery dirt tracks at speed demands full attention to the undulations of the road surface but also the pace notes that come at you thick and fast. Let’s not forget that the racing is properly difficult too. Other new features to note include a livery editor to customise your metal machine and a new strategy layer based on tyre choice that forces you to make hard choices between stages of rallies. Nonetheless, there is a generosity of modes that allows you to dive into quick races, career and multiplayer across continents and eras. However, that’s not to excuse the decision to lock away a few classic machines such as Colin McRae’s 1997 Subaru Impreza behind a special edition of the game. But in compensation WRC 10 features a raft of historical races, tracks and cars that adequately replace any absentees that may be added at a later date anyway. The real-world WRC calendar has taken a battering from Covid, leading to missing events in the game. WRC 10 makes less of a leap for Kylotonn than WRC 8. Clearly, it’s a personal preference but give me the rolling gravel tracks of Estonia or the twisty tarmac of Monte Carlo over the monotonous asphalt of F1 any day. Coming to it from the inherent technicality and rigid laps of F1 2021 is a breath of fresh fumes, a welcome release from the familiar circuits we see on TV week in, week out. In the meantime, Kylotonn is putting the pedal to the metal in WRC 10 with its most exhilarating incarnation of rallying so far. French studio Kylotonn currently carries the torch but giant publisher EA has swooped in to acquire the rights for its Codemasters label from 2024. The companion game series has shown similar endurance, bouncing between development studios yet now hitting its 20th year.
Yet, as WRC approaches its 50th anniversary next year, it must be doing something right to survive so long. The World Rally Championship lives in the shadow of Formula One, never attracting the acclaim, big bucks or audiences of its faster rival.
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