Yahoo Autos ‘WRC 9’ Let's You Jump Into The World of Pro Rally
Going to a stage rally to watch cars—with more aero than a jetliner—fly through the air on jumps and slide sideways on narrow mountain roads is fun. Now, driving one of these top-level WRC cars at this level is both financially and technically out of reach for most of the sport’s fans. However, the WRC video game series gives you a taste of what these teams experience on a race weekend. And the latest installment, WRC 9, gives the most accurate digital recreation yet.
With WRC 9, the team at Kylotonn worked with publisher Nacon to expand on the experience of last year’s game. Naturally, the tracks follow what you’d see in the actual WRC calendar. That means you’ll experience classics like Monte Carlo and Wales. But, it wouldn’t make sense for the folks making this to not include new races in Kenya, Japan and New Zealand. Essentially, the tracks on the game follow the WRC’s original 2020 calendar. While some of the events in real life were canceled, events in the WRC 9’s digital landscape go off without a hitch.
Expectedly, each rally and its individual stages offer unique challenges to players. Fighting for grip in the snow at Rally Sweden feels different than the gravel, tarmac, and mud you see at other events. That level of immersion is almost expected from the official game of WRC, but it’s also comforting to see that the development team worked at making the physics engine of the game respond to the different surfaces.
