For one thing, the presentation is awful. The force feedback worked flawlessly.Īs always, there are some problems.
Fortunately there are many sliders you can use to tweak the wheel to your liking.
WRC 10 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW PRO
We played the game using a Logitech Driving Force GT Pro wheel – wheels of course being a must have for any serious driving game fan – and the control was excellent, however there was quite a large steering deadzone with the default settings. If anyone here remembers the awful driving mechanics of V-Rally 3 on PS2, fear not, the controls in WRC are solid. This isn’t really a criticism as the controls are perfectly fine and with no experience of drifting in a real rally car it’s hard to tell whether this is realistic or not, so this is more of an observation. It seems awfully hard to do long drifts at speed, similarly the handbrake does not quite function as it does in other games. You get to drive over tarmac, gravel, dirt, ice and so on, with the car behaving differently on each surface, and differently from car to car as well of course. Use too much and you receive a time penalty. True to form, between each special stage you can customise your car settings (downforce, suspension, all the usual suspects) and spend your allotted repair time choosing which bits of your car to repair, with each repair type costing a certain amount of time. This is though, naturally, par for the course with rally games.
WRC 10 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW OFFLINE
In offline play, you simply see the current times of the AI cars. Black Bean should be commended for this range of settings because it vastly broadens the appeal of the game.ĭriving ‘alone’ constantly can be quite a lonely experience, so you should bear in mind that you will only see other cars on the track during online play. Similarly, with the AI on the easiest setting, it is ridiculously easy to win, even if you crash constantly, but on the hardest setting they are ruthless. Cut down on the traction control and brake assist and you are going to need every ounce of concentration to keep the car under control – so this should appeal to arcade and simulation fans alike. With all assists on, you rarely need to brake although getting round the stage without crashing once is still a moderate challenge unless you drive carefully. This is a good thing, because playing with any combination of assists other than everything turned on will immediately thrust you into F1 2010 Expert mode levels of toughness. There are three default combinations of settings when you start the game but you can tweak as you see fit, and there is no punishment for playing on an easier setting. This is a two-pronged affair: you can set the various driving assists, and you can change the AI difficulty independently via a slider, giving you many difficulty levels to choose from. The trophies are also very well-designed and paced, and will encourage you to play plenty of different game modes. Like Need For Speed Shift, there is a well-paced reward system with constant livery, colour, car, sponsor and event unlocks as you complete each event.
Two to four players can also sit down and set times in turn-based play with no restrictions on stage, rally or championship setup. There is a very long campaign – The Road To WRC – as well as a separate campaign-ish mode where you play all the special stages and championship rounds of the real 2010 WRC according to the official calendar, which is also incredibly long. If you like Split/Second, you’ll hate it. Therefore, if you like rally driving, you will probably love this game.
There are no crazy race modes: this is rally, after rally, after rally. What we have here is a serious, slow-paced take on pure rally driving. WRC is of course nothing like any of the other games mentioned, it’s also nothing like DiRT 2 so if you’re expecting that kind of adrenaline rush, look elsewhere. The bad news is, that’s not exactly a groundbreaking achievement. The good news is, this is Black Bean’s best driving game to date. We are currently in the process of being rained upon by driving games, so you could be forgiven for wondering if it was even necessary to release WRC FIA World Rally Championship at all.
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