IS IT WORTH IT?! | A Review of WRC 10 in About 3 Minutes!
90WRC 10 released a few days ago and is the latest in the long running rally series that’s never quite managed to compete with more realistic games like Dirt Rally, atleast until now.
As a long term fan of more simulation based games like Richard Burns Rally and the Dirt Rally series, I went in with an objective mindset but fairly low expectations, but after playing it for a few hours I can confidently say I’ve been blown away by just how good it is, and for the first time I think there’s finally a WRC game worthy of the term simulator that can compete with the best in the genre.
Hi, I’m Zach from 3 minute game reviews and in today’s video we’re taking a look at WRC10 on PC, played using a Thrustmaster TS-XW racing wheel. Get ready for some potentially fast talking cos we’ve got a lot of information to cram into a short amount of time, so sit back, buckle up and enjoy the ride.
[Intro]
When you first get in game you’re taken to a little practise course where you can get a feel for the handling and setup all your controls and graphics options, and it didn’t take more than a couple of laps around the donut shaped circuit to realise just how good the car felt through the force feedback in my wheel.
As I delved deeper into the game I only got more and more impressed by the level of detail at every turn, along with an impressive level of customization in pretty much every aspect of the game, from the length of each stage and the speed of the competition, down to whether or not you want your male or female co-driver to yell at you whenever you drive over a pothole or slam into a wall.
A big selling point for me is the historical line up of cars and tracks included in the game, with an entire anniversary mode dedicated to bolting around iconic circuits in classic cars like the Alpine Rally, the Peugeot 205 and the Subaru Impreza.
On top of the classic stuff there’s also an impressive line up of modern cars from the WRC, WRC2, WRC3 and Junior rally leagues. In total there’s over 20 cars to play with, and they all feel challenging and rewarding to drive, in their own unique way.
Aswell as the WRC and anniversary career modes there’s also daily and weekly online challenges, a multiplayer co-driver mode for those brave enough to ride in the passenger seat, and with the newly added livery editor you can design your own car skins right inside the game and then use it as a skin for a custom team.
There’s over 100 stages from countries all over the world like Sweden, Finland, Kenya, Estonia and Chile, with each stage taking between 5 to 10 minutes on the most realistic settings.
There’s a few reviews on Steam that mention having issues with the sound quality, but personally I only have good things to say based on my time in game using a pair of Sennheiser 560S and Dolby Atmos, and I was quite impressed with the beefiness of the engine sounds even at high revs as I blasted down an old mud trail at 100 kph.
Graphically speaking though it’s not much to look at and feels closer to a PS3 game than a AAA pc game from 2021. The scenery and car models all look abit outdated, especially when watching a replay or driving from outside the car, but by fiddling around with the camera filters in the built in photo editor you’re still able to get some pretty awesome screenshots.
To me though the graphics aren’t as important as the actual gameplay which is where the previous games often fell short, especially when it’s so obvious that they’ve spent most of their time working on the physics engine that does a phenomenal job at telling you what the wheels are doing, and allowing you to find the ideal line through a corner and react before you go flying into a rock.
Whether I was gliding across the loose gravel in Wales or digging my tyre spikes into the icey roads of Sweden I was really impressed with how good it all felt and I had the most fun I’ve had in a rally sim in quite some time.
Getting my wheel and graphics setup properly only took a few minutes and I didn’t have to change any force feedback settings or controller bindings to get a good feeling through the wheel.
I did have a couple of crashes though, and I don’t just mean on track. It crashed once when I tried to change the tires on my car, and again when I alt tabbed from full screen for a second.
Also just like in Dirt Rally you need to stay connected to the WRC servers to be able to register any multiplayer or competitive times, and, atleast for me, it often lost connection and wasn’t able to re-establish it, and although I’m willing to chalk that up to the extra load on the servers while the game is so new, it’s still something to keep in mind if you’re thinking about buying it.
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