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WRC 9 (2020)

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WRC 9, also known as WRC 9: World Rally Championship, is the official racing video game of the 2020 World Rally Championship. The game is developed by French developer Kylotonn and published by Nacon on 3 September 2020. It will be available on Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X.

Development and release

In March 2019, WRC 9 was revealed as the official game of the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship alongside WRC 10 and WRC 11.[1] It features 14 different locations[2], including all three returning rallies, Safari Rally, Rally New Zealand and Rally Japan, with up to fifty official crews from WRC, WRC-2, WRC-3 and J-WRC available for the player to choose. The game will also feature fifteen more landmark vehicles from the WRC history.[3]

The game will be initially available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 3 September 2020 via Epic Games Store, and later on Nintendo Switch, with a further release date on the ninth generation of video game consoles PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X to be announced.[4]
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Aggregate score
Aggregator Score
Metacritic 80/100[5]
Review scores
Publication Score
IGN 7.5/10[6]
Jeuxvideo.com 16/20[7]
Push Square 8/10 stars[8]
Screenrant 4/5 stars[9]

Reception for WRC 9 was generally favouriable among critics with a Metarcrtic score of 80. User reception was less favourable, dropping to 5.5.[5] While troubled by smaller issues, improvements with car handling were noted in many outlets. Among critics, the game was scored at 80% by TheSixthAxis and PushSquare.[10][8] Pixel Bandits rated the title at 4/4, noting the fresh challenge provided to long-time fans of the series

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