World Rally Championship (video game series)

World Rally Championship, WRC is just a five-part series rally simulation, which was developed by Evolution Studios. The games were released exclusively for the PlayStation 2. At first they were only available in Europe. Only the third part of the series was also available in Japan.

Unlike other simulations Rally Colin McRae Rally Richard Burns Rally or the games of the series with the FIA license are officially licensed. Thus in the Games are all vehicles and rallies, as well as contain all the real names of the drivers World Rally Championship. The only exception is Colin McRae as Codemasters, the developer of Colin McRae Rally, already owns the rights to the name. Colin McRae is therefore in the series of games partially replaced with fictitious names such as " driver for Ford " or is not even integrated into the game.

Evolution Studios has the opportunity to work with the rally team WRC.

  • 2.1 rallies
  • 2.2 Vehicles
  • 3.1 rallies
  • 3.2 Vehicles
  • 4.1 rallies
  • 4.2 Vehicles 4.2.1 WRC
  • 4.2.2 Super 1600
  • 5.1 rallies
  • 5.2 Vehicles 5.2.1 WRC
  • 5.2.2 Super 1600
  • 5.2.3 Group B

World Rally Championship

World Rally Championship was released on 30 November 2001 as the first part of the series. It is based on the data of the WRC season in 2001.

The game features a career mode, which allows players to participate in the World Rally Championship in 2001. WRC also includes a damage model, which is represented visually. The damage also have an effect on the driving behavior of the vehicle.

Rallies

In the game all rallies in the WRC 2001 season are five stages passable. In addition, there are six unlockable bonus stages and five stages exclusively for the split-screen mode. 10 of the 81 stages are passable in split-screen mode for two players. The rallies are held on different road surfaces: dust, mud, snow and asphalt. They differ not only visually, but also in the driving behavior of the vehicles. A special feature are the announcements of the co-pilot on hazards and the following curves.

Rolling stock

The game includes all six vehicles, which participated in the 2001 WRC season. They are characterized by different driving characteristics. There are several perspectives to choose from, including an advanced for its time cockpit view in 3D graphics.

  • Mitsubishi Lancer
  • Subaru Impreza
  • Ford Focus
  • Citroën Xsara
  • Peugeot 206
  • Škoda Octavia
  • Hyundai Accent

WRC II Extreme

WRC II Extreme was released on 27 November 2002 as the second part of the series. It is based on the data of the WRC season in 2002.

In this part of the series for the first time four players with LAN connection can play against each other. The addition Extreme means that all routes partly are very challenging, and also that it, too new, the cars are tuned Extreme, you can unlock. The driving physics is considered to be relatively realistic. However, criticized the low damage to the vehicle overturns, the unrealistic repulsion at distance limitations. The graphics are very detailed for its time and it let them look up to five kilometers into the distance. Compared to Colin McRae Rally 3 but graphics and driving physics of WRC II Extreme are something back. The vehicles in the game have the real engine sounds of the 2002s cars.

For the music in WRC II Extreme, the Chemical Brothers were involved. So are their songs " Come with us" and to hear "Star Guitar" from the eponymous album in the game.

WRC II Extreme was of 4players.de awarded a score of 89 % as " very good".

Rallies

The game contains 14 rallies with up to nine stages and 42 unlockable Bouns stages. For the development of a total of 800 km special stages and the surrounding area fell back on satellite images. In this part of the series is the first time the Rally Germany passable.

  • Rallye Monte Carlo
  • Rally Sweden
  • Rally Corsica
  • Rally of Catalonia
  • Cyprus Rally
  • Rally Argentina
  • Rally Greece
  • Safari Rally
  • Rally Finland
  • Rally Germany
  • San Remo Rally
  • Rally New Zealand
  • Rally Australia
  • Rally of Great Britain

Rolling stock

Here are all vehicles of the 2002 season included. You can also unlock the Tuned " Extreme Cars " versions of cars ( except Citroen Xsara ).

  • Mitsubishi Lancer
  • Subaru Impreza
  • Ford Focus
  • Citroën Xsara
  • Peugeot 206
  • Škoda Octavia
  • Hyundai Accent

WRC 3

WRC 3 was released on 21 November 2003 as the third part of the series. It is based on the data of the WRC season in 2003. 3 WRC was first offered outside of Europe in Japan.

Improvements were mainly the driving physics. The rally cars behave considerably slower and thus more realistic in the game. Also in collisions with the track barrier, the first vehicles behave realistically. With WRC 3, the series took a significant impact on the Colin -McRae Rally series. Well done also dust and weather effects, but the ground textures are criticized. Even damage can be seen at the very realistic engine and transmission noise. There are over 125 stages passable.

WRC 3 was honored by 4players.de with a rating of 87 % as " very good".

Rallies

  • Rallye Monte Carlo
  • Rally Sweden
  • Rally of Turkey
  • Rally New Zealand
  • Rally Argentina
  • Rally Greece
  • Cyprus Rally
  • Rally Germany
  • Rally Finland
  • Rally Australia
  • San Remo Rally
  • Rally Corsica
  • Rally of Catalonia
  • Rally of Great Britain

Rolling stock

  • Mitsubishi Lancer
  • Subaru Impreza
  • Ford Focus
  • Citroën Xsara
  • Peugeot 206
  • Škoda Fabia
  • Hyundai Accent

WRC 4

WRC 4 was released on 27 October 2004 as the fourth installment of the series. It is based on the data of the WRC season in 2004.

A novelty in this part of the series is an online mode.

Rallies

  • Rallye Monte Carlo
  • Rally Sweden
  • Rally Mexico
  • Rally New Zealand
  • Cyprus Rally
  • Rally Greece
  • Rally of Turkey
  • Rally Argentina
  • Rally Finland
  • Rally Germany
  • Rally Japan
  • Rally of Great Britain
  • Rally Sardinia
  • Rally Corsica
  • Rally of Catalonia
  • Rally Australia

Rolling stock

In WRC 4 vehicles of the smaller Super 1600 class for the first time to drive.

WRC

  • Mitsubishi Lancer
  • Subaru Impreza
  • Ford Focus
  • Citroën Xsara
  • Peugeot 307 CC
  • Škoda Fabia I

Super 1600

  • Citroen C2
  • Ford Fiesta
  • Peugeot 206

WRC: Rally Evolved

WRC: Rally Evolved WRC or 5 appeared on 26 October 2005 as the fifth and final part of the series, because Sony has only the WRC license until 2005. It is based on the data of the WRC season in 2005.

WRC: Rally Evolved is the highest stage of evolution of the series and is designed for maximum realism. The rally tracks all appear in an entirely original track designs. Each stage has its own character and has different characteristics on. New are random events that can occur on some stages. Thus, at the edge of the track marshals are, which warn of danger, and soon plunges verunfalltes vehicle on the side of the track. Occasionally animals cross the road or break it up heavy rocks of a hillside and block the roadway. The graphics have been improved and the realistic engine sounds are different for all vehicles. The co-pilot are human announcements and comments. For the varied and complex routes shown some limitations in the number of navigable route kilometers had to be made. The rallies are made in WRC: Rally Evolved from only three rather short stages, while in the previous section, there is a rally of six stages.

As a completely new game mode can be run against AI opponents in this game for the first time Rallycross. Here, four cars on the track, which drive a race against each other. The races are held on the same routes, which are also accessible as WRC championship round. This mode is however criticized for the poor artificial intelligence, because the computer opponents have a very aggressive and unrealistic driving. Rallycross is playable in split-screen mode and online.

WRC: Rally Evolved was " good" of 4players.de with a rating of 84%.

Rallies

  • Rallye Monte Carlo
  • Rally Sweden
  • Rally Mexico
  • Rally New Zealand
  • Rally Sardinia
  • Cyprus Rally
  • Rally of Turkey
  • Rally Greece
  • Rally Argentina
  • Rally Finland
  • Rally Germany
  • Rally of Great Britain
  • Rally Japan
  • Rally Corsica
  • Rally of Catalonia
  • Rally Australia

Rolling stock

In WRC: Rally Evolved vehicles of historical group B are first time mobile, which can also be enabled in addition to the "Extreme Cars". Also new are a total of six vehicles from private driving, which were integrated for the first time in the game.

WRC

  • Mitsubishi Lancer
  • Subaru Impreza
  • Ford Focus
  • Citroën Xsara
  • Peugeot 307 CC
  • Škoda Fabia

Super 1600

  • Fiat Punto
  • Ford Fiesta
  • Peugeot 206
  • Renault Clio
  • Suzuki Ignis
  • Suzuki Swift

Group B

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