Blackbean release their rallying title holding a valuable official WRC license - how does it hold up? TheGamingReview find out.
"Ah, rallying. The pinnacle of all motorsports, the one that, above all others, tests the driver's skill more than it tests the machine, challenging his navigational skills, his endurance, his improvisational skills, and of course, his pure driving mettle.
It's essentially the most challenging form of motorsport, which is why it's kind of surprising how it has not yet been adapted into a proper video games, especially since racing video games of all forms are dime a dozen, and since the format lends itself particularly well to video games in general."
WRC 2 lives and breathes for old school rallying. Traditional A-B stages dominate, with a few Super Special Stage duels thrown in for good measure. All the big names like Sebastien Loeb, Petter Solberg and Mikko Hirvonen are here along with their official WRC rides. The lower rally leagues and the infamous Group B cars are also present. You can race individual rallies with the stars straight away, or embark on the lengthy career mode, The Road to the WRC.
Rally games like DiRT 3 are all well and good, but what do you have to do if you want to experience life like on the real World Rally Championship with long brutal stages and more than eight stages to an event. Stopping off at WRC, DiRT 1 and Colin McRae 05, is there still a real rally game out there? Chris Evans thinks so.
I am with the writer 100%. Network Q rally from 1996 had the proper rally feel. I only wish someone would take that game and only update the graphics, sound and current stage setups. I find all the new rally games rather casual-gamer. In Network Q, there was rain, lightening, varying surfuces and grip, cars accumilated dirt pretty much forever till you ended the stage, damage etc. It was the real deal!
Hmmm.
Shame it looks like a dog.
Might look for it when the price drops.
Ill wait for GT5 instead
I think and hope the price would drop very quickly.. or wait and check at gameshops for a cheaper pre-owned copy.
North America is getting it for 'cheap'. $39.99 on PS3/360 and $29.99 on PC. It arrives sometime in November published by Deep Silver. Deep Silver picked up a contract with Milestone for their SBK X, WRC & Superstars V8 titles. I got the demo via the X360 UK Marketplace... yes the graphics are lower quality, but the game play is top notch rally. Got my copy pre-ordered... I'll be jumping for joy when they call to say it's arrived.
WRC on GT5 will be an afterthought... just like NASCAR. You'll get the cars... but not much of a full rally season experience.