![]() ![]() There is a great difference between the old and heavy vehicles of yore and the responsiveness of their modern counterparts. No matter in what vehicle or on what surface, it is satisfying to perform turns without flaw. Racing on these rally stages is excellent. The developers plan to release another rally location, Belgium, in October, along with more anniversary stages in the months ahead. The new additions are good but the old locations are missed. And finally Spain will be quite familiar if you played Dirt Rally, with lots of winding left-right-left-right bitumen roads and a few minor surprises to keep things fresh. Croatia consists of narrow asphalt streets not unlike those in Germany from last year. Chile is similar, but with more dangerous roadside obstacles and harsher changes in elevation. Estonia features sweeping gravel roads with a few blind crests. New this year is Estonia, Chile, Croatia, and Spain. A bunch of locations have been removed-Mexico, Germany, Argentina, New Zealand, and Turkey are gone. Each has about four stages, excluding reverse. There are twelve rally locations this year and they match close enough with the official WRC timetable. It is fortunate that vehicle wear is not much of a concern across the rally stages, but more on that later. ![]() Instead the game waited until after to provide a choice between one rest event and three of the same maintenance events, which makes no sense when only one can be chosen. In the middle of one year, there were three rallies with not a single maintenance opportunity between them. These events are sadly not available at key moments. Maintenance events ask players to drive lazily around the countryside to fancifully improve car condition (which theoretically reduces wear and tear). Only about half were unlocked after 17 hours of career play, possibly because so many extra rest days were taken instead. Coming across these in the career will unlock them in a special Anniversary mode, and once all have been completed under the nominated time, a private team option becomes available in the career. Anniversary events involve historic rallies with older vehicles. Extreme condition events are rather docile, merely giving players a moderately damaged car in stormy conditions it’s a shame that weather has not changed or improved this year-fog is nonexistent. Team morale never dropped far enough for this to be needed. A new, and mostly pointless, event this year is team building, which just increases morale for a small fee. Despite completing three seasons, there was never an opportunity to hire another Meteorologist or Mechanic to replace those that frequently got tired. Unfortunately replacements are rarer too. This is a disappointing change because it means more rest events must be completed to keep crew from becoming inactivated. Crew members get fatigued much quicker than last year and take longer to recover. A four-branch skill tree lets players improve everything from car performance to team morale. From the team garage, you select six active crew members that help race sundries, like money earned, repair efficiency, and weather accuracy. Team management is still a key part of becoming champion in the career. After each season, teams offer a contract, either in the same skill tier or (hopefully) a higher one. As you ascend, more objectives, extra events, and faster vehicles become available. In the career, players can start in Junior WRC before moving up through the three tiers of the WRC. Those wanting to get a bit more involved can play one season or compete in the potentially endless career mode. Challenges are a sequence of random unlockable events and training courses. Quick play lets you select any rally stage, and any vehicle, in a range of weather conditions. There are several different ways to play WRC 10. And since last year’s entry was generally strong, why fix what isn’t broken? WRC 10 still offers a satisfying, responsive driving model that brings delight when successfully weaving through bends. Like sports games, there is not enough time to make wholesale changes. ![]() There are tweaks to the interface and some changes to team management. It adds a few new rally locations, to match the official 2021 schedule, and removes some that are not part of the calendar year. WRC 10 is a typical new entry for an established franchise. ![]()
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