RUMOR: WRC 2 will be Region Free for Xbox 360

If hackers and message boards are to be believed, WRC 2 is region free for Xbox 360. A quick Google search of “WRC 2 region free” will show the wave of websites boasting its content. Early copies of WRC 2 are already floating around the Internet, and those who have released details of the WRC 2 Xbox 360 disc say it is region free.

[MultiConsoleGamer]

How can a game be region free when the console is not?

[PirateThom]

Even though the console is region locked, it's locked to a region's specfic discs. However, some discs are region free, they'll play on any console anywhere.

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Ah I see, that's interesting. Thanks for clearing that up. I never knew.

[jony_dols]

I have a sneaking suspicion that PirateThom has already played WRC2....

[PirateThom]

I have not, certainly not through illegal means anyway.

I was very disappointed with the demo of the first game and can only hope this is better.

[bumnut]

You can't trade in region free games at game stores though, I had MotoGP NTSC and it worked fine in my PAL console but I could not trade it

[iistuii]

I don't think it matters nowadays, as the games come out mostly in the same week worldwide, with Tuesday for the states and Friday for UK. I remember years ago games would be months away in the UK. I bought and played Resident Evil a good 6 months from an import shop before it was released in UK, and that was.just wrong.

[johnpolson]

Well the matter here is that WRC 2 is only coming out in Europe. They are not releasing it in USA, Japan or any other territory. They have also not announced any digital distribution.

[iistuii]

There you go then, that's why it's region free.

[kasasensei]

I hoped for dlc free.

[level 360]

I just wish it had the graphics and race-sim experience that we get from the likes of Dirt3, just to give the "real" official cars more cred.