VideoGamer writes:
Black Bean Games has detailed the range of game modes that will feature in WRC, the official FIA World Rally Championship video game from Milestone.
Single Player Modes
Single stage: Each of the 13 rallies is made up of 6 special stages, choose the one you want!
Single rally: Compete on 6 special stages to set your lowest overall time.
Championship: Experience the excitement of one of the 4 championships of the WRC circus and claw your way to the top of the rankings, point by point!
Time Attack: Race against time, against your ghost or one you have downloaded from PlayStation Network, Xbox LIVE or GameSpy.
"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!
i'm kinda lost is it 13 rallies ( meaning 3 races * 13 )+ 6 specials
or is it 13 + 6 ?
lol, all I know is that WRC in GT5 is gonna blow this to smithereens.