WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship 2011

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5.9

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  1. MustisTheCat
    Aug 1, 2012
    5
    Very uneven game. For starters, the player has to bear down on the 2002 (horrible) graphics and play at least for a few hours. Even after an update installed, the pc performance for such old graphics is horrendous. For a real WRC series fan this game can be really good. Driving I`d say is not realistic any more then say in DiRT1. I`d say it is very enjoyable on concrete and wet concrete,Very uneven game. For starters, the player has to bear down on the 2002 (horrible) graphics and play at least for a few hours. Even after an update installed, the pc performance for such old graphics is horrendous. For a real WRC series fan this game can be really good. Driving I`d say is not realistic any more then say in DiRT1. I`d say it is very enjoyable on concrete and wet concrete, but gravel driving is just arcadish. The emergency brake in this game is pure bollocks, even on the highest realism settings. Although the learning curve is pretty steep, it is very rewarding as one must to dump some of his dirt habits and learn to drive all over again. Sadly, even if the cars drive pretty nice, the whole experience ends up being very repetitive. One cause of that can be too few different cars included so much so the Mini doesn`t feel any different than a Fiesta. One will also see some racing legends here, but can find them pretty much undrivable in WRC2 conditions. The car livery customization is very limited and feels like Paint (nothing like Forza or even NFS here). The technical customisation is well developped and interesting. The career is good, because it has multiple choices involved so anybody can find something he likes. There is however little incentive to race better and make more money since the new and more powerful cars don`t do a good job in resembling In the end, the game is VERY open to customisation, so that a certain type of player can find his difficulty-fun sweetspot. So to sum it up, WRC2 fails to recreate WRC rally experience in its full glory exactly as much as Dirt2/3. Dirt being too glamorous and arcadish, WRC2 being too much on the rough side. Only for hardcore fans.… Expand
  2. Broyax
    Mar 13, 2017
    6
    Sans les aides, il s'agit à l'instar du premier WRC (du même Milestone) d'un fort bon compromis simu/arcade avec des réactions crédibles, une certaine inertie et des comportements assez différenciés entre les différentes catégories de véhicules, des véhicules nombreux qui couvrent toutes les disciplines du rallye dans le long, très long mode carrière.

    Pas mal de remplissage dans ce mode    Sans les aides, il s'agit à l'instar du premier WRC (du même Milestone) d'un fort bon compromis simu/arcade avec des réactions crédibles, une certaine inertie et des comportements assez différenciés entre les différentes catégories de véhicules, des véhicules nombreux qui couvrent toutes les disciplines du rallye dans le long, très long mode carrière.

    Pas mal de remplissage dans ce mode d'ailleurs, les développeurs comme il est coutume de le constater en général confondent trop souvent contenu et farmage inconsidéré... Sans être un maniaque du pixel et du décibel, WRC 2 marque très peu de progrès graphiquement et reste désespérément laid ; quand aux bruits de moteur ils sont globalement des plus moyens.

    Nonobstant ces tares avérées, WRC 2 n'est pas à déconseiller : il est vrai qu'il met déjà une belle claque, ludiquement parlant, à toutes les productions Codemasters (au royaume des aveugles...).    … Expand

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  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 20, 2012
    50
    We must admit with tears in the eyes: if you want to play a good WRC game you have to look for a six year old game. WRC 2 doesn't excel in game physics and presentation. [Dec 2011]
  2. CD-Action
    Nov 29, 2011
    65
    The low budget feel is limited to visuals and audio – the rest of the game is a really solid rally racing experience. [December 2011, p.52]
  3. GRYOnline.pl
    Nov 7, 2011
    65
    WRC 2 isn't a sequel that rally fans could wish for. Driving is still fun and gaming modes have been upgraded but it's really hard to overlook ugly graphics and very few novelties. That should play a major role when deciding whether to buy or not to buy this game - if you own the previous installment you won't miss much.
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