WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship

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5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 66 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 17 out of 66
  3. Negative: 21 out of 66

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  1. d25bev
    Sep 11, 2019
    7
    If this game had the graphics & car list of Dirt Rally 2.0, this (WRC 8) would probably be the best rally game ever made.

    I love the real world courses & amount of content, love the deep campaign mode, the handling & physics, UI, dynamic weather etc. But having put many hours into both games & no matter how much i enjoy this game (it's still a very good game & worth getting), i miss the    If this game had the graphics & car list of Dirt Rally 2.0, this (WRC 8) would probably be the best rally game ever made.

    I love the real world courses & amount of content, love the deep campaign mode, the handling & physics, UI, dynamic weather etc. But having put many hours into both games & no matter how much i enjoy this game (it's still a very good game & worth getting), i miss the beautiful graphics & wide range of cars that you get to experience in Dirt Rally 2.0.

    (Edited this review after going back to Dirt Rally 2.0 & better comparing the two games)    … Expand
  2. Stickdeath1980
    Sep 12, 2019
    5
    Very cool Career mode like really cool mode,Love the stage's!! on my TS-XW no proplems setting up ajusted ffb a little but feels alright (DR alot better) Graphic's are pretty dated running it max every think has it's moment's the changing weather pretty doope.over all i'm glad i pirated this just to wait until it come's to steam and then i will buy
  3. Jimbob2k666
    Sep 16, 2019
    7
    Finally the WRC brand has delivered a more in depth and interesting game for those of us who find the Dirt Rally series a little bit too hardcore (especially for gamepad users). The presentation of the career mode appears to offer some fun but as to how much it affects the car performance is yet to be seen as I progress. The only real problem I have with the game is the poorFinally the WRC brand has delivered a more in depth and interesting game for those of us who find the Dirt Rally series a little bit too hardcore (especially for gamepad users). The presentation of the career mode appears to offer some fun but as to how much it affects the car performance is yet to be seen as I progress. The only real problem I have with the game is the poor optimization. On a I7-7700k at 5.0ghz with a 1080Ti I would expect to run this at least as good as Dirt Rally 2.0. The graphics here are not on par with that game yet I see big dips in FPS down to the 30s and even lower on every stage. I don't expect to have to remove all post-processing features to still get this. Maybe it is in need of a driver update with nVidia? If they manage to improve this then I will increase my score to an 8.… Expand
  4. titanus
    Oct 20, 2019
    7
    This game is no-doubt forward step from WRC 6-7, but for me - backward step from V-Rally 4, produced by Kylotonn past year. For me, first of all, car physics and handling aspect is important, but for others we can mention the same. For example, picture is also better, than in previous WRC, but worse, than in V-Rally.

    So, in physics we see return to the origins of WRC5, only spoiled by    This game is no-doubt forward step from WRC 6-7, but for me - backward step from V-Rally 4, produced by Kylotonn past year. For me, first of all, car physics and handling aspect is important, but for others we can mention the same. For example, picture is also better, than in previous WRC, but worse, than in V-Rally.

    So, in physics we see return to the origins of WRC5, only spoiled by modifications of two following versions. Now it became more sophisticated and advanced, but in the same time - still also spoiled. And I think, that developers spoiled for purpose, playing up to previously created community, preferring not rally, but "mad hotlap" gameplay type (in V-Rally everything was quite proper with it).
    Really good I feel myself with R5 cars (WRC2), but when I try higher class.... here you feel, that car moved not by tyres, but by jet engine, and also turns not by tyres, but by invisible hand. And yes, here we see "Dirt Rally effect", first time in the Kylotonn series: car sometimes accelerates, turns and brakes even directly in air, in flying position after jump. Of course, its not the result of necessity to simulate more powerful engines: in SLRE monster 1000hp hill-climb cars does not behave in such way.

    The problem is in fact, that in this new game car dont lose grip at high speed, it sometimes lead to jerk-type acceleration, producing undrivable drift, but its also produce fantastic drivability in most cases. The rule of fast moving here is "never release trottle and cut turns in most possible way"... while in real life and good simulatirs, like RBR, SLRE and also V-Rally 4, just free sliding by wide lines with slight corrections by gas pedal give advantage and solves all, as well as earlier braking before turns and so on.

    And, as a result, not physical intuition, mastership needed here for win, but long track sucking: the game made for tarmac lap racers, which bored with their usual tracks and wants something more hot. But this "more hot" is NOT rally, where, in real competitions, you drive each stage only ones, and all that chapito tricks, making succes here, in game, are absolutly excluded and impossible. Since we see here old WRC6 mad and ugly tracks, used for many years, -it make most type of avaiable competitions sensless. For WRC simulator we need 300 km in each location, generated by engine just before run, with 50 km of specials. It would be really great, while to produce again the game with 3 stages per location - its absolutly in vain. Time for such generator is gone! In Dirt4 first step was made by Codemasters, V-Rally 4 also made it's contribution, but now we need quality world with really flexible road net, each time new. Realistic traks, without specially made traps behind each turn and knoll, and realistic physics at level of SLRE or at least V-Rally4, - it will make the game really good.

    On the other hand, career regime in this game, at least with eatable R5 cars physics, can bring real enjoyment. Generally feelings here is better, than in new Dirt Rally, car is not holded by rubber springs (substituted metal railway from DR1) and can move quite free.

    Bad news are in the fact, that not only cheaters still feel themselves free here, but, looks like, developers and portal administration play up to them also. We see fantastic time in online leaderboards, but also in weekly challenges a half of top list is beeing fullfiled with evident cheaters. For example, if you'll download leaders ghosts, you sometimes can find, that they goes along entire track with 6 gear. But the most interesting, that its not so easy to download these ghosts: looks like, portal administration blocked this option for some users or even countries! Me ocassionly found, that I can download these ghosts while special software enabled (this software I use for access some sites, blocked by our goverment: it substitute location data and so on), otherwise I recieve message "check your internet connection". Its very similar, that developers made it for purpose. Generally, they made everything for destroy community: now we have not any working forum, where somebody will explain us problems and tell, for example, when promised live match will start to work. Interesting, that in September I found in facebook personal message to me, where WRC8 team offered me to share with them information about possible cheating in esport competition they organize. I wrote them, that first of all I need ghosts, aviable for pursuiting in game, for analyze their behaviour... and as a result we meet situation with ghosts described upper. Now I really suspect, that this competition is totally corrupted: it even similar, that some built-in cheats presents in the game, and affiliated participants recieve access to them, winning then with that 6th gear runs in esport as well as in challenges.    … Expand
  5. anfil18
    Jan 9, 2020
    7
    No es un dirt rally 2.0 porque no llega a esa simulacion pero el juego es divertido. El FFB no esta mal. Etapas y coches oficiales del mundial WRC desde junior asta categoria WRC. El modo historia es entretenido y le da un poco de profundidad al juego ya que tienes el rol de tu equipo, ventajas, objetivos, pruebas y entrenamientos y un arbol de habilidades. Me quedo con el dirt. Pero molaNo es un dirt rally 2.0 porque no llega a esa simulacion pero el juego es divertido. El FFB no esta mal. Etapas y coches oficiales del mundial WRC desde junior asta categoria WRC. El modo historia es entretenido y le da un poco de profundidad al juego ya que tienes el rol de tu equipo, ventajas, objetivos, pruebas y entrenamientos y un arbol de habilidades. Me quedo con el dirt. Pero mola jugarlo. Comparado con el de otros años este diria que es de los mejores… Expand
  6. Dubeau
    Sep 21, 2019
    7
    This is the first WRC game that I really like. They finally did a good job on the driving side of it. They did a better job at the graphics but it's not perfect. I did experience hiccups and clipping of textures from time to time. The sound is pretty amazing for the cars and the weather effects. The UI got better. The career mode is very interesting. The game is made for wheels, in myThis is the first WRC game that I really like. They finally did a good job on the driving side of it. They did a better job at the graphics but it's not perfect. I did experience hiccups and clipping of textures from time to time. The sound is pretty amazing for the cars and the weather effects. The UI got better. The career mode is very interesting. The game is made for wheels, in my opinion. With a controller it's difficult to find the right settings. The default settings is really useless on PC. I got around it with a long period of testing. But I must say, there is a bit more job to be done on that side of controls. I give it a 75%. WRC is finally going into the right direction.… Expand
  7. bar0yka
    Jan 24, 2023
    6
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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 28, 2020
    60
    The WRC game series slowly improves. Career, dynamic weather and generally better driving experience will make you happy in this new instalment. However, they have to work on a better atmosphere and presentation, and most importantly the creators must deliver much more content. [Issue#298]
  2. Worth Playing
    Dec 12, 2019
    88
    There are some issues within WRC 8, and they're not small, but the game is otherwise so good that it's easy to overlook them. For all the times your engine switches to stealth mode or a fence post sends you into low Earth orbit, there are hundreds of times when you are blissfully guiding your car into a drift around a dusty apex in Argentina, or masterfully twisting through a series of highly technical corners during heavy rain. The vehicle handling is so good — and that is so important for a rally game — that even with its flaws, WRC 8 is likely the high bar that other rally games should aspire to.
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  3. Wccftech
    Oct 13, 2019
    80
    By far the best outing every by KT Racing/Kylotonn and in the WRC franchise as a whole. With a well-defined career mode, backed up by a wealth of stages, set across a variety of places within the world, all of which are well designed, WRC 8 offers a lot for fans who want yet another strong rally game to jump into. While not quite alongside DiRT Rally 2.0, it's certainly coming close.
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