WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship

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User Score
5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 39
  3. Negative: 15 out of 39

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  1. rallycelica
    Sep 8, 2020
    9
    Great physics, feels awesome to drive on both wheel and controller. Graphics are nice and well optimised. The career mode is very fun and almost addicting. Stage design is superb! Audio is also great altho the cars don't sound quite as raw and angry compared to the real ones. Online is simple, fun and stable. Altho whenever someone leaves the lobby the game unreadys everybody in the lobbyGreat physics, feels awesome to drive on both wheel and controller. Graphics are nice and well optimised. The career mode is very fun and almost addicting. Stage design is superb! Audio is also great altho the cars don't sound quite as raw and angry compared to the real ones. Online is simple, fun and stable. Altho whenever someone leaves the lobby the game unreadys everybody in the lobby so that needs fixing. All and all it's a solid game, definitely recommend.… Expand
  2. MinePlay512
    Sep 5, 2020
    8
    It's a solid racing game, even if it decline a bit. I still see WRC 9 as a good racing game. It's close to great, but it's a good racing game.
  3. Unicone
    Sep 5, 2020
    9
    Game is good. The main "issue" is its engine, physics synchronized to framerate, so you want to run it on 60 fps flat and vsync, otherwise it lags (low-medium pc). Motion blur fixes the lag if you want higher fps. If you have high-end pc, you can try choosing 100 fps option with vsync probably, disable motion blur.

    Also, it could be more immersive with a better engine/graphics, but it's    Game is good. The main "issue" is its engine, physics synchronized to framerate, so you want to run it on 60 fps flat and vsync, otherwise it lags (low-medium pc). Motion blur fixes the lag if you want higher fps. If you have high-end pc, you can try choosing 100 fps option with vsync probably, disable motion blur.

    Also, it could be more immersive with a better engine/graphics, but it's fine really.

    I'm not giving Codemasters money for Dirt 2.0, haven't tried it, but played first one. WRC9 does some things better physics wise, no major drawbacks in this department, it's very enjoyable (playing on realistic with only ABS). The tracks are better too, and there is more of them (but a bit less cars to choose from).

    Overall, screw greedy, annoying, not game-as-a-service friendly Sh*tmasters, get this better game instead.    … Expand
  4. Mandala
    Dec 14, 2020
    10
    CodeMasters is review-bombing WRC because it's a much better game than anything they've done since DiRT Rally 1, or even DiRT 1.
  5. Raistafoda
    Nov 5, 2020
    9
    Usually, I don't do reviews, but this game is amazing and absolutely underrated!

    Bear in mind you will maybe have to tweak the steering and camera settings, if you don't, the car "turning" capability might feel weird. Oh boy, but once you find that proper setting and you get the feeling of the car it's so fun and challenging! Of course, having more tracks would be amazing, the    Usually, I don't do reviews, but this game is amazing and absolutely underrated!

    Bear in mind you will maybe have to tweak the steering and camera settings, if you don't, the car "turning" capability might feel weird. Oh boy, but once you find that proper setting and you get the feeling of the car it's so fun and challenging!

    Of course, having more tracks would be amazing, the graphics optimization still isn't perfect, the interior cameras are too "dark" and hard to see the track, the engine and exterior sound still needs some tweaking but I find everything is on a proper track for a great and realistic rally game.    … Expand

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#70 Best PC Game of 2020

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. KeenGamer
    Dec 17, 2020
    87
    WRC 9 is a step up from its prequels and it does exactly as advertised. The game has tons of content that you can immerse yourself in. There are tens of cars, dozens of tracks, different countries and championships, giving a huge replayability value. While there are ample positives, there are also some major negatives. The main issue is with the control scheme which seems to favour wheel users over gamepad/keyboard. It's not a deal-breaker but it was definitely a frustrating experience for me to master the mechanics using a controller. But once I was comfortable with WRC 9 on a controller, there was no looking back.
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  2. GameSpace
    Dec 7, 2020
    90
    Overall, WRC 9 is one of the most realistic racers that I have had the fortune of playing recently. It is full of great graphics and a level of realism I would want for many of my other games. Be careful as you drive down these back roads and paths as you race against the time of other drivers and have fun with it.
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  3. Games.cz
    Sep 25, 2020
    60
    This year’s rally arcade is just too similar to the previous game. A few details have been added, but overall, the content isn’t especially rich - which isn’t helped by the strict connection between the game and the official license.
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