WRC 5

WRC 5 is like a sundae, but instead of having delicious chocolate sauce on top of it, there’s five day old gravy from your mother in law’s meatballs. [Sept. 2015, p. 067]

WRC 5 really is the most fun I’ve had with a racer this year, giving you a phenomenal handling model, sticking you on a course and largely leaving you to attack it. What more could you want?

WRC 5 offers pleasant driving and all content that you would expect from the official rally game. There are a few bugs that are indeed bugging us, plus visually speaking the game is not as strong as it could be, but any gamer with love for rally driving, will still enjoy every bit of WRC 5.

Rough around the edges, yet with plenty of fun to be had. [Christmas 2015, p.94]

As the official game for the rally world championships, WRC 5 offers a real experience thanks to smooth driving and a good setup of the game. It is a let-down that the game sells short when it comes to the technical bits.

Whilst it suffers from framerate problems and the co-driver stumbling over pace notes, it may be unpolished and certainly not representative of PS4 quality visuals, WRC 5 does still offer fantastic handling and a thrilling gameplay experience that rally fans will enjoy.

WRC 5 is a new beginning for the series, and when viewed in that light, Kylotonn’s efforts come out quite well. There’s several issues, both big and small that detract from the game as a whole, but underneath it all there’s a rallying game that’s just a good bit of fun. When it’s just you and your co-pilot racing through a forest, barely making it through a series of tight twists and turns, that’s really what matter.

A surprisingly solid racing game, WRC 5's biggest undoing is its evident lack of budget. Kylotonn Games has put its priorities in the right place, delivering a slick handling model that captures the spontaneous nature of the sport well, but the presentation is fairly poor across the board - and the frame rate issues really detract from the responsiveness of the driving.

WRC 5 may seem appealing for rallies fans, although quite hard to swallow for those not into it. There is still much room for improvement in order for the franchise to take full advantage of PS4.

It has evident limits and technical problems, but it's also a fun racing game, and there's not much choice if you're a rally aficionado. If you're searching for the definitive rally experience this is definitely not it, but it's something.

WRC 5 on the PlayStation 4 is good rally game but is lacking that next-gen feel and look.

A small step for mankind, one giant leap for the series. WRC 5 is heading in the right direction with new owner. It's something between evolution and continental drift. It depends on you how much of a rally-hungry you are before the start of the new season.

Quotation forthcoming.

While WRC 5 offers a decent experience, it lacks bite or any distinguishing characteristics.

It really is just a "mixed bag" of a game because it doesn't know to which audience it refers to. It is never truly casual and certainly not a simulation game. As a result almost no one will truly be satisfied with what Kylotonn delivered.

A restart from scratch for the WRC series, but does not leave a mark in the mud of the World Rally Championship.

The license of the World Rally Championship is a guarantee, but it is too obvious that Kylotonn Games is a rookie that hasn’t made it work properly.

WRC 5 could have been fine, with its decent controls and beautiful environments. The good, however, far from outweighs the bad, which is why we can only recommend this to die hard rally fans and people who like an adversary that lets them win every single time. Shame.

WRC 5 patronises gamers with hollow victories amidst a game full of painted-on features. It's a shame, as the track design is suitably stuffed with tight corners surrounded by car-shredding traps. Car handling is up to the task, if a little lacking in speed and excitement. You're better waiting for 2016's rally games.

WRC 5 lacks of polish, too much to claim to be a good rally game. May it be in terms of driving, graphics or content, it deserved more development time or resources to convince rally fans.