WRC 7

There are several visual as well as gameplay improvements, but there is still a long way to go for the WRC franchise in order to take advantage of its full potential and be worth of the brand it embodies. The adding of Epic Stages or split screen is an interesting offer, although we expected much more from a game like this.

WRC 7 doesn’t unseat Codemasters’ Dirt 4 as this year’s premier rally game, but it definitely continues Kylotonn’s upward trajectory in the genre. It lacks the classic cars that consistently appear in other rally games and the career quickly runs out of puff, but it’s well worth playing to attack its excellent courses – especially its monster Epic Stages.

To say WRC 7 is a rally car simulation is a bit of a stretch, but it has nice simulation-like characteristics, such as vehicle damage, navigation call-outs, and car builds. I don't feel that it competes with the Dirt franchise very well, but it could be due to a lack of aesthetics in the menu and excitement in career mode. WRC 7 is still a quality choice, but it feels like the second option in a marketplace with a niche target audience.

Its appeal lies primarily with that official license and the draw of sitting down for some sim-cade powerslides. I'm down with that - for now. [Dec 2017, p.87]

With WRC 7, Kylotonn keeps improving the breed with a renewed gameplay that puts more emphasis on a realistic style of driving, but there is still work to bring the official WRC game up to what it was before the Milestone era.

WRC 7 isn’t perhaps the most exciting racing game out there, but while it lacks some of the drama of Codemasters’ offerings, this is still a well put together and technically sound rally game. It’s also another positive step forwards for the series, which shows that there is absolutely the potential there to turn in something special.

For all its minor faults and bare-bones nature in comparison to others, WRC 7 is still an enjoyable, but seriously challenging rally title. It’s not the most welcoming game for newcomers, and even experienced racers will find some of the rougher stages tricky. But ultimately, that’s also the point. Rallying isn’t easy, and KT Racing have taken that much to heart.

After the almost disastrous game of 2016, Kylotonn listened to the complaints of the community and corrected many of the problems. The result is a truly exhilarating racing game, with a touch of simulation, that manages to transfer to the player the sense of speed and danger when driving in the difficult conditions of WRC. There’s still room for improvements, but the right path has been set.

Quotation forthcoming.

WRC 7 rectifies the flaws of its predecessor. It's a good rally game that is still not perfect, but it will especially suffer from the great competition that is announced this year, with a lot of big racing games coming out.

If you needed proof that some games end up putting out what you yourself put in, WRC 7 is likely the closest the series has gotten into successfully drawing in the more casual players, all the while maintaining the series’ raw and challenging simulation edge.

It's certainly better than the previous iteration, though WRC 7 still lacks too much content as well as progress in the visual department to truly make a difference.

Part arcade and part simulation, WRC 7 is a good and enjoyable game. But the competition is still way better.

WRC 7 is an interesting iteration on the previous titles. It doesn't make great strides but the accessible handling provides some simple thrills. The license brings some scenic stages, even if the visuals aren't finely tuned, and I will never get tired of hearing a rally exhaust. It's enjoyable, if lacking in complexity and options.

Against my biggest fears, Kylotonn slowly moves in the right direction. They still have a lot of work to do, but in terms of driving physics, track design and challenge WRC 7 is a big step forward.

Thanks to the quickest rally cars of all time WRC 7 is a huge kick, but the controls are really ruining the game.

WRC 7 looks like a DLC of WRC 6. We would like more updates for the next season in some fields: graphics, effects and, indeed, gameplay (this first, please).

WRC 7 offers hours of entertainment and features all the official licenses of the championship. However, the game fails where its previous installments also did, like the feeling of an artificial driving and other issues. WRC still has some major aspects to improve.

Although it evolves significantly compared to the previous entry, it's still far away from the big racing series, and it still has room for improvement.

Far from remembering us at glorious times like those of Evolution Studios' WRC II: Extreme, Kylotonn is sinking the official license in the mud for not worrying to correct the gameplay.