WRC 6 Rally Racing for the Masses.
As I am sure most have heard by now, I am a petrol head at
heart. Anything with a car I will get my teeth into.
Less than 12 months on from getting stuck into WRC 5,
Kylotonn Games has released WRC6, and the improvement is nothing short of
remarkable, but does it come close to knocking DiRT off the top of the podium? Let’s
have a look.
WRC 6 really has positioned itself just under that hard core
simulation that a lot of racing games are pushing you towards, it is still
there for those with the steering wheel setup, or those like me that are border
line crazy when it comes to a racing game. Then again, if you just want a bit
of a challenge in a sport that you love, there are plenty of difficulty levels
and assists available. The choice is yours.
One thing WRC6 does extremely well is removes the guess work on where you should be setting your difficulty. At the start of the game you are asked some basic questions on how much experience you have, then it proceeds to watch how you go through the first few stages and suggests a difficulty setting for you. Everything is available to be tweaked for you, even down to the timing and complexity of the Co-drivers notes. One thing I do suggest to try is the handling settings. Simplified can cause the car to be very twitchy and the fluid movements between corners that are needed for a good fast rally stage are very hard to string together. I set mine on full simulation, it just felt much more natural.
WRC 6’s career mode is an authentic recreation of the WRC
series and its two feeder championships. Fans of the sport will find all 14 rounds of
the 2016 WRC season, including for the first time Rally China. Career mode is
likely where you will spend most of your time. It has the usual staples,
contracts and offers to navigate as you climb your way to the top, but plays it
safe never really pushing the bar. Online you will find a couple of
periodically changing challenges, if you’re inclined to show off to friends or
the world. Multiplayer there is local split screen action, you can find or
create your own rally events either publically or privately. During my play
through the lobbies were relatively small and rarely filled up, so take a group
of mates or join up with a few online. The community seems to be pretty good as
is the way with most racing titles.
Visually WRC 6 is a massive leap from WRC 5 and you can see
the work that has gone into creating the world. The cars are clean and crisp,
damage mechanics are on point, tracks are tighter and offer a sense of speed
and objects behave the way they should. Stones stop you violently while a
barbed wire fence buckles under the impact of your car. Unfortunately there is
a big problem with screen tearing and the frame rate can drop considerably a
times when there is a bit happening on screen like when you race through a
section where there is a crowd on both sides.
Overall WRC 6 is a good entry into a niche part of the
racing market. Even with the graphical shortcomings it is a good solid rally
experience that you can tweak to be just right for you. Whether you follow the
World Rally Championship or just enjoy to throw a car through a corner WRC6 is accessible for anyone. At this stage though, DiRT still holds its place on
the top spot of the podium for rally racing on current gen.
WRC 6 is available now on PS4 & Xbox One.
Pat (Snoogan512/Snoogs)
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