WRC4 WRC 4 The Game

[Bram Hengeveld]

On the iOpener website there is a very interesting article about an upcoming World Rally Championship simulator:

World Rally Championship's next game: Racing live against rally heroes

The next generation WRC computer game will allow players to 'compete' in live rallies", states ISC chairman Neil Duncanson in the April version of SportBusiness International magazine. ISC, the global promoter of the World Rally Championship (WRC), mentions WRC's ultimate goal as building up an online gaming world championship alongside the real thing.
ISC and the computer gaming industry believe the next step in gaming is this 'live' competition between gamers and real drivers, made possible through iOpener's patented technology.
ISC CEO Simon Long says: "Now we are a global promoter, we want this to be multi-platform, multi-publisher, multi-territory."
For Long and Duncanson the new game is part of WRC's broader efforts to appeal new fans beyond the hardcore enthusiastics. FIA's chairman Max Mosley has said the virtual champion will be honoured at the WRC's annual end-of-season awards ceremony in Monaco.

Source: iOpener Media

Last April we already brought you the first news about iOpener Media's beta testers recruitment for their Real Time Racing project.

The news about this technology where virtual racers can compete against the real drivers on the track in real time is now spreading amoung the simracing communities.

iOpener is still looking for the worlds best simracers to join their beta test program that's about to start soon. If you are interested in joining then you can sign up on the RTR website

 

[Paul B. Smith]

I'm also a noob when it comes to car set up so I'd be interested in getting some tips.

I'm on level 5 at the moment so I've started driving both the P-WRC and S-WRC cars. I find that the default set up on the 4WD cars has a bit too much oversteer for me so I tend to move both the braking and centre diff toward the front to get the car a bit more balanced. Other than that I'm not making a lot of changes.

I'm really enjoying the game at the moment. The graphics and sound are not the best, but it's a lot of fun and I like the way the career mode works.

 

[Blake-Lee Danher]

im waiting for dirt 3 that should be way better

 

[Paul B. Smith]

I've got the game on the Xbox 360 and I am particularly enjoying the career mode on it. The car handling takes a bit of getting used to but I've found it to be very rewarding. It's definitely got its faults, particularly the graphics, but the game play is good. I haven't played RBR since I had it on the PS2 so can't really compare to that, but I prefer this to the rallying in Dirt 2.

 

[Per-Havard Hafstad]

anyone have anyg good setups so please share. I having problems to find a right setup.

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

Supported wheels?

downloaded the demo and to my utter amazement it does not recognize my thrustmaster pro clutch even though it is a preset whell in many titles of the last three years (f1 2010, dirt1 and 2, nfs shift, race on, you name it ...) i couldn't set the controller because the manu did not work properly. anybody have any experience with this wheel and the finished game?

 

[Ondrej Kapal]

have you tried to change in the controls menu in the up option "keyboard" to "wheel"? It doesnt recognize the name of wheel but it should be able to recognize wheel input.. and then configure your axis

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

yeah tried it, but it doesn't recognize the "arrow up" button on my keyboard, so I cannot change the settings sensibly.

 

[Mark Guy]

Will Racedepartment be hosting servers for the new WRC sim?

Well as the tile says, will there be servers for this Sim.??:tongue:

 

[Ondrej Kapal]

i dont like to say that but try to download full version if everything works... dont buy it if you dont have 100% sure of compatibility, then enjoy the whole online etc. support

 

[Christophe Berton]

sound nice
xbox or pc ?

 

[Christophe Berton]

I have the game now for three days borrowed from a friend, visual not a good game

but the gameplay is nice, i love the game

 

[Alessandro Gamberini]

WRC 2010 vs RBR - who is the best Rally sim of the moment ?

as subject, give here your opinion about both or simply pros and cons of one of them :wink:
thanks

 

[Ondrej Kapal]

RBR - WRC2010 is just simcade, not even close to simulation as far as RBR

 

[Mark Guy]

PC please....

 

[Christophe Berton]

RBR is realy game for simracing
WRC is a rally game for simracers and serious racers, its not arcade, but its not realistic

they all play nice and are both challenging

 

[Ryan Callan]

Did you say 'sim'?

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Well as the tile says, will there be servers for this Sim.??:tongue:

Does it have dedicated server support Mark?

 

[Mark Guy]

Does it have dedicated server support Mark?

Not sure Bram, I will look into it.??

 

[Mark Guy]

I will buy PC version.

 

[Alessandro Gamberini]

maybe if they will separate wheel axis and improve realism