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

 

[Senad Subasic]

Real full stages were actually announced? That's about 5000 km of road :eek:

 

[Warren Dawes]

Real full stages were actually announced? That's about 5000 km of road :eek:

To quote, the early promo information / advertising released a few months ago:

"The game will feature all 13 rally events from the 2010 schedule and extensive online features as players will be able to compete against the real WRC stars thanks to iOpener’s GPS technology"

Based on this, most people expect the real Rally Stages to be there. Maybe I was just niave.

 

[Senad Subasic]

Real rally stages would be quite a feature. If they had those, they would be shouting from the rooftops about it.
That quote just says that there will be rally Finland, rally Deutschland, rally Japan, etc. Meh.

 

[CAR]

I think the graphics are good. (Which shouldn't decide a game anyway) Gameplay is all that matters to me. On the hardest settings it still gives a decent challenge So I know I will be buying it. It's not as annoying as Dirt 2, Which is a plus.

I didn’t like Dirt 2 either, but WRC 2010 looks worse, with a driving experience’s that’s slightly less predictable (although still bad) and just as numb.

 

[Warren Dawes]

Have a read of this report / promo too:

http://www.simracingworld.com/games/295-wrc-2010/

This still suggests that it will have all Stages and be able to drive against real drivers on the real stages?????

"It has been confirmed the game will include all the cars and tracks from the 2010 season, and live on-board camera footage can/will be integrated into the live game-play experience."

 

[Senad Subasic]

iOpener too? That's just silly, the game is nothing like the real thing, what's the point?

I guess they wanted to do all that, but failed. Or maybe it's for the next years game.

 

[Warren Dawes]

Have they officially confirmed that they abandoned that idea, or is that just part of the demo limitation?

Hence, my original question. I guess we may have to wait and see.

 

[GAIAjohan]

What a shame, this was the one feature of this game I was really hoping for. Have they officially confirmed that they abandoned that idea, or is that just part of the demo limitation?

They confirmed they abandoned the idea..

http://www.virtualr.net/world-rally-championship-eurogamer-hands-on-previews/
http://www.virtualr.net/world-rally-championship-car-track-list-answers/

 

[Senad Subasic]

Wow, that second link, with Q&A, just ruined the game for me again

 

[Warren Dawes]

They confirmed they abandoned the idea..

Thanks Johan, I guess yet another case of over-promising and under-delivering. I've learned to not get excited by Marketing hype.

Let's see how the final product turns out, but still not highly confident of getting a replacement for RBR.

 

[zaxxon]

Yes it has nothing on RBR but if I want a game like RBR then I play RBR lol.

We can say the same about WRC 2010: If you want to play a game like Xpand Rally Xtreme, you have Xpand Rally Xtreme.

I am sure I would buy and play a new rally simulator similar to RBR. I am sure theres is space and enough potential buyers for a realistic, difficult, well done rally simulator.

 

[Ondrej Kapal]

Wow, that second link, with Q&A, just ruined the game for me again

I can just say :seconded:

 

[Shannon Flynn]

has anyone actually played the demo yet? How are they physics? With a wheel?
Graphics and accurate re-creation of the stages be damned. None of that matters if the driving's good

 

[Appie Kuipers]

Is that PC DEMO out yet, or not????

 

[Travis]

I've played the demo - it's not RBR difficult but it's more than a Dirt series clone. I think "simulation light" would be the best way to describe the physics. Does WRC feel good? To me it does, pad or wheel (wheel is of course the better alternative). One must change the car set-up as the stardard set-up has way too much understeer dialed into it.

Graphically, WRC is OK. If you've played any of Milestone's SBK games, most recently SBK X, then you know what the game looks like - 30fps and very unspectacular. Just like the SBK games, the way it plays makes up for any graphical deficiencies.

Cheers.

 

[Shannon Flynn]

I've played the demo - it's not RBR difficult but it's more than a Dirt series clone. I think "simulation light" would be the best way to describe the physics. Does WRC feel good? To me it does, pad or wheel (wheel is of course the better alternative). One must change the car set-up as the stardard set-up has way too much understeer dialed into it.

Graphically, WRC is OK. If you've played any of Milestone's SBK games, most recently SBK X, then you know what the game looks like - 30fps and very unspectacular. Just like the SBK games, the way it plays makes up for any graphical deficiencies.

Cheers.

:doublethumb: Thanks for the insight. Definitely gonna pick this one up.

 

[Doohie]

This is about the PC demo or what ?
Today was the demo for the PC appear... no link....nothing
someone found a link for the PC demo?????

 

[Appie Kuipers]

Nothing yet, strange!

 

[Appie Kuipers]

Seems the PC Demo is out, only how the hell download this one?????????

http://www.wrcthegame.com/EN-us/

 

[Bart Snijders]

http://multiplayer.it/download/wrc_...hip-demo/?download=Mjk5MDkgMjAxMCAwOSAyNSAxMg==
Dont expect fast download times but it´s finaly there