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[IbizaPocholo]

Thrust into the heart of the new WRC Season in WRC 9! With an enhanced Career Mode, 3 brand new rallies (Japan, New Zealand and Kenya), an even more realistic game experience and more content.

Thrust into the heart of the new WRC Season with WRC 9, the first game in the series coming to Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5!

 

[xrnzaaas]

I don't like trailers without any gameplay.

 

[GHG]

Still haven't played 8 because it's stuck on the Epic games store. Let's see if they come to their senses this time round.

 

[UnNamed]

Latest WRC games from Kiloton were pretty bad in terms of graphics, but on the gameplay side are quite good.

 

[drotahorror]

I couldn't play WRC 8 because of how jerky it feels when you turn when playing @144hz. Maybe they'll fix it in WRC9? Maybe I'll just download the game, looks like they're still sucking Epic's dick.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[gamerforever]

Does not look as smooth as Dirt Rally, which I haven't even played properly yet, so this is a no buy for me.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[Skifi28]

60fps this time on the enhanced consoles? If not, I don't think so.

 

[hollams]

They really need to output telemetry for the game so that you can use motion devices with it.

 

[supernova8]

Someone has to say it. Looks shit.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[Lort]

"As close to reality as possible"... you know apart from the driving physics.

Richard Burns rally says hello.

Maybe one day this game wont suck.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

The embargo on all WRC 9 content is now lifted so we can start sharing some of the content we've prepared for a few days. To begin, we're showing a glimpse of 9 countries (out of 13), including the 3 new ones, namely Kenya, New Zealand and Japan. As

The embargo on all WRC 9 content is now lifted so we can start sharing some of the content we've prepared for a few days. To begin, we're showing a glimpse of 9 countries (out of 13), including the 3 new ones, namely Kenya, New Zealand and Japan. As a bonus, we have 3 full replays with the TV...

www.gamersyde.com

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

So where would you put this game compared to Dirt Rally? Im not the biggest sim fan and even though I appreciated Dirt Rally, the game for me was way too realistic as in one bad crash and Im done. I was hoping this is a more relaxed experience.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[IbizaPocholo]

As we think we promised a few days ago, we played 3 full stages of WRC 9 with our Fanatec wheel (the CSL Elite for PS4 - which can be used on PC, and even Xbox One if you plug the XB1 CSL steering wheel on the wheel base). We chose to show you the 3

As we think we promised a few days ago, we played 3 full stages of WRC 9 with our Fanatec wheel (the CSL Elite for PS4 - which can be used on PC, and even Xbox One if you plug the XB1 CSL steering wheel on the wheel base). We chose to show you the 3 new countries (Kenya, New Zealand and Japan)...

www.gamersyde.com

Time for the second part of our WRC 9 coverage with the countries we haven't shown yet, Finland, Turkey, Germany and Wales. In the following video we have mixed extracts from the PC and Xbox One X versions. We should be back with one last batch of vi

Time for the second part of our WRC 9 coverage with the countries we haven't shown yet, Finland, Turkey, Germany and Wales. In the following video we have mixed extracts from the PC and Xbox One X versions. We should be back with one last batch of videos before the game's launch, showing full...

www.gamersyde.com

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[xrnzaaas]

Looks like the game is not selling well on the PS4, doing even worse than pCARS 3.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[martino]

I don't like trailers without any gameplay.

best first post in a while.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[IbizaPocholo]

After years of 30 fps on consoles, WRC 9 arrives on Playstation 5 with a smooth 60 fps framerate and a pretty good DualSense support with the use of the adaptative triggers and the controller's speaker. Inside you will find 2 videos showing Poland, K

After years of 30 fps on consoles, WRC 9 arrives on Playstation 5 with a smooth 60 fps framerate and a pretty good DualSense support with the use of the adaptative triggers and the controller's speaker. Inside you will find 2 videos showing Poland, Kenya and Finland but we'll have 1 more stage...

www.gamersyde.com

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Stream and download Xbox Series X - 4K Gameplay from WRC 9 in very high quality

Stream and download Xbox Series X - 4K Gameplay from WRC 9 in very high quality

www.gamersyde.com

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Still haven't played 8 because it's stuck on the Epic games store. Let's see if they come to their senses this time round.

I see this trendy, not buying games on Epic Games store. Why? Why would anyone care about the store if you're getting what you want from it?

 

[GHG]

I see this trendy, not buying games on Epic Games store. Why? Why would anyone care about the store if you're getting what you want from it?

It's a pile of shit and lacks basic functionality that we've become accustomed to on the PC through othe launchers, that's why. I bought it anyway and also bought it on the PS5 when it was on sale a couple of weeks ago.

No kidding, outside of astrbot, this game has the best DualSense implementation of any game I've tied yet, it's fantastic. It's still no substitute for playing with a wheel but it's the next best thing around at the moment, you can really get a feel of what the car is doing and the resistance on the triggers is great.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

It's a pile of shit and lacks basic functionality that we've become accustomed to on the PC through othe launchers, that's why. I bought it anyway and also bought it on the PS5 when it was on sale a couple of weeks ago.

No kidding, outside of astrbot, this game has the best DualSense implementation of any game I've tied yet, it's fantastic. It's still no substitute for playing with a wheel but it's the next best thing around at the moment, you can really get a feel of what the car is doing and the resistance on the triggers is great.

I was hesitant to get it for $24 few days back, damn.

 

[GHG]

I was hesitant to get it for $24 few days back, damn.

Next time it's on sale get it.

If you have any interest at all in off road driving/racing (or racing games in general) then you'll have a great time with this.

 

[Skifi28]

I got it and I'm about 15 hours in. It's an improvement from previous WRC games, but it's still in the "okay" range. The haptic feedback implementation is pretty good, I dislike the adaptive trigger one. The first time I damaged my car enough, I thought my controller's right trigger was broken. The physics are okay, but the bigger offender are the stages. Way too flat, most of the large rocks you see scattered on the road are cosmetic and don't affect driving. Some areas like sweeden are laughable, where are the famous snow banks?

The visuals are hit on miss. Some stages/light condition combinations look great, others look like a PS3 game or like the textures didn't load. There's also way too much pop-in for a PS5 game. It's servicable but not impressed.

Like previous games in the series, it suffers from a lack of stages. Basically there's a large 15+ km stage for every location which is then cut down into bits or reversed to create the rest of the stages. After a few hours you'll recognise running the same corners again and again. It doesn't help that in the career mode, you can run the exact same stage twice back to back. Just why?

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Next time it's on sale get it.

If you have any interest at all in off road driving/racing (or racing games in general) then you'll have a great time with this.

Offroading = Life.

And have many friends who are Rally veterans who won international titles like Baja Cross-Country. I'm only a nature guy, though.

 

[Vtecomega]

Where are the Evo's and stis?