![]() Sound is good - the co-driver calls out the directions well, although he can get a bit repetitive at times. Graphics are varied - they are usually very good, but people by the side of the track look a bit wooden in terms of details and animation. I would imagine this is the same on all the other locations. I was slightly dissappointed to find out that the course isn't modelled exactly on real life - rather, it has a few short sections from the real stage, and captures the feel of it very well, but then fills in all the gaps with generic forrest areas. If I'm honest, one of the main reasons I got the game was for the iconic Great Orme stage of the Welsh Rally. ![]() There are 13 very varied locations to race on, for a total of around 100 km of unique courses (roughly the same as a current F1 game). These all make a difference to the grip, and there is also variable weather and time of day on some tracks. There are 4 or 5 different surface types (tarmac, icy/stony/sandy/wet/dry gravel, snow, cement, sometimes 3 different ones in a single stage). It plays well enough in terms of realism. ![]() The game features all the cars from all the current categories, it's just a shame there aren't any cars from the 60s or 80s, just to add to the lasting appeal. If I were to pick a fault, I would say the sense of speed is a bit lacking (I guess that comes from driving the Suzuki Escudo and F1 cars in other games!) Other things are more to do with the real-life challenge of the environments - for example, in the Swedish snow rally it can be hard to see where you're meant to be going. My initial impressios were good - it looks and feels good, with a lot of variety. Pro reviews don't give this game great scores, but don't really pick any serious flaws with it. I recently decided that I had a rally itch that wasn't being scratched by the other games I was playing, so decided to pick up the official I recently decided that I had a rally itch that wasn't being scratched by the other games I was playing, so decided to pick up the official WRC game to see how I would get on with it.
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