Nicholas Simonovski

Rally games have been hit and miss over the past couple of years. By that, I mean I’d regularly lose control on the course, hit whatever tree, boulder or wire fence was closest to me, and I’d miss anything close to a competitive time against even a medium-difficulty AI. If I’m being truthful, the difficulty of rally games often meant the replay value was minimal outside the time I’d spend playing enough to review, simply because I’d be so bad at it.

Another great entry to the rally racing genre. There was one question that stood out in the first email I received about WRC 8 prior to its release. It asked, quite simply, “Could WRC dethrone DiRT this year?” Ever since my first venture into the rally discipline with Colin McRae DiRT over a decade ago, Codemasters has been one of the leaders in the racing scene — often setting the bar in terms of gameplay and visuals.