If you’re looking for a better modern rally game than Dirt Rally, you can stop looking; it doesn’t exist, and WRC 6 hasn’t toppled Codemasters’ off-road opus. But with its robust career mode, well-designed stages, and approachable handling model WRC 6 makes a good case for itself as a credible companion game to the venerable Dirt Rally. It’s not always very pretty, and it can’t really touch its competition in terms of content, but WRC 6 is the most fun I’ve had with an officially licensed WRC game in over a decade.
WRC 6’s strongest feature is its narrow and lengthy stages. The sense of velocity is also terrific because of the cramped, obstacle-lined roads; even modest speeds feel fast when hazards are whipping by in such close proximity to your car. There’s a great variety of stages as they’re spread across all 14 countries from the 2016 World Rally Championship, and there are a number of extremely technical two-car Super Special Stages amongst them (though no rallycross tracks).
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WRC 6’s strongest feature is its narrow and lengthy stages. The sense of velocity is also terrific because of the cramped, obstacle-lined roads; even modest speeds feel fast when hazards are whipping by in such close proximity to your car. There’s a great variety of stages as they’re spread across all 14 countries from the 2016 World Rally Championship, and there are a number of extremely technical two-car Super Special Stages amongst them (though no rallycross tracks).
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