WRC 9

Nintendo is investigating Switch 2 backwards compatibility issues for several original Switch racing games, including GRID Autosport, TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge 3 and WRC 9.

From a little-known truck racing game to WRC Generations, here’s how KT Racing evolved the World Rally Championship games, by the dev team itself.

The Middle East and North African (MENA) leg of the FIA Rally Star program took place on Sunday 20th March 2022 at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit and found two more potential rally heroes of the future. Omani Abdullah Masoud Altawqi won the overall MENA competition, with Farah Zakaria booking her name into the Women’s…Continue reading “FIA Rally Star MENA: Altawqi and Zakaria earn shot at Junior WRC in 2024”»

We reported all the way back in March 2021 on the FIA Rally Star DLC for WRC 9. The DLC coincided with the announcement of an esports competition to find eligible candidates quick enough in Kylotonn’s WRC 9 game to progress to the Continental Final stages, with the first European leg taking place over last…Continue reading “Jürgenson wins WRC3 chance in FIA Rally Star program”»

Rally is a category that is largely distinct from all other forms of motorsport, the driving method tends to go against circuit racing common sense. So here’s a brief guide to esports-level rally driving techniques. Before we dive in, let’s start with the basics, however: on asphalt, you need the same smooth circuit racing style,…Continue reading “How to get quicker at sim rally driving by an esports professional”»

After 15,000+ entrants tried their hand at the 2020 WRC eSports Championship, Lebanese motorsport star Sami-Joe has emerged victorious. Yes, you read that correctly – 2020. Due to the ongoing global pandemic, the Grand Final for the 2020 series was delayed until this weekend, where it was held during the real-life WRC round, Renties Ypres…Continue reading “Sami-Joe wins 2020 WRC eSports Grand Final and a GR Yaris”»

Winning 12 out of 13 rounds has firmly cemented Sami-Joe as this season’s dominant rally driver in the eSports WRC Championship presented by Toyota Gazoo Racing. In the last qualifying round of the season, Wales Rally GB played host to the world’s best virtual WRC drivers, and it was Sami-Joe who once again took the…Continue reading “Sami-Joe wins final eSports WRC Championship qualifying round”»

The finals for the 2020 and 2021 eSports WRC Championship presented by TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will be happening in Belgium and Greece respectively, and the winners will receive a brand-new Toyota GR Yaris road car. The car of my dreams, and with a long waiting list at present, the contenders will battle it out on…Continue reading “eSports WRC 2020 and 2021 Grand Finals location and prizes announced”»

11 wins from 12 rounds is quite the feat. The Seventh Gear e-Sport Club driver took yet another eSports WRC Championship victory, this time on the high-speed stages of Finland. This was the penultimate qualifying round of the 2021 season, presented by Toyota Gazoo Racing, ahead of a World Final – details of which are…Continue reading “Sami-Joe returns to winning ways in eSports WRC Championship”»