It’s here, the moment World Rally Championship fans have been waiting for – EA SPORTS WRC’s full car list, and for the cognoscenti, it’s arguably one of the greatest collections of time-based motorsport vehicles ever seen.
The full list is below, courtesy of the game’s website, so feel free to take a browse and then allow us to dig a little deeper.
A stand-out highlight is the 2017-specification Volkswagen Polo which never competed in the sport. Following four seasons of domination between 2013 and 2016 from the team, ahead of the 2017 rule changes, despite having a complete car, the team withdrew in the wake of the Dieselgate scandal.
Apart from private tests on the run-up to that season, the car has never been seen again, until this video game. It will be joined by the M-Sport-developed Ford Fiesta in this class.
A favourite of this particular journalist – always a fan of the underdog – the Seat Córdoba WRC makes a rare appearance. It only ever achieved three WRC podiums in its brief career, thanks to Toni Gardemeister, Harri Rovanperä and Didier Auriol. But it was also a star of the 2000 game Colin McRae Rally 2.0.
Joining the previously announced front-wheel-drive Ford Fiesta Rally4 is the current-specification Peugeot 208 and, a significant surprise, the aged Renault Twingo. Other lesser-spotted rally cars from days gone are the Opel Corsa S2000 and the Group A Mitsubishi Galant VR4.
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