The upcoming EA SPORTS WRC title has switched from Codemasters’ Ego game engine to Epic’s Unreal Engine, helping increase stage size. But it will still feel familiar to drive.
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”»
Wreckfest has been the gift that keeps on giving as of late, but we never thought that we’d see this. The November Wreckfest update brings a legitimate rally stage into the game, complete with a rally livery to wheel around in. This is mega! It’s been 20 years since the release of Bugbear Entertainment’s first…Continue reading “WATCH: There is now a RALLY Stage on Wreckfest!”»
We’ve been lucky enough to have several great new rally games recently, not least art of rally and Rush Rally Origins. But with them comes a trend: Both of these games eschew traditional helmet cam and low ‘chase cam’ viewpoints, instead offering elevated ‘top-down’ cameras, deliberately detaching the player from the action. You can’t feel…Continue reading “Here’s why so many rally games going top-down”»
Trust me when I say there is nothing like standing at the side of a rally stage and watching a turbocharged, four-wheel-drive, monster being thrashed by someone from France or Scandinavia. It’s always worth the 4 am walk through a muddy forest in the dark. Honest. While those of us who are into racing video…Continue reading “The greatest rally games of all time”»
The officially-sanction FIA World Rally Championship esports competition is back in 2021, utilising the acclaimed WRC 9 video game. Won by Lebanese driver Sami-Joe05 in 2020, the 2021 season is being run in a similar format, albeit in the week leading up to each real-life WRC event and not on the same weekend as it…Continue reading “WRC esports 2021 preview”»
