WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship

this only works if you have a sister

step 1. buy this game
step 2. play this game on loud speakers
step 3. irritate your sister
step 4. get grounded

definitely worth it

running on a steam deck and its fun. setting on med and plays great. if you have a deck and want a great racing game get this. other newer wrc games dont work as of right now so this order title is the way to go. on sale
??? get it!!! full price? ehh wait a week lol

Big thanks to KT Racing for controller support and especially the ability to play with a split screen. I bought it mainly for this feature. Thanks for adding it!

Haven't played a racing game in years, but this one seemed fun, they have around four new entries in the series but the gameplay is so addictive (when you get the hang of it) that i'm not getting any of the new ones until i go through at least a few careers and more. Just had to drop this review because for the price it's just absolutely bang for the buck.
Mind you this game is hard, you really have to get the hang of it before it it feels like the car is flying trough the stages, so if you're looking for a game where you just press the gas, this is not it, this feels more like a devil may cry equivalent of car games instead of a bland regular slasher. I had fun with need for speed games and midnight club and also have a lot of fun driving in GTA 4 & 5, but this is something else. You'll restart countless courses just to shave one extra second off your time, and restart many more as you get to know each stage and learn how to keep the car on track. The point is not just how fast you can go, but how to drive in a smooth way and always keep the car going while preparing for the very next stretch with the visual and audio info from the co-pilot.
Pros:
Gameplay. This game feels just great (only played on controller), just addictive.
Graphics are very enjoyable specially on higher settings, both cars and stages are fun to look at, and can run on older computers too, i think.
Career is fun, it's cool to tackle challenges strategically as you get better to get better crew and head on to harder courses.
Cons:
Not that many cars. I used to play games like midnight club and need for speed, so i miss customizing my car to look ridiculous, or at least get more cars to play as. Just a nitpick i guess, the point is really to get to know a car and feel of the track and get great times in a realistic setting.
Sound- i feel the sounds of the car could be a bit better or at least more varied but the co pilot sounds good and the sound of the car on gravel and braking and sound affects give you a good feeling while racing, just the acceleration sounds i find sort of meh.
Info- Not really a con, just a side note, as i don't care much for cars i don't understand what some tuning does. They explain in general, and you have to trial and error to get your own tuning right anyway, and you can get a lot of tips online, but as someone who appreciates engineering one cool thing for more car games to have would be some sort of technical diagrams and explanations of how car parts work and what they look like so you get a better understanding of what i'm tuning and how it might affect the handling. i feel that would be a great addition to this and other car games.
Difficulty may be a con for some. This game takes it's time to learn and has a very particular way of handling, so you're really playing by the rules of this game. also you're always racing against the clock. it may be a lonesome experience but you need to be so sharp controlling the car it's good you don't have to mind other obstacles on the track.
They say this game is more of a simulator than arcade, maybe a good way to put in in terms of general game genres, but i feel this is the true arcade experience: an absolute grip on your attention and skill.
Not really knowing the newer gen of graphics or physics for racing game and being the only rally game i played, i give this a 8/10 for the whole game itself, but a 10 for the gameplay, for the most fun i've had in a racing game. 10/10 investment for 2-3 bucks it goes on sale. VRRRRUUUM

This game can be pretty difficult if you want to climb the leaderboards, but personally, I find it pretty realistic. It’s my only wrc game but even 5+ years after its release I’m not disappointed. It really got that console game feeling from the menus, as if it wasn’t optimised for pc, but that isn’t a problem. I thinks it’s a good choice for action rich racing.

The AI has improved over the previous WRC titles. I have no longer found tracks where AI (Hard difficulty) is impossible fast or dead slow. Seems they have finally nailed the AI balancing.

Car Handling: Finally bumps matter on the road, so when you hit a bump at a wrong angle you can end in the shadow realm and if you hit it correct way you can take insane amount of speed into a corner and survive.

Overall Def recommended (Tho MP is dead unless you have a friend to play with and Servers are offline)
But for Singleplayer experience its well worth

I am by no means the right person to judge this game's mechanics and realism when it comes to controls, so for the average joe here's my review

Driving's finnicky enough where it feels real
career's questionable since the amount of micro managing required turned me away from it
either than that no real complaints?

cars in each group basically perform the same, extensive tuning settings from suspension to gear length
a good amount of maps with variety.

TLDR
worth the full price? hell no.
worth playing to waste time? hell yes