World Rally Championship (also known as WRC and WRC 2001) is a rally driving game for the PlayStation 2. It is the first rallying game to be officially licensed by the FIA World Rally Championship and is based on the 2001 WRC season.
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Developer(s) | Evolution Studios |
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Series | World Rally Championship |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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Genre(s) | Racing |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
WRC features 21 drivers representing 7 teams and all 14 venues from the season. Game modes feature quick rally, single rally, championship and time trial. Each car is made from around 8000 polygons.[1] There are also cheats that will make the game funnier (Helium Co-Driver, Psychedelic effects, Underwater view, No chassis and Low Gravity).
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Metacritic | 80/100[2] |
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Edge | 7/10[3] |
Famitsu | 35/40[4] |
Game Informer | 7.5/10[5] |
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GameSpot | 8.5/10[7] |
GameSpy | 81%[8] |
GameZone | 8.5/10[9] |
IGN | 8.7/10[10] |
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PSM | 8/10[12] |
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World Rally Championship received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2] In Japan, where the game was ported and published by Spike on 14 March 2002, Famitsu gave it a score of 35 out of 40.[4] GameSpot named it the second-best video game of April 2002.[14]
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WRC series |
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MotorStorm series |
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