World Rally Championship (2001 video game)

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.

For the 2005 video game, see World Rally Championship (2005 video game). For the 2010 video game, see WRC: FIA World Rally Championship (2010 video game).
World Rally Championship
Developer(s)Evolution Studios
Publisher(s)
SeriesWorld Rally Championship
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • EU: 30 November 2001
  • NA: 21 March 2002
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Features

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).

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic80/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Edge7/10[3]
Famitsu35/40[4]
Game Informer7.5/10[5]
GamePro[6]
GameSpot8.5/10[7]
GameSpy81%[8]
GameZone8.5/10[9]
IGN8.7/10[10]
OPM (US)[11]
PSM8/10[12]
FHM[13]

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]

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See also

References
  1. Gobbett, Chris (24 January 2003). "WRC II Extreme - Review". FutureGamez.
  2. "World Rally Championship for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. Edge staff (25 December 2001). "World Rally Championship". Edge (105).
  4. "プレイステーション2 - WRC ~ワールド・ラリー・チャンピオンシップ~". Famitsu. 915: 74. 30 June 2006.
  5. "WRC: World Rally Championship". Game Informer (110): 79. June 2002.
  6. Four-Eyed Dragon (25 March 2002). "World Rally Championship Review for PS2 on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  7. Ajami, Amer (29 March 2002). "World Rally Championship Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  8. Tsotsos, Alex (21 April 2002). "World Rally Championship". GameSpy. Archived from the original on 8 February 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  9. Krause, Kevin (6 April 2002). "WRC: World Rally Championship Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 9 November 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  10. Dunham, Jeremy (22 March 2002). "WRC: World Rally Championship". IGN. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  11. "World Rally Championship". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 101. June 2002.
  12. "Review: World Rally Championship". PSM: 32. May 2002.
  13. "WRC: World Rally Championship". FHM. 16–22 December 2001. Archived from the original on 4 April 2002. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
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