


Once you’re past the start screen, you’ll be able to get to grips with WRC 8’s new career mode, an area where Kylotonn appears to have focused most of its efforts. The game gets off to an impressive start, with a beautifully modelled Toyota Yaris WRC car greeting you as soon as you load up the game. All consoles, including the PS4 and PS4 Pro, are locked at 30fps during gameplay and 60fps in the menus.

We trialled WRC 8 on an Xbox One X, which boosts the resolution up to 4K from 1080p and ups the graphical fidelity over a regular Xbox One. Will the new and improved WRC 8 finally put the series among the very best racing games on the market? The Week reviews WRC 8 Kylotonn’s rallying titles have always been particularly impressive, but they’ve been somewhat underrated in the racing game world owing to the popularity of Codemasters’ Dirt Rally franchise. The series, developed by French gaming studio Kylotonn, puts players in the seats of today’s WRC drivers and tasks them with wrestling the current-generation of ultra-fast rally cars across a mix of tarmac, gravel and snowy stages. Dirt Rally 2.0 review: a brutal but rewarding rally simulator.F1 2019 game: reviews, car updates, F2 2019 season and more.
