WRC 2 Mini Review

wow, this just made my day. Deep down, I was actually already prepearing myself for yet another disappointment. Guess I can\'t wait to get my hands on it now.. Thanks again.

More Impressions...

http://playnow.com.au/ubb/Forum3/HTML/009096.html

[Kurt Angle]

I\'m glad they fixed the handling, the demo handling sucked. It was totally unplayable.

I wonder if the magazines reviewed the demo or the full version. It got bashed on the unrealistic handling (compared to CMR3) and the sounds of the engines. CMR3 scored 87%, while WRC2 made 80% in the review I read.

Not that I trust the scores of that review anyway... I\'d take StanZo\'s impressions over that one anyday.

Thanks Seven, apparently there were improvments over the review code to the final store version.
this has been voiced by loopyelf on the WRC forums. (part of the dev team)

In the UK you can reserve your copy in Argos for £29.99 from their website http://www.argos.co.uk

goto the online reservations tab then put in this code.. 364/0986 you can reserve it and go pick it up today..
it\'s easier than going to argos as you can check the availability. games from argos are £29.99 until Dec 24th

get on the website... http://www.argos.co.uk

Edit: iv\'e just checked and they have it in stock.. hurry...

see all the other games available here...
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/commerce/command/ExecMacro/ols-subcgry-nocache.d2w/report?cgrfnbr=379388&cgmenbr=6970&type=category

I\'m not too impressed by WRC2... Good physics engine but I don\'t like the handling, realistic or not.

ok JP, i aint got no problem with that, but would you agree that it\'s a big improvement over WRC1\'s handling?

hmmm been so long since I tried WRC so I can\'t really tell mate. I liked the physics but I dunno, there\'s just something I can\'t put my finger on though that keeps me from really enjoying WRC2. Better than CMR3 for sure though but that doesn\'t say much hehe.

BTW, what did you think of Petter Solberg getting the silver in the championship? woohoo, go Petter!

yeah, i\'m really glad that Petter won at least one of the rounds.. he\'s definatly deserved it, i think he\'s a top bloke.

Stanzo,

I pick it up today, only played a few races and am loving it heaps. There is still some major freaky physics going on buts its certainly much improved over #1 and the demo.

Is the expert difficulty better? I keep doing like 20+ flips in the air when I hit something, its really dodgy and unrealistic.

Yeah, i\'m aware of the rather bad crash physics m8 and i\'m sorry, but it doesn\'t get any better in the harder difficulty.
that said, other than that problem, when the car is on track, it plays fine.. i suppose that you would prefer
having better driving physics than better crash physics lol. that said, i dont know why Evo Studios hasn\'t
adressed the issue.. maybee they\'ll get it right in number 3.. probably the worst thing imho about the game is that
the damage model is inconsistant,
in the top difficulty level the main differences are that you get flat tyres and theres no auto setup in the service area..
also the times are harder (obviously) to make you push that little bit harder.

Other than these couple of issues, i still think that its a very playable game.. i\'m glad that your enjoying it Racer.

oh, and got to love that sample when you boot the game up (WRC Extreme logo) that has been sampled from
a recce or shakedown.. check out the backfire.. sheer beauty.. sounds even louder when your there.

so where did you pick it up from?

arg... I\'m having a hard time deciding if I should get this game or not. I have limited cash reserves, and still a number of games to complete (Burnout 2, Ratchet & Clank and TimeSplitters 2). Then we\'ve got The Getaway that\'s about to ship in 2 weeks and this game already out. Also, I haven\'t checked GPC yet, so that\'s another 3 games I\'m interested in. Damnit!

Seven, i\'d say go out and rent it. dont go spending your money if you are unsure.. the Getaway may last you longer
and it does look rather tasty..

well, I\'ll probably be getting both sooner or later anyway. The problem is that we can\'t rent games that good overhere. From what I\'ve seen, it\'s "the" rallygame to get anyway. Since I\'m a big fan of the GT series, I\'m sure I\'ll enjoy this one to.

Err, I picked it up from work yesterday, still haven\'t played much as I am kinda sick at the moment and it hurts my eyes.

Its pretty good though, still havent played many of the locations. The only thing that bugs me is that all the tracks don\'t seem to have a very personal feel about them, they all kinda look the same, just different coloured dirt and trees, trees, trees.

Hopefully this could change on some other tracks.

How many tracks are there per location and can you play them at different times of day or with different weather? I have yet to play in the morning or late afternoon, all tracks are nice and sunny...