WRC 9 just got a new creative director interview video shown at Gamescom, which revealed a complete overview of the new features in the official video game of the FIA World Rally Championship.
A few days before release, Alain Jarniou, Creative Director at KT Racing, discusses the game’s improvements in a new video.
Check out the interview below:
2020 has been a tough and strange year for everyone because of the pandemic. The 2020 WRC season is no different and has had a number of changes made this year. Several rallies were canceled, including the iconic countries that are featured in the game for the first time. This is a chance for fangs to console themselves and try out the three new circuits:
- The legendary Rally Kenya with its exotic landscapes alternating between wide-open savannah and small villages with very narrow roads
- New Zealand, a very technical gravel rally with multiple bends in quick succession
- Japan, a rally on asphalt based in Nagoya with narrow mountain roads
The simulation aspect has been updated again this year with multiple redesigned elements, including the dynamics, AI, vehicle behaviour and driving sensations. All players can also fine-tune their cars before taking them for a test drive in different conditions on the free-roam zone’s roads.
The interview also revealed a major new feature for this year’s game called the Clubs Mode, which allows players to create their own championship and make it available for their friends or the whole community. They can select the vehicle category, championship conditions and up to eight special stages in their choice of country – a mode eagerly awaited by the community.
WRC 9 will have a longer lifespan thanks to several free updates after the game’s release. The new content to be added includes the Co-driver Mode, where two players can play together as a team online and enjoy the real rally experience. For an even more complete game, a Photo Mode will also be added, as well as new cars, teams and special stages in the Portugal and Finland rallies.
KT Racing is going all in to meet the high expectations of rally fans looking for tougher challenges and heightened realism. With an enhanced career mode and many technical improvements, players are thrust into the heart of the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship season with many great highlights.
Post your comments below and let us know what you think of the new WRC 9 features shown at Gamescom.
