

mechanics, engineers, agent, meteorologists, financial advisors and more), choosing your events, reading emails, paying bills, etc. This includes, but not limited to, R&D, hiring new team staff (e.g.

It is also here that you will be in control of all aspects of your racing life. The meat of WRC 9 is found in the career mode where you can start in the Junior WRC class.

If you are looking for a more casual experience, then there are other options available.
WRC 9 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
If you don’t there is an ability to restart the stage, and thank goodness for the SSD on the Xbox Series X, as the restarts are instant. Luckily, there is a difficulty slider however, it will not make the game a cakewalk, as you still will need to make sure you keep your rally car on the road, in bounds and pointed straight ahead. WRC 9 is not an arcade-based racing game, think of it as more of a simulation, being that there is a lot of micromanagement in the career mode and that the driving is unforgiving. I have dabbled in past WRC games, especially those that have been included in Xbox’s Game with Gold monthly downloads however, not this most recent one, so, this review will cover gameplay and features. I received a press release a short while ago with details about the “next-gen” upgrades to the game, and I thought it would be good to cover the game as a whole on the Series X. I want to preface this review with the fact that I did not play WRC 9 when it first released.
WRC 9 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP UPGRADE
WRC 9 was released in early September 2020 however, since then Microsoft launched the Xbox Series X and Series S and KT Racing, along with its publisher Nacon, recently released an upgrade to the game allowing it to take advantage of new hardware and features. There is another developer though that has the official World Rally Championship license, and that developer is KT Racing who have been working on the series since WRC 5. Codemasters and their DiRT series is widely known as the place to go for video game versions of this off-road racing game. Rally racing is a sport that requires nerves of steel, insane driving skills and is usually not something the ‘average’ person thinks of as a popular racing sport.
