Best Rally Game Since Colin McRae Rally series?

[XTwo]

So I just played the demo and it was the most fun I had in a rally game since Colin McRae Rally 2005. The feel is nice and soft and bouncy, lets you feel the track as you drive and respond appropriately. It seems like great arcade racing.

As for Dirt:Rally, it's way to difficult and supposedly realistic. You spin out and go off the track constantly in that game to the point of it being unplayable. That is, unless you want to go super slow and careful, basically making it a boring experience. WRC 5, meanwhile, lets you feel good at going at high speeds and lets you brake and accelerate responsively.

As for Sebastien Loeb Rally EVO, that game is basically WRC 4, they literally took that same engine, down to the same startup Windows menu, and downgraded it graphically and physics wise. Not even worth playing. Car feels like a solid plank going over bumps instead of letting you feel the bumps smoothly.

As for WRC 4, that game feels like you're a vacume cleaner stuck to the road and barely feel any bounce or slip.

I just played all those games within minutes of themselves and WRC 5 demo was the most fun. I'm obviously missing something that's supposedly bad in the full version (such as car setups having no explanation in the demo), but graphics and controls are definitively not it if the demo is something to go by.

[zissakos1]

I too enjoy it very much. It really is not that bad as the reviews might make you think. It just didn't have a good start, that's all. Now it supports a decent number of wheels, vsync works, etc. and is a really good game!

[1337]

I agree, the game is fun now if you do not look for a hardcore simulation (like what Dirt Rally or Richard Burns Rally are).

[Geo]

Got it on the holidays, its very fun and plays and looks good. I also have Dirt Rally but prefer the handling on WRC 5.

[Maddawg]

WRC5, YES!! Dirt Rally, booooooooooo!! Yes, I too have been looking for a good rally game since CMR2005. The Dirt series was pretty good. Dirt Rally; played that for 9 months (enuf time to create a baby) finally uninstalled it. 3 main reasons: Cars would bog down to 10 mph in hair pins, E brake was POS, Impossible to drift cars thru corners. Always ended up in a rage. Driving this game I am smiling the whole time. :))))

[rodalnada]

Yeah, it's a quite good arcade/sim rally game, especially thinking that they made it from scratch in just one year and a half (and this is just a base for the next iterations).
Dirt Rally and SLRE are more sim than WRC5 but this game is fun, for a wider audience. However, I hope that, this new dev team (maybe with a new publisher) will go further on the simulation side for WRC6 and the others...

[djfil007]

I agree with the CMR 05 comparison. While not completely realistic, very enjoyable. I still love DiRT Rally and Richard Burns Rally, but have plenty of room for another good racing game.

[SFlav]

Warning: don't buy this game.
It's a half baked unpolished bug fest.
People like you and me are always eager for a new rally game, and end up buying anything released.
Save your money.

[djfil007]

SFlav a écrit :

Warning: don't buy this game.
It's a half baked unpolished bug fest.
People like you and me are always eager for a new rally game, and end up buying anything released.
Save your money.

When did you last play it? 9 patches on PC since launch. I'm seeing no bugs personally. Even detected 3 separate USB controllers for my wheel/pedal/shifter setup... And triple screens.

[S Flynn]

SFlav a écrit :

People like you and me are always eager for a new rally game, and end up buying anything released.

On this point, I totally agree with you :)
Sad, funny, but true

[Eagleizer]

Myself9 a écrit :

SFlav a écrit :

People like you and me are always eager for a new rally game, and end up buying anything released.

On this point, I totally agree with you :)
Sad, funny, but true

Agree. How is it possible that G27 and key assignment is not working on the DEMO?

[SpazAttack]

I like WRC5 and SLRE and Dirt Rally and RBR and WRC4.
Its fun in WRC5 to pin it wide open in 6th gear and then slide into a Right/Left 3 corner and be able to pull out of it!!
Now that I think about it, WRC4 is pretty awesome and the sounds are really good. SLRE engine sounds are terrible (on some cars). :(

[Simulacra_53]

Having a ton of fun with it.

Still not able to really race - renovating house, so steering wheel (dfgt) is in a box - but with an xbox controller it works really well, perhaps the best controller support of all the current rally titles.

Its main flaw was the publisher hyping realism. Although it may not be a true rally sim, it seems to capture the rally sensation pretty well at the simcade level. Using cockpit view, no aids (well auto gear because I prefer that with a controller) driving a night stage is great.

Also the car damage / ware is prett good, you feel your tires and breaks loose their performance and sparing the car becomes part of the strategy.

General performance game performance is stable.

After inititally disliking it - poor dfgt support on release - I really appreciate it as a fun rally simcade experience.

RBR, DiRT 1-3, Dirt Rally, WRC3-4, SLRE, WRC5.

They all have their highlights, and some low points, but I don't regret any of these titles. They all offer good rally fun, even WRC3 & 4 after some tweaking.

Still not sure about the current Rally king - SLRE vs DR
DR is very solid, but SLRE might just be a little bit better as a full rally experience. To each his own and my view might change after more mileage.

[Paul196UK]

WRC5 is a pretty decent game.

[1337]

I played the SL Rally Evo demo. This game got better graphics, a much better stage layout and cars from more eras than WRC 5, BUT it got a lot of horrible bugs. Esc key and some others are not working ingame. Getting stuck on a snowbank or environment means you have to kill the game with ALT + F4. Handling is like you drive a musle car with 600 hp on the rear wheels. For the Lancia Stratos this is ok, but not for FWD or 4WD cars. Drifting with the hand brake is very difficult. The performance drops randomly to 20 fps (usually i have 60, my limit because of Vsync). Milestone usually stops providing support and updates short after release (see WRC 1 to 4).

To sum it up: Despite the better track layout, more cars and better graphics, SL Rally Evo is due to its bugs (that maybe get never fixed) no alternative to WRC 5 (as i'm not interested about hardcore simulations i don't care about Dirt Rally).

[Lukas GR]

It's a very decent first attemp by the new developers, bringing some new elements missing from previous WRC games such as custom weather / time of day, night races and long unique rally stages that don't share common sections. Handling Is balanced, not very demanding but not very arcade either. Needs some more narrow rally roads and maybe better sounds. Overall, a promising game for the future of the series. A must buy for rally fans.