Three two one go With the WRC licensed Scandinavian Flicking itself to EA in 2023 WRC Generations may represent the last Official effort developed by KT Racing For now and the studio has certainly Shot the works at it the culmination of A seven year stint on the series WRC Generations combines gorgeous effects And great handling with the most Generous selection of rally stages I've Seen anywhere and the result is the best And most laudably comprehensive rally Game of KT's tenure that said last Year's WRC 10 held that title previously And most of generations improvements Relative to it are otherwise largely Iterative WRC Generations features a massive 21 Rally locations including all 13 of the Events from this year's official Championship plus a further eight bonus Rallies those are locations that aren't On the 2022 calendar but are included Because why the heck not I've played Rally games that have arrived with fewer Countries than the bonus locations in Generations alone it Towers over even The excellent dirt rally 2.0 which Eventually racked up 13 locations after Its run of DLC was complete series Veterans will note that a lot of the Stages themselves are repeats from Previous games but I like having them
All here in one package with consistent Features that said I do miss my beloved Australia and Poland which are Conspicuous in their absence KT racing Has already let fans know they will not Be added later which is a shame though It seems recalcitrant of me to gripe too Much considering the glut of countries That did make the cut the new Swedish Stages are a big highlight and are Easily amongst the best looking roots in The whole series the snow in particular Is uncannily realistic whipping past it At high speed with roads flanked with Sloping piles of soft clumps as the Plowed edges encroach back onto the Stages Seriously excellent at night too and It's a great showcase for the terrific Lighting from the glow of campfires to The way the headlights cut through the Woods A mix of wide open blasts an incredibly Narrow channels Sweden is extremely Strong in generations and is now one of My preferred spots even though the snow Rallies like Sweden and Monte Carlo Traditionally don't rank too high on my List of favorites it's worth noting that On the new consoles Generations offers a Choice between a 1080p 60 frames per Second performance mode and a 4K 30 Frames per second Graphics mode and After spending time with both I've
Settled on the former even at a quarter Of the resolution it's still rich with Detail and I've noticed no screen Tearing which has been an occasional bug Bear for this series in the past There remains an excellent Rhythm to Generations as handling which has been Very good for several installments now The loose gravel driving is still the Best dancing through corners and feeling The weight of the car and the cusp of Out of control is brilliant stuff As is the feeling of your car gripping Up at the moment as you pitch it Sideways at the Apex KT Racing's use of the PS5 haptic Triggers is also Top Notch particularly Under heavy braking Although it probably got a bit too Ambitious piping so many Collision Noises through the Dual sensors speaker Things have a habit of sounding a bit More like a can full of rocks than a car Collision Like wrc10 and WRC 9 before it Generations again forces us to begin our Careers in the wrc2 OR wrc3 feeder Series this makes perfect sense from a Realism point of view and for anybody Who's picking up Generations as their First WRC game but it continues to make No sense from the perspective of someone Who just did the same thing last year And the year before it just seems so
Arbitrarily strict to force us to Annually Apprentice for a shot at racing In the main series if you're not gonna Check my saved data can you just at Least take my word for it that I know What I'm doing 50 bumpy KT racing has however Completely changed its approach to the Privateer career option which lets you Build your own team and design your own Car in WRC 10 private team mode was Confusingly locked and held to Ransom Behind the completion of all the Historical events in its special Anniversary mode which was absolute Madness in Generations it's mercifully Available immediately and I found it Definitely helped rejuvenate my Enthusiasm for slogging out more seasons In the minor leagues With Generations delivery and sticker Editor which functions similarly to Those available in Forza Horizon 5 and Gran Turismo 7 I was able to design a Modern homage to the 90s Repsol escort Of Carlos Saints and I felt much more Ownership over my career progression in A car I can properly call my own There's a little bit of trial and error Required in the livery editor as you Need to leave space for generations to Automatically place official rally logos And competitor details and if you don't Things will overlap and look terrible
But overall it works well best of all Unlike in WRC 10 Generations allows us To share designs and download them from Other players even if you don't have Quite what it takes to master the art Tools and delivery editor and it is Something that takes patience you can Rest assured rally fans across the world Will be producing Pitch Perfect historic Replicas and hot new wraps for all the Cars before you know it many of the Historical cars and generations are Missing Legacy sponsors but there's no Way they'll be missing for long now fans Have the tools to both fix them and Disseminate them to all caution Ray Three slippy Titans or request 50 bumpy WRC 10s slightly premature 50th Anniversary mode may have celebrated the Series as Milestone birthday a year too Early but it's still brought with it the Biggest Salvo of historical content Since KT racing started adding classic Cars and wrc-8 while Generations lacks a Similarly retro focused Standalone mode It does retain the actual cars so it's Largely the same assortment of world Championship winning cars with a few Extras including worthwhile additions Like a 1979 Ford Escort Mark II and a 1980 Fiat 131 a bath Marcus gron Holmes Drivers championship and manufacturers Championship winning 2002 Peugeot 206 is Also here albeit tied up in pre-order
DLC limbo at this point it remains a Very good list so its disappointing Generations couldn't deliver a few more Fresh models in this last hurray it Definitely would have been nice to see a First generation focus and a second Generation Impreza for instance Synergistic even considering the name of The game and the fact that they'd be the Older brother and younger brothers Respectively to the models that are here Dirt rally 2.0 has these cars and more And the garage there does still handily Pip Generations despite its own baffling Lack of Toyota if you like the new stuff Better than the old stuff you're also in Luck because the 2022 WRC Series has Seen the debut of the new rally 1 hybrid WRC cars all three of which are included In Generations the rally 1 cars which Now feature a 100 kilowatt hybrid unit Mated with the 1.6 liter turbocharged Engine that's powered WIC cars for the Last decade are pretty interesting to Drive in Generations thanks to their Electric boosts basically having the Hybrid power up our sleeves gives the Rally one car's temporary bursts of 500 Horsepower with further bursts as Possible after regenerating energy while Braking just like in real life Generations allows us to select from Three power mapping modes before a stage A powerful but short boost a balanced
Option and a less potent boost that Lasts longer I could definitely feel the Extra oomph when it was available and It's an engaging challenge to Wrangle This new aspect of the car cars and get That extra power down on the road look For a bumpy into right five bumpy 100 When you get into the guts of it WRC Generations is by no means a drastic Shake-up on its quality predecessors Even if there have been some small but Welcome improvements to the career mode And customization tools that have spiked My enthusiasm it does however deserve Credit for both the very respectable Range of relevant rally cars it features As well as its absolute mountain of Rally locations with almost every Country to host the championship over The last decade represented WRC Generations may be KT Racing's last WRC Game but there's nothing least about it The kitchen sink philosophy here has Resulted in a fantastic and uncommonly Generous package for gravel groupies Asphalt addicts and mud slinging Maniacs Alike for more Motorsport verdicts check Out our reviews for F1 2022 and Dakar Desert rally for everything else stay on IGN
