Racing games have a certain thrill. Whether it’s about the cars in the game, the locations, graphics, or sounds. There have been a ton of racing games available for racing fans to choose from. Whether it’s all about story mode and racing, simulation, or sports racing. One of the most popular racing games out there is the WRC series. Rally racing is a fun yet dangerous sport in real life. However, it can be enjoyed as games on PCs and consoles. With a new WRC game on the horizon, let’s take a look at the WRC 10 FIA release date, trailer, gameplay, and more.
WRC games have been around for quite a long time. The new World Rally Championship game is titled WRC 10. And while the game celebrates its 50th anniversary of the sport. So yes, we will be getting to see a lot of new things as well as improvements from the older WRC games. Of course, some might say, well it’s kind of the same game with just a few things being added to every new game. That is true, but then, you do have new locations, better car physics, and most of all new cars. Read along to know about the WRC 10 FIA release date, trailer, gameplay, system requirements, and more.
WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship Release Date
The new WRC 10 game is expected to be released on the 2nd of September 2021. The release will be global and across all platforms. With that being said, you can pre-order the game right away on any platform. The Standard Edition, as well as the deluxe edition, can be pre-ordered. The benefit of pre-ordering the game is that you will receive the 1997 Subaru Impreza alongside an exclusive historical event.
WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship Trailer
With WRC 10, like all rally games, you get to see the WRC 10 trailer showcasing a few of the rally cars as well as different locations and environments that will be in the new game. The announcement trailer was revealed on the 13th of April 2021. The trailer also states that we will be getting all the new content as well as calendar events from the 2021 Rally season.
WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship Developer and Publisher
The developer and the publisher for WRC 10 are the same as that of Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown. Nacon is the publisher and KT Racing is the developer for the new WRC 10 game.
WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship Gameplay
WRC races are fun to play no doubt. But, it gets even better when the developers showcase rally stages of places that show you how the games going to be like. So far we have a glimpse of the Acropolis Greece Rally as well as the Croatia Rally. The WRC 10 FIA gameplay shows the day and night cycle, the environment, and even the cars speeding around through the course. We also get to see the 50th-anniversary special edition 1997 Subaru Impreza WRC car as well as the world-famous Rally driver Sebastien Loeb racing through different rally stages as well.
WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship Game modes
In WRC 10 you will have the usual Career mode alongside online modes where you will be competing against other players and even might have some group events as well. At least it’s what we can see on the game’s Steam page listing. The game will have around 52 teams from the new season, 6 historic rallies that have been the most loved and popular ones, including 4 new rallies that are exclusive to the 2021 season. Estonia, Belgium, Croatia, and Spain are the new rallies players will be able to experience.
WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship Platform Availability
Well, the new WRC 10 game is expected to be available on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and for PC No details about if it will be available on any of the cloud gaming services though. The big surprise comes in when the game has also been announced for the Nintendo Switch. It would be quite interesting to see how this game performs on a decent spec console in terms of playability and graphics.
WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship System Requirements
Yes the system requirements minimum, as well as recommended ones, have been revealed. Here is what you will need to be running the game on PC.
Minimum Requirements
- CPU: Intel i5-2300 or AMD FX-6300
- RAM: 8 GB
- GPU: GTX 650 Ti or AMD Radeon HD 7780
- Storage: 60 GB+
Recommended Requirements
- CPU: Intel i7-4790K or AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- RAM: 8 GB
- GPU: GTX 1070 or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
- Storage: 60 GB+
WRC 10 FIA World Rally Championship Available Cars
WRC Class
- Ford Fiesta WRC (Fnckmatie)
- Ford Fiesta WRC (M-Sport Ford WRT)
- Hyundai i20 WRC (Hyundai 2C Competition)
- Hyundai i20 WRC (Paddon Rallysport)
- Hyundai i20 WRC 2021 (Hyundai Motorsport N)
- Hyundai i20 WRC 2021 (Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT)
- Toyota Yaris WRC (Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT)
WRC2/WRC3
- Citroen C3 Rally2 (Nicolas Ciamin)
- Citroen C3 Rally2 (Saintéloc)
- Citroen C3 Rally2 (Sports & You)
- Citroën C3 Rally2 (Tagai Racing Technology Team)
- Citroen C3 Rally2 (Yohan Rossel)
- Ford Fiesta Rally2 (M-Sport Ford WRT)
- Ford Fiesta Rally2 (Tom Kristensson)
- Ford Fiesta Rally2 (Tom Williams)
- Hyundai i20 Rally2 (Hyundai Motorsport N)
- Skoda Fabia Rally2 (Chris Ingram)
- Skoda Fabia Rally2 (Eerik Pietarinen)
- Skoda Fabia Rally2 (Emil Lindholm)
- Skoda Fabia Rally2 (Fabrizio Zaldivar)
- Skoda Fabia Rally2 (LOTOS Rally Team)
- Skoda Fabia Rally2 (Mattias Ekstrom)
- Skoda Fabia Rally2 (Toksport WRT)
- Volkswagen Polo GTI Rally2 (ALM Motorsport)
- Volkswagen Polo GTI Rally2 (Johan Kristoffersson)
- Volkswagen Polo GTI Rally2 (Kaur Motorsport)
- Volkswagen Polo GTI Rally2 (Moviesport)
- Volkswagen Polo GTI Rally2 (Rakan AL-Rashed)
Junior WRC
- Ford Fiesta Rally4 (Autosport Team Estonia)
- Ford Fiesta Rally4 (Jon Armstrong)
- Ford Fiesta Rally4 (LMT Autosporta Akademija)
- Ford Fiesta Rally4 (Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy)
- Ford Fiesta Rally4 (Porvoon Autopalvelu)
- Ford Fiesta Rally4 (Raul Badiu)
- Ford Fiesta Rally4 (Styllex Motorsport)
- Ford Fiesta Rally4 (Team Flying Finn)
Legends
- Alpine A110 Berlinette 1973 (Team Alpine)
- Audi Quattro A1 1981 (Michèle Mouton)
- Audi Quattro Sport 1984 (Stig Blomqvist)
- Citroen DS3 WRC 2011 (Petter Solberg)
- Citroen Xsara WRC 2004 (Sebastien Loeb)
- Citroen Xsara WRC 2005 (Sebastien Loeb)
- Ford Focus RS 2007 (Team Ford Focus RS)
- Lancia 037 1983 (Walter Röhrl)
- Lancia Delta HF 4WD 1987 (Juha Kankkunen)
- Lancia Delta HF Integrale Evoluzione 1992
- Lancia Fulvia HF 1972 (Team Fulvia)
- Lancia Stratos 1974 (Sandro Munari)
- Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 1998 (Tommi Mäkinen)
- Peugot 205 T16 Evo 1 1985 (Ari Vatanen)
- Peugot 205 T16 Evo 2 1986 (Timo Salonen)
- Subaru Impreza WRC 1997 (Colin McRae)
- Toyota Celica GT4 1992 (Carlos Sainz)
- Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Safari Pack 1993 (Juha Kankkunen)
- Toyota Corolla 1999 (Hideyoshi Kenzou)
- Toyota Yaris WRC 2019 (Ott Tanak)
- Volkswagen Polo R WRC 2016 (Sebastien Ogier)
Bonus Vehicles
- Citroen C3 WRC (Pirelli Tyre Team)
- Citroen C3 WRC 2018 (Sebastien Loeb)
- Citroen C3 WRC 2019 (Sebastien Ogier)
- Porsche 911 GT3 RS R-GT (Team Porsche)
- Proton Iriz Rally2 (Team Proton)
- Toyota GR Yaris Rally Concept (Team GR Yaris Rally Concept)
Conclusion
With WRC 10 inching closer to its release date, rally fans all over the world are excited about this game. As for me, I am excited to see what new things we can expect to see in the online co-op modes as well as drive around through various rally stages and probably pick my favorite rally car the 1997 Subaru Impreza for those rally stages. Which one is your favorite rally car? Do let us know in the comments!
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