World Rally Championship 2001 (PS2)

WRC is, by far, the best rally game ever produced on any platform. Everyone used to say you couldn?t get better than Colin McRae Rally 2, well now you can, if you happen to own a PS2. Released last November, it is a first for the producers Evolution Studios, who were previously known as Digital Imagination Design, producers of flight simulators. Not only is it their first racing game, its their first console game as well, and when you see the game, you?ll find it hard to believe. To be quite frank, the first thing you?ll notice are the stunning graphics, but I?ll get back to those in a minute before we start drooling all over our keyboards. The game benefits ...  Read the complete review

I've probably got time for a quick opinion then... The fact that the Colin McRae games on the humble PlayStation were so playable makes you think that a PlayStation 2 rally game would be as much, if not more fun. It's this fact that persuaded me to buy WRC without giving it a test drive. Had I been a little more cautious though, and tried it out first I wouldn't have bought it with somebody else's money, let alone my own. Why? Well, its got nothing to do with the way it looks. In fact, it's one of the best looking racers around. The scenery on every stage is incredibly detailed and well depicted, the car models are as realistic as ...  Read the complete review

Most rally games have been succsesfull especially Colin McRae Rally and others, mostly on the playstation. When I found out about this game it looked great and I thought it would be much better because its on the PS2. So I saved my money and went and baught this game. When I took it home, put it on my console it really let me down. Im sure lots of people like me who want a realistic and challenging rally game got put into buying it because of the way the game looks on the back of the box. Unfortunately the game is not exactly like that. THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS GAME The best thing about this game is the amount of rounds in the championship, much ...  Read the complete review

There was a big hype for this game when it was due out, they said it was better than Colin McRae rally as it was developed by Sony. I held off for abit, to be honest I have never been that interested in Rally Games as they are not that big and they do get abit boring. But I found on on auction going for about £15 so I bought it because it said on the back "fully animated driver and co-driver Deformation and damage to car and progressive mud, dirt, dust damage on vehicles Authentic physics for driving and collision". I got it and started to play on it and found it not to bad to bad...but then things started to kick on and 1. I found it far to easy. On ...  Read the complete review

The World Rally Championship lasts from January - November every year, and rally events take place all over the world, from places like Kenya and Cyprus to Finland and Monte Carlo. A number of drivers compete in one of a number of cars, including the Ford Focus, Skoda Octavia and Subaru Impreza. And WRC for the PS2 is the official game of the motorsport. With it's official licence, this game has all of the real drivers, co-drivers & constructors from the 2001 season (other than Colin McRae), which is always a good thing and it is always one of the first things you notice in a game. Developers Evolution Studios have made great use of this licence to create an ...  Read the complete review