![]() This means support for most steering wheels, but also that you can remove the steering wheel or select a slightly more forward interior view that ensures you can only see the one wheel as you drive.ĭiRT Rally 2.0 was also developed to accommodate steering wheels, although the initial lack of force feedback (things have improved now, thanks to updates) made it hard to really enjoy using them as much.īoth lose points in this area because it annoys me that developers fail to suggest recommended settings to mimic the real life experience. WRC 8 was built with steering wheels in mind, according to its developer. Even the lowlier entry-level rally series keeps you hooked in Kylotonn’s game.īoth have the usual mid-rally repair sessions where you can adjust your car and prioritise repairing certain parts, so neither is actually any more or less true to actual rally racing in that sense. In DiRT Rally 2.0 I never really felt compelled to play the career mode for any great time, whereas I am planning on seeing WRC 8 all the way through to the end. The crew management element, choosing events to partake in, bonus challenges and research tree (which deals with serious rally upgrades but also things that make progress easier) all make WRC 8’s career mode less suspectible to repitition than DiRT Rally 2.0’s. What about the single-player career mode? WRC 8’s career mode has been well-thought out ![]() In WRC8, the engine has more character, too, and I’d also say there’s more detail and a wider soundstage if you use decent headphones or surround sound. Lumps and bumps appear to do nothing in DiRT Rally 2.0 unless you take off the ground, in which case the wheels can spin more freely and it revs highly if you keep your foot on the accelerator. What I will say is that the environment has more of an impact on car sounds in WRC 8. Having been in actual rally cars, I can say that both do a good enough job of immersing you in the experience aurally. But some cars are a bit electric-sounding.ĭiRT Rally 2.0 is arguably more consistent here, although people still found time to complain about this. The Lancia Stratos sounds particularly epic when in the view where are close to the pop-up headlights. Depending on the car, I find WRC 8‘s engine noises to be great. DiRT Rally 2.0 just seems flatter and more game-like in comparison.īut there are times when WRC 8 overdoes it with the darkening of your view when driving into direct sunlight, which is realistic to a point but at this level it’s plain annoying. Not only is it more visually interesting, there is greater levels of realism to be seen, the backgrounds are more alive and people look more human. On a standard Xbox One, WRC 8 looks more appealing. However, even on a fancy computer with a top-end graphics card DiRT Rally 2.0 just doesn’t look as visually appealing although I will say both games do a great job of extreme weather conditions. But there are some weird graphical issues on Xbox. It’s a non-issue for those unused to the extra smoothness, but it does seem a shame the extra power of the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro goes unused.ĭiRT Rally 2.0, on the other hand, can manage 60fps on consoles and, in my experience, does so rather solidly. There’s also no 60 frames per second mode (FPS) for consoles, which means you will need to play on a PC for that luxury. WRC 8 does unfortunately suffer from the odd bit of slow-down, even on the Xbox One X, but it’s not much of an issue in single player as it can actually help you. ![]() What matters is enough detail to provide realism and maintain a solid frame-rate. Neither game is at the cutting edge of graphics, but then neither has to. WRC 9’s release date was the 5th of September, 2019 so you can buy the game from the respective console game store, or head on over to Amazon: PS4 / Xbox One / Nintendo Switch. Both do the rally thing in their own way, but what if you can only buy one? Allow A Tribe Called Cars to help. WRC 8 VS DiRT Rally 2.0: Which should you buy? A Tribe Called Cars compares the graphics, gameplay, steering wheel and controller support & more to find out.Ģ019 is a particularly splendid time to like rally games because first we had DiRT Rally 2.0 from Codemasters and now WRC 8, the latest in the series from the French developer, Kylotonn.
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