WRC 4: The Official Game of the FIA World Rally Championship

Boomtown

With extensive online modes, great handling and the best stages on any console rally game; you really can't go wrong with WRC4. Yes, at times it's a little tough and unforgiving, but don't worry, those AI drivers can retire too.

Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)

As you cut through, wet roads, snow, ice, gravel, mud, sand and water the controller responds with astonishing accuracy, dictating that steering and braking have to be incredibly precise. In essence, it appears while Colin McRae's latest is taking the handling back to a slightly less challenging level, WRC is doing the exact opposite. It's what Gran Turismo is to race driving, a pure rally simulation. [PSM2]

GameBiz

It lacks in the car setup, car repair and damage departments in comparison to "Colin McRae Rally 2005," but on the other hand, I know this will be seen as a good thing for those of you who prefer to jump into the action and not muck around with the minute details.

TotalGames.net

As a general rule of thumb, exhilaration requires a certain sensation of danger, and WRC 4 only just balances the cotton wool-wrapped feeling its damage model provides with its extra lick of speed.

RewiredMind

WRC4's intolerance for casual or average drivers will have a lot of people moving on quickly. But it truly is an amazing package, offering so many modes, locations, and unlockable items that you simply won't find anywhere else.

Eurogamer

This is not for the faint-hearted, and although it leads the field in arguably every area in terms of PS2 Rally games, there are minimum entry requirements that even regular gamers will have issues coming to terms with. Danger! Hardcore racing ahead.

Weekly Famitsu

8 / 8 / 8 / 8 - gold [Vol. 852]

3DAvenue

One of the most impressive aspects of the game is definitely the graphics engine. The visuals are crisp and clear and there is not much pop up to speak of.

PALGN

A little harder to pick up and play than other driving games out there. WRC 4 really is a fantastic package though, offering a lot of modes, unlockables and exclusives which you will not find in any other rally game.

Computer and Video Games

A highly polished product with enough attention to detail to make a rally fan drool, but the handling seems too complex for newcomers and too simple for aficionados. [PSW]

AceGamez

It's very good, there's no doubt about that, but the handling is just too loose and tricky to control for my liking and the amount of intense concentration required for every second of every race sapped a lot of the fun out for me.

GamerArchive

The network mode plays the same as the offline alternative player racing. It doesn’t make too many demands on the connection speed, but it also doesn’t set the world alight with excitment either. If anything, it is a poor alternative to having a few friends around who can sit around heckling whoever is trying their best to concentrate on the road.

IC-Games

Don’t get me wrong, it’s lovingly made I just haven't much love to give it. It’s an acquired taste for the serious racers among us, and for them I do strongly recommend.

GameSpot AU

WRC4 does deliver a comprehensive challenge for those who are fans of the series and the genre. But details are where games make impact, and while this game covers all the tracks, cars and drivers, it misses out on moving forward in realistic game physics and environmental detail.

RealGamer

In the end, the logical questions the game poses get in the way of actually playing it, therefore further refinement is needed between now and the inevitable "WRC5."