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WRC Rally Evolved (Playstation 2)

(Currently available in the UK/EU only) Taste the physical extremes of rally driving and battle your way past your opponents in grueling multi-car wheel-to-wheel racing. Prepare for the unexpected as driver and co-driver negotiate on-track dangers - evade the wreckage of rival cars, navigate through flooded stages, and dodge crumbling walls and tumbling rocks. More cars than ever before from rally's past, present and future are brought to life in realistically interactive surroundings - drive over 40 awesome vehicles through rivers, raging fires, dense smoke and debris strewn terrain. [SCEE]

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Racing, Driving
Players: 4
RP (Rating Pending)
Developer: Evolution Studios
Released October 14, 2005

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

80 / 100

Critic Reviews

90	Jolt Online Gaming UK It might not be the most truthful representation of the sport, but WRC: Rally Evolved offers a complete celebration of it.
90	Official Playstation 2 Magazine UK Challenging but accessible, WRC is a brilliant rally sim, and the random events that spice up every race make it a seriously good ride. [Nov 2006, p.136]
89	Pelit (Finland) An enjoyable rally game. Interactive events add excitement while the co-driver delivers the humour. Not so realistic, but fun to play. [Dec 2005]
89	Games Radar UK (Pre-2006) The speed and presentation are now beyond reproach, pace notes are excellent and the cars never feel too 'safe' even when you're dialled in. Great stuff. [PSM2]
88	TotalGames.net It's the best rally game out there, it's fantastic fun and that's all you really need to know.
80	Computer and Video Games Owners of last year's game will find little to justify the outlay on the latest instalment. As the title suggestions, it's very much 'evolution' rather than 'revolution' this time around. [PSW]
80	3DAvenue The game that will take Rally to the mainstream with its pick up and play gameplay, multiple game modes, rally cross and just generally its fun to play.
80	Boomtown For new players to the series, WRC: Rally Evolved is the game to get - the handling is the best in the series and the game's driver aids will help you get into things, you'll also enjoy the exciting stages.
75	PALGN The best game in the series and a really accurate rally game.
70	NTSC-uk While the handling and aesthetics are very well implemented, the experience is deflated by the anaemic three-stages-per-round structure.
70	AceGamez For diehard rally fans, this really is a must.
60	Eurogamer It's lovely to look at, technically sound, and blessed with too many pleasing touches to recount here. Equally, though, its structure is woefully unimaginative, and no amount of throwaway gimmicks can disguise that fact.
60	RewiredMind The aesthetic improvements are welcome by all means but although it may sound trite, the lack of any serious innovation means that this is one for fans of the sport or the series only.

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