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WRC 10

sually when the latest sports game arrives, it’s all about the new stuff., the latest comedy footballer haircuts. In the biggest new addition is the old stuff. Specifically, Anniversary Mode, which celebrates the WRC reaching the grand old age of 50. Something that is happening, err, next year. Anniversary Mode does its job well, highlighting the new larger garage of retro rally weapons in a series of increasingly demanding challenges. Elsewhere does debut two brand new rallies. Estonia is a beautiful, verdant blast along sun-dappled gravel country roads, whereas Croatia features tarmac with more bumps and potholes than a teenager’s forehead. So about the same as your average British B-road. Much of the game is lifted wholesale from the previous games in the series but the WRC anniversary content is a welcome tour through the rallies of yesteryear. If only history lessons had been this much fun.