When a video game releases on a yearly basis, it’s easy to assume that each version has taken 12 months to create. The fact is though, that each version is an iteration, slowly building on predecessor foundations. 

This year’s WRC title may be the latest official game of the FIA World Rally Championship, arriving just one year on from 2021’s WRC 10, but really this is a culmination of eight years of hard work. 

It also marks the end for Parisien developers Kylotonn’s involvement with the series, before the rights to make licenced rally games moves elsewhere for next season. 

To mark the occasion, and the introduction of the new Rally1 hybrid-powered cars used in the real-world, the studio has thrown the kitchen sink at the project, bundling in several rallies and classic cars from prior titles, adding a new leagues system and launching later in the year to polish the product further. 

Hence, instead of being called WRC 11, it’s bestowed with the WRC Generations moniker, representing classic content sitting alongside the latest gravel-spewing…