![]() I tested turning ABS and Stability Control off as well, and the game was tremendously difficult to control, due in no small part to the orientation and ergonomics of the Switch’s control layout. I’m a “manuals only” kind of guy with my racing games, so turning those settings on was a no-brainer for me. Settings like Antilock Brakes, Stability Control, and Semi-Automatic or full Manual transmission modes turn up both the difficulty factor of the game as well as the simulated feel of the game. WRC 8 offers a host of control options to attune the game to your skill level. Rally racing is incredibly dangerous stuff, better listen to your navigator if you wanna save yourself some costly repairs! WRC 8 is a simulation through and through, so knowing how to properly handle your vehicle and what its limits are goes a long way in getting through a race unscathed. ![]() Not listening to your calls properly will inevitably result in damage to your vehicle, which can hamper its performance or, depending on the robust settings WRC 8 offers, outright incapacitate it. The co-driver calls become fairly easy to pick up the longer you play, so practice definitely makes perfect here. There’s a lot of jargon here which will absolutely throw off newcomers (you’ll have to catch on to terms like “Left Five into Right Three” really quick). He has a map of the course and reads off the directions (colloquially called “pacenotes”) coming up so you know how to react. Unlike traditional course racing you’d see in the likes of the GT or F1 worlds, Rally courses are road courses spread out over multiple miles of wilderness with not much in the way of clear markings. Like any Rally Racing game, you’re going to have to pay close attention to your navigator to make your upcoming turns properly. You’re going to need that stable performance too. The dynamic weather and lighting effects present all still look great as well. WRC 8 runs far better than I was expecting it to, with the framerate maintaining a mostly stable 30 FPS even while playing in handheld mode, even while blazing down a forest trail at 160km/h. ![]() That being said, with the game’s graphics being scaled down, that’s made room for more stable performance. Thankfully the game is noticeably better looking in docked mode, but taking a hit to the graphical department is one of the things you’re going to have to accept if you pick WRC 8 for your Switch library over other platforms you may have at your disposal. Long load times, reduced foliage, low resolution, dynamic resolution scaling, and pop in are all in full effect here, especially when you play the game in handheld mode. As such, WRC 8 on Switch looks tremendously poor in contrast to its port siblings. Yes, the Nintendo Switch is by no means a technical powerhouse in comparison to its’ competitors, especially PC. Let’s get the elephant in the room taken care of right away. ![]() WRC 8 might not look the prettiest on the Switch, but it plays very well – after you get past the learning curve, that is. WRC 8 recently released on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC to positive reception – and now it’s time for the series to go quasi-portable on Nintendo’s little Switch. Though the series has bounced from license owner to license owner, publisher BigBen Interactive and developer Kylotonn have held the reigns for the past 3 entries in the series. In recent years though, the World Rally Championship game series (WRC for short) has been at the forefront of Rally Racing representation. In particular, I have fond memories of the Codemasters Colin McRae series of games. Numerous games over the years have capitalized on the excitement of the world of Rally Racing. Racing through backwoods roads and the random small country villa, the speed that the small, lightweight, and turbocharged cars muster on tight turns and even tighter roads is impressive, to say the least (don’t get me started on Group B races of yesteryear). Among motorsports, Rally Racing is about as thrilling as it can get. Though I’ve only personally participated in Autocross competitions, the thrill of driving your vehicle as fast as you can to beat out your competitors is a thrill no matter what venue you take. I’m an aircraft mechanic by trade, but I also love working on cars. Though video games are primarily one of them, I have a habit of getting into fixing things. I have a pretty wide gamut of hobbies to keep me busy in my downtime. Off-Road Racing, On and Off the Big Screen
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