9.6 /10 1 Votes
Mode(s) Single-player Developer Evolution Studios Genre Racing video game | 4.8/5 Emuparadise Initial release date 22 October 2004 Series World Rally Championship Platform PlayStation 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publishers Evolution Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Similar World Rally Championship games, Evolution Studios games, Sports games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WRC 4: The Official Game of the FIA World Rally Championship (or WRC 4 for short) is a racing video game developed by Evolution Studios for the PlayStation 2. It is the fourth rallying game to be officially licensed by the FIA World Rally Championship and is based on the 2004 WRC season.
Contents
Quick Race
In a quick race, the player will play a randomly selected stage with a randomly selected car and driver.
Time Trial
During the race, the player will have to beat a time trial (although this is not needed to advance in the game). The time target will be based on the 1st place time ranking. If beaten, the best time will be the new target time to beat.
Championship
The Championship mode lets the player play through the 2004 WRC season. The player must play through this mode based on the real life calendar, following the schedule for the 2004 WRC season. Championship mode ends when all 16 countries are played, but the player can stop playing after any stage, because the game saves after each stage is finished. The player can play all six stages in a country, but normally the player will have to buy the stage to play it in other modes.
Pro Driver Challenge
The Pro Driver Challenge is a career mode where the player takes the role of a rookie who has to start from the weak Super 1600 class and must complete a series of tasks to enter the WRC class.
Super Special Challenge
In Super Special Challenge, the player will play against an AI generated opponent in all SSS course in the country's alphabetical order instead of the season's chronology.
Single rally
In a single rally, the player will play all six stages in a selected country.
Test Track
The test track mode lets the player practice their driving skills or take part in rally tests akin to the license tests of the Gran Turismo series.
Teams and drivers
The car models feature 20,000 polygons.
Group N4
Super 1600
Rallies
All 16 rallies from the official 2004 WRC calendar appear on the game. The game features 230 stages covering over 1,700 km.
Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo
Uddeholm Swedish Rally
Rally México
Rally New Zealand
Cyprus Rally
Acropolis Rally
Rally of Turkey
Rally Argentina
Neste Rally Finland
ADAC Rallye Deutschland
Rally Japan
Wales Rally GB
Supermag Rally d'Italia - Sardinia
Rallye de France - Tour de Corse
Rally Catalunya - Rally de España
Telstra Rally Australia
Reception
The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, where the game was ported and published by Spike on 7 April 2005, Famitsu gave it a score of all four eights for a total of 32 out of 40.