WRC 3

PlayStation exclusive

Third installment in the rally racing series by Evolution Studios. Fully licensed by the FIA World Rally association, the game features authentic drivers like Richard Burns, Carlos Saints, and Markko Martin,, as well as licensed cars from Peugeot, Ford, Citroen, and others. Overall, more than 35 licensed cars -- including rally concept and extreme cars -- are available for selection. Rally enthusiasts will appreciate the detailed car history essays, driver performance stats based on all known TV broadcasts, team videos, and a new 3D explorer feature that lets you inspect the vehicles from every angle and "explode" them to see their innards.

Released: 19 November 2003
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Genres: Racing Sports
Developers: Evolution Studios
Publishers: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: First person Third person
Themes: Non-fiction
Country: United Kingdom
Age ratings: PEGI 3 ACB G
Languages: English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish (Spain)

About

WRC 3: The Official Game of the FIA World Rally Championship (also known as WRC 2003) is a 2003 racing video game developed by Evolution Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It was released by Spike in Japan.

Keywords

rally
licensed game
motorsports
60 fps on consoles
licensed cars
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Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

WRC 3 features 17 drivers from 7 teams. Although Mitsubishi did not participate full-time in the championship this season, they appear on every event in the game and are therefore eligible to score team points in championship mode. Likewise, Hyundai appeared in each event despite withdrawing from the championship in real life towards the end of the season. All 14 rallies from the official 2003 WRC calendar appear on the game.

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one eight, one nine, one seven, and one eight for a total of 32 out of 40.