WRC Powerslide

WRC Powerslide is an arcade spin-off from the WRC rally simulation series by the same developer. It carries the official license for the cars, drivers and courses, and focuses entirely on an arcade rally experience with multiple cars on the track simultaneously, bumping into each other, a damage model with only visual effects and power-ups.

Released: 8 March 2013
Platforms: PlayStation 3 Windows Xbox 360
Genres: Racing Sports
Developers: Milestone S.r.l.
Publishers: Milestone S.r.l.Plug In Digital
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person Bird view / Isometric
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

WRC, short for World Rally Championship, is a rally racing video game series. Licensed from the World Rally Championship organization, games in the series through the years were developed by various studios under several publishers.

To date, a total of seventeen main games and four spin-offs have been released. The most recent main series title EA Sports WRC was developed by Codemasters and published by EA Sports on 3 November 2023. The EA, who had acquired Codemasters in 2021, decided to suspend further development of the series in April 2025, leading to the WRC organization licensing the rights to further WRC games to Nacon from 2027 to 2032.

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Development

The first series was published by Sony Computer Entertainment who owned the WRC license in the early 2000s. These titles were all made by British developer Evolution Studios between 2001 and 2005. The series consists of five original games released exclusively for the Sony PlayStation 2 console, and one port for the Sony handheld PSP, all based on the World Rally Championship seasons from 2001 to 2005, using official drivers, cars and locations.

The license then remained dormant until 2009 when Italian publisher Black Bean Games signed a four-year licensing contract. The second series then followed, which included five games published by Black Bean Games and developed by Italian developer Milestone between 2010 and 2013. These included four official WRC games based on seasons from 2010 to 2013, as well as a licensed arcade title, all of them released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.