Switch ports arriving later on Switch than on rival platforms is something we're used to these days. Initially released last September, WRC 9 The Official Game is no exception here. Based around the 2020 World Rally Championship, publisher Nacon has confirmed it is launching for Switch on March 11th.
Revealed via WRC 9's official eShop listing, it'll take up 14.5GB of memory, and Nacon has released this overview:
WRC 9 is the leading off-road simulation franchise endorsed by the world's top drivers. It is the most in-depth rally game on the market: 3 new rallies (Kenya, Japan, New Zealand), over 15 classic cars and 100 special stages to tackle!
WRC 9 has new game modes specially designed for the community, including a Clubs system where each player can create their own championship and compete in it online with the rest of the world! Take control of all official drivers and cars in 3 WRC categories with improved physics for even greater realism, redesigned environments and all-new pacenotes for total immersion.
It reviewed well on other platforms – with our sister site Push Square giving it 8/10 stars – saying that despite some rough edges, "this offers some of the most compelling rally driving we’ve come across this generation."
We're just hoping it fairs better on Switch than its predecessor, WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship, which we awarded 5/10 stars back in 2019. Suffering from technical issues in portable play, time will tell if these problems have been addressed for the latest entry.
Will you be picking up WRC 9 on Switch? Let us know down below.
[source gonintendo.com]
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What makes this racing game better than any of the others on Switch already? 🤔
Still waiting for a good handheld rally game. This series on the Vita was hit and miss (mainly miss), and it seems to have followed that trend on the Switch. Hope to be pleasantly surprised
the problem will not be the quality of the game, but the quality of the port...
@Kintypoo121 rush rally 3 is pretty good and it’s had some great updates letting you rename cars and driver’s has a good lengthy career mode as well
@Gs69 agree with this and it has rally cross
It looks decent. I may have to get this one.
@JuiceMan_V "racing games" is a clear but also vague term.
Just to name few, there are arcade racers, simulation racing games, rally games (like WRC) and few more, all are "racing games" but all of them have a different core audience.
We lack rally games on the switch, previous WRC games had "meh" performance on the Switch, and Vrally 4 wasn't any better performance wise.
WRC 9 seems to solve the performance issue, so it could be a fine rally game on the Switch... however considering how many of them I have played on PC, WRC games are fine but I wish the much more superior Dirt Rally would come to the Switch instead.
@Gs69 Thanks for the recommendation! I'll have to give that a look
@Rayquaza2510
Understood.
@Rayquaza2510 WRC 9 is better than Dirt Rally for me. Shame they have lost the licence as they developed an awesome rally game with WRC 9
@Stocksy yeah it’s a great game one of my most played on switch
@Kintypoo121 honestly you will be surprised how well it runs it feels a lot like Colin McRae 2.0 gameplay wise
Good to hear positive comments. A demo would be great though....
@Gs69 you had me at Colin McRae 2.0. That's a great endorsement there.
Due to the Switch's underpowered nature, and lack of analog triggers on procons/joycons, I don't take car racing games seriously on this console.
@JuiceMan_V If you took that attitude about every genre you wouldn't have much choice of games
The WRC 8 works well with hori pro steering wheel giving the pedal that analog trigger-like response. I don’t if ill be picking this up, please review the WRC 9 on switch and let us know if it will always ask for online connection... because WRC8 always crashes, only solution is playing on airplane mode...
Rally game without analogue triggers? Oooof.
Once again where is the physical bloody copy?
I bought WRC8 and can't play it. It always crashes and kicks me back to the switch home after I attempt any race. I've reinstalled it multiple times. Tried it on Two different switch consoles. Only thing I didn't try is to install it directly to the switch memory. Witch I can't do as I don't have enough space on either of them. Was so disappointed with it. Especially since I can't get my money back.
@Brummieendo90 April release date for physical
Played on PS5: although it played great, offered lots of detail and attention, it was very difficult. Difficult in the sense that it was hard to see where to go sometimes, especially when that opening was a car-width in size. I know, that’s rally racing, but it was crazy sometimes.
Also, some graphical adjustments need to be made. The massive black blob that appears before livery is still there!
Also wasn’t a fan of the team management stuff. Also didn’t know what was going on with my cars sometimes... like why am I driving this car now all of a sudden?
Great game otherwise! Packed with content.
When playing rally games before, I have found them hard myself but strangely compelling (eg. DiRT series) I always wanted to try a WRC game. Again, a sub-genre that I am not into, but what little I have played has been reasonably enjoyable.
I'd be happy with ports of older racing games like need for speed underground & underground 2 , need for speed most wanted , need for speed carbon , need for speed pro street , need for speed undercover , midnight club 3 dub edition remix , midnight club LA , burnout 2 , 3 & revenge
Honestly I think it was rally games which made me give up on waiting for a miracle on Switch and invest in a gaming PC. Dirt Rally 2.0 is sublime at 144fps, and transcendent in VR. Still it would be nice to have something hit that sweet spot on Switch, for when plane travel starts up again.
@Gs69 You can rename cars? Wow, just what I've always wanted in a game. If that's a "great update" then the base game must be trash.
@ilh ha 😂 sounded ok in my head guess somethings don’t translate well to text
What I meant was that the cars resemble real cars but have fictional names but now you can rename them plus the drivers
Hoping we actually get a Switch rally game that is awesome!! ...for once!
@Kintypoo121 I was about to recommend Rush Rally 3 to you but somebody beat me to it ~
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