World Rally Championship
Alternate series logo byEA Sports
Genre	Racing
Developers	Evolution Studios (2001–2005) Unique Development Studios (2002) Traveller's Tales (2005) Milestone (2010–2013) Firebrand Games (2014) Kylotonn Games (2015–2022) Codemasters (2023–2025)
Publishers	Sony Computer Entertainment (2001–2005) Black Bean Games (2010–2012) Nacon (2013–2022; 2027) EA Sports (2023–2025)
Platforms	Android Microsoft Windows Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Switch PlayStation PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita Xbox 360 Xbox One Xbox Series X/S
First release	World Rally Championship 30 November 2001
Latest release	EA Sports WRC 3 November 2023

WRC, short forWorld Rally Championship, is arallyracing video game series. Licensed from theWorld Rally Championship organization, games in the series through 2025 were developed byCodemasters and published byEA Sports. EA, who had acquired Codemasters in 2021, opted to suspend further development of the series in April 2025, leading to the WRC organization to license the rights to further WRC games throughNacon by May 2027.

The series is currently developed byCodemasters and published byEA Sports. To date, a total of seventeen main games have been released, with the latest game released on 3 November 2023.

The first series was published bySony Computer Entertainment who owned the WRC license in the early 2000s. These titles were all made by British developerEvolution Studios between 2001 and 2005. The series consists of five original games released exclusively for the SonyPlayStation 2 console, and oneport for the Sony handheldPSP, all based on the World Rally Championship seasons from 2001 to 2005, using official drivers, cars and locations.^{[citation needed]}

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 developerMilestone 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 forMicrosoft Windows,PlayStation 3 andXbox 360.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2013 the license was picked up by the French publisherBigben Interactive. Bigben hired Paris-based developerKylotonn to work on the third series of games, which started in 2015 withWRC 5 and continued withWRC 6 in 2016,WRC 7 in 2017 andWRC 8 in 2019, based on the 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019 World Rally Championship seasons. All four were released for Microsoft Windows,PlayStation 4 andXbox One. A port of WRC was released for Android titledWRC The Official Game on Play Store on 4 December 2014.^{[citation needed]}

WRC Promoter GmbH extended its licensing agreement with game developerKylotonn until 2022, withWRC 9,WRC 10 andWRC Generations all confirmed to be released on the new-generationXbox Series X andPlayStation 5 platforms.^[1]

Codemasters acquired the exclusive license for WRC games in 2020, to start for games in 2023 and for five years after, with its planned first game to be released in 2024.^[2][3]EA Sports were put in charge of a partnership with Codemasters after the latter's acquisition byElectronic Arts in 2021. In May 2025, it was announced^[4] that Codemasters had stopped development on future WRC titles, withEA Sports WRC being the last under the license.^[5]

TheWorld Rally Championship announced in May 2025 that they gave the rights to WRC video games toNacon, who will create a complete reboot of the series with the first game planned in 2027.^[6]

World Rally Championship was released for PlayStation 2 on 30 November 2001 in Europe and 21 March 2002 in North America. The game featuresFIA licensed cars, stages and drivers from the 2001 season and has a career mode allowing the player to work through theWorld Rally Championship season. The game also features damage simulation in the form of visual damage as well as performance damage if the player crashes.

WRC II Extreme is the sequel toWRC World Rally Championship and was released for PlayStation 2 on 27 November 2002 in Europe, and 24 April 2003 in Japan. It contains teams, drivers, cars and rallies from the 2002 WRC season. It also includes "extreme" cars designed by the teams. The main soundtrack toWRC II Extreme was produced bythe Chemical Brothers. Additionally, the tracks "Come with Us/The Test" and "Star Guitar" from the Chemical Brothers album,Come with Us (2002) were also used in the game.

WRC 3 is the second sequel toWRC World Rally Championship and was released for PlayStation 2 on 21 November 2003 in Europe, and 27 May 2004 in Japan. It contains teams, drivers, cars and rallies from the 2003 WRC season. It also contains Extreme and Concept cars, designed by the teams.

WRC 4 is the fourth installment of theWRC World Rally Championship series and was released on 22 October 2004 in Europe and 7 April 2005 in Japan. It contains teams, drivers, cars and rallies from the 2004 WRC season. It also contains Extreme cars designed by the teams, S1600 cars and Group N4 cars.

WRC: Rally Evolved orWRC5 is the last of the series for the PS2. It was released exclusively in Europe on 28 October 2005.^[7] The game includes teams, drivers, cars and rallies from the 2005 WRC season. It also contains Extreme and Concept cars designed by the teams, S1600 cars andGroup B cars from the 1980s.

In 2005, British game studioTraveller's Tales andSCEE^[8] developed a newWRC title for thePlayStation Portable based onWRC: Rally Evolved, which had recently been released on the PS2.^[8] The PSPport was jointly released bySony Computer Entertainment (EU),Spike (JP) andNamco Bandai Games (NA) on 18 November 2005 in Europe, 9 March 2006 in Japan, and 18 April in North America. It is known asWRC,WRC: FIA World Rally Championship andWorld Rally Championship in the UK, Japan and the US, respectively.^[8]

Like its predecessor,World Rally Championship is based around the 2005 season and features 30 fully deformable 2005 WRC, Evolution and Extreme spec cars.^[8] Inchampionship mode, players have the opportunity to play through the entire WRC season as any one of the 17 official 2004 registered drivers from the six official manufacturers, participating in 16 official rallies spanning five continents and 16 countries.^[8] Additionally, there are 19 bonus stages anddownloadable content that was available to users.^[8] In addition tochampionship mode, there are alsoquick rally,time trial andsingle rally single-player game modes.^[9]World Rally Championship also supports variousad hoc multiplayer modes, such aswireless time trial,turn-based time trial,turn-based single rally, andturn-based championship.^[9]

However, unlike the PS2 version, the PSP remake does not include damage simulation, though visual damage to the vehicle can be seen.

WRC FIA World Rally Championship was released on 8 October 2010 in Europe and 14 April 2011 in Japan. It was the first game to be officially licensed by the WRC since 2005'sWRC: Rally Evolved, and is also the first official WRC game to be released on Xbox and PC. It features the official cars, drivers and co-drivers from the 2010 season and from the three support classes:Production World Rally Championship,Super 2000 World Rally Championship andJunior World Rally Championship.

A downloadable car pack, featuring Group B rally cars from the 1980s, was released on the day of the game's release.

WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship was released on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC on 14 October 2011 in Europe and 16 February 2012 in Japan. It is the second installment in Milestone's rebooted WRC series and is the official video game of the2011 FIA World Rally Championship, featuring cars and rallies from the 2011 season, including support categories.

WRC 3: FIA World Rally Championship was released on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360 and PC on 12 October 2012 in Europe. It is the third installment in Milestone's rebooted WRC series and is the official video game of the2012 FIA World Rally Championship, featuring cars and rallies from the 2012 season, including support categories.

WRC Powerslide was developed by Milestone srl and released on the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and Steam.

As of April 2016, the game has been taken down off from the PSN, XLA, and Steam stores.

WRC 4: FIA World Rally Championship was released on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC and PlayStation Vita in October 2013 in Europe. It is the fourth installment in Milestone's rebooted WRC series and is the official video game of the2013 FIA World Rally Championship, featuring cars and rallies from the 2013 season, including support categories.

WRC : FIA World Rally Championship was released on the Nintendo 3DS in December 2014 in Europe, with versions for iOS and Android releasing in the following year. It is the official video game of the2014 FIA World Rally Championship, featuring cars and rallies from the 2014 season. It was the first WRC released on a Nintendo console.

WRC 5 was released on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, PC and Xbox One in October 2015. It is the first installment on next generation consoles and was developed by Paris-basedKylotonn and published byBigben Interactive. WRC 5 is the official video game of the2015 FIA World Rally Championship, featuring cars and rallies from the 2015 season, including support categories, and a total of 400 km of stages. It is the first WRC game foreighth generation consoles. This game featured Britishindie rock bandBastille's song "Pompeii" in its intro. The game reached number 10 in the UK physical sales chart,^[10] and number 10 in the downloads chart.^[11]

WRC 6 was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on 7 October 2016. It was developed by Paris-basedKylotonn and published byBigben Interactive.WRC 6 is the official video game of the2016 FIA World Rally Championship, featuring cars and rallies from the 2016 season. TheToyota Yaris WRC test car was made available as a pre-order DLC.^[12]

WRC 7 was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on 26 September 2017. It was developed by Paris-basedKylotonn and published byBigben Interactive.WRC 7 is the official video game of the2017 World Rally Championship season, featuring cars and rallies from the 2017 season.

WRC 8 was released on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC on 10 September 2019. It was developed by Paris-basedKylotonn and published byBigben Interactive.WRC 8 is the official video game of the2019 World Rally Championship season, featuring cars and rallies from the 2019 season.

WRC 9 was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on 3 September 2020.PlayStation 5 andXbox Series X and Series S were launched on 12 November 2020, with the Nintendo Switch version available on 11 March 2021. It was developed by Paris-basedKylotonn and published byBigben Interactive.WRC 9 is the official video game of the2020 World Rally Championship season, featuring cars and rallies from the 2020 season.

WRC 10 was released on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S and PC on 2 September 2021. It was developed by Paris-basedKylotonn and published byNacon.WRC 10 is the official video game of the2021 World Rally Championship season, featuring cars and rallies from the 2021 season.

WRC Generations was released on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S and PC on 3 November 2022. It was the last WRC game developed by Paris-basedKylotonn and published byNacon.WRC Generations is the official video game of the2022 World Rally Championship season, featuring cars and rallies from the 2022 season.

Codemasters regained the WRC license in 2020 (which in turn being acquired byElectronic Arts in 2021); following this, it was rumored in 2022 that work onDirt games had been suspended.^[13] On 1 September 2023,EA Sports confirmed that the next game will titledEA Sports WRC, with a full reveal taking place on 5 September.^[14] The game was released on 3 November 2023.^[15]

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