WRC II Extreme

For the 2011 video game, see WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship.
WRC II Extreme
Developer(s) Evolution Studios
Publisher(s) Sony Computer Entertainment Europe[1]
Series World Rally Championship
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release date(s)
  • EU November 29, 2002
  • JP April 22, 2003
Genre(s) Off-road racing

WRC II Extreme is a 2002 off-road video game released for the PlayStation 2. The game was developed by Evolution Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

Gameplay

WRC II Extreme contains 115 stages across 15 different countries with officially licensed WRC cars that are available to the player.[2]

An action replay mode is made available which includes a wide range of camera angle shots.[3]

Teams and Drivers

21 drivers and 7 teams appear on the game. Although Citroën did not participate in a full season in 2002, they are featured on all events in the game and are therefore eligible to score team points in championship mode.

Team Drivers
France Peugeot Total United Kingdom Richard Burns
Finland Marcus Grönholm
France Gilles Panizzi
Finland Harri Rovanperä
United Kingdom Ford Motor Co Spain Carlos Sainz
Estonia Markko Märtin
Belgium François Duval
Japan Mitsubishi Ralliart France François Delecour
United Kingdom Alister McRae
Japan Subaru World Rally Team Finland Tommi Mäkinen
Norway Petter Solberg
Japan Toshihiro Arai
Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Sweden Kenneth Eriksson
Finland Toni Gardemeister
Czech Republic Roman Kresta
Sweden Stig Blomqvist
South Korea Hyundai World Rally Team Germany Armin Schwarz
Belgium Freddy Loix
France Citroën Sport Sweden Thomas Rådström
France Sébastien Loeb
France Philippe Bugalski

Because Colin McRae had his own video game series at this time, Sony could not acquire the license for him to appear, so he was replaced on the game by François Duval.

Rallies

All 14 rallies from the official 2002 WRC calendar appear on the game.

Production

WRC II Extreme was developed by British-based Evolution Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. The game was designed with a new physics model for the cars controlled by the player. This was developed with assistance for rally motorsport engineers. The geography of the tracks was modeled after satellite photography and DEM data to create a more realistic and accurate look for each rally stage. Audio samples from the engine noises are based on real-life WRC rally cars. The action replay mode editing was developed with the assistance of World Rally Championship broadcaster Chrysalis TV with the editing of the replay footage and GUI design.[3] Each car is made from around 20,000 polygons, an increase from 8000 in the first game.[4]

Reception

WRC II Extreme received generally positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website GameRankings provides an average rating of 82.33% based on 18 reviews.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Published and developed by Spike for Japan release.
  2. ↑ "WRC II Extreme - PS2". Spong. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  3. 1 2 IGN Staff (29 August 2002). "World Rally Championship II Extreme". IGN. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  4. ↑ http://www.futuregamez.net/ps2games/wrc2/review.html
  5. ↑ http://www.gamerankings.com/ps2/914505-wrc-ii-extreme/index.html


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