But suffice it to say you won’t be disappointed. I’m probably a bad frame of reference because I haven’t really played a rally game since lockdown and I’ve never driven any sort of game with a steering wheel and pedals before, so it’s fair to say I was… quite accidentally-prone, when I first got into it.
But with more practice I started to get the hang of it, and really started to appreciate the realism that Codemasters was able to achieve with EA Sports WRC. Sitting in a multi-thousand dollar simulator no doubt helps, but it felt real. I felt like I was really like Ott Tänak who raced the stages of Rally Estonia in my M-Sport Ford Puma Rally1.
Except for the terrible driving part. That wasn’t great for me.
Control feels crisp, feedback through the controls is great, and the car sounds really impressed me – especially in the cockpit view. I close my eyes and I’ll have a hard time telling if I’m playing a video game or watching real life on the plane.
A little trick training while John was heading to another meeting gradually began to build my personal confidence behind the wheel, which was just as the crescendo was coming. Rally and sim racing pro vs balding, superior man. There can only be one winner!
