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WRC 5 – Officially Announced

As rumored yesterday, Big Ben Interactive has officially announced the next World Rally Championship title.

As rumored yesterday, Big Ben Interactive has officially announced the next World Rally Championship title.

Following Milestone’s involvement with the past four versions of the official WRC game, Big Ben is now trusting Kylotonn with the development of the new title.

Kylotonn will be using their Kt Engine HD that offers all major features for a proper rally title:

Kt Engine HD??is a fully featured latest generation cross-platforms game engine (PC ??? PlayStation 4 PlayStation 3 ??? PS Vita ??? Xbox One ??? Xbox 360).
This production line includes :

  • A high end visual game engine??supporting dynamic weather and dynamic day/night cycle, vehicle deformations, dirt, lens flare???
  • A level editor??to create living, varied and realistic environments, alternating driving surfaces such as asphalt, gravel, snow???
  • A particles editor??capable of simulating physics of dust volumes, smoke, dirt, water and snow projections???
  • A powerful physics engine??providing detailed vehicle simulation allowing realistic handling, in any environment and on any driving surface.
  • Advanced damage model??offering damage levels ranging from mild damage to complete destruction.
  • Replays mode??with dynamic visualizations inspired by TV broadcasts.

More details on the title are sparse at the moment, the initial announcement confirms that the new title will not just be coming to the PC but also to the Playstation 4 & Xbox One as the official WRC game makes the next-gen jump.

WRC 5 will be available this fall, right now you can watch the first short video teaser below!

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