''WRC Generations'' is a

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developed by

Kylotonn Kylotonn Société à responsabilité limitée, SARL is a French video game development studio founded in 2006 in Paris. They are best known for their racing games, and are the official developer of the ''World Rally Championship (video game se ...

and published by

Nacon Nacon (formerly Bigben Interactive) is a French video game company based in Lesquin. It designs and distributes gaming accessories, and publishes and distributes video games for various platforms. In 2020 Bigben Group was consolidated to form Na ...

. It is the seventh entry in the ''

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...

'' series by the French developer and holds the official license of the

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. The game was released for

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and

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on November 3, 2022 and

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on December 1, 2022. It is the final WRC game to be released by Kylotonn, as

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and

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take over the rights from 2023 onwards.

Gameplay

As the new hybrid was implemented in the 2022 season, the game features brand-new car models based on the

Ford Puma Rally1 The Ford Puma Rally1 is a Rally Pyramid, Rally1 car built by the M-Sport World Rally Team, M-Sport Ford World Rally Team that is set to use in the World Rally Championship starting in . It is based upon the road car version of Ford Puma (crossove ...

Hyundai i20 N Rally1 The Hyundai i20 N Rally1 is a Group Rally1, Rally1 car built by the Hyundai Motorsport that is driven in the World Rally Championship starting in . The prototype car is based on the Hyundai i20 Hyundai N, N production car and was first revealed to ...

and

Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 The Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 is a Rally1 car built by Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT that has been driven in the World Rally Championship since . The prototype car is based on the GR Yaris production car. The car won the Autosport Awards The Autosport Awa ...

respectively. Other than the three

Group Rally1 Within the motorsport discipline of rallying, Group Rally1 is a formula of rally car specifications for use at the highest level of international rallying in the World Rally Championship (WRC) as determined by the FIA. Despite the use of the wo ...

cars, the game includes

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cars and legendary cars, which would ensure vehicle number no fewer than thirty-seven. The Anniversary mode, which was first introduced in ''

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'', has also returned.

Development and release

''WRC Generations'' was revealed on May 18, 2022, with both

and

return to work on the game. The game is set to be launched for

and

platforms. The original release date was October 13, but two weeks before it was moved to November 3. A

version has been announced for December 1, 2022.

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