Never before have games come this close to the real-life World Rally Championship! Hailed by both critics and professionals, this year's WRC simulation has been reinforced with numerous improvements and optimizations requested by the community.

Just as in the real-life WRC, a major new competitive feature, hybrid cars, have been included in WRC Generations! The potent blend of electric power and combustion engines gives players the opportunity to experience brand-new driving sensations, both in terms of physics and through a completely overhauled sound design.

Previous vehicles can still be found in the game, even more authentically portrayed than ever before. In total, there are no fewer than 37 legendary cars, each carefully recreated with its respective mechanical characteristics.

On top of the 13 rallies of the 2022 season, the game includes 9 other locations for a total of 22 different countries and 165 Special Stages - a record for the genre! The brand-new Swedish route makes its appearance. It is the only completely snow-covered rally with physics even closer to the actual conditions.

NACON and studio KT Racing are pleased to present the Leagues mode, the brand-new competitive mode in WRC Generations.

The Leagues mode is the main competitive mode of WRC Generations. It is divided into two categories: solo and team. Players can rank in both modes simultaneously. In solo, the ranking of a player is determined by the points obtained individually, while the addition of the points obtained by each player determines the positioning of their team.

The Leagues mode is a cross-platform feature (except for the Switch which will work independently), where the goal is to obtain the best rank within the different leagues:

• Legend (top league)
• Champion
• Professional
• Rookie
• Junior
• Beginner (unranked or players demoted from Junior 3)

Each league is subdivided into three tiers. Each tier is then divided into groups of players or teams, for competition on a direct scale. Groups can contain up to 30 solo players and 8 teams in the mode of the same name.

Unfolding of the seasons

Seasons are divided into weeks, including a qualification phase (one week) and ten weeks of competition made up of daily and weekly events that players can participate in to climb their group ranking.
Each week ends with a re-ranking, during which players and teams are repositioned according to their performance. At this point, players gain experience allowing them to unlock new customisation elements for the driver card and new stickers for the livery editor.
Once the season is over, the world's top 3 teams and players are entered into the Leagues Hall of Fame.

Events

For each event, players are given three attempts to get the best time. A warm-up mode also allows players to train on the special stages. The events in single player and team modes are different.

The daily events are simple rallies with specific conditions (special, car, weather) renewed daily and added to the group classification at the end of the day.

The weekly events take the form of a complete rally, which can be completed in several game sessions and are renewed each week. Players can choose a car within a specific category. Damage, repairs, and tyre choice are handled at the service park. The points obtained are added to the group ranking at the end of each week.

Finally, the qualification phases are events that appear at the start of each season, using the same format as a weekly event. The results obtained take the form of a general ranking determining the starting position of each player for the season.

Calendar of the first season

A two-week pre-season is scheduled for 31 October to allow players to familiarise themselves with the system and the first season officially begins on 28 November, 2022.

With these new Leagues, KT Racing intends to offer a new competitive mode over the long term. The leagues will suit the best players in the world who will fight to shave milliseconds off their time to enter the Hall of Fame at the end of each season. This mode will also delight novice players who will face opponents of equal skill in the leader boards while improving over time.

WRC Generations is more polished and detailed than its predecessors and promises countless hours of gameplay thanks to brand-new game modes and new ways to share your passion online!

• Career mode lets players determine their own history, managing every aspect of their team and leading them to success. A new way to manage hybrid-powered cars will be included in the skill tree.
• In League mode players can take each other on in the same category in daily and weekly challenges in an attempt to rise to the top of the rankings.
   
• With the Teams system, players can choose to join a team or create their own, raising the standard high in every challenge.
• The Livery editor enables players to customise their cars with a variety of finishes and stickers. In WRC Generations, players can now share their creations with each other!
• Players can take part in training races on split screen or online, and enjoy the real experience with a friend in Co-driver mode.

WRC Generations is coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam/Epic Games Store) on November 3, 2022 at €39.99 | $39.99, followed by Nintendo Switch on December 1, 2022.