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WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship
WRC is the leading off-road simulation franchise. It returns with even more realistic gameplay and more content than ever: 3 new rallies, 35 new special stages, creation of your own custom championships and completely redesigned engine sounds.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
29 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“Seems poorly adapted to work with pc setups, especially if you are using multiple controllers (ex. wheel, handbrake, etc.) it adds layers of frustration in their setup/keybinding process. Also it feels like it only…”
“Very fun game , haven’t played career much but been really enjoying split screen with my gf - highly recommend.”
“Very few games have gripped me by the stones. This is one of them. I literally cannot put down my controller. My eyes, behind, and my hands go sore but I am not able to stop playing. Literally an addiction. 10/10.”
11 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“This was a GREAT deal steam, i need more,its the definition of more bang for your bucks”
“Way better than dirt 2.0, carrer mode with more stuff to do, management, tests, evolve points to improve the team. Nice gameplay, i bought in promotion for 1 dol, no regrets!”
“Feels like it was made for console more than for PC, Free to play mobile games have better drifting physics. If you want a more arcade feeling then its pretty good. i would say its good when its on sale for 3 dollars…”
7 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“Ive been playing alot of F1 games and wanted to try a different racing series so this was my introduction to rally. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as i did. The controls are smooth, the gameplay is responsive and…”
“its nice game like it doesnt lag but man this wants good gpu and cpu i got 3050 i know its bad even if its oc version but like yeah nice game if your fan of rally”
6 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“Awesome gamepad experience. The feeling of whippin the cars around the corners it spot on. Great one to get on sale for the collection!”
“Ive been playing alot of F1 games and wanted to try a different racing series so this was my introduction to rally. I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as i did. The controls are smooth, the gameplay is responsive and…”
“The carrier is a little boring , but good game for a wheel player.”
6 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“Seems poorly adapted to work with pc setups, especially if you are using multiple controllers (ex. wheel, handbrake, etc.) it adds layers of frustration in their setup/keybinding process. Also it feels like it only…”
“I got this game on sale, and it's genuinely my 1st rally game ever. Graphics-wise, I think it's decent, nothing too remarkable. Physics-wise, I like how the cars got a lot of weight to them, and once you got to WRC…”
12 of the 100 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Seems poorly adapted to work with pc setups, especially if you are using multiple controllers (ex. wheel, handbrake, etc.) it adds layers of frustration in their setup/keybinding process. Also it feels like it only…”
“Disconnecting steering wheel while in use, Using Moza R3. Very anticlimatic experience. Refund Requested, even at sale price”
“Terrible physics. There absolutely no leeway when it comes to braking whether its snow, dirt or, asphalt your sliding around everywhere. God forbid you try and turn in the damn game.”
12 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“The physics and tire model in this game is really bad, specially on asphalt, you either have all the grip in the world or none at all. Just play Dirt Rally 1 or 2.”
“The quality of the game is very bad . there are better alternative at the same price range . the game is very arcade but not good . the cars feel like rc ones . DONT BUY IT”
“Terrible physics. There absolutely no leeway when it comes to braking whether its snow, dirt or, asphalt your sliding around everywhere. God forbid you try and turn in the damn game.”
8 of the 100 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“unable to connect to some sort of servers to be able to play with friends”
“I aso had wrc 4 and 6, among those two, this is the best game. it has more cars, the SS is longer and nicer, the career mode is much better with team management. however this game is hard to master Sadly the multiplayer…”
“The online is down, physics are broken, though still there's some fun to be had here.”
6 of the 100 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Disconnecting steering wheel while in use, Using Moza R3. Very anticlimatic experience. Refund Requested, even at sale price”
“Recently got into WRC and starting playing this.. But now I keep getting a bug where I lose my crew for some reason.. And it's really annoying bc it's the rare finds too... I dont know what is wrong but I see this bug…”
“Crashes at the start of the game. No solution found online works to resolve the issue.”
5 of the 100 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“It's not really worth it. Great game but it's been neglected, unoptimized f*ckin game. The Fps just randomly dips and it f*cks over your pace and focus. just save the money and get DIrt 2.0 instead. Better graphics and…”
“Recently got into WRC and starting playing this.. But now I keep getting a bug where I lose my crew for some reason.. And it's really annoying bc it's the rare finds too... I dont know what is wrong but I see this bug…”
“Online servers is not working from i don't know when but several months, it seems bankrupt. Very sad you cant see other players times and upload leaderboard times.”
Counted across 100 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 77.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Cloud save sync location is incorrect. The actual save file path is %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\WRC9\SAVEDATA Could save path is Steam\userdata\[SteamID]\1267540\remote Steam will say it's up to date but nothing is really updated, I had to manually copy file to my other…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Good game, but definitely not for the faint of heart. Game runs well, but the gameplay is definitely difficult. Be prepared to spend hours to be barely able to play the game. Still pretty solid 8/10 game though”
— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs played“Hardly playable with KB+M. It takes a little while to get used to the controls. After that, you’ll quickly realise that the controls are complete dogwater: all cars are Scandinavian Flick machines, and they drift more than my grandmother on a roundabout on a rainy day with slick…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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WRC 9 - Now Available!
Hey WRC drivers! We're delighted to announce that WRC 9, the official video game of the FIA World Rally Championship, is now available on Steam. Not only this version includes the base game with the 2
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Racing, Simulation, Sports |
| Player tags | Racing · Driving · Sports · Automobile Sim · Physics · Management · PvP · Time Management · e-sports · Competitive · First-Person · 3D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 43 |
| Official site | https://www.wrcthegame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-4350 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650, 1 Go | AMD Radeon HD 7770, 1 Go DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 30 GB available space