On October 1, 2012 publisher and game developed Milestone revealed the all new challenges and boss battle in the career mode for the upcoming racing game WRC 3, which is set for release in a little over a week. The new challenges have been created as special event which task the players to with mastering specific game mechanics
The Challenges will include:
Drift Contest: Colored poles are positioned along the road and the driver is awarded points to drift the care as close to them as possible
Rally School Contest: The driver has to race on a section of Special Stage, task with keeping the car inside the cones.
Crash & Run: Negotiate with the tracks hitting the bonus points and avoiding the minus points
Survival Contest: Your car will slowly break down as you race the clock, the only way to pass the challenge is to reach the finish line as quick as possible whilst passing over repair kits to keep your car from totally breaking down.
Gate Contest: Reach the finish line dodging all obstacles along the track. Obstacles consist of a series of gates, some of them fake which can easily destroyed and other that are real, that slow the car down when hit. Every gate will have an indicated to warn the driver if their fake or not. However the indicator is only activated when the player is very close, speed and reflex is the key.
Top Rally Contest: The players race through a special stage driving to the beat his opponent who is in a “Special Vehicle”. You must be the driver to earn the highest score.
Combo Contest: Combines two or more challenges from the other challenges.
Lastly, the boss battles will allow drivers to try their abilities against seven highly good drivers head to head. They will have the race the boss driver of the track, and win by reaching first place. The final stage race will grant access to the next track on the career mode.
Milestone’s Game Director, Sebastian Pellicano stated, “This year we’ve decided to make WRC 3 more accessible to players who are new to the franchise, through a brand new career mode. We can assure hardcore games that this won’t change the nature of the WRC license itself. Plus we strongly believe that these contents will offer a more dynamic experience to all players who relish in the authenticity of WRC 3.
Milestone’s WRC 3 will be available October 12, 2012 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and PlayStation Vita.
You can pre-order WRC now from: GAME, Amazon, Play.com, and Zavvi.
To watch the challenge video visit here.
You can visit wrcthegame.com for more information on this upcoming racing title.
*Writer's Thoughts
I believe the most interesting challenge will be the Combo Contest. I’ll like to see how the different challenges combined will play out together.
