A stage in the rain, a co-driver calling a long left four, and nothing else in the world.

The community's verdict is blunt. On gut choice, WRC 8 only edges out 11% of games. The detail drives the point home: fun at the very bottom of the ranking, art direction at the very bottom too, sound barely above, attachment down in the depths. As a desert island pick, it beats just 3% of titles. That's low. Really low. The only line that breathes a little is controller feel, still below average but clearly the strongest part of its profile. And that's no accident: it's exactly where a rally sim lives.

The issue isn't the game, it's the nature of the exercise. An officially licensed sim is judged on physics, grip, reading the road. Questions about emotion, art style or whether the soundtrack ends up in your playlist simply don't measure what makes a WRC worth playing. Put it against an adventure game or an RPG and it starts six lines out of seven behind.

So, who's it for? For you if you love feeling a car slide, learning a stage by heart, shaving off two tenths. Much less so if you want something that stays with you once you're away from the wheel.