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With significant strides made with each new release, this is one series that has bucked the trend. It may not draw the crowds of other motorsports, but for pure gameplay, you cannot beat a good rally sim. And WRC 9 is a great rally sim.","2025-01-19T09:55:56.702036-05:00",{"id":412,"logo":424,"name":425,"slug":426,"tags":187,"bluesky":427,"twitter":428,"youtube":428,"facebook":428,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":429,"website_url":430,"score_format":47,"average_score":431,"default_timezone":49,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":50,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":19,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":19,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPush-Square-Logo.jpg","Push Square","push-square","pushsquare.com","pushsquare","All the very latest PS5 \u002F PSVR2 \u002F PlayStation Plus \u002F PS4 news, reviews and features. Do you Push Square?","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pushsquare.com\u002F",71,{"id":433,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":434,"author":435,"original_score":274,"normalized_score":65,"review_url":442,"review_date":443,"summary":444,"created_at":445,"updated_at":445,"author_id":436,"last_edited_at":445,"outlet":446},77036,56,{"id":436,"bio":19,"name":437,"avg_score":438,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":439,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":440,"claim_token":19,"article_count":441,"claimed_by_user_id":19},5849,"Thomas Harrison-Lord",61.904761904761905,"2025-02-10T12:17:54.757718-05:00","2025-02-10T14:49:58.076794-05:00",21,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F2020\u002F08\u002F30\u002Fwrc-9-review-ps4-xbox-pc\u002F","2020-08-30","With driving that is now on par with the competition, WRC 9 will keep sucking rally fans back in for more. Elements around the core rallying action could still do with some added finesse, but when the basic premise is so solid, those issues fade into the background. 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Career mode missteps and AI concerns notwithstanding, WRC 9’s incredible stage design and satisfying handling model do make it very easy to recommend to series first-timers – but I’d wager many WRC 8 veterans will find the improvements here fairly incremental after last year’s big leap.","2025-02-06T17:55:15.221811-05:00","2025-02-07T09:19:39.049734-05:00",{"id":459,"logo":473,"name":474,"slug":475,"tags":134,"bluesky":476,"twitter":474,"youtube":477,"facebook":474,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":478,"website_url":479,"score_format":47,"average_score":139,"default_timezone":49,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":50,"headquarters_city":480,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":242,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":19,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FIGN-logo.jpg","IGN","ign","ign.com","@IGN","We're all about video games, movies, TV, and comics!","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002F","Los Angeles"]