WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship
Developer KT Racing
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. From the Steam store page
164 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Mastodon) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
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107 positive · 56 negative
95% range 58–72%
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60 of 164 · most liked firstThis game stopped my self harm It turns out that I just needed someone to say "Care. Don't Cut" ;-;
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WRC 9 and WRC 10 are the only rally games I can recommend besides Dirt Rally 2.0 (I play on PS5 controller). WRC Generations: throttle bug (car does not accelerate at all for the first 70% of the trigger travel, but then power suddenly kicks in like you are in a rocketship) makes cars uncontrollable and makes the whole game straight unplayable since the first minute. Game has huge amount of content but it doesn't even matter. Stay away from this game. EA Sports WRC: disgusting optimization,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not get this if you expect multiplayer to work. EA gutted multiplayer support for both WRC 9 and 10. Could not play with friends after multiple attempts. Go play dirt rally or something.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is an excellent rally game, BUT the servers are shut down for years already, and that alone eliminates more than half of the stuff this game offers. Last time i checked the servers mostly worked on WRC 7 on instance... If you want to play a normal rally game in 2026 go for EA WRC, or if you are low budget yes, i suppose you can buy WRC 7 or WRC 9 instead
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game but a failed promise of a fix for online service (it was supposed to be fixed in April 2026.) ruins it, thus the negative review; stays like that until fixed, if ever.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best WRC game I've played so far I haven't played WRC 10 or WRC Generations yet, so I can't compare those directly. But I've played everything from WRC 4 through WRC 8, and honestly, none of the WRC games I've played come close to WRC 9 for me. I mostly play quick rallies. I don't really care about the career mode, team management, or all that stuff. I just want to pick a rally, get in the car, and drive, and WRC 9 absolutely delivers on that. Weather Conditions The weather conditions…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought the game because of it's cheap price, and because i wanted to try something else than Dirt Rally 2.0 i was used to already; i normally play DR 2.0, and i have to say that this game could have potential, but is dissapointing. Cause? I know WRC is WRC, but being limited to only this type of cars is destroying the potential. The steering is too sharp, i spun out twice, trying to hold the car in a straight line (may be my skill issue because the physics are different than DR 2.0's The game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game a while ago because I love rally racing and it also supports online play, but I was shocked to find out that the game's server has been shut down. This is very negative and disappointing. Unfortunately, Steam didn't accept refund me because of the long time that had passed since the purchase.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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 tyres. The physics are laughable, but in a bad stand-up comedy kind of way – hitting a small wooden stick sounds like you’ve hit a concrete tower, but touch a rocky area sideways and you’ll cleanly ricochet off the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The physics are laughable — the car seems to be in a pinball machine. Sometimes, a simple twig will make your car come to a full stop. This is a joke! Aside from that, there are too few tracks and too little content overall. Avoid at all costs, even at 85% off. Update after 8+ hours of gameplay: this is not only awful; this is, perhaps, one of the worst racing games ever. Period. This uncontrollable mess of a game should be banished — and I recommend that every “dev” who worked on this game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game for multiplayer and IT DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE scummy cash grab game like so many others
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you can get 90% off of this game. It and good game. Caution !!! They turn off multiplayer servers . so it is a single player game . Tips : If you think the car is too oversteer, you might set your car differential tighten to easy control .
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I dont care about the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ historical races and tryouts. Driving model is alright. Your RND is locked after level 60. You wont get points. you wont get XP. You will need a Trainer to reset your Level. Is this a bad game? Yes. Yes it is. Why? The only navigation aid is a deceptive ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Something that would count as 2 short tighten is a 5 long on another. And the other way around. I think iam going into a fast corner and then am met by a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ HAIRPIN THAT WAS SAID TO BE A 5. I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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 wants to prioritize one controller at a time and often times I feel as though I have to re-wake up my wheel after using my handbrake. Game looks great and physics don't seem as bad as some people make it out to be but I have lost patience early on with this game. Goofiest menu…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cloud save sync location is incorrect. The actual save file path is %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\WRC9\SAVEDATA Could save path is Steam\userdata\\1267540\remote Steam will say it's up to date but nothing is really updated, I had to manually copy file to my other device. I hope this gets fixed one day, other then that, great game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely unacceptably to not have a proper manual mode in a rally simulation game. Only 2 options are manual with clutch and semi automatic. If you use a manual with a controller its unplayable and if you use a semi auto the game still shifts gears for you. You don't have full control. Just not playable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Career mode is a woman constantly womansplaining video game basics for you aaaaall theeeee tiiiimeeeee.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh its a Rally sim alright. you just need to set up your control correctly and any problems after that will be a skills issue (your skills)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i liked the games graphics but the servers are down so i cant play online
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Become the 2020 WRC Champion! WRC 9 is the leading off-road simulation franchise endorsed by the world's top drivers. It is the most in-depth rally game on the market: 3 new rallies (Kenya, Japan, New Zealand), over 15 classic cars and 100 special stages to tackle! WRC 9 has new game modes specially designed for the community, including a Clubs system where each player can create their own championship and compete in it online with the rest of the world! Take control of all official drivers and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not bad, played on keyboard and controller. Keyboard controls can't be changed. Graphics are nice. Not many maps but there is still a good amount. No online. Pretty fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good racing, bad career mode ======================== WRC 9 is a good sim if you just want to race. The driving feels solid, but the UI is clunky with tiny text and career mode is too much of a boring chore (team morale, hiring, finances…yawn). A gamepad works well with the game, but wheel and pedals is the ideal way to play. Most people say WRC 9 > 10 because of the handling. Neither are perfect. I prefer 10 for the better graphics. You can get the game for next to nothing if you shop around…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →full ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game made by monkeys some hitboxes dont even exist some are so trash that u dont even need to hit anything and u somehow still hit something
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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 very optimized.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →unable to connect to some sort of servers to be able to play with friends
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Disconnecting steering wheel while in use, Using Moza R3. Very anticlimatic experience. Refund Requested, even at sale price
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wonderful snappy and precise controls using the keyboard. Great variety of stages, beautiful graphics.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun rally game, would recommend it to anyone looking for a more realistic racing experience. It has a nice variety of stages and the progression is fun via the career mode. It actually made me interested in the rally community as a whole. My advice is to start in Junior WRC and make your way up, the later cars are hard to control if you're not used to the handling. If you're looking to 100% the achievements, start with the online one since the servers sometimes stop working for days at a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it's okay for the right price, if you are getting into rally games, and on a budget, simcade type rally physics get the job done
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Basically unplayble on controller, the handeling feels like youre on ice and a small bush can completly destroy your race, just play dirt rally 2.0
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not recommending for horrid performance and UI, handling is ok, I expected worse, but the cars are very stable and not very nuanced which makes driving pretty boring and shallow after you figure out the limit. Stages are pretty nice, but very flat and predictable, you won't get cought by suprise rock, weird camber or downhill breaking so you don't get that fear of trying to survive the stage. Overall not bad, but there are just much better options out there, not much else to say about this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The stuttering makes this game unplayable for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game mechanics are very good compared to other similar games, I highly recommend this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Could be decent but the management aspect is kind of annoying and gets in the way of racing. Why on earth would I want to schedule and then 'experience' a day off??? Refunding
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don’t know. Something feels off. It is a good game, but I would say it feels completely the same as WRC 10. Also the crashes feel like a stick hitting another stick. No real impact. I don’t even have words to describe it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like rally games. They are hard as hell, satisfying as ♥♥♥♥ and this game is just so sublime and smooth and i love it. i didnt try the career mode yet, the reviews say its not great, but if you just want to race for an hour, its a great game, what can i say. however i heard assetto corsa is making a rally game, so youre maybe better of waiting for that one to come out.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only game that glitches my Thrustmaster T300 even wrc 8 works great with it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game is dead, servers are offline. waste of money.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game , haven’t played career much but been really enjoying split screen with my gf - highly recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It will take some time to get used to driving the cars in the game, but it's great. (:
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome gamepad experience. The feeling of whippin the cars around the corners it spot on. Great one to get on sale for the collection!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Logi G923 usert here and the gmae is unplayable. FFB is all over the place and no, I'm not wasting 2 hours to go to whatever registry key to modify it just for this game... Audio is full glitched out all I hear from the engine and cars are stutters... Graphics wise the game is stable but still got weird drops on a full AMD ryzen 7 78ooX3D and a 9070... Hardware years after the game launched... I'll try the 10 but if it's close to this glad they killed the series... And no ea wrc is not better...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a realy good game in general but its realy complicating and not beginner friendly. you might like it specially if you want a hard game but its not for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is my first WRC game, previously I only played rally games made by Codemasters, so while playing WRC 9, in the back of my head I kept comparing it with DiRT Rally: 1. Dynamic weather. Come think of it, I have never experienced that in a rally game before! It kind of makes me more at peace with the fact that I ignore picking the tyres, because no matter which tyres you pick the weather may drastically change halfway through the stage anyway. 2. There is more variety here when it comes to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Weird game, i dont like it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even in single‑player Career Mode the game throws connection errors, which makes it feel like the servers are on life support. Despite that, the actual driving experience is surprisingly enjoyable
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →非常不错的赛车游戏,哪怕是我这个GTX1650也能刘畅运行,虽然没一会也会烫,但没关系,这游戏在手感上也很不错,值了
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game if you want a single player game since the online servers are shutdown
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought it for 1.5 . The game was very good considering its size, which was 22 GB. The only bad thing about it is that the servers aren't working. Game physics 8.5/10 | graphic 8/10 |crash system 8/10 |weather 8.5/10| Number of cars 7.5/10 |Number of tracks 7.5/10| total 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game still fire and i have 1000 hours on wrc 9 and 600 hours on wrc 10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good game, Hop in
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →verry good game love it reallyrecomende
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fr tho i played it mostly when vored and for me it's surprisingly about the same as wrc7-8
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Jó játékra számitottam, mert játszottam előzi WRC-kkel, de az hogy nem működik az online, semmilyen féleképpen, a leaderboard is csak offline. Egyszerűen nevetséges hogy mennyi ideje "fixálják" a problémát. Maga a játékkal, játékmenettel nincs sok problémám.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very fun game to play, 100% recommend it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →better graphics then wrc 10
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