I suppose the WRC series are kinda like the FIFA of the Rally world in that they release the same game over and over again with minor alterations.

It's not a terrible game, in fact it's pretty alright, but by 2013 standards it's embarrassing. There are games from the late 90s that had more depth and better physics than this. This game has all the flaws of the previous WRC games and does nothing to improve them.

In addition, they really failed to get the vibe right. I criticized 1 and 3 for having brostep soundtrack, but here it's this epic orchestral music and live-action videos with slow-motions and fade transitions. It's like, chill, we're about to drive a car, not send a man to the Moon.

The career mode makes you choose your country, name, and face and then the same for your co-driver, like you give a shit. And they have like 12 faces, all of which look vaguely South-European or Middle-Eastern. What If I'm playing as a Chinese dude? Then they ask you to choose your plate number, which is like the most unnecessary thing imaginable.

At the end of the day, WRC 4, like its predecessors, feels like soulless commercial slop. I don't even wanna check WRC 5 at this point.

Also, the PS Vita version suffers from blown out colors and severe aliasing. I'd avoid it at all cost.