Next Official WRC Game Being Developed by New Studio Grit Games

French steadfast Nacon has revealed the adjacent authoritative World Rally Championship crippled is being developed by a caller workplace called Grit Games.

While it mightiness person been assumed the bid would instrumentality to KT Racing aft departing Codemasters, this has not turned retired to beryllium the case. KT Racing was the developer of 2022’s WRC Generations and six anterior games successful the series.

Nacon has revealed precise small accusation astir WRC 2027 successful its debut video. Other than the information a portion of the Grit Games squad visited the 2026 Monte Carlo Rally successful January, we lone cognize it volition beryllium a caller task built from scratch and volition usage Unreal Engine 5. Assetto Corsa Rally, which is presently disposable connected Steam Early Access and shaping up astir impressively, besides runs connected Unreal Engine 5. 2023’s EA Sports WRC from Codemasters was built utilizing Unreal Engine 4.

Nacon named respective Grit Games unit who formerly worked astatine KT Racing, including Hardouin Pouzet (lead crippled programmer connected WRC 7 to WRC 9), Alexandre Assier (producer connected WRC 7 to 9), and Laura Gayet (an creator connected Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown).

After Codemasters pulled the pin connected immoderate further WRC games pursuing the merchandise of EA Sports WRC successful 2023 (announcing it would beryllium “pausing improvement plans connected aboriginal rally titles” arsenic a result), the authoritative licence was re-secured by Nacon for 2027 to 2032. Nacon antecedently held the WRC licence from 2015 to 2022, publishing 7 WRC games made by developer Kylotonn (also known arsenic KT Racing). For clarity, WRC 5 done to 2019’s WRC 8 were officially published by Bigben Interactive earlier its genitor institution (which besides operated Nacon) merged the 2 groups nether the azygous Nacon name. It’s besides close that WRC 4 was published successful Europe by Bigben Interactive, but that crippled was developed by erstwhile licence holders Milestone.

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