Immersive, Realistic, Addictive - A great update to Race 06, the definitive version of touring car racing
User Rating: 9 | RACE 07: Official WTCC Game PC
Ignore the other idiots who compare this with Need for Speed or TOCA... Both those games, whilst not bad in their own right, are straightforward arcade racers. This is very different - this is simulated motor racing, with immense amounts of efforts put into making this look and feel like you are racing for real. If that's not for you then look elsewhere - to get the best out of this game you really need a decent steering wheel (G25 highly recommended), and more importantly you need to invest significant time into learning how to drive fast round a track at the limits of grip. Make those investments, and like GTR2 and others before it, Race 07 will pay you back in spades.
On the downside, it's a relatively minor upgrade from Race 06, but significant enough to make it a mandatory purchase - it also includes other classes , like Radicals and Formula 3000 which give it longevity. The graphics are pretty good, but not the huge step forward that they could have been - but this shouldn't bother you, they're good enough. We all look forward to a true next-gen SimBin title though.
To summarise - if you have any interest at all in Motorsports, would like to race cars but can't afford to do so in real life - get this.
