I thought I was cruising when I notched up the first two events on my first attempts, but that changed on the extremely tough third event (which is actually the fifth event, because confusingly the third and fourth event got skipped and remained unavailable). Inexperienced racers can dial down the intensity of their career and quick race difficulty, but at the time of review, Anniversary mode cannot be changed. One significant issue that some may have with the Anniversary races is that the time requirements don’t scale with the global difficulty setting. They’re just a small collection of time trials with a little bit of text to explain the historical context of what you’re about to do. With its own separate menu and period photography it does feel quite special at first, although there’s ultimately not really a great deal to it.

That big 50th Anniversary mode is an important part of this year’s game, and it’s by far the biggest injection of historical content to the series since KT Racing started adding classic cars in WRC 8.

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