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Kylotonn have deployed their October, 2021 update for WRC 10. This update adds the Ypres Rally Belgium, a narrow and winding location lined with ditches and posts. Don’t cut, basically.
Three new historic events were also added, featuring the 1980 Rally Portugal with Walter Röhrl and Christian Geistdörfer in their Fiat 131 Abarth, the 1981 Rally Finland with Ari Vatanen and David Richards in their Ford Escort MkII 1800 and finally, the 2017 Rally Portugal with Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia in their Ford Fiesta WRC.
Check out the patch notes below for full details:
Rallies
New 2021 Rally
Renties Ypres Rally Belgium (7 stages)
New Historical Events
Portugal 1980: Walter Röhrl / Christian Geistdörfer – Fiat 131 Abarth
Finland 1981: Ari Vatanen / David Richards – Ford Escort MkII 1800
Portugal 2017: Sébastien Ogier / Julien Ingrassia – Fords Fiesta WRC
Vehicles
3 new Historical cars have been added to the game:
Fiat Abarth 131
Ford Escort MkII 1800
Ford Fiesta WRC 2017
Fixed an issue on wipers when snowing/raining with the Citroen Xsara
Livery Editor
250 new stickers have been added to the library
Fixed issues linked to saving liveries in the Livery Editor
Co-Driver Mode
The Co-Driver Mode has been improved with a new User Interface
A new Leaderboard has been added to the Co-Driver mode, ranking all co-drivers depending of the highest score they made during a stage
A Pacenote chart has been added to the game allowing co-drivers to give the proper calls to the driver through the voice-chat
You now need to press different buttons (A, X or B with your controller for instance) at the right time to increase the final score
Career Mode
Fixed an issue as crew members were disappearing
Stages
Fixed an issue related to the following stages
Rally Portugal – Lousada
Rally Estonia – Shakedown / Elva / Elva Reverse
Rally Estonia – Tartu
Rally Finland – Harju
Crash fixed in Long Stages such as El Puma or El Puma Reverse
Others
GPU optimizations
Fixed several Localization issues
Peripherals
Fixed an issue with Logitech G27 steering wheel
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