FIA Rally Star – Discovering the future stars of rally in WRC 9
August 13 2020 - 12:00PM
FIA Rally Star – Discovering the future stars of rally in WRC 9
Lesquin, 13 August 2020 – NACON, KT Racing and
the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) are delighted
to unveil their brand-new collaboration for the first
worldwide programme to discover future rally
drivers: FIA Rally Star. It will be
available this December through a DLC for WRC 9,
the official video game of the FIA World Rally Championship.
The eSports WRC Championship
already provides many talented players the chance to compete
throughout the year in a virtual competition that mirrors the World
Rally Championship, WRC 9 is taking the
next step to become the exclusive platform for this innovative new
programme that aims to unearth the drivers of
tomorrow.
Open to all players between 17 and 26
years old, this multi-phase selection process gives the
most promising drivers the opportunity to take part in a training
and coaching programme supervised by the FIA. Seven
finalists, including one female driver, could ultimately start
their international career before aiming to join the FIA
Junior WRC.
Attention drivers! The first
FIA Rally Star qualification phase starts in
2021 in WRC 9. The programme is
available to anyone who owns the game on consoles or PC as part of
the FIA Rally Star DLC, available in December.
As the latest version of the WRC’s popular video
game, WRC 9 is the best game for young drivers to
reveal their skills. Giving access to more than 800km of special
stage from all 13 schedules rounds of the 2020 season, WRC
9 is the most realistic rally simulation ever made.
“Being innovative and global, FIA Rally
Star’s ambition is to develop new solutions allowing young
drivers from all over the world to reveal their potential. As soon
as we introduced the project to NACON and KT Racing teams, they
showed great enthusiasm and we couldn’t have hoped for better
platform than WRC 9 to select the most promising
candidates.” declares Yves Matton, Rally Director at
FIA. “The FIA World Rally Championship brings together
fans from every continent. Many of them dream to get behind the
wheel and our wish is to make our sport more accessible. Through
FIA Rally Star and its digital version in WRC 9,
living this passion is simpler than ever.”
"The idea that the future stars of rally will
start their professional driving careers because of WRC
9 is a great pride for the entire team and one of the best
rewards for all the work we have put in over the last few
years," said Roman Vincent, founder
and CEO of KT Racing development studio. "After the
success of eSports WRC, which has already unearthed hugely talented
players, we can't wait to find out who will be the finalists of FIA
Rally Star!"
More details will be shared very
soon
- WRC 9 will be available on September
3rd, 2020 on Xbox One, PS4™ and PC from the Epic Games
Store, and a later date for Xbox Series X, PS5™
and Nintendo Switch.
- The FIA Rally Star DLC will be available in December
2020 for PlayStation®4, Xbox One and EPIC Games Store for
PC, PlayStation®5 and Xbox One Series X.
- Standard and Deluxe Digital
Editions of WRC 9, are currently
available for pre-order on Xbox Live, PlayStation
Store and EPIC Games Store for PC.
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