When does WRC 5 FIA World Rally Championship get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 3h it's 1 in 6 (16%). Only 40% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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WRC 5 FIA World Rally Championship

Oct 8, 2015 Steam: Mostly Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 40% of owners

Steam reviews 73% positive of 1,958

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 3h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
Only 40% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 1,970 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 4.8h for positive, 2.3h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (39.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (37)

"Persona" Create a customised driver. 100%
Sign here Sign your first contract in Career mode. 96%
Winner! Win a Special Stage in any off-line game mode. 91%
"Back in Time" Use the Snapshot for the first time. 83%
"Beam me up, Scotty" Respawn manually for the first time. 81%
Mechanic Repair your car for the first time. 67%
Podium Finish in the top three in a Special Stage in Career mode. 62%
Well done! Win a Special Stage in Quick Stage mode. 62%
Looks good on your C.V. Win a Special Stage in Career mode. 60%
Specialist Tune your car for the first time. 54%
Portugal! Win the Vodafone Rally de Portugal in Career mode. 30%
"Ready at dawn" Exceed the repair time budget for the first time. 29%
Poland! Win the LOTOS 72nd Rally Poland in Career mode. 29%
Bring it on! Finish a Special Stage using tyres that aren't adapted to the road surface. 28%
Spain! Win the RallyRACC Catalunya-COSTA DAURADA in Career mode. 25%
Monte Carlo! Win the Rallye Monte Carlo in Career mode. 24%
Corsica! Win the Rallye de France - Tour de Corse in Career mode. 23%
Finland! Win the Neste Oil Rally Finland in Career mode. 21%
First step Finish a Junior season in first place in Career mode. 20%
Wales! Win the Wales Rally GB in Career mode. 19%
Mexico! Win the Rally Guanajuato México in Career mode. 16%
Things are getting serious Sign a contract with Volkswagen, Citroën, Hyundai or M-Sport. 16%
Sweden Win the Rally Sweden in Career mode. 15%
Sardinia! Win the Rally Italia Sardegna in Career mode. 14%
Online visitor Finish a Special Stage online. 14%
Second step... Finish a WRC-2 season in first place in Career mode. 13%
Australia! Win the Coates Hire Rally Australia in Career mode. 13%
Argentina! Win the Xion Rally Argentina in Career mode. 12%
Couch surfer Finish a Special Stage in Offline Multiplayer mode with at least two players. 12%
Online victory Win a Special Stage online. 12%
Rally driver Win a Special Stage in Simulation setting in any off-line mode. 12%
Germany! Win the ADAC Rallye Deutschland in Career mode. 11%
Online tourist Finish 5 Special Stages online. 11%
World Champion! Finish a WRC season in first place in Career mode. 9.5%
"Around the world" Finish at least one Special Stage in each rally in Quick Stage mode. 9.0%
Online regular Finish 10 Special Stages online. 8.5%
Explorer Finish all the Special Stages in the game in Quick Stage mode. 6.0%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.