EA WRC is taking Rally back to its Colin McRae heyday | PREVIEW

I know precisely one person who is good at driving and got precisely one piece of advice before sliding behind the wheel in EA WRC: “You’ve got to be smooth and not stab at the controls.”

But there’s just something about the iconic Subaru Impreza – it’s probably the gold wheels, isn’t it – that makes hammering the accelerator seem like a really, really good idea.

A couple of overzealous turns later and the only smooth thing was the arc of the skid marks leading to my car, tatty and crumpled in a ditch. “Terminal damage”. Whoops.

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