First I must say that I loved the small introduction-movies of each track, with a excellent narrator voicing. This is the official rally championship game and all the "right" drivers names are in it.
You deside what car to drive and minor changes before each race (what tyres, brakes, suspencion, those kinds of things).
One thing you definitly must check out is night-rally in Sweden, I tell you! So a plus for the mood of the game.
A big minus for the handling of the vehicle. The steering is a pain in the butt, you can control it, but never enjoy it! I even gave up using the analog controller because of itīs uselessness.
I would like to test WRC 2 because I think, if they fix some of the controls and some minor bugs (also little more graphic details would be nice), it could be a really good rally-game, competing with Colin McRae 3 at least.