Black Bean Games announced today that WRC 2, the official video game of 2011 FIA World Rally Championship, is now available in stores on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

The game, developed by Milestone, offers an exclusive driving experience as well as apackage representing the official cars, teams, drivers and co-drivers from the current WRC season and the support championships: S-WRC, P-WRC, WRC FIA Academy. Furthermore, all the legendary Group B and Safari cars are included.

Here’s some more info on the game as given by the devs:

The strong partnership with the World Rally Championship as well as a collaboration with some of the greatest official drivers allows to give the enthusiasts a realistic and enjoyable driving experience. A real excitement of drift, jumps and handbrakes, to mention just a few features that make WRC 2!

WRC 2 represents a dramatic improvement from last year, with 78 stages, 86 drivers, 5 Super Special Stages, 14 locations featuring different terrain conditions, 1 Urban Stage set in Berlin and much more… 

Alongside classic game modes such as “Single Rally”, “Championship” and “Time Attack”, the new “Road to the WRC” career mode allows the player to start from the WRC Academy to become the new World Rally Champion, while the “WRC Rally School” lets everyone learn how to master the most important rally techniques.

WRC 2 offers realism across the stages thanks to the overall optimisation of the game engine, new lighting effects, the real sounds of the top cars and a revamped version of the damage system. Milestone have also reintroduced the “Rewind Effect”, which allows the player to erase his mistakes and wind back time to attempt a corner again, which they originally featured in  SCAR – Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo, 2005.  

Discover some of the fastest, most powerful and famous rally cars, compete against your own driving skills or join up to 16-players online to set the best results in the worldwide leaderboard. Cars, speed, fun and tons of adrenalin, what else do you need?

Black Bean today announced that WRC 2 will feature Urban Stages in addition to the 78 Special Stages taken from the 13 official locations and five Super Special Stages (Sweden, Mexico, Portugal, Argentina, Germany).

The first Urban Stage will be set in Berlin.

Further Urban Stages will be available via DLC after the game’s release.

WRC 2 is being developed by Milestone and will be available in October 2011 for PlayStation 3, Xbox360 and PC.

Black Bean Games confirmed today that WRC 2 is set for release in October 2011. The sequel to the popular WRC is currently being developed by Milestone and will be published exclusively by Black Bean Games for PlayStation 3, Xbox360 and PC.

Luisa Bixio, Leader Spa Managing Director, adds: “There are millions of WRC followers and racing games enthusiasts all around the world and our ambition is to make them happy with our official products. Most of them simply can’t wait to know more about the next WRC episode. Following the International press and consumer feedback we collected after the 2010 edition release, everyone at Black Bean Games and Milestone, together with the North One Sport team, is doing the best to achieve the most important objective of this year: meeting the gamers expectations. We really want to deliver a state-of-the-art off-road motorsport experience which combines a great graphics impact, the best driving model in this genre and all the WRC elements from the current season such as all classes, drivers, all  rallies as well as much more to enjoy such as the brand new Super Special Stages!”.

Simon Long, North One Sport CEO, says: “The 2010 WRC game put our sport back on the gaming map – and with WRC 2 we look to take this further.  More realism, more detail and more variety is what we have seen in the studio so far this year.  The new game is rich in WRC history, but also gives a glimpse of the future.  With MINI taking on the established Citroën and Ford teams and the impending return of Volkswagen, the WRC is heading for a golden era and we want to take our WRC gamers on that journey too!”.

Stay tuned to GamingBolt.com for more news and updated.