Watching videos of the older games it seems like a pretty serious game without any bells and whistles.Most of the people that don't seem to like WRC games seem to prefer the bells and whistles of Dirt (not talking about the most recent PC only version of Dirt) while people that want a game that is more serious seem to like WRC. WRC games seem to be a straight up licensed rally racing game. That gives me good hope although I never actually played any of the older games so I am not completely confident. I have heard people say the WRC games are arcade but honestly somebody will say any game is arcade. Based on what I have seen for WRC 5 and the older games I am willing to give it a try.