WRC Live App Review

As World Rally Championship (WRC) is getting hotter, everyone needs to get the latest news and info. Nokia being a sponsor of WRC, has brought an app called "WRC Live" providing exclusive news and media on WRC. This app also provides real-time mapping and also live progress of teams and all other stuff in one place. In this post, I'll cover an in-depth review of "WRC Live" app.

So What's special about this app for which it got 1 million downloads? This app is available for both S^1 and S^3 devices. I'll go through each one separately.
  



S^3 WRC Live App:

               I have used over 100 apps and found nothing unique expect the usual "Loading..Please wait" and similar stuff. But the WRC Live app is rather different. The Loading screen of the app brings the racing fever to its maximum. See the below images to find it out:

The clutch is out and the throttle is up. Let the racing begins... The home screen of the WRC app consists of transparent tabs with a quick info of the latest news and tabs for results, teams and media and also the details of the last completed race. For this instance its Wales Rally GB. 

Inside the "Rallies &Results" tab, We have the Ranking, Player and the total. We can also find the total of the player and the Team which is pretty good. There is also "Rally Calender" where we can find quick info on the Rallies.

There is also the "Championship standings" of the player with details of their total. Its Sébastien Loeb in the top for the eighth year in a row. 

Now moving on to the "Drivers & Teams", We can find the details of the Rally drivers, co-drivers, teams and also there is "Hall of Fame" to remember the legends.

Next is the "Media" tab where we can find all exclusive images and videos and there is "Near Live" which is my favorite.

Another great feature in this app is that Nokia has added Nokia Maps (formerly "OVI maps") in this app that shows the track and also the split time difference. So you'll never miss anything.

Installation:

            We went through the app almost completely. So what's next? Download the app from the Nokia Store, Install it through Nokia Suite or right from your mobile.

After installation, you can find the WRC Live app under "Applications" which is the default location. 

Launch it. Sit back and enjoy the Race. Mission accomplished.

S^1 WRC Live App:

       Now moving on to S^1 devices, this app is available for both S40 and S60 Nokia devices. This is similar to that of S^3 app only with a few modifications.

The Homescreen of the App contains the transparent tabs for "Rallies&Results", "Teams&Drivers", "News" and "Media".

First moving on to the "Rallies & Results",  We can see the Rallies and also the Championship standings in the Rallies. All in one place.

Next comes the "Drivers&Teams" tab under which we can find info of Drivers, co-drivers and Teams and moreover this is the Hall of Fame.

 We can click on the each tile to have the complete details of them of which some are below.

We have the "News" tab next which is also one of the cool features of this app. We can quickly skim over the news or read them completely.

And last but not the least is the "Media" tab for complete entertainment. This app provides the complete media of WRC organised in one place.

So, that's all about the S^1 WRC Live App.

Installation:

              So You are now ready to take the race. Download the App Nokia Store here 

This App is also exclusively available for Lumia Windows Phone. I have no Lumia WP yet. In fact I'm writing this detailed Review post so that I can win one from Nokia Connects

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