The three times Manufacturer World Rally Champions Subaru may have lost its International Rally Car Racing pedigree ever since Tommi Mäkinen and the late Colin McRae were driving for the team from 1996 to 1997, and the year 2003 when Petter Solberg was WRC winner, but under the belt of multitalented Travis Pastrana the brand still reigns the Rally America Championship.
A distinct difference from Rally America is that WRC drivers are allowed to run on the stages prior to the competition for the purpose of creating their own pace-notes. This pre-running stage trial is called reconnaissance or recce so that every WRC driver could develop their own best driving style. On the contrary the Rally America driver is provided with the given "route notes" also referred to as "stage notes" by the organizer, the use of reconnaissance is not allowed.
On many events in North America specially developed software Jemba Inertia Notes System is employed in conjunction with the stage notes. However the thriving Subaru is not solely due this pace-notes difference, but perhaps due to wider track and the Automaker involvement itself since the Rally America’s inception in 2002, as well as the diverse environments.
Most stages in WRC may consist of forest style rallying from snow or muddy narrow tracks up to the grueling gravel in hot ambient temperature. One of extreme gravel 
The remaining aspect such as Rally driving techniques of Left-foot braking, Heel-and-toe, Hill jumping, Scandinavian flick and Handbrake turn as depicted on the right are relatively standard practice every where!
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