EA Sports WRC: General Discussion

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Is Rally 2 more fun than Rally 1 right now? I can't remember whether there's an option to change back to WRC2 at the end of a career year without losing a lot.
 
UKMikey
Is Rally 2 more fun than Rally 1 right now? I can't remember whether there's an option to change back to WRC2 at the end of a career year without losing a lot.
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That's a matter of personal preferences; in terms of actually nailing a run I'd go with the hybrids simply due to the additional complexities you have to deal with, but for general enjoyment I'd go with the Rally/WRC2's any day of the week, for me they're just a joy to drive.
 
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It just the Novelty of getting a very in demand model like the Rally 2 Yaris in the game. Short of the Clio R3/4 and Ypsilon R4 I guess it was the only thing missing from the IRL WRC car list.

It does handle amazing though.
 
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I'm liking the new stages. I did all the short and medium ones in the wee hours this morning when i should have been sleeping. Thankfully I'm as bad at these as I am on all the others so I've been doing 360s in the fields of Latvia before rejoining the track :lol: It's revitalised my interest in the game so hopefully I'll be playing it more again.
 
Just had a couple of hours of proper testing in my rig ( was on controller downstairs yesterday ).
Gotta say the audio from the '24 Puma is awesome. Poland and Latvia are fantastic and I've got a new favourite in the Kalvene stage, it's such a high speed ride and over in about two minutes.
Also it seems as though the scenery elsewhere has had a bit of a buff, specially on the BioBio stages.

Weirdly I've seen reports of two new ffb options popping up for console, wheel friction and tyre friction. A Moza user showed me a screenshot but my options don't have these.
Either they're wheel specific or he's not on Xbox as he reckons he is lol
 
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No you can't go backwards in career mode.
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I really don't want to bin my career after all this time. Guess I'll have to keep an eye out for the Yaris in Season 7's moments once it rolls around or cobble together a custom championship if I want to try it out.
 
For anyone (with the DLC) wanting to try the new stages. This club is running an event with all the Polish stages for the next few days. I think Latvia to follow

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For anyone wanting to try the new stages. This club is running an event with all the Polish stages for the next few days. I think Latvia to follow

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Just a note with clubs, you need to own the DLC to take part. It's only quick play mutiplayer where only the host needs to own.
 
RYAN
For anyone wanting to try the new stages. This club is running an event with all the Polish stages for the next few days. I think Latvia to follow

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They're doing a Latvia one in the Rally2s

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Spent a bit of time in the Rally1 cars last night, specifically the Yaris and Puma. Using stock setup on all and I didn't notice a huge difference between the 2023 and 2024 Yaris. Possibly a touch of understeer in the 2024 Yaris, but nothing major. Ran the same Latvian stage a handful of times though and my clean 2024 Yaris runs were all quicker.

Much more noticeable difference between the 2023 and 2024 Puma. 2024 Puma feels way nicer to drive to me and is a clear improvement (plus it sounds awesome!). I rarely use the Hyundai, but I'll give that a try at some point as well.

Briefly tried the Rally2 Yaris before heading to bed. Initial impressions were good, but I'd like to run a couple of stages on repeat and bounce between a few cars to get a good comparison. I know the Fabia was favoured by many for record runs, but the Fiesta has been my go to recently, so those to compare first.
 
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Finally :lol: But seriously, any recommendation for a decent Capture card ? :ill:
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Great vid as always 👍
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Spent a bit of time in the Rally1 cars last night, specifically the Yaris and Puma. Using stock setup on all and I didn't notice a huge difference between the 2023 and 2024 Yaris. Possibly a touch of understeer in the 2024 Yaris, but nothing major. Ran the same Latvian stage a handful of times though and my clean 2024 Yaris runs were all quicker.

Much more noticeable difference between the 2023 and 2024 Puma. 2024 Puma feels way nicer to drive to me and is a clear improvement (plus it sounds awesome!). I rarely use the Hyundai, but I'll give that a try at some point as well.

Briefly tried the Rally2 Yaris before heading to bed. Initial impressions were good, but I'd like to run a couple of stages on repeat and bounce between a few cars to get a good comparison. I know the Fabia was favoured by many for record runs, but the Fiesta has been my go to recently, so those to compare first.
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Agree with the '24 Puma, it is night and day better than the '23. I found the '24 Hyundai to be a bit of a handful when I tested it on Sardinia, was quite surprising, I was half expecting it to feel a bit more like the Yaris in terms of stability given how good the real one has been.
 
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Great vid as always 👍

Agree with the '24 Puma, it is night and day better than the '23. I found the '24 Hyundai to be a bit of a handful when I tested it on Sardinia, was quite surprising, I was half expecting it to feel a bit more like the Yaris in terms of stability given how good the real one has been.
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The real i20 does seem to be pointier than the Yaris, it's something they've been mentioning quite a bit in commentary on Rally.TV this year. Very nice if they've managed to capture that in the game.
 
It was borderline for me but I eventually plumped for the expansion, the new Yaris definitely feels quick with it's default tune (at least on the one stage I tested it on).

Only done a couple short runs on Poland and Latvia, the latter being surprisingly bumpy. Having a run through the club up above, initial impressions are that (somewhat unsurprisingly) both locations are almost tailor-fit for the Rally1's; incredibly fast and enough aero to send it through anything longer than a 4 essentially flat.

I was a bit disappointed to see there's no unofficial/custom liveries for the 24' hybrids (the white/blue number for the '23 Puma is my cover car on the main menu) so I may have to spend some time designing one myself when I get a preference for which hybrid I prefer. Having said that, the 24' Puma does feel pretty good thus far (and they kept the tachometer on the dash!).
 
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Nothing to do about the recent update but I just wanted to say that I am really loving the haptic feedback + adaptive triggers on PS5. Thanks to it, I am able to perform miracles like:
1. While braking, lock up only the inside front tire.
2. In 4WD cars, drift the rear tires to rotate the car around while not losing grip on front tires and then regain grip on the rears to launch ahead.
3. Understand the extent of damage to engine/radiator/exhaust etc and the corresponding amount of drop in power.

Amazing job by the devs! A third party game makes the first party game Gran Turismo 7's haptic feedback + adaptive trigger implementation look pretty poor. Like, adding resistance to throttle and brake triggers, jeez! And binary rumble on off-track and on rally tracks.
 
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Nothing to do about the recent update but I just wanted to say that I am really loving the haptic feedback + adaptive triggers on PS5. Thanks to it, I am able to perform miracles like:
1. While braking, lock up only the inside front tire.
2. In 4WD cars, drift the rear tires to rotate the car around while not losing grip on front tires and then regain grip on the rears to launch ahead.
3. Understand the extent of damage to engine/radiator/exhaust etc and the corresponding amount of drop in power.

Amazing job by the devs! A third party game makes the first party game Gran Turismo 7's haptic feedback + adaptive trigger implementation look pretty poor. Like, adding resistance to throttle and brake triggers, jeez! And binary rumble on off-track and on rally tracks.
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Funnily enough I had this exact thought last night, when doing Poland and it transitioned onto the Cobblestones the haptic felt absolutely incredible. I don't know if they've been tweaked in the patch but it was more noticeable than the Portugal Cobblestones and I could actually feel the texture of them.

Do love the haptic.
 
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Funnily enough I had this exact thought last night, when doing Poland and it transitioned onto the Cobblestones the haptic felt absolutely incredible. I don't know if they've been tweaked in the patch but it was more noticeable than the Portugal Cobblestones and I could actually feel the texture of them.

Do love the haptic.
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I really wish I could use Rumble/Haptic features. I would even invest in a Dualsense for use on PC if my hands could deal with it. It would of course improve my experience and no doubt be an advantage in feeling grip changes/loss of traction etc compared to just relying on vision alone. Not to mention braking with no ABS.

Edit: Nice new lick of paint to the Steam game page. Wasn't there yesterday. (At least for me)
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Nice new Library Tile aswell -

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Also @Cabelmania Are you on PC now? I don't remember you having a PC icon next to your name in game?
 
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RYAN
For anyone (with the DLC) wanting to try the new stages. This club is running an event with all the Polish stages for the next few days. I think Latvia to follow

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Just did this one in one go. I beat Jimmy on a couple of stages so I imagine he must have been going flat out while jabbering along to his streaming audience and hit a logpile or something.

That Yaris is a bit twitchy for my liking as I spun out a couple of times and ended up in a pile of sticks I couldn't get out of. Not sure I'll stick with the club after Poland as they all seem to be hardcore sim racers.
 
UKMikey
Just did this one in one go. I beat Jimmy on a couple of stages so I imagine he must have been going flat out while jabbering along to his streaming audience and hit a logpile or something.

That Yaris is a bit twitchy for my liking as I spun out a couple of times and ended up in a pile of sticks I couldn't get out of. Not sure I'll stick with the club after Poland as they all seem to be hardcore sim racers.
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The Rally 1 at Poland or the Rally 2 at Latvia? I guess the Latvia one as you mentioned the Yaris. I just finished the RALLY 2 with the new Yaris at Latvia. Really enjoyed it. I found the R2 Yaris twitchy especially towards the end. Did this nice pirouette on the final stage.

(Excuse the awful quality, It's late so I just grabbed my phone to snap it) (Should have just used Steam capture took ages to get it off phone anyway. Wind noise is my fan, My room gets very warm) :lol:



UKMikey
Not sure I'll stick with the club after Poland as they all seem to be hardcore sim racers.
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Don't say that, I may have won a couple of stages :lol:

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RYAN
The Rally 1 at Poland or the Rally 2 at Latvia?
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I did the Latvia one from your link as I wanted to try out the Yaris. I didn't realise Poland was a separate club and thought they'd run a second Rally 2 event there next week.

I'm not used to full rallies and ran out of tyres so I had to do the final two stages on what was left of my super softs from the previous stage. I carried a spare I ended up not using so the extra counterweight probably encouraged my Torvill & Dean pirouette at that sharp corner following the straight.

Fiesta next time for me, I figure.
 
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UKMikey
I did the Latvia one from your link as I wanted to try out the Yaris. I didn't realise Poland was a separate club and thought they'd run a second Rally2 event there next week.
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This is the Rally 1 Poland club. Not as enjoyable as the Latvia R2 one I don't think. I enjoyed the stages Its just the concentration that the Rally 1s require and driving completely new stages is quite an effort.
 
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