EA Sports WRC: General Discussion

[MrCrynox]

I've submitted my bug reports and thoughts. I'm parking this game until everything's hopefully fixed. For me it's a disappointing release. I know there's promise but for me it pales in comparison to DR2.0, even without the bugs. I agree with what someone else said, it feels arcade like Dirt 4 did following DR1. Of course this is just my opinion and I'm glad that most people here like it and are having fun 👍

 

[FrankieStail]

Whilst there’s no doubt teething problems with wrc, I don’t think it’s so far away that it can’t be fixed.

Once the stuttering issue is sorted all the graphics need is a bit of contrast, colour saturation and sharpening and we’ll have a near on perfect rally sim.

It’s definitely no where near as bad as acc was when it launched, so I’ve no big worries that codies can’t get this where it needs to be.

 

[m355y]

I've submitted my bug reports and thoughts. I'm parking this game until everything's hopefully fixed. For me it's a disappointing release. I know there's promise but for me it pales in comparison to DR2.0, even without the bugs. I agree with what someone else said, it feels arcade like Dirt 4 did following DR1. Of course this is just my opinion and I'm glad that most people here like it and are having fun 👍

I think there's loads of potential. I love the car list, the number of events (really loving just exploring all the new locations) and the overall feel of the game. I don't find the stuttering that terrible mainly, not so bad that I can't enjoy it even pre-patch. And yet at the moment it's pulled me back to DR2.0, which I'm absolutely loving. I don't think I completely appreciated what an incredible game DR2.0 is - not to the extent where I'm piling in the hours into it anyway. But at the moment I don't like EA WRC as much. It's mainly reminded me what an incredible game its predecessor was. But I still think it'll improve to the point where its in the same bracket.

What it hasn't done is give me new appreciation for the KT games. Quite the opposite. They can bugger off.

 

[paulpg87]

They will fix it and it’s not unplayable.
For my tastes it is way better than DR2.0 that had no content at release with very limited stages and no career mode (never introduced). I got platinum in dr2 and all dlcs, after more than 1 year it was an amazing game.

This was just 44€, it if full of content at release and just needs a bit of graphical optimization.

Surely the biggest letdown are the graphics which are nowhere near forza horizon open world or gt7. This is not next gen.

Considering this false start and the limited audience i think with EA this won’t have a bright future. I think it will be just patched and gradually improved over the years with seasonal dlcs.

 

[Mr_D]

So I'm still confused about the structure of the career. How am I supposed to know what championships to do and how they might interfere with eachother?

 

[RYAN]

it’s not unplayable.

I'd hold back saying sweeping statements like this to be honest. As much as I've tried powering through I cant play the game 100% with how performance is for me at the moment.

 

[RacingManiac]

So I'm still confused about the structure of the career. How am I supposed to know what championships to do and how they might interfere with eachother?

As far as I can figure out, you are trying to appease the sponsor while trying to win your main championship. Doing OEM events or sponsor focus events appease the sponsors, and you have to wait until your main championship to come up before you can do the latter. The career I am in I didn't see JWRC until like week 5 or something. The OEM events are usually where the sponsor will appeasing as well and you don't need to buy cars for them, but if the OEM car is expensive it might cost a lot to fix...and you can only do one thing a week...

 

[Mr_D]

As far as I can figure out, you are trying to appease the sponsor while trying to win your main championship. Doing OEM events or sponsor focus events appease the sponsors, and you have to wait until your main championship to come up before you can do the latter. The career I am in I didn't see JWRC until like week 5 or something. The OEM events are usually where the sponsor will appeasing as well and you don't need to buy cars for them, but if the OEM car is expensive it might cost a lot to fix...and you can only do one thing a week...

Right, thanks. But apart from the benefactor championship theres other championships coming up which could be fun, but I'm not sure it's worth participating because it might collide with a benefactor event. If you know what I mean

 

[ManuBicht]

Look, at first, it seemed like it was behind DR 2.0. But now it seems much better to me. Even if only the WRC category came, with only the three cars... it would still be worth the purchase. It is a real marvel. Ahead of his time. Being able to get into a WRC, such as the Puma, with all kinds of details is something priceless. Cars and physics are not "cheats". He has control, and the right and necessary grip. I even like the graphics now.

 

[Imari]

Thing is, no game in this day and age should have an asterix next to it saying "on certain events your experience will be really ropy until you play it long enough for the shaders to compile at which point performance should improve"

Having initial shader compilation should just be the standard. Yeah, no one likes waiting but at this point I think almost everyone is on the same page that we'd rather have upfront compilation, especially on PC. I'm happy to go make a coffee for a few minutes while the game does a one off compilation rather than fight through hours of stuttery frustration.

But I suspect that as other people say there's more than just shaders going on. Shaders should mean that once you run a track once it should be smooth. The first time is always the worst, but it never gets completely smooth.

 

[twoskodas]

Rally mediterraneo, Hate/love this in moments,second stage i found really hard,rage quit several times last night,got up 1 hour early to try again this morning,finally put a time in. 9.56.154 on a wheel,stage design is fantastic so tight and twisting,say what you like about this game but I’m finding it very addictive,and enjoyable,give them time and the bug’s will be sorted

 

[Rivanov]

 

[deththrasher]

Why did they use unreal engine 4 and not 5? So weird. Graphics look so meh

 

[MagpieRacer]

Why did they use unreal engine 4 and not 5? So weird. Graphics look so meh

They were working on the game before UE5 launched, for the sake of understanding and stability it will have been much easier to continue on with UE4 than try to port to UE5 in the last year.

I’d be fairly confident in predicting the game will move to UE5 in the future so they can take advantage of systems that would clearly be suitable for a large scale rally game.

 

[paulpg87]

So I'm still confused about the structure of the career. How am I supposed to know what championships to do and how they might interfere with eachother?

It depends on the targets you are assigned by the head of the team.

In my actual season (second season) I am assigned with winning 3 junior wrc events, score points in all rounds of a rally 4 fwd championship and score podium 8 times overall.

Thus i prioritized junior wrc and rally4 championship.

All other weeks i’m balancing staff rest, engineer perks and nice events when I have the cars. No buying cars and no recruits.

In season 1 i extended the garage to 4 slots and purchased a group A subaru and a s1600 puma. i increased to 400k the budget. Plus hired 3 average engeneers, totally useless.

The career mode works well on multiple seasons.

 

[Rivanov]

Am I doing something wrong in career? I only get events in my calendar where I have to buy a car that I don't have. I bought three cars now and I don't have any credits to buy another one. When I want to sell a car, I get the message that that car is currently in the progress of a championship and that I will lose that process.

 

[paulpg87]

Am I doing something wrong in career? I only get events in my calendar where I have to buy a car that I don't have. I bought three cars now and I don't have any credits to buy another one. When I want to sell a car, I get the message that that car is currently in the progress of a championship and that I will lose that process.

Yes it works like that, you have to skip a lot of stuff. You will do it in the following season.

Depending on targets you will also have overlaps thus you will be forced to skip a round of championship you are in.

Now I am in season two with 4 different cars in 4 different classes (junior, rally 4, group A and s1600) and running two championship (junior and extreme fwd)

Here and there some invitationals to volta relationship. If you don’t maximize it you won’get promoted to wrc2.

It works well on multiple seasons, first season is a mess. You have to skip a lot of stuff.

 

[evldave333]

Yes it works like that, you have to skip a lot of stuff. You will do it in the following season.

Depending on targets you will also have overlaps this you will be forced to skip a round of championship you are in.
You have to skip a lot of stuff.

Its REALLY bad design and the reason I wont be using it.

 

[SharkyOB]

Its REALLY bad design and the reason I wont be using it.

No it isn't, it's how real motorsports work!! Missing a round of a championship because you have bigger things to focus on is fine, just drive in the championships you fancy and only commit to one or two during a season, just like a real driver. Some of the hot takes on here are pretty incredible

 

[doblocruiser]

Yes it works like that, you have to skip a lot of stuff. You will do it in the following season.

Depending on targets you will also have overlaps this you will be forced to skip a round of championship you are in.

Now I am in season two with 4 different cars in 4 different classes (junior, rally 4, group A and s1600) and running two championship (junior and extreme fwd)

Here and there some invitationals to volta relationship. If you don’t maximize it you won’get promoted to wrc2.

It works well on multiple seasons, first season is a mess. You have to skip a lot of stuff.

That's just aweful 🥴 I'll stick to custom évents only.

 

[Moglet]

Its REALLY bad design and the reason I wont be using it.

I don't think it's fair to say it's really bad design, some people will prefer this system as it means they can be flexible with things. I do, however, think that the Week 1 flow could use some refining to make things more easy to understand for new players. Maybe locking off everything except for the Benefactor event during the first week to re-enforce the importance of it, then slowly opening up new events and staff hiring, car shows etc. would help.

I also think that calling the entry level Career "Junior WRC" is misleading as you might assume that you'll only be taking part in JWRC events when instead there are lots of others to choose from and you may well need to get another car very quickly (week 2 for me).

 

[RYAN]

I'm fine with the layout of the Career. Having to pick and choose events is fairly representative of real life.

Kalle Rovanpera for example runs in the DMEC and Formula Drift Japan but has had to miss some rounds due to his WRC commitments.

I kind of didn't like the car budget and that it's not the usual save up for the car you want and finally be able to afford it but it's pretty much the same if you think about it. The better you do and the happier Max is the more cars you can aquire.

 

[evldave333]

No it isn't, it's how real motorsports work!! Missing a round of a championship because you have bigger things to focus on is fine, just drive in the championships you fancy and only commit to one or two during a season, just like a real driver. Some of the hot takes on here are pretty incredible

It actually is bad design, that you can end up in a situation were you cannot compete because you chose the wrong vehicle, the structure could have been branching without these pitfalls. It is possible to go down a blind alley in the career mode and have very little choice left to you. There is no need for the career to be obtuse it could be a lot better than it is.

 

[SharkyOB]

I don't think it's fair to say it's really bad design, some people will prefer this system as it means they can be flexible with things. I do, however, think that the Week 1 flow could use some refining to make things more easy to understand for new players. Maybe locking off everything except for the Benefactor event during the first week to re-enforce the importance of it, then slowly opening up new events and staff hiring, car shows etc. would help.

I also think that calling the entry level Career "Junior WRC" is misleading as you might assume that you'll only be taking part in JWRC events when instead there are lots of others to choose from and you may well need to get another car very quickly (week 2 for me).

Yeah, I think this is all fair. I suppose I'm just happy to go with the flow and see how things play out, rather than conflating my own lack of understanding with bad design, as others seem to be doing.

 

[UKMikey]

My career save has started crashing the game when it awards me the marquee target objective before I move to the next week. I'll try reinstalling the game as restarting my Xbox didn't help. If not I'll wait for the update next week before filing a bug report.

 

[m355y]

I'm trying to run a 2000-ish WRC championship using the SEAT Cordoba but finding the AI levels so hard to tune correctly for my level - wild inconsistency in terms of how hard they are to beat between stages in the same countries, let alone between events. Games are so much more advanced now in every way but I feel like back in the olden days it was so, so much easier to find your level particularly in rally games. I could load up WRC2:Extreme on my PS2 now and be exactly where I expected in the middle of a battle within minutes, but I find it such a headache with newer games. Seem to be either way out ahead or way out behind. Then I think I've got it right and either win by 30 seconds or lose by 3 minutes on the next stage.

 

[MagpieRacer]

I'm trying to run a 2000-ish WRC championship using the SEAT Cordoba but finding the AI levels so hard to tune correctly for my level - wild inconsistency in terms of how hard they are to beat between stages in the same countries, let alone between events. Games are so much more advanced now in every way but I feel like back in the olden days it was so, so much easier to find your level particularly in rally games. I could load up WRC2:Extreme on my PS2 now and be exactly where I expected in the middle of a battle within minutes, but I find it such a headache with newer games. Seem to be either way out ahead or way out behind. Then I think I've got it right and either win by 30 seconds or lose by 3 minutes on the next stage.

There’s a bug with the AI. It isn’t working properly, hopefully it’ll be fixed in the first patch. I can go from losing by 30 seconds to winning the next stage by 5 minutes and that’s on max 100 difficulty. It’s the biggest problem for me at the moment.

 

[paulpg87]

Its REALLY bad design and the reason I wont be using it.

Actually i like it, i’m enjoiying the career mode a lot.

It also creates a lot of multiple options, i’m in season 2 still in junior wrc and it is very different (except for the jwrc) from season 1.

Anyway there are both championship mode and custom championship mode. Somethig for everyone

From my side the only letdown are the graphics. I got too hyped for the “only next gen” but it looks very meh.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Actually i like it, i’m enjoiying the career mode a lot.

It also creates a lot of multiple options, i’m season 2 still in junior wrc and it is very different (except for the jwrc) from season 1.

Anyway there are both championship mode and custom championship mode. Somethig for everyone

From my side the only letdown are the grapichs. I got too hyped for the “only next gen” but it looks very meh.

Yeah I’m with you, I love the career mode and the fact that there’s so much to do and stuff that will get missed means there will be longevity in it to complete all the championship season on season.

It’s just the AI bug that’s stopping me at the moment. Need a consistently difficult AI level which is bugged.

 

[Mr_D]

Yeah I’m with you, I love the career mode and the fact that there’s so much to do and stuff that will get missed means there will be longevity in it to complete all the championship season on season.

It’s just the AI bug that’s stopping me at the moment. Need a consistently difficult AI level which is bugged.

Yeah same here. In WRC Junior I absolutely destroy the AI on 100 percent. Then in H2FWD I'm getting my as handed to me on 70 percent. I'm enjoying it so far but seriously considering waiting out a few patches..