EA Sports WRC: General Discussion

[RYAN]

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.

 

[Speedster502]

Just finished the Rally1 Poland club that Jimmy streamed. Was great to see some of the GTP League regulars finishing highly (@RYAN & @Dreadmed in particular).

I really enjoyed pushing the Rally1 through those stages, drove without any practice so it was definitely a learning curve on those new stages. Those cars, whilst somewhat of a handful, are so satisfying when you get them all hooked up. Managed to set a few decent times in there too surprisingly.

 

[SharkyOB]

Do we have a list of forumites along with their RaceNet names anywhere?

Oh, been meaning to say!

For anyone who's on PC, pak file livery mods still work fine. I've got Jari-Matti Latvala's livery from this year's Rally Finland on the Rally 2 Yaris 😍

 

[RYAN]

Just finished the Rally1 Poland club that Jimmy streamed. Was great to see some of the GTP League regulars finishing highly (@RYAN & @Dreadmed in particular).

I really enjoyed pushing the Rally1 through those stages, drove without any practice so it was definitely a learning curve on those new stages. Those cars, whilst somewhat of a handful, are so satisfying when you get them all hooked up. Managed to set a few decent times in there too surprisingly.

I enjoyed both clubs. It was a good way of learning the stages. Especially the repeating nature they used. Always nice to recognize names in clubs and leaderboards.

Do we have a list of forumites along with their RaceNet names anywhere?

Oh, been meaning to say!

For anyone who's on PC, pak file livery mods still work fine. I've got Jari-Matti Latvala's livery from this year's Rally Finland on the Rally 2 Yaris 😍

Glad to see this. Like before with the Anti-cheat update I removed the .pak files from my game before the update incase anything changed. I put them in a folder on my desktop though so I can put them all back as before 👍

 

[m355y]

Excuse my ignorance here, but do each of these locations have two separate ‘big’ stages? I drove the second Latvia stage last night, the twistier, mainly forest parts, and absolutely loved it. I’m really bad at working out which sections are repeated until I have a few runs through, but it felt quite different to the first stage.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Excuse my ignorance here, but do each of these locations have two separate ‘big’ stages? I drove the second Latvia stage last night, the twistier, mainly forest parts, and absolutely loved it. I’m really bad at working out which sections are repeated until I have a few runs through, but it felt quite different to the first stage.

Yeah some have 2 some have 1. If you check out my stage list below, in each country I've highlighted the 'big' stages in each country (or Hero stages as they seem to now be called) in blue text. From those hero stages the remaining stages are cut from.

EA SPORTS WRC Location and stage list

This is the full, confirmed, stage and location list for EA Sports WRC (2023). Stages highlighted in blue are the long/unique routes for each rally, note that other stages will vary in direction and route tocreate variation across all stages. Rallye Monte Carlo: La Bollène-Vésubie - Peïra Cava...

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[PJTierney]

Just a smidge quick

 

[ManuBicht]

Hi guys.
It's been a while since I've been here. Have they tweaked the physics? I feel the cars are more realistic. They skid more... it's much better.

 

[UKMikey]

As well as making it easier to go sideways around corners (and more likely to go into a 360° spin after a long straight) it feels like rain actually makes a difference to the stages now. I hope this applies to the AI drivers' times as well.

Other minor tweaks I've noticed now are that the devs seem to have pressed airhorns into the hands of some of the spectators and dug Latvian-style roadside trenches and ditches into the side of some of the CER stages. Maybe they were always there but they're clearer to hear and see for me now with the adjusted lighting and time of day.

Not looking forward to what Monte Carlo is going to be like with the new physics should the snow and ice return. I expect I'll be kissing that wooden Forêt Domaniale sign on the first sharp left-hander a lot more when that happens.

 

[RYAN]

As well as making it easier to go sideways around corners (and more likely to go into a 360° spin after a long straight) it feels like rain actually makes a difference to the stages now. I hope this applies to the AI drivers as well.

Other minor tweaks I've noticed now are that the devs seem to have pressed airhorns into the hands of some of the spectators and have dug Latvian-style roadside trenches and ditches into the side of some of the CER stages. Maybe they were always there but they're clearer to hear and see with the adjusted lighting and time of day.

Not looking forward to what Monte Carlo is going to be like with the new physics sjould the snow and ice return. I expect I'll be kissing that wooden Forêt Domaniale sign on the first sharp left-hander a lot more when that happens.

I didn't know the physics had changed. It would explain why I've been enjoying the feel of the game so much since the update. I love the new rallies and I tried the R2 Yaris at a dry Monte and it felt amazing. Made me feel like a Welsh Sebastien

From what was somewhat of a weakness of the DiRT Rally games, The Tarmac physics have improved a lot in EA WRC.