EA Sports WRC: General Discussion

[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...

www.gtplanet.net

 

[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.

Edit - I decided to try OBS for capturing some gameplay as the Steam Capture just makes my videos into a choppy mess. Still the usual bitrate issues when the videos get uploaded to Youtube but that's hard to avoid with fast moving things like Rally games (It especially dislikes loads of trees). At least the frame rate is somewhat watchable.

Pretty happy compared to what I was getting with Steam Capture. Hopefully I can learn OBS a bit more and maybe tweak a few settings to improve it further.

Had to have a go and see how I stacked up @PJTierney

 

[PJTierney]

Nicely done, there’s not much time left in that 😎

On RaceNet we’re even until the braking zone and the you get slightly ahead. I pull it back on the final lift turn but not enough to re-pass.

There’s another half second in the car I feel, all comes down to the exit of the braking zone as you’re on-throttle for a good 30 seconds after that.

 

[FrankieStail]

Made me feel like a Welsh Sebastien

That would be an Elfyn, no?

 

[UKMikey]

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

Let me reiterate that I find it amazing how you seem to be able to control the car so precisely via nothing but the barest minimum of visual feedback. You don't even use chase view to see the back of the car but you still seem to be able to swing out at precisely the right angle judging by that first sharp left hand turn. I wonder whether you watch your replays to see how your car reacts or if it's just the product of natural talent and long experience.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Do love the Yaris on Estonia.

 

[RYAN]

Nicely done, there’s not much time left in that 😎

On RaceNet we’re even until the braking zone and the you get slightly ahead. I pull it back on the final lift turn but not enough to re-pass.

There’s another half second in the car I feel, all comes down to the exit of the braking zone as you’re on-throttle for a good 30 seconds after that.

Thanks, 👍 It's a really fun stage to run as it's so short. I think I could get the short amount to get #1 I think hitting the bollards scrubs slight speed off. I also think I could lower the car even more to sharpen it up a bit as there's no major bumps or jumps on the stage. Overall I think you're right though. Not much more than half a second left in it I Dont think. Unless some one comes up with a great setup. All I did is lower the car, Extend the gearing a bit and lower the brake strength as it's so easy to lock up on controller.

That would be an Elfyn, no?

As much as I love Elfyn I wish he was as good on Monte as the Sebs. 😄

Let me reiterate that I find it amazing how you seem to be able to control the car so precisely via nothing but the barest minimum of visual feedback. You don't even use chase view to see the back of the car but you still seem to be able to swing out at precisely the right angle judging by that first sharp left hand turn. I wonder whether you watch your replays to see how your car reacts or if it's just the product of natural talent and long experience.

Its just long experience. I've been mad about Racing (Especially Rally) games since a kid, Beating my much older cousins on CMR and completing missions on Dukes Of Hazzard that they were stuck on, They were some of my earliest gaming memories. Short of Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP with my dad.

Sadly doing stupid things as a youngster damaged my nerves in my hands so I get terrible Numbness and pain from even gripping and holding a Controller, Let alone enabling rumble features.

The biggest thing that allows such performance though is good game pad implementation. DR and DR.2 were good on a pad but EA WRC is a large step forward yet again when it comes to Controller use and feel in my opinion.

Also because I'm used to it it doesnt feel bereft of feedback, My brain must provide some kind of artificial sense of weight and feel as It doesn't just feel like I'm solely relying on the visual when I'm playing.

 

[RYAN]

@Ali

 

[Ali]

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[UKMikey]

I'm glad the medium length rallies are shorter this year (four rather than five stages), given the number of times I've had to ragequit and restart due to the slippier tyres. Not sure but I think the sounds have been improved from a DSP standpoint.

My first '24-era career year also threw me into a regularity rally halfway through which is also great provided it's not a regular thing (no pun intended).

 

[RYAN]

Started a new career. I don't think the Yaris R2 will be quickest on Snow/Ice. I haven't seen the leaderboards so I don't know for sure. I think I'd be doing better in the Skoda R2 though. Hopefully its true and the R2 Yaris does indeed have a weakness.

 

[UKMikey]

I wanted to try one of the new cars in career and have just sold my Hyundai i20 so I could buy a Yaris '24. It's been great so far. I tested a Puma but was faster in the Toyota.

Still keeping the Fabia for the 1997-2011 events though.

 

[RYAN]

I was thinking it would be a nice idea for us to organise an online lobby one evening. It would be a nice change (I've never tried the actual PvP online) and also would allow GTP'ers without the DLC to try the new Rallies. Might be too difficult to organise with differing schedules and such but it would be nice to try it.

 

[SharkyOB]

I was thinking it would be a nice idea for us to organise an online lobby one evening. It would be a nice change (I've never tried the actual PvP online) and also would allow GTP'ers without the DLC to try the new Rallies. Might be too difficult to organise with differing schedules and such but it would be nice to try it.

I'd love to do this, but it would have to be Monday to Wednesday for me at the moment. Thursday is a regular rehearsal night and I'm away most weekends during Oct and Nov playing shows.

 

[MagpieRacer]

I'd love to do this, but it would have to be Monday to Wednesday for me at the moment. Thursday is a regular rehearsal night and I'm away most weekends during Oct and Nov playing shows.

Mondays work good for me too.

 

[Tool1312]

Finally had a go at the club that Jimmer streamed, just before it finished.
I couldn't fathom why I couldn't slow down at a lot of hairpin entries, until I looked at the assists and saw that abs was disabled for that club ( I normally use abs - 5 ) so no wonder it felt like those corners had no grip cos I was in a four wheel lock up. Doh

 

[RYAN]

I'd love to do this, but it would have to be Monday to Wednesday for me at the moment. Thursday is a regular rehearsal night and I'm away most weekends during Oct and Nov playing shows.

Mondays work good for me too.

Lets hope a few more express some interest and we will be able to do it soon. Like I say, Good chance for people with out the DLC to give them a go.

Finally had a go at the club that Jimmer streamed, just before it finished.
I couldn't fathom why I couldn't slow down at a lot of hairpin entries, until I looked at the assists and saw that abs was disabled for that club ( I normally use abs - 5 ) so no wonder it felt like those corners had no grip cos I was in a four wheel lock up. Doh

If in future you discover you've entered a club with no assists or even decide to try using less or no ABS all together try lowering the brake strength in the Tuning. I use no ABS on Dualshock 4 and every car I lower the brake strength by a couple of hundred to lower the chance of locking up. With the Rally 1 Hybrids I can pretty much slam full travel on the brakes and it wont lock up hardly at all. Most of the other classes do still require some modulation though.

 

[PJTierney]

Something we’ll be having in the Discord soon is a setup forum. Initially only the fastest players can share setups but we might open it up more over time.

Got about 40 or 50 tunes ready to share once it goes live.

 

[UKMikey]

Something we’ll be having in the Discord soon is a setup forum. Initially only the fastest players can share setups but we might open it up more over time.

Got about 40 or 50 tunes ready to share once it goes live.

I'm afraid I can't get my head around using Discord. It seems kind of like a live chat that is difficult to search. Are there any plans to share tunes elsewhere like, say, on the forums or are they exclusive to that platform?

 

[PJTierney]

I'm afraid I can't get my head around using Discord. It seems kind of like a live chat that is dofficult to search. Are there any plans to share tunes elsewhere like, say, on the forums or are they exclusive to that platform?

It’s built using Discord’s native tools and is community driven. Doing it elsewhere would require building a site and (more importantly) having setup makers willing to leave the place they visit most to go contribute somewhere else.

Discord can be a little overwhelming for forum veterans, but it’s getting better. There’s ways to filter/hide the channels you have less interest in, and focus on the ones you want to see updates from.

Long-term I want setup sharing in the game itself, but I’m not a designer and don’t have the authority to make that call, so I’m providing the stop-gap 🙂

 

[Tool1312]

Lets hope a few more express some interest and we will be able to do it soon. Like I say, Good chance for people with out the DLC to give them a go.

If in future you discover you've entered a club with no assists or even decide to try using less or no ABS all together try lowering the brake strength in the Tuning. I use no ABS on Dualshock 4 and every car I lower the brake strength by a couple of hundred to lower the chance of locking up. With the Rally 1 Hybrids I can pretty much slam full travel on the brakes and it wont lock up hardly at all. Most of the other classes do still require some modulation though.

That's great advice, cheers for that

 

[MagpieRacer]

I've resent a lot of friend requests on RaceNet to as many as I could remember on my PSN EA account (no, my primary RaceNet account STILL HASN'T BEEN SORTED BY EA).

It's magpieracer48, so that's me if you see that and don't know who it is. Feel free to add me as well, more just for getting new target times on the leaderboards etc as you're mostly already in the clubs under my primary RaceNet account.

 

[RYAN]

Thanks to @PJTierney for the new Setups section on the Discord. Like @UKMikey Im not a huge Discord user (too much riff raff) 😂 but the setups section is well thought out and looks good.

Lowering Ride heights and lengthening the final drive is where my setup abilities end so it looks like it could be a useful tool. 😄👍