EA Sports WRC: General Discussion

[ZeroTheNorth]

Random question, started driving the Focus WRC 06 and I noticed for whatever reason the headlights seems to be not shown as on eventhough as you can see the path is actually illuminated:
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I don't know what other cars might be like this but at least all the other vehicles I've tried doesn't seem to do this....is there a graphical setting that this might be caused by?

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I think its because of the 06 Focus skin, i had the same issue on a 02 Focus skin. When i disabled the skin, the headlights returned.

 

[cjr3559]

Speaking of headlights, we need more options. High beams do not work well in heavy rain. It’s better to turn the lights off altogether, but that is not logical.

Give us a low beam/fog lamp option please. That, or tone down the rain effects. I’m having flashbacks of the rain when DR2 was released.

Example of current WRC heavy rain conditions in the dark/dusk/sunset.

 

[RacingManiac]

yeah I started doing that as well as soon as I noticed I can actually see with the lights off...lol

 

[UKMikey]

Until it's pitch black and blizzard conditions...

 

[RacingManiac]

I think its because of the 06 Focus skin, i had the same issue on a 02 Focus skin. When i disabled the skin, the headlights returned.

I guess you are right....

 

[RacingManiac]

The skin maker tested it and was able to see the light(this is what he posted on RD, err overtake), so maybe there is some setting that was off:

 

[ZeroTheNorth]

The skin maker tested it and was able to see the light(this is what he posted on RD, err overtake), so maybe there is some setting that was off:
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Yea, thats intresting. Hope you find out what setting makes it work! ^^

 

[PuffelPizza]

Is the game going to have the Saudi and Paraguay rallies that will be in the 2025 calendar?

 

[MagpieRacer]

Is the game going to have the Saudi and Paraguay rallies that will be in the 2025 calendar?

The 2025 edition of the game will yes, whether that's as an expansion or a new game, we won't know until probably July or August.

 

[PJTierney]

It’s a reasonable assumption based on the pattern of 2024 but nothing has been confirmed or announced. Anything you see is speculation.

The only content that has been officially confirmed however are the Le Maestros and Hard Chargers packs. Some info about both is out there already (new stages) but the remainder of the content is yet to be revealed.

 

[Tool1312]

It’s a reasonable assumption based on the pattern of 2024 but nothing has been confirmed or announced. Anything you see is speculation.

The only content that has been officially confirmed however are the Le Maestros and Hard Chargers packs. Some info about both is out there already (new stages) but the remainder of the content is yet to be revealed.

I know you have an NDA about this but apart from the initial announcement there seems to have been a lack of excitement about from the Devs ( other than yourself of course ) and indeed the release date is still a bit vague. Would be nice for even a snippet of extra news about the dlc

 

[PJTierney]

I know you have an NDA about this but apart from the initial announcement there seems to have been a lack of excitement about from the Devs ( other than yourself of course ) and indeed the release date is still a bit vague. Would be nice for even a snippet of extra news about the dlc

Plans for Le Maestros full reveal are well underway and have been for some time.

I'm looking forward to sharing the news with you all but all I can say for now is that it's on the other side of Christmas at the earliest.

 

[Ken134]

It’s a reasonable assumption based on the pattern of 2024 but nothing has been confirmed or announced. Anything you see is speculation.

The only content that has been officially confirmed however are the Le Maestros and Hard Chargers packs. Some info about both is out there already (new stages) but the remainder of the content is

Thanks for the update .

 

[whannel]

Thought this was the winter DLC when it appeared in my YT feed, would sort the headlight issue...



Contains graphic engine

 

[UKMikey]

It's amazing what you can achieve when you don't have to generate graphics in real time. Post production makes up for a lot.

 

[GTboyz]

This game is on a huge sale in PSN. Been tempted to buy it but I haven't play a lot of video games these days, backlog is getting big.

Is this game better than DR2 nowadays?

 

[paulpg87]

Plans for Le Maestros full reveal are well underway and have been for some time.

I'm looking forward to sharing the news with you all but all I can say for now is that it's on the other side of Christmas at the earliest.

Trophies should be refreshed with additional ones like they did with dirt2. The Colin Mcrae pack was very nice and the flat out trophy in scotland a good challenge.

I already got platinum but few extra trophies would easily add replay value.

There are no trophies for winning specific championships in career mode, neither to try all stages and cars.

 

[MagpieRacer]

This game is on a huge sale in PSN. Been tempted to buy it but I haven't play a lot of video games these days, backlog is getting big.

Is this game better than DR2 nowadays?

Better is subjective, is it good? Absolutely, is it better than at launch? Undoubtedly. It's currently £11 on the UK PSN store for WRC 2024, if it's the same equivalent cost in your country, it is an absolute no brainer.

It can certainly exist alongside DR2.0 as the stages, locations and a good chunk of cars are very different to the DR2.0 offering. What I personally found however, is the driving on WRC is far more enjoyable, more weighty and, dare I say it, more realistic. Which I found made it quite hard to go back to DR2.0 which just felt a bit lifeless in comparison. But I do have some 7-800 hours in WRC.