EA Sports WRC: General Discussion

[RYAN]

A picture of the RS 1600 MK1 From a recent Steam post

 

[warp9engage]

Does anyone know why we can't wash our car in service, if we don't have any other bodywork damage? Is it like an engine limitation, design choice?

 

[RYAN]

Does anyone know why we can't wash our car in service, if we don't have any other bodywork damage? Is it like an engine limitation, design choice?

I'd like this too. Not a huge deal to me but I'd like the option. Maybe if you have spare time unused in the service you can spend some of it on washing the car. 30 min service and you only repair one thing leaves about 15-20 min left. Let us spend 5 minutes on a wash. 😄

 

[sirjim73]

I'd like this too. Not a huge deal to me but I'd like the option. Maybe if you have spare time unused in the service you can spend some of it on washing the car. 30 min service and you only repair one thing leaves about 15-20 min left. Let us spend 5 minutes on a wash. 😄

I agree, let's have a car wash...

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[RYAN]

I agree, let's have a car wash...

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Hmm... on that thought I think just 2 minutes will be enough time for me 😄

 

[rich m]

Patch notes for next week.

EA SPORTS™ WRC - Version 2.3.1 Patch Notes

The “Hard Chargers” Update

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Thanks for that.

I notice against the cars it states “Please note that new cars from the Hard Chargers Content Pack are only available in Time Trial, Moments, Quick Play & Clubs”.


Does this mean the new stages are available in Career?! I don’t think the Les Maestros stages are in Career, so i’m wondering if they just didn’t bother specifying that for the stages in their post

Edit: looks like i didn't read it properly, or they’ve edited it, as it also states the above for the stages too… my bad

 

[CHEN255]

I was playing out with the custom championships last night and was getting the previous DLC content in there so it should be fine, I didn't know those were an option but now I do I'm tempted to abandon career mode and just play those.

I abandoned Career mode a few days ago and am playing Random Championships instead. This way I get to use all of the cars.

 

[Shuffle]

WRC 97-99:
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
Subaru Impreza WRC98
SEAT Cordoba ('99 livery)
Peugeot 206 ('99 livery)
Ford Focus WRC '99

WRC 00-02:
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
Peugeot 206 ('02 livery)
Subaru Impreza WRC2001
Ford Focus RS Rally 2001
SEAT Cordoba ('01 livery)

WRC 03-06:
Citroen Xsara WRC
Peugeot 206 ('03 livery)
Skoda Fabia WRC

WRC 07-11:
Citroen C4 WRC
Ford Focus RS Rally 2008
Subaru Impreza WRC2008

This would be amazing!

 

[Pearl Jam]

@PJTierney this you fella ?

 

[PJTierney]

That's my non-work account, yes.

 

[TypeRDC5]

I abandoned Career mode a few days ago and am playing Random Championships instead. This way I get to use all of the cars.

I'm doing this also and joined some clubs so I could drive different stages and different cars.

I gave up on career mode as soon as I realise the stages don't change in the main rallies each season, odd decision that.

 

[UKMikey]

I tried a custom championship but it's not the same without Keith's acerbic comments on how badly you wrecked your car in the previous stage. I'll try and make a one-round championship as the multi-round ones get you to change your car and class each round anyway but I can't yet see where to adjust the settings to allow you to do this.

I've become kind of attached to the team I've built up over the last sixteen game years in career and the time bonuses and damage discounts are nice but I wish you could see which teammates are available before you visit the talent scout as I wasted a whole week finding out that all the available teammates and engineers were worse than the ones I've already got. It's all a bit random.

Having barely touched the moments since season 2, I may revisit these for a bit of variety.

 

[RYAN]

I tried a custom championship but it's not the same without Keith's acerbic comments on how badly you wrecked your car in the previous stage. I'll try and make a one-round championship as the multi-round ones get you to change your car and class each round anyway but I can't yet see where to adjust the settings to allow you to do this.

I've become kind of attached to the team I've built up over the last sixteen game years in career and the time bonuses and damage discounts are nice but I wish you could see which teammates are available before you visit the talent scout as I wasted a whole week finding out that all the available teammates and engineers were worse than the ones I've already got. It's all a bit random.

Having barely touched the moments since season 2, I may revisit these for a bit of variety.

16 game years? What the...

 

[UKMikey]

16 game years? What the...

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Have you ever played career? Look at the calendar. Each season takes a year in game time.

 

[Meythia]

I wish you could see which teammates are available before you visit the talent scout as I wasted a whole week finding out that all the available teammates and engineers were worse than the ones I've already got. It's all a bit random.

If you dearly want to avoid a loss of a week, you can "cloud save" (PS: PS+ required) then turn the wheel of fortune one team scout, and if the results are not worth it, load back from the cloud.
I guess on PC it would be possible the same way by creating a copy of the savegame file.

 

[UKMikey]

If you dearly want to avoid a loss of a week, you can "cloud save" (PS: PS+ required) then turn the wheel of fortune one team scout, and if the results are not worth it, load back from the cloud.
I guess on PC it would be possible the same way by creating a copy of the savegame file.

Thanks. I'm afraid "dearly" would be an appropriate description for me though as a PS5 would cost me around £500 and a gaming PC even more.

 

[rich m]

I tried a custom championship but it's not the same without Keith's acerbic comments on how badly you wrecked your car in the previous stage. I'll try and make a one-round championship as the multi-round ones get you to change your car and class each round anyway but I can't yet see where to adjust the settings to allow you to do this.

I've become kind of attached to the team I've built up over the last sixteen game years in career and the time bonuses and damage discounts are nice but I wish you could see which teammates are available before you visit the talent scout as I wasted a whole week finding out that all the available teammates and engineers were worse than the ones I've already got. It's all a bit random.

Having barely touched the moments since season 2, I may revisit these for a bit of variety.

Agreed. After seeing a few people in this thread mention that they run custom championships, i thought i'd try it too as i'd like to use more of the Les Meastros DLC (as well as the new one when it releases) but it lacks authenticity, and just feels a bit empty compared to Career. I'll be delighted when/if they finally add the DLCs to the Career. Surely they could at least add the DLC cars from existing classes to the Career without much bother (i.e. the F2 Xsara, 2017-2021 C3 etc).

 

[MagpieRacer]

Update is live, 15.2gb on PS5.

 

[tbtstt]

Update is live, 15.2gb on PS5.

First job when I get in from work: get the PS5 on and downloading!

 

[MagpieRacer]

The Clio Rally3 is a bit of a surprise hit for me. Great to drive and the sound is phenomenal.

 

[RYAN]

Have you ever played career? Look at the calendar. Each season takes a year in game time.

Oh no I have played it, I was just surprised/impressed you have played so much of it that's all. 😄

Edit - Had a quick blast on Umea with the Hyundai. Great fun.

 

[MagpieRacer]

 

[PJTierney]

Great liveries in this pack.

 

[tbtstt]

Great liveries in this pack.

Michelin Pilot livery > everything else

 

[Ali]

I really, really like the Clios in this pack, I can see myself using them regularly. The Corsa too.

 

[UKMikey]

Oh no I have played it, I was just surprised/impressed you have played so much of it that's all. 😄

Oh I see, apologies for misunderstanding. The game has that "just one more go" quality. My sole driving accessory is a can of tropical IPA which inexplicably magically refills when I get to the bottom. When I start seeing two cars on screen and taking square right turns as 6 lefts it's usually time to call it a day but by then my fridge is half empty. Hic.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Michelin Pilot livery > everything else

 

[UKMikey]

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I think this'll finally get me to try the Cossie.

 

[SPhilli911]

Heck yeah love the Pilot livery. But also quite fond of the Esso livery on the Peugeot 206.

 

[tbtstt]

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Definitely the first thing I will be checking out!

(Is there a moment with this livery?)