EA Sports WRC: General Discussion

[GTboyz]

Just installed this again after a year putting it off (because I majorly suckk and funny how I enjoy the handling now. I admit it took me playing FH5 to learn how to really do smooth throttle control and it translates really well to GT7 and this.

I used to have a huge problem with trying to save RWD cars from spinning and somehow it's like muscle memory. Still got a long way to go but damn I finally be able to finish 1 stage using my favourite car (131 Abarth) lol

 

[Abyss1]

ok, so finally got a gaming pc put together and fired up this game for the first time, played on PS5 and rage deleted it because of a) no PS5 ultrawide support and b)no PSVR2...also tearing still occurring.

This game looks amazing on PC with overclocked RTX2080Ti, ultrawide looks perfect now, next I need to set up the PSVR2- PC adapter and try it in VR (will do this weekend)

 

[Mikey]

played on PS5 and rage deleted it because of a) no PS5 ultrawide support and b)no PSVR2...also tearing still occurring.

Always found this reaction a bit strange. I can understand being mad at the tearing which I believe was improved after updates and the lack of ultrawide support but are there any AAA racing games besides GT7 which support PSVR2?

 

[Abyss1]

Always found this reaction a bit strange. I can understand being mad at the tearing which I believe was improved after updates and the lack of ultrawide support but are there any AAA racing games besides GT7 which support PSVR2?

Tearing did not improve...I still got the game knowing no ultrawide support, but thought it would be playable somewhat...and its not

 

[Mikey]

Tearing did not improve...I still got the game knowing no ultrawide support, but thought it would be playable somewhat...and its not

Sure. It's the being mad at the lack of VR2 thing I didn't get. I can understand the need to justify an expensive purchase but it sounds like nearly all racing games don't support the platform.

 

[Abyss1]

what’s pretty amazing is the 2080ti has a usb-c port didn’t realize I could just plug right into it…psvr2 adapter is kinda trash. After abandoning it and directly connecting the game runs 100% smoothly. Bad news is the graphics aren’t good, GT sport on psvr1 looks better but the game runs fine in PSVR2, gonna look for other VR racing games to test the PSVR but will be using the ultra wide for this game moving forward

 

[whannel]

Electronic Art of the deal, people losing their roles could leak us the code?

 

[Speedster911]

So, I tried EA WRC a while back via Gamepass aaaand.... it was weird. The driving model felt a bit off and the cars did not sound as exciting or true to to their real life versions as they are in DR 2.0.

Went back to DR 2 - absolute rallying heaven. Convince me otherwise.

 

[Bonneville120]

I took a few months off of this game as my wheel broke down. Got new gear and logged back in to find practically all the Clubs championships I had joined were now dead and inactive. I guess everyone moved on. Not turned it on since

 

[tbtstt]

Went back to DR 2 - absolute rallying heaven. Convince me otherwise.

EA WRC is my preference for rally, thanks to the better car options and - in my opinion - more varied stages. Can't say I have noticed a drop in sound quality from DR2 to EA WRC?

Must confess I have never got massively into clubs. Worked through all the moments, done several Championship run throughs and then spent a lot of time comparing cars and chasing my own times!

DR2 remains installed though, as it is (and I think long will be) the best option for rallycross.

 

[Mikey]

DiRT Rally 2.0 has lovely EGO Engine graphics and the GOTY version has a wealth of content such as the Colin McRae tribute. It also has rallycross as @tbtstt points out above. But it doesn't have 100+ Moments missions. Or Japan. Or Bio Bío. It does have New England, Wales and Scotland which I miss, though.

EA's Racenet's telemetry was really fun for comparing stages when we ran a club championship on this thread which is something else missing from the Codies-published game although it's sadly a moot point now with the game and studio shuttered.

I tried going back to DiRT Rally 2.0 after playing EA Sports WRC for a while and the unforgiving handling put me right off. I think it has a higher skill floor than the recent game which is great for those who are better at it, but not for me.

 

[Totoro87]

Such an enjoyable game with so many cars and real world stages to drive. It’s a shame Codemasters never got around solving the graphical glitches and didn’t add a few flourishes from DR2 but it never took away from the joy of driving. Lighting can be bit bland, but honestly I find that to be pretty realistic.