EA Sports WRC: General Discussion

[Ali]

Certain stages almost always stutter for me.

 

[Scaff]

My thoughts on the DLC

 

[m355y]

On Reddit someone has been heavily hinting through DMs that they have ‘inside info’ about the Hard Chargers content and are basically saying that both the 2017 spec Yaris and i20 will be included alongside the Escort WRC already found in the game files. That also, given the difficulty with Toyota licensing, opens the door for a Celica and/or Corolla but thats just hypothetical.

The question is, do we actually believe that. I’d be happy with two more recent-ish WRC cars to be added in, but it’s based off some bloke on reddit. What I do like is how fans of this game are absolutely champing at the bit for new content.

 

[PJTierney]

I wouldn’t trust anybody with “inside information”, not even me.

I do know what’s in Hard Chargers though:

Spoiler: Content

You
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When
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[Ken134]

On Reddit someone has been heavily hinting through DMs that they have ‘inside info’ about the Hard Chargers content and are basically saying that both the 2017 spec Yaris and i20 will be included alongside the Escort WRC already found in the game files. That also, given the difficulty with Toyota licensing, opens the door for a Celica and/or Corolla but thats just hypothetical.

The question is, do we actually believe that. I’d be happy with two more recent-ish WRC cars to be added in, but it’s based off some bloke on reddit. What I do like is how fans of this game are absolutely champing at the bit for new content.

We already have the Escort WRC.

 

[kjb]

I wouldn’t trust anybody with “inside information”, not even me.

I do know what’s in Hard Chargers though:

Spoiler: Content

You
Will
Find
Out
When
We
Announce
Stuff

What you mean can't trust random Reddit folks? How are we supposed to know things in advance? By being patience and waiting? That's no way to live

 

[m355y]

We already have the Escort WRC.

Escort Group A circa ‘93 is in the game, Escort WRC is the one from 1997/98.

I mean, there’s not a massive visual difference admittedly.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Escort Group A circa ‘93 is in the game, Escort WRC is the one from 1997/98.

I mean, there’s not a massive visual difference admittedly.

I dunno I think there's quite a big difference visually when you put them side by side.

I think it would be a good addition either way, from a different ruleset so it gets a pass.

 

[m355y]

I dunno I think there's quite a big difference visually when you put them side by side.

I think it would be a good addition either way, from a different ruleset so it gets a pass.

It's funny, sometimes I notice the difference really easily between different evos of car - the Lancer Evo IV vs V, the facelifted Imprezas, 03 Focus WRC etc - but the difference between the 1996 Escort Group A and the 1997 World Rally Car always went over my head till I just looked at a picture of them and thought 'yeah, there's a lot different'. Especially the rear wing, which is a really distinctive feature of the Group A car.

My '96 Repsol livery I made for that car is maybe the one I'm most proud of, and I'll be straight on with the '97 one too if it does indeed get added. Unless it's included obviously.

 

[RYAN]

It's funny, sometimes I notice the difference really easily between different evos of car - the Lancer Evo IV vs V, the facelifted Imprezas, 03 Focus WRC etc - but the difference between the 1996 Escort Group A and the 1997 World Rally Car always went over my head till I just looked at a picture of them and thought 'yeah, there's a lot different'. Especially the rear wing, which is a really distinctive feature of the Group A car.

My '96 Repsol livery I made for that car is maybe the one I'm most proud of, and I'll be straight on with the '97 one too if it does indeed get added. Unless it's included obviously.

There's a few Exterior differences. Gr.A had the whale-tail spoiler like you say. Whereas the WRC Escort had the more regular WRC style spoiler, More aggressive front bumper/aero (Similar to the front bumper on the Escort Maxi Kit car) and went to a rear-exit exhaust instead of the GR.A's Side-Exit exhaust.


GR.A

WRC

 

[Tool1312]

My '96 Repsol livery I made for that car is maybe the one I'm most proud of, and I'll be straight on with the '97 one too if it does indeed get added. Unless it's included obviously.

I feel the same with my livery, I think I might do another.

But then again, I'd not seen this one before, I might do that one aswell

 

[RYAN]

I feel the same with my livery, I think I might do another.View attachment 1428075
But then again, I'd not seen this one before, I might do that one aswell

This is a Jolly Club (Famous team who ran Lancia's before they left Rallying) - Franco Cunico livery (Multiple Italian Champion) in the 90's

 

[m355y]

Was it Jolly Club that ran those absolutely beautiful black and gold Esso liveried S4s and 037s?

Satellite teams do some great liveries.

However the Martini stripes are my absolute worst thing to pull off in the livery editor so I might give that one a pass due entirely to lack of skill.

 

[RYAN]

Was it Jolly Club that ran those absolutely beautiful black and gold Esso liveried S4s and 037s?

Satellite teams do some great liveries.

However the Martini stripes are my absolute worst thing to pull off in the livery editor so I might give that one a pass due entirely to lack of skill.

The black and gold Lancia's were Team Grifone. Jolly Club entries used to look similar to the factory cars but instead of the Martini And Rossi sponsorship it was Totip with a orange and green livery

 

[kjb]

I just enjoy coming to this thread just learn rally history. I have learned a lot just reading. So thanks to everyone who posted these interesting tidbits of rally history. I especially love the livery pics from old teams

 

[tbtstt]

There's a few Exterior differences. Gr.A had the whale-tail spoiler like you say. Whereas the WRC Escort had the more regular WRC style spoiler, More aggressive front bumper/aero (Similar to the front bumper on the Escort Maxi Kit car) and went to a rear-exit exhaust instead of the GR.A's Side-Exit exhaust.

The rear-exit exhaust of the EsCos WRC is also notable for producing pure aural violence.

 

[Hasnain282]

Started my own custom championship in the WRC 1 cars and this was how the 1st rally ended

Round 2 was a fully wet Finland and Evans just destroyed everyone, I didn't have the pace and made a few mistakes also, though could've been in the podium battle without those

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

About a year ago I made a video with a load of my crashes on this game, my skill level hasn't improved in the slightest so here is episode 2 😬

 

[Shuffle]

Wasn't expecting that this soon after the last DLC! i20 WRC (at least I think it is right?) in the thumbnail, 4 days till the full reveal.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Wasn't expecting that this soon after the last DLC! i20 WRC (at least I think it is right?) in the thumbnail, 4 days till the full reveal.

Yep very cool to see the i20 Coupe, that is fast becoming the peak class in this game. Looks like Sebastien Loeb's 2020 car from that image.

 

[m355y]

There was a 'leak' of the new cars somewhere a couple of weeks ago, can't remember where but it's easily googleable....it was based on the description of the new moments events being added. i20 Coupe, Escort WRC, Focus '99, Escort Mk1 and a couple of Rally4 cars (a Clio and something else?)

It didn't grab me as much as Le Maestros, to be honest. But I'm interested in seeing if it was right or if there's still space for a surprise.

I do like the i20 Coupe a lot though. The '99 Focus and Escorts are just a bit close to cars already in the game to excite me that much. Hoping for some good new liveries too. I'd love the factory BP livery for the Focus, for example, and think that's quite a likely one.

 

[Cabelmania]

Wasn't expecting that this soon after the last DLC! i20 WRC (at least I think it is right?) in the thumbnail, 4 days till the full reveal.

Time to call the "We're back !" Department

 

[MagpieRacer]

There was a 'leak' of the new cars somewhere a couple of weeks ago, can't remember where but it's easily googleable....it was based on the description of the new moments events being added. i20 Coupe, Escort WRC, Focus '99, Escort Mk1 and a couple of Rally4 cars (a Clio and something else?)

It didn't grab me as much as Le Maestros, to be honest. But I'm interested in seeing if it was right or if there's still space for a surprise.

I do like the i20 Coupe a lot though. The '99 Focus and Escorts are just a bit close to cars already in the game to excite me that much. Hoping for some good new liveries too. I'd love the factory BP livery for the Focus, for example, and think that's quite a likely one.

Agree on the Focus '99 for sure if true, but I'm all for the Escort WRC coming in, at least it's a different class to the Group A Cosworth whereas the Focus is just another World Rally Car spec Focus in a class that we can't filter anyway.

i20 Coupe is a great addition and if some of the others are accurate then we should have some fun.

 

[m355y]

Any disappointment (if the leaked content is accurate) is mainly just because we were spoilt last time - the DS3, Polo, Xsara Kit Car, C3....just superb additions pretty much across the board, so the bar is set high for this one.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Yep very cool to see the i20 Coupe, that is fast becoming the peak class in this game. Looks like Sebastien Loeb's 2020 car from that image.

Belgian flag on the roof scoop, it's a Neuville livery 😀 I love that car, my favourite from the 2017-21 regs.

The '99 Focus and Escorts are just a bit close to cars already in the game to excite me that much. Hoping for some good new liveries too. I'd love the factory BP livery for the Focus, for example, and think that's quite a likely one.

I dread to think what Codemasters will do with the livery on that '99 Focus given their past record with Martini, playing on console with no livery mods and using chase cam a bad livery destroys the car for me. If we were going to get another Focus the 2003 version would've excited me more, I'm sure all of the cars will be fun to drive in their own right though.

 

[Tool1312]

But doesn't the i20 coupe look the same as the current one pretty much?

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

But doesn't the i20 coupe look the same as the current one pretty much?

No, the old one is a 3 door, the other is a 5 door aside from the other regulation changes such as aero and hybrids.

 

[RYAN]

I like the car selection but agree with the thoughts shared on the Focus '99 Inclusion. The only major differences are a smaller rear wing and an integrated bash bar on the 01' version. Of course IRL there were more internal and mechanical differences but they would be too marginal to notice even if Codies tried to represent them.

The 03' would have been great as it isn't included in most rally games. I think the last game I drove it in was WRC Rally Evolved years ago.

The other 5 cars are interesting to me though so I'm more than happy if that leak is real.

 

[Nebuc72]

Belgian flag on the roof scoop, it's a Neuville livery 😀 I love that car, my favourite from the 2017-21 regs.


I dread to think what Codemasters will do with the livery on that '99 Focus given their past record with Martini, playing on console with no livery mods and using chase cam a bad livery destroys the car for me. If we were going to get another Focus the 2003 version would've excited me more, I'm sure all of the cars will be fun to drive in their own right though.

I'm hoping it comes with this one. Always thought this looked lovely, despite its simplicity.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

I'm hoping it comes with this one. Always thought this looked lovely, despite its simplicity.
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If they can't do Martini justice I would like that one, from memory there was a similar one with the colours flipped on one of the old McRae games.