Does EA Sports WRC beat Dirt Rally 2.0?

It is not an easy question to answer. Does there need to be a definitive answer?
If both games were Heavyweight boxers, would one have the stamina to outbox the other or does one land one punch and take the win.

Today is my "Opinion" on the hot topic of these two games that are almost classed as rivals.

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Dirt Rally 2
EA Sports WRC
WRC EA Sports

Rig Setup if you are interested
Wheel - Fanatec DD1
Rim - Motamec Race/Rally Steering Wheel Flat Spoke 350mm Dark Grey Suede
Pedals - Fanatec V3
H Pattern/Seq Shifter - Fanatec Clubsport Shifter
Handbrake - Generic eBay knock off
Frame - Some cheap aluminum frame with Saab seat from a junkyard!

[stintisfast]

Update: EA WRC has been having updates and my game runs much better now and has only crashed once in the last few weeks, so they have improved that.

People keep commenting and moaning saying play RBR, bore off and go play that, this is not a video on that.

Yes they are both made by Codemasters, DiRT Rally 2 was made by Codemasters in 2019 and EA bought them out in 2021.

After their acquisition, they were able to use WRC licensing for cars and tracks from 2021. You can easily compare one game to another. We do not want to hear your moaning comments saying you cannot compare the two, because you can. Also, I literally enjoy playing both games and its good for the rally sim "Community" to have more. However, people like to still moan and feel like they are doing their bit by bashing the other game.

Think you can do better? Make a video yourself and we would love to watch it and bash you for having your own personal experience for enjoying or disliking something :D

[GameArcade]

What I really liked in DR2 is that the Co-Driver feels like he's going to shit his pants when you're going flatout in Poland and other tracks, meanwhile the WRC Co-Driver sounds just like an AI who reacts to nothing.
Graphics wise DR2 still looks way better than WRC, but holy shit, the maneuvrability of the cars in WRC game is just chef's kiss!

[Protato]

We are lucky to have both these rally games with all that content + the the 2 countries recently added in WRC

[MyMomsADadNow]

If DR 2.0 had the content of WRC, it wouldn't be a question, at all.

WRC has the content

DR 2.0 has the quality, fit/finish, detail, and atmosphere, AND is much better optimized and runs way smoother.

It's not even close. If you want to drive more stages, get WRC. If you want the best experience, get DR 2.0.

If you play on Linux, your ONLY option is DR 2.0, because EA changed the game-engine and removed access from Linux users for no good reason. EA is a TERRIBLE company. Absolutely pathetic, and the game shows it. They don't care. They just want DR 2.0 was a much better game in almost every respect.

[purpleflurp]

I prefer WRC’s driving and it has way more interesting stages. Also WRC has 80 cars on launch it will have a lot more over time. + more stages as they continue to fill in the 2024/2025 championship itinerary.

[FylixAerou]

Dirt Rally 2.0 just seems like a better polished game made with care. Sounds _incredible_ (and this can't be understated), looks beautiful and fun to play. Unforgiving, but rewards you for playing consistently within your limits and getting better as a driver.

With WRC it just looks like the FIFA of rally games. You get more cars and tracks, but can one really say it's more fun to drive and win stages?

Codemasters had a vision with Dirt Rally 2.0 and it shows. It doesn't matter to me if the game is harder to drive than in real life because it challenges you as a driver and punishes mistakes. Nothing feels better than placing podium in Argentina after a grueling drive through the most hellish terrain the game has to throw at you.

[reapzzer]

The big issue I think that is wrong with EA WRC is I'm pretty sure EA forced Codemasters to port the game from their own custom engine to UE5 with its typical blurry soapy look and feel. I cannot for the life of me understand why everyone ditches their own tailor made for specific game engines in favour of a pretty fckn mid UE4/5... Imagine what EA WRC would've been if they used a 1:1 copy of Dirt Rally 2.0 as the baseline and just added all the goodies EA WRC has to offer with the full WRC license.

[djpvma]

😂 the barrel roll at the end was epic! Thanks for sharing.

[Alerallydriver]

Reading the comments I'm shocked. probably none of these people have ever gotten into a real car to judge the behavior of a car. Let's talk about RBR if we want to talk about something that surpasses EA WRC but not the old Dirt rallies where the ego engine was for making cartoons, stages that were life-like and not faithfully reproduced, ridiculous asphalt physics, the weight of the cars absent on the first Dirt Rally. The truth is that WRC EA is the one that has made the most steps in many aspects (not all) towards an RBR. This is why many people don't like it. But for those like me who have over 150 real rallies in their lives, to drive for fun, the latest WRC is 10 steps above the Dirt rallies ... and a little less distant from RBR

[ZiggyGamma]

Came to this video after seeing both were on sale on Steam right now.

Picked them up and clicked on this video to see what I should play first.

Very good video mate.

[DeLambada]

Assetto Corsa being like: "we have rally at home!"

[dizzinessman]

Wrc career is better and more immersive, but Dirt 2.0 is raw. Car sounds are on a whole another level. Driving rwd on dirt 2.0 on wet stages is a riot.

[lpcoolee]

Nice review! I have both, and enjoy both. I couldn’t agree with you more!

[andreysmirnov]

People criticize WRC a lot. For real though, returning to DR2 after WRC feels... dull. The only real downgrade is the graphics, everything else though, is just on the next level. Cars feel like the dig into gravel, tarmac is grippy and edgy, every tiny bump is felt in the wheel, stages vary ENORMOUSLY from super-narrow in Greece to the fast bumpy hell of Finland. And there's a LOT of them. Driving a manual H-pattern with clutch Subaru Impreza through Portugal or Sardinia is a joy of its own kind(Clutch finally feels like a continious device, not as ON/OFF switch).
People also talk about the center rotating... thing. As a person with a Masters in Applied Math, I urge you, stop saying that please, it is completely meaningless. "Any motion can be represented as a combination of linear motion and a rotation along ANY point in the given space". ANY point is pivot point, both in game and IRL. Oh and performance was crap on release, fixed now, at least for me.

[commonskoomaenjoyer]

DR2:
Slippier
Just feels more fun/ easier to flow through corners
Better performance


EA WRC:
Grippier
Generally feels less fun, but more fun in other ways
Tarmac feels better
More technical stages
I feel like wheel lift and weird camber are more threatening
Obstacles are more lethal
Better multiplayer/ single player experience

It's worth getting both just for the stages. DR2 keys are dirt cheap

[Vetea]

When the EA sport was released, I was thinking about delete the DR 2.0 game. Finally, I purchased the EA WRC and kept DR 2.0. Just miss more tracks on DR 2.0

[Pixelplayground]

Alot of people don't understand that the reason(s) why cars slip alot in Dirt Rally 2.0, lies majorly in the Car's tuning. If you make the Differential highly locked, more drift is expected, and that's realistic! Open your differential and there's better grip less drift. Same with wheel Camber. The Casual gamer doesn't understand this @ all, hence complaining about the tires slipping in Dirt Rally.

Ever wondered why the Car Tuning upgrade is the most expensive purchase for a particular Vehicle in Dirt Rally 2.0? Agreed it was a stupid decision by the devs, setting random values for most cars, but I found the default settings of most Hatchbacks & Subarus to be adequate, anythin' asides that demanded heavy adjusted.

Get the appropriate values for a particular Vehicles differential and majority of the complaints y'all have with DR2 would be gone.

[stefanhiddink]

Just bought EA WRC for €14, 99 including dlc. The floaty physics with DR2 was killing me. I prefer WRC.

[kennymoss]

Quite agree. Dirt 2.0 is better overall for sounds and details but WRC is also great fun.

[FullThrottlePrecision]

DR2 is way better in terms of shadows and especially sounds, but i somehow can't find the same joy playing DR2 as i do when playing WRC, it might be the whole immersion around everything that does it for me.
And this was a great quality video, i'm surprised you don't have thousands of subs!