Is EA Sports WRC Finally Worth Playing in 2024?

After a year of development is EA Sports WRC Worth getting now ?
We let you know what you should expect from this rally game from EA

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[GamerMuscleVideos]

Why are AAA studios pumping out at best utterly mediocre titles ? We need More Passion, More Energy and probably dev teams being given the resources and freedom to actually make good exciting games. After a year of updates and some new DLC WRC is "ok" at least it "works" and you can have fun driving long stages , sadly on balance when it comes to core gameplay its worse than rally games that came out 20+ years ago.

[freekshow]

when it comes to rally games most of us are like single men in a club at 3am. We'll take whatever comes our way.

[mattspeed]

Who would've thought that Unreal Engine is not made for realistic simulators. I mean it in its name!

[rmack]

The bowling alley with bumpers thing is real.
I ride a ton of dirtbikes and ATV's in real life, and the edge of a trail is far more varied and obviously less abrupt. You will never bounce off the edge of a trail back onto the trail. Preposterous.

Also yes, trails and dirt roads are full of a million different potholes and divots and bumps and jumps and random huge rocks that have a tip sprouting up in the middle of the road. These roads are smooth as hell.

[timclark]

Totally agree on the handling. I haven't been able to put my finger on exactly what's wrong with it, but you sum up my own thoughts quite well. It's as if the cars aren't heavy enough or something, there's not enough inertia. Also the way the cars react to counter steer is really odd, when you counter steer it's like the car snaps on to rails.

[xavivg]

A while back in a EA Sports WRC video I saw a comment like: "You just need to play DR2.0 to understand how bad is the driving experience in the new game".
I did that, and I've been regretting this move since then, as now I'm still enjoying the DR2.0 experience and EA WRC is currently uninstalled...

Just as he says, play like nothing existed before and you will enjoy it. If you come back to DR2.0 or RBR, you're done and you'll have wasted your money in a game you don't play anymore.

PS: People were freaking Excited when WRC License fell onto Codemasters hands. And just at that moment, we lost any kind of competitiveness on the rally market games. Why do they even need to improve the game if there's no other competitor that will do a better work in there.

PS2: Did you know that DR2.0 and EA WRC has more or less the same Active players?? Even EA WRC Dropped to less than 800 player during Summer!

[maddyschoonmusic]

Always interesting to see how different folk’s opinions can be. I’ve put almost 100 hours into EA WRC, and my opinion couldn’t be more different from the one presented in this video. I have several Nacon WRCs, dirt rally 1 and 2, even the old school ps1 Colin McRae games. With that said, I’ve done a lot of rally racing and this game fucking rocks! Is it perfect? No, but I’ve yet to play a game that is. Performance, good. Graphics, great. ( not the most impressive but very serviceable. No the biggest of deals when going over 100mph.) haptic feedback is great and realistic, very few moments of true frustration. I could be more exhaustive but I won’t.

It makes me wonder what world a lot of gamers live in because they seem to cherry pick relatively silly reasons to hate a game.

Watching this video felt something like, ”The dirt didn’t move the way I thought it would. PASS. Never play a game like this”.

Make up your mind for yourself, by all means, but the hyperbole is hilarious as misguiding for those looking to get into a fun rally game, of which there are very few options.

The short of my main point, here? If you’re looking for a fun rally experience, buy it. It’s more than worth it. Go have fun!

[jamesleegte]

I bought this when v1.8 came out with vr beta for £18 and last night I bought the full expansion pack. So for £43 I have to say it’s a steal and I absolutely love this game. I’m a time trial addict and that’s all I play and I love it!

[GeeCeeAte]

Me n my buddies are still rocking Dirt Rally 2. Perfect game. I wish the campaign was better (or actually made sense in any way whatsoever)
But it’s by far the best feeling sim out there. And by far the best VR experience.

[beltokashe]

Considering all the jank and disappointment all of us who bought the game at launch had to deal with, asking us to pay for the dlc while new players essentially get it for free is ridiculous.

[richstuart]

The career mode in EA WRC bored the crap out of me, I agree that many of the stages feel very samey. You spend most of the time during a rally running back and forth along what is essentially the same stage, with few exceptions. It just becomes a chore. The driving is still nowhere near as satisfying as Dirt Rally 2.0 where getting through a stage feels exhilarating, In EA WRC it feels more like a relief, in a "Thank f*** that's over with" kind of way.

[karl]

You're definitely onto something with regards to unreal engine games. I've played a lot of them, not only driving games, sports games in general, anything on unreal engine always feels delayed/unresponsive.

[lpcoolee]

I blissfully bought the game around launch. I’ve honestly not had too many issues (no stuttering, or crashing).
I’ve honestly loved every minute of it!

I actually enjoy it more than Dirt 2. It’s my favourite rally game to date!

[fernandomattos]

GamerMuscle should leave sim racing and become a fisherman. Wouldn’t that be unreal?

[chrisduerksen]

You bring up some solid points, the way the stages feel a bit boring, and there not being any passion in the game, boring menus etc. And theres a lot of Sim things missing like tire pressure etc. But what i dont agree on is the handling. I think its quite good and real. On the racing surface you have good grip, in the Rally1 you have good lateral grip. And once off the racing line you lose control. A lot of the "complaints" you have seem to me are fixable with setup or the good ol "get gud" lol. Not trying to be mean, just my opinion from my experience.

[Porgeot]

Seems like the cars pivot around center.
As an ex rally driver, the cars handling feels completely wrong.
Dirt 2.0 feels mutch better.

[doubleslitenigma]

I agree with your opinion on the generic roads, it's the attention to detail. On the Nacon Wrc series the roads had little bit of detail like bits of mud trailed out of a field or patched tarmac or leaves accumulating having fallen off the trees.

These little things trick your brain subliminally into thinking it's more real and alive, and not computer generated. In music this is called syncopation😂

[Mark_Blanes]

Really sooo Happy they added Fishing, I mean Rallying upto a Lake & being able to cast a line from your Fiesta while you take a Siesta is very satisfying !

[nockspielt]

i have played also all rally sims and racing games, playing on a wheel and controller, i think WRC generations hat the best handling model in a rally game to date. It was just great, ea wrc is more like dirt 4, its good but its missing weight feel for the cars, the cars feeling to light in some way.

[simonwilliamson]

Agree with every word you said. I play this on the PS5 and I am astounded by how poorly the game performs. It’s sub PS4 performance to be honest. The frame rate, pop in and foliage clipping into the car, unbelievable! They will never fix it. I was hoping for a new game that performs better, so DLC is very disappointing. To see how far Codemasters rally games have fallen is sad indeed.