The only problem with this game is the EA logo on it. The game gets a lot of hate simply because of that. Great review, I fully agree about people hating everything, this is the best Rally content put there. Codemaster has a 5 year deal with WRC and I hope they can it extend it.
I'd love for them to keep this game for the next couple of years, really try and perfect it, and then make something new in UE5 or alike for the 2027 rules
@@SpawningGroupCabhan Codemasters taking the WRC license was the best thing ever. The kyloton games were pretty much WRC 8 but with little updates. It was fun on tarmac but in general really bad compare to Dirt Rally 2.0. EA WRC is clearly a better upgrade from Dirt Rally 2.0. The change to a new engine is not easy, Dirt Rally 2.0 wasn't that great a the beginning, everybody forgets about it. I love this game, it is fun, they will keep expanding and geeting better, it can't get better, besides the anti-cheat stuff.
@@Skumtomten1 I don't know man, like I get not liking EA as an entity but I try to separate their studios from the publisher. Like I like the Mass Effect games but I praise BioWare for them.
This is so well put together dude totally spot on. I hammered Dirt Rally and then didn’t really go to DR 2.0 cos the content wasn’t really there. I did play it eventually but I absolutely love WRC. Way too much hate cos of the EA overlords.
The rally school could definitely have more intermediate and advanced content. It's really just beginner technique and difficulty and that's it. I've been saying this on a couple other videos, but what makes DR 2.0 pretty are computationally cheap: god rays, lense flair, and color saturation. It also makes DR 2 look *less* realistic than EA WRC. And when you notice that almost every track in DR 2 is a tunnel of trees, you can't unsee it. The few times you see past the tree tunnel, the render distance to a 2d backdrop is laughable. And this is how DR 2 has such good performance: these clever graphics tricks that the complainers are taking for granted. When you look for a mountain across a valley in DR 2, you see a flat, 2d, dark silhouette. In EA WRC, you see a 3D mountain with 3D trees, rivers, and waterfalls. It's no surprise that requires more GPU power. To think you can get 35 miles of that is incredible. The DR 2 engine has served its purpose, but it had become a dead end. I'm glad they went with UE, there's much more space to grow and future engine improvements will come at much lower cost.
Personally I dont think these dirtrally "tricks" are outdated. Locations with large view distances (like greece) benefited from 2D trees because they could be placed so densely at no performance cost. Where as in wrc, Greece looks nothing like real life because the trees are very sparsely placed to improve performance. Personally, I believe a racing game looks realistic through proper color grading and good textures, the 3D model complexity is barely noticeable when going 160kmh down a road
@@panayotis_dinis I'd say they're outdated in the way that it's a limitation of the Ego engine that doesn't exist to the same degree in UE. I agree with getting the balance right, but at the same time we've got more content in WRC than in DR2 and it's more storage-efficient. And that's usually one of the things that puts me off about RBR, that the graphics engine is 20 years old yet it's still over 100GB to install all the content for the top mod packs out there.
I have +100 hours in both DR2.0 and eaWRC each. I love this game, better than DR2: Better physics (cant argue the DR2 tarmac was awful compared to this one), better stages, and WAY more content on launch. All for $40! I feel bad for Codemasters they have the most whiney fans I’ve ever seen for a game. My only real issue is that VR needs more work.
What I hate the most is that they removed the daily/weekly/monthly challenges in favor of 'clubs' which is nowhere near as engaging and splits the already small playerbase.
Great video, and totally agree with your points and opinions. Yearly updates are the way forward but with issues that still exist in the game/game engine a content update should be the last thing they are putting out before addressing the issues. I have a high end PC (7800x3d + 7900xtx oc) and still suffer with graphical issues in game that just shouldnt exist
I finally got to upgrade my xbox one to a series x and this was the first game i got (well waiting for it to arrive still). Wanna really play with the 309 in the game 😊🎉 Hope the game doesnt let me down.
A great summary! A few days ago I compared Dirt 2, WRC Generations and EA WRC back to back. Generations I found undriveable and unlistenable to. Dirt 2 felt the most pleasant to drive, but also not very grounded, with a very cinematic feel which is more nostalgia than actual beauty to me - that surprised me for sure, because most everyone else seems to prefer the visuals of 2.0. And you're right, in the base Dirt 2 version there is literally no content 🙂 Anyway, I'm just hoping Codies will eventually switch to Unreal 5. There are so many native functions of that engine which can make a game feel truly immersive, it would be an instant future update purchase from me. Especially the stages deserve way more love, there are portions which just feel unfinished and empty, like if you drove off the map in some other game...
Game is great, but I literally cannot even install it and before I tried to reinstall it I was getting files corrupt crashes. Its not even about optimization the game doesn't work at all for a lot of people.
The physics are abysmal, VR almost unplayable, everything else becomes irrelevant, RBR RSF is still the King by a HUGE margin (sadly). Not many people know it, but Dirt Rally 1 with physics mod is also amazing, but there is literally almost no content... So... Dirt Rally 1 with physics mod and all content of EA WRC 23 would be spectacular and it was very easy to do for Codemasters in theory.
I absolutely love this game. Cannot wait for the expansion pack.l would love if there were more rally cars from the 70,s and 80,s. 5hat was my favourite era of rally cars.there again im 66 and a bit biased
This game is a funny arcade rally advertisement for WRC and nothing above. Car handling is not great, UI not great no information about the car and so on. Special Stages are not quite realistic only some corners or surroundings pretending to be similar but again miles behind the real stages. Livery's creation is pointless. Environmental damage is non-existent. Car damage is not as spectacular as in DR2.0. RBR with mods that cost the creators thousands of times less than EA propaganda are of much better quality, not to mention that real rally drivers helped there and not rookie Jon Armstrong who still has problems with imparting knowledge to make the game more playable or realistic. In my opinion, EA WRC is a pure arcade rally racing game to kill a few minutes sitting on the sofa and drinking beer with a cigarette. RBR is an orgasm on the face after the first stage. And again the game content will never replace the broken playability. Even back to 97-98 when I bought the first Colin McRae game is still one of the best funny arcade old rally games for me side to Sega Rally. In reality this game is aimed for the younger generation of players who never drove a real car or just with little experience. Still many many many many many things are totally wrong with this game and definitely not a great or good one but just like above a funny arcade rally game for killing a couple minutes on the sofa only this.
@@Hero_Of_Old Just like everyone that says that EA WRC has better driving physics than 2.O. There's been times in EA WRC where i missed my braking point and I locked the brakes up, in snow, it came to a sudden stop. I should have been punished and sent off track. EA WRC is a simcade. Nothing more. Just deal with it.
The only problem with this game is the EA logo on it. The game gets a lot of hate simply because of that. Great review, I fully agree about people hating everything, this is the best Rally content put there. Codemaster has a 5 year deal with WRC and I hope they can it extend it.
I'd love for them to keep this game for the next couple of years, really try and perfect it, and then make something new in UE5 or alike for the 2027 rules
@@SpawningGroupCabhan Codemasters taking the WRC license was the best thing ever. The kyloton games were pretty much WRC 8 but with little updates. It was fun on tarmac but in general really bad compare to Dirt Rally 2.0. EA WRC is clearly a better upgrade from Dirt Rally 2.0. The change to a new engine is not easy, Dirt Rally 2.0 wasn't that great a the beginning, everybody forgets about it. I love this game, it is fun, they will keep expanding and geeting better, it can't get better, besides the anti-cheat stuff.
Imagine buying an EA product at this point. It's one of the worst companies in the world.
@@Werferharfer People just piss and moan about everything these days. Yes the game is not perfect but its damn fine good example of a rally game
@@Skumtomten1 I don't know man, like I get not liking EA as an entity but I try to separate their studios from the publisher. Like I like the Mass Effect games but I praise BioWare for them.
This is so well put together dude totally spot on. I hammered Dirt Rally and then didn’t really go to DR 2.0 cos the content wasn’t really there. I did play it eventually but I absolutely love WRC. Way too much hate cos of the EA overlords.
The rally school could definitely have more intermediate and advanced content. It's really just beginner technique and difficulty and that's it.
I've been saying this on a couple other videos, but what makes DR 2.0 pretty are computationally cheap: god rays, lense flair, and color saturation. It also makes DR 2 look *less* realistic than EA WRC. And when you notice that almost every track in DR 2 is a tunnel of trees, you can't unsee it. The few times you see past the tree tunnel, the render distance to a 2d backdrop is laughable. And this is how DR 2 has such good performance: these clever graphics tricks that the complainers are taking for granted. When you look for a mountain across a valley in DR 2, you see a flat, 2d, dark silhouette. In EA WRC, you see a 3D mountain with 3D trees, rivers, and waterfalls. It's no surprise that requires more GPU power. To think you can get 35 miles of that is incredible.
The DR 2 engine has served its purpose, but it had become a dead end. I'm glad they went with UE, there's much more space to grow and future engine improvements will come at much lower cost.
Personally I dont think these dirtrally "tricks" are outdated. Locations with large view distances (like greece) benefited from 2D trees because they could be placed so densely at no performance cost. Where as in wrc, Greece looks nothing like real life because the trees are very sparsely placed to improve performance. Personally, I believe a racing game looks realistic through proper color grading and good textures, the 3D model complexity is barely noticeable when going 160kmh down a road
Totally agree, some good points. The far views in EA WRC are the most immersive moments for me, it's the close-to-mid distance that's the issue.
@@panayotis_dinis I'd say they're outdated in the way that it's a limitation of the Ego engine that doesn't exist to the same degree in UE. I agree with getting the balance right, but at the same time we've got more content in WRC than in DR2 and it's more storage-efficient. And that's usually one of the things that puts me off about RBR, that the graphics engine is 20 years old yet it's still over 100GB to install all the content for the top mod packs out there.
EA wrc is way to arcady. I stick better to the King WRC GENERATIONS 🎉
The driving itself is fantastic but everything around that feels incomplete. Still love it, and relieved its not an annual release.
I have +100 hours in both DR2.0 and eaWRC each.
I love this game, better than DR2: Better physics (cant argue the DR2 tarmac was awful compared to this one), better stages, and WAY more content on launch. All for $40!
I feel bad for Codemasters they have the most whiney fans I’ve ever seen for a game.
My only real issue is that VR needs more work.
I got the game plus dlc for $12. Awesome deal
What I hate the most is that they removed the daily/weekly/monthly challenges in favor of 'clubs' which is nowhere near as engaging and splits the already small playerbase.
Great video, and totally agree with your points and opinions. Yearly updates are the way forward but with issues that still exist in the game/game engine a content update should be the last thing they are putting out before addressing the issues. I have a high end PC (7800x3d + 7900xtx oc) and still suffer with graphical issues in game that just shouldnt exist
I love this game. I play on ps5 with no problems. It's awesome and I can't wait for the wrc24 expansion....come on
I finally got to upgrade my xbox one to a series x and this was the first game i got (well waiting for it to arrive still).
Wanna really play with the 309 in the game 😊🎉
Hope the game doesnt let me down.
10 or 20 quid for the new season expansion seems naively optimistic to me. But I hope you're right.
Given that the game is still retailing at £45 and it sounds like they're gonna sell all 3 packs as a bundle too, I hope it's not more than £20!
@@SpawningGroupCabhan £24,99!! They just announced it.
I got everything on Xbox for $12 recently. Plus now it's on game pass
Where did you get the different liveries? Great video by the way
good video!
Totally agree with the 7/10 comments and it is a really good game
I was gonna ask how you got all them cool liveries then realised youve got a PC version. I wish they could add more "real" liveries
A great summary! A few days ago I compared Dirt 2, WRC Generations and EA WRC back to back.
Generations I found undriveable and unlistenable to. Dirt 2 felt the most pleasant to drive, but also not very grounded, with a very cinematic feel which is more nostalgia than actual beauty to me - that surprised me for sure, because most everyone else seems to prefer the visuals of 2.0. And you're right, in the base Dirt 2 version there is literally no content 🙂
Anyway, I'm just hoping Codies will eventually switch to Unreal 5. There are so many native functions of that engine which can make a game feel truly immersive, it would be an instant future update purchase from me. Especially the stages deserve way more love, there are portions which just feel unfinished and empty, like if you drove off the map in some other game...
What stages do you think need more love? Is it stages you are happy with in the EA WRC game?
Game is great, but I literally cannot even install it and before I tried to reinstall it I was getting files corrupt crashes. Its not even about optimization the game doesn't work at all for a lot of people.
Yeah, what a great game
The physics are abysmal, VR almost unplayable, everything else becomes irrelevant, RBR RSF is still the King by a HUGE margin (sadly). Not many people know it, but Dirt Rally 1 with physics mod is also amazing, but there is literally almost no content... So... Dirt Rally 1 with physics mod and all content of EA WRC 23 would be spectacular and it was very easy to do for Codemasters in theory.
weird take tbh, no way Dirt Rally has better physics than WRC, with or without mod
Dirt Rally 2 has better RWD physics. So that's wrong
I absolutely love this game. Cannot wait for the expansion pack.l would love if there were more rally cars from the 70,s and 80,s. 5hat was my favourite era of rally cars.there again im 66 and a bit biased
This game is a funny arcade rally advertisement for WRC and nothing above. Car handling is not great, UI not great no information about the car and so on. Special Stages are not quite realistic only some corners or surroundings pretending to be similar but again miles behind the real stages. Livery's creation is pointless.
Environmental damage is non-existent. Car damage is not as spectacular as in DR2.0.
RBR with mods that cost the creators thousands of times less than EA propaganda are of much better quality, not to mention that real rally drivers helped there and not rookie Jon Armstrong who still has problems with imparting knowledge to make the game more playable or realistic.
In my opinion, EA WRC is a pure arcade rally racing game to kill a few minutes sitting on the sofa and drinking beer with a cigarette. RBR is an orgasm on the face after the first stage. And again the game content will never replace the broken playability. Even back to 97-98 when I bought the first Colin McRae game is still one of the best funny arcade old rally games for me side to Sega Rally. In reality this game is aimed for the younger generation of players who never drove a real car or just with little experience. Still many many many many many things are totally wrong with this game and definitely not a great or good one but just like above a funny arcade rally game for killing a couple minutes on the sofa only this.
Armchair expert thinks he knows what a real rally car feels like
@@Hero_Of_Old Just like everyone that says that EA WRC has better driving physics than 2.O. There's been times in EA WRC where i missed my braking point and I locked the brakes up, in snow, it came to a sudden stop. I should have been punished and sent off track. EA WRC is a simcade. Nothing more. Just deal with it.
This game is a night mare on PC😢doesnt even look nice as it does on console