EA Sports WRC

Series X version played well, VRR is on so may help.

GFX look decent on PS5. Not mind blowing but nice enough. Not had any tearing but have had a few pauses, but very short ones so hasn't affected any runs yet.

I am using new gearshifter and handbrake and it's quite weird getting used to after using the paddle shifters and clutch for handbrake for a few years. I'm going to persevere and it'll be my excuse when i'm 5 minutes behind everyone else when I set up the first championship.

Had a blast on this last night. It really does come alive with the T300. Aside from whether it's actually realistic or has the pivot point in the correct place and all that stuff that people get angry about, it's a lot of fun. And i'm actually enjoying the career mode for once.

Couple of patches away from being 'finished' though of course, as with most new releases. Hope they can sort out the weird pauses and occasional framerate drops.

Also, assuming this is going to be a yearly release now, I do worry how much effort they're actually going to put into fixing the current release vs 'saving it for next year'. What's their track record with F1 on this?

It really does look very plain at times and the stutters- haven’t had a lot but had several times- are unforgivable. It’s a reaction game, with sometimes long stages, and it can all get fucked up right at the end when the game s t t t uuuu u t errr s into a 3 left.

While I don’t trust EA to fix things when they can just sell another game in 12 months time they *do* seem to want to launch this with a bit of fanfare, perhaps that’ll mean time is invested to finish the game and earn a bit of favourable momentum.

I will set up the first club event after the patch drops.

If it’s asphalt I will do about a third of it at a drunk snail’s pace before ending up in a ditch, rage quitting and sulking about the shite handling model, or the crappy physics, how the sun was in my eyes and that the dog ate my homework.

If it’s not asphalt….much the same actually

I'm in the club. Been playing the PS5 trial but spent most of it dialling in a wheel setting similar to how it feels in DR2 and I think I'm happy with it.

Having played this on the Series S it looks better on the PS5. Still had some textures pop in at the start pre patch but haven't noticed it since the patch.

The stutters I've found seem to really come into play towards the end of the stage's. Will forcing VRR helps with that?

Did a long Mexico stage last night, no stuttering at all whilst driving. One or two on the intro bit to the stage, but no biggie. Still a few rough edges overall but a much better experience.
Can’t vouch for any other stages

The engine shift really feels like a mistake and I don’t buy the long stage reasoning. Or, perhaps, more charitably they’ve been added as a sop for the engine change. It’s not even UE5 with the benefits that would bring that would more easily justify the change. I think it’s with an eye to the yearly churn and cheaper development costs that’s typical of EA.
Ah well, what we have now is good, great at times. I’m not buying it again in 11 months time though 🤨

Has the trigger vibrations on Xbox been fixed yet? I tried the trial on gamepass and was massively underwhelmed by the lack of feedback after playing WRC Generations and Forza.

mcgeeza Can you give me the rights in the group to set up events.

Not happy with the triple screen performance, think it's pushing my 2060 super a bit much even if it's fixed so I'm downstairs on the TV.

Done.

Club joined! (I'm Magic Pants).
Love Finland, it's my favourite location. Wish you could see the other members split times while out on track so you have an idea of how you are doing.

Any thoughts on the next event? 5 stages again over 5 days or change it up?