EA SPORTS WRC • First Look at Gameplay

[@EASPORTSWRC]

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[@elffan6844]

Good work EA 👍

[@kony0162]

Le gameplay c est il fait au volant ou a la manette ?

[@spazmoids]

This looks fkn cool. Would've been cool to see Sweden with no snow. But this will still be the first EA game I dare preorder since like 2013. If not the first preorder since then at all.

[@kram4130]

What platform is this being demoed on here? I really hope we get a stable 60fps on PS5.

[@oznemur]

Can you tell us more about Triple-Screen support not being supported based on what Ross Gowing said in interview with Gamereactor? "Will there be true triple-screen support, with three separate images rendered individually and allowing for tripartite FOV and line-up between screens in a larger rig?" "Gowing: It will be possible to run with three screens, of course, just like in Dirt Rally and Dirt Rally 2.0, but it's a wide Ultra Wide image across all three screens rather than what you're referring to."

[@konzebuckel]

Adding more surface sounds would be nice. For example stones jumping around in the wheelhouse etc.

[@ianism3]

hopefully will be in the finished game. DR2 had them

[@rajvirvirdi8074]

agreed it felt like the car was just gliding over everything i think that would ground the experience

[@muifmuhendra]

EA will add it as DLC

[@TheObserver83]

There's no need for surface sounds. The car is hovering above the ground.

[@mclaren777]

This was my biggest criticism as well. Hopefully the devs are able to address it near launch.

[@GumpertCatSpeed]

Please ea and codemasters don’t mess up

[@Oczkins92]

The will do.

[@HamVR]

Don't worry.

[@freshcutflower]

@@Oczkins92 didn't know the publisher made the videogame tbh

[@maliklowry1236]

EA is where good titles go to die

[@aghastinagharta]

@@Oczkins92 This looks like DiRT Rally 3 with official WRC content, so at this point I doubt EA had much to say in regards to the development.

[@BarryDuncanGoogle]

Looks and sounds solid! However, I feel like there's one thing missing from the sound design and that's stones and gravel hitting the underside of the car (ACC, even as a track based game, does this extremely well when you go off racing line or off track)... adding this would emphasise the gravel vs tarmac changes and add a more realistic feeling to the game overall.

[@elettrodany203]

ho notato lo stesso, ma penso che questo dipenda dalle impostazione principali. In Dirt 2.0 mettevo 100% suono superfici

[@pooltuunitud]

I also didnt catch any gravel sound at all, and the gravel sound is a MUST

[@cured_bacon647]

There is gravel sound in cockpit view. You can hear it in the video

[@ianism3]

yeah, it was there in DR2 (and not in WRC Generations....), so I wonder what happened. audio in games from this studio is usually top-notch.

[@socks2441]

That was the number 1 thing I noticed about dirt rally 1 and 2. The underside gravel sound effects were spot on and super immersive. Also useful when driving. If they don't have this in their third game I will be severely disappointed

[@Good_Horsey]

If it's not too late to change the rain on the camera, droplets won't just stay or slide down slowly when you're doing 165kph, they ought to streak away from the center, eventually leaving the screen allowing for more memory to be used in rendering the next droplets.

[@purwantiallan5089]

I just hope Coco Hayashi is also appearing as Co driver voice in EA SPORTS WRC.

[@fluxahelmi]

same bug at F1 Series.... Raindrops running down like at a window at Calm (no wind) 😂🤣 ... since years!!!!

[@kain0067]

LOL how much RAM are you figuring a droplet takes?

[@MartindeWitte]

Just look how Driveclub fixed this issue along time ago and still no EA game seems to match this visual effect.

[@rrrobro8755]

Yes the rain looks terrible. Snow is hardly better. Also no headlight shadows and environmental lighting seems a bit bland. I'm not a total graphics guy but I like Details and this feels like a step backwards. Hopefully gameplay is better.

[@fastback999able]

Love where this is going! Only two things I thought about. 1. The very stiff appearance of the cars as they shift weight in breaking and turning 2. The slow “magic trick” like flame out if the exhausts in third person view (a small thing but worth mentioning aesthetically).

[@_salvadorr]

flames sould be a explosion, like a gunshot. It looks like a dragon bleeding fire

[@istoleurfaceha3527]

The backfire looks so cartoonish. Like it belongs in an arcade game NFS or Forza

[@fs5866]

Yep, flame should look and sound like a gun shot as that's basically what it is, an explosion, not a slow burn.

[@Utube2Itube]

This might be the most important preview video of them all. The gameplay is all that matters in the end

[@shredd5705]

Yeah but it's a bit tricky to tell how the physics are, without hands-on-wheel. And obviously FFB. You can see how the suspension moves from a video and such... make some estimates on how the physics will be.... but to know for sure, you need hands on. For example Dirt Rally 2 looked promising on videos, but when it launched, people were not happy with FFB. Also nobody really knew beforehand, that the tarmac still feels odd... subtleties will not be apparent on gameplay videos

[@Kryspa7]

@@shredd5705 If you are great at judging by what you see, you will feel it 😉 Some people are really good on that after watching onboard or having the eye memory from real rally driving as well 🙂

[@Mr.Marbles]

@@shredd5705tarmac does look like it actually has grip now, since its much more direct with the steering, so i hope its at least better.

[@Cez-ario]

@@shredd5705 if they got how the final version of dirt rally 2 and started from that, we could expect it's going to be good, after all this is basically dirt rally 3, at least this is what I hope is the case

[@geoundici]

And still no damage in the gameplay....

[@lukebender1021]

First EA game I've been excited for in years. Don't mess this up guys.

[@Ruskaretki]

Hopes are high on finnish rally fanatics on your WRC! Good news this have moved on and will be on new generation consoles + pc only. More power with no compromises to deliver good experience for us!

[@balamacab]

Cars looks glued to the ground… jumps does not unsettle the car…

[@Skaven18907]

I really hope they add some granularity and 'depth' to the track surface itself. One of the things I think KT Racing did REALLY well was the granularity of the road surface itself, potholes and divets and bumps and corner cambers you could throw your tire into to drag yourself around a corner. The courses themselves look amazing, and the physics looks great but I cant help be underwhelmed by the look of the surface itself

[@TheObserver83]

Yes major red flag. Car doesn't react to undulations on the surface. Looks like the car is hovering above the ground. Major problem. Takes us right out of the immersion.

[@ROAltair10]

i think the target of the game is being as largely accessible as it can, for the average Joe who lays on the couch after a hard days work. If you look at EA's titles that's what you'll find. This tactic is hated by the long-loving community of any game series but it brings more money in the investors pockets than any other. When I first saw that the tacho doesnt even have any rev numbers on it and how simple gravel/snow physics are compared to the DRally 1&2 i figured out this will not be a follow up on the Colin/Dirt series as we've been accustomed to when speaking of Codemasters.

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@TheObserver83more like black flag.

[@TheObserver83]

@@purwantiallan5089 no, red flag. red flag is a sign of something bad, a reason for major concern! Not sure what a black flag is..

[@ARC-7777]

​@@TheObserver83It's a racing term (I'm kite sure of it). If a driver does something dangerous like pushing people of the track everytime another driver tries to overtake him, he would get 2-3 warnings, and after if the driver is still driving dangerously he will be shown the black flag which means he is disqualified from the race. He is interchanging red flag with black flag because in racing terms its still bad.

[@Kaalaan]

Really hope this will be good! With great handling, physics and surface degradation/deformation 👌 and also random events along the stages.

[@oasiceplaytime4452]

Oh yess! Let's hope

[@lucianopanei]

random events would be a interesting addition. Some animals, maybe? a wrecked car?

[@oasiceplaytime4452]

People helping to put the car on track like in RBR

[@SzenkoTamo_]

​@@lucianopanei in the last WRC games there were wrecked cars on the road already, hope they won't remove that.

[@JDFish]

​@@lucianopaneithey had this in wrc evolution on ps2 😂

[@napsta]

I miss the intensity of the call outs as you drive flat out and you could tell he was being bumped around whilst reading out the pace notes, I loved that in Dirt Rally 2.0

[@GDUBMX]

yeah defo. That female codriver at the end sounded a bit too clinical, almost like she was sat at a desk on the phone and reading the pacenotes

[@miguelvieira7968]

100% agree

[@iamzeusandthisisthetruth4229]

@@GDUBMXalmost like it shouldn’t be a woman! Ohh I know there are 2 or 3 NOVELTY FEMALES! But for the most part they take far more than they give! Shocked they don’t get 3 minutes EQUITY HEAD START!

[@AnthonyHoul]

​@@iamzeusandthisisthetruth4229 are you upset women wont talk to you? hint: the problem is not the women

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm3937]

@@AnthonyHoulno I think the problem is the woman, those notes were boring and lacked any urgency hes defo right

[@BA-rh5hy]

I'm supporting you guys 110% and cheering you guys as a whole team will deliver a truly amazing and loved rally title. I truly believe you guys will deliver!

[@elongatedonion]

The crackles and pops especially on the overrun seem very tame, I loved the intensity of the crackles on DR2. Hopefully gets tweaked.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Dirt Rally 3.0?

[@fs5866]

My motorbike has a lot more crackle and pops, these cars should be booming like cannons on tbe downshifts given that they have unrestricted free flow exhausts.

[@elongatedonion]

@@fs5866 exactly my guy, some later footage of the ford puma shows some savage anti lag so seems like the sound design is developing all the time!

[@Camdavis11]

That japan track is actually really well done, damn. Usually in these games it's like endless cherry blossom trees and goofy pagodas.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Kasumi Nakasu and Rina Tennoji (also NACHERRY Duo member) also love Japan in EA SPORTS WRC.

[@portableportal]

''Usually in these games'' clearly you don't play them

[@Camdavis11]

@@portableportal I'm sorry. I did not mean the WRC series. It was a generalization about racing games. For example the lastest "The Crew" game. I'll admit I'm not intimately familiar with rally games besides the Colin McRae ps1 games and Dirt Rally.

[@portableportal]

@@Camdavis11 no worries i admire your honesty sorry for my comment it was a bit harsh

[@MatthewCornish]

Obviously you're yet to reveal 80's mode in which we get to turn sharp left into a crowd of fans who have gathered on the track to get right in on the action and somehow manage to flee out of harms way at the last second. I look forward to that... I know it's really not a very important detail but it would be nice to have a bit more life in the crowd though.

[@mariuszex1357]

WRC officials probably don't want a game where you can easily ram into thw crowd

[@madbull4666]

While fun that might make people want to do that in real life possibly again.

[@Christopher26021994]

Such thing was in Gran Turismo 4 I guess, where people were running away from you so you never could hit them. I also think that it would be an interesting detail in the 80's mode and not only (although in a smaller scale in other years). It would be okay if they would be appearing just further away and be just some textures, nothing else. Similar with some animals, that also could just cross the road randomly but never in a way to be hit. Would be enough to put you off the "rythm" for a second if the timing of such random event would be correct.

[@BrettWidner]

Added post-stage mini-game where you get to pick random digits out of the front grill? Or would that be too much?

[@MatthewCornish]

Yeah definitely not thinking we should be able to hit people but growing up watching rally in the late 80s I was always amazed at how many people lined the edges of dangerous corners or would stand in the course to get a photo of cars going over crests. Just figured it would be funny to nod to the era of mad crazy people haha

[@Gnomosfortheoffice]

I hope the damage model will be good

[@pedroheemstra9314]

Unfortunately that's up to the car manufacturer, it's probably very limited

[@jjeeqq]

@@pedroheemstra9314 they could make realistic damage model and tell for manufacturers that it is bug in the game. :P

[@deadstump4970]

Yea. I hope that there is an option for realistic damage where taking those cuts too aggressively will mess up your suspension and/or when you hit a tree your radiator goes pop and then you cry on the side of the road after putting in an hour of driving a rally. Nothing like feeling the fear of throwing your rally away on every turn.

[@freezingjazzy]

The gameplay looks great and just as fun as DR 2.0 it's just that, I don't know about these co-drivers. I feel like you just can't replace Phil Mills. Especially on the more intense stages, the way he reads the pace notes really sell the intensity of it. Don't get me wrong it's nice to have clarity and be precise especially in Rally but, personally, I feel like more urgency would be immersive. I'm sure they'll grow on me though.

[@dwaikrulez]

Ea will start selling co driver dlcs 😂

[@RileyKestnerisactuallyladarius]

I always appreciated the fact that the calls would intensify with speed or become more relaxed and composed in slower sections. Made it feel like the co-driver is actually battling the noise of the car and surroundings.

[@AnthonyHoul]

@@RileyKestnerisactuallyladarius yeah seems to me theyre just read once and repeated the exact same way every time, kyloton WRC style. This video has me very worried. It looks like a huge step backwards compared to dirt rally 2

[@no.7893]

Honestly I think more options is a good thing, have some famous co drivers and that for the people that wanna get into that whole vibe but honestly I think having more lesser known voices makes it feel a bit more like you are actually starting out in your own small team. Ideally they would have a mode where you friend can read pacenotes lol...

[@Alex-xg8py]

Phil Mills is the single reason I love DR2.0 so much. My only guess with this new codriver sounds robotic to fit like puzzle pieces for other stages. Phil hand wrote and recorded the DR2.0 Stages making that feel that much more realistic and highly detailed. Its breaks immersion a bit in this gameplay video

[@burntmuffinz6506]

The track locations always have their own feeling and aesthetic I love it!!! DR2.0 locations all felt immersive and different from one another and it seems they have carried that over tenfold!

[@purwantiallan5089]

Agree.

[@daveroonie]

Anyone else just impressed by Jon Armstrongs driving. This video shows why he is a rally driver

[@thomasvleminckx]

00:40 it's kinda what I feared regarding the "summer rallies in winter" gimmick. The way the snow is applied looks very artificial, with an unnaturally, perfectly straight line visible at the side of the road where the snow overlay texture begins and ends.

[@nikkiy9]

Can't wait for this game!! Love that Craig Breen is also going to be in the game!!

[@PANTHERBURNS]

Hell yeah

[@jiggsthedrummer3358]

@tylerbergum568 The team is rallying for Craig. He unfortunately died near the beginning of this season during a test, preparing for Rally Croatia. I was a fan of Craig Breen and after seeing his emotional 2nd place finish in Rally Sweden... it really was crushing when the news broke. His passion for rallying was incredible. His stage end interviews were truly memorable. He is still greatly missed.

[@EASPORTSWRC]

♥

[@TheCe1ticZombie]

Looks amazing, great driving and looking forward to being 22,337 on the leader boards.

[@GhibliNova]

Heck yeah man I'll be right behind you 😂

[@thoughtfuldog5424]

Same 😂

[@humandroid53]

😂

[@Q-Limited]

I wish I was that good, I'll be around 47541th position 😂

[@SleepyPantsSimRacing]

Lol

[@babogatae]

Other than a slight improvement in sound, I can't really tell any big difference between this series and the last one. It feels like the car is floating on the road; there's no gravity or downforce. And I still see that same stiff motion without any body roll when turning after slowing down, just like before. To be honest, maybe I expected too much, but I'm pretty disappointed.

[@betkas13]

what year is it?

[@nismo97]

Happy with what was shown. Tarmac looks okay, grip levels on dirt seem to have been improved in how no longer the car is super floaty initially and getting too much grip on slides, graphics look clear and even with the lower bitrate it's easy to distinguish the different stuff on the road. Looking forward to it and I hope the game feels at least as good as it looks.

[@socks2441]

Lower nitrate? Even at 4k this is clearly low resolution textures. You cannot blame this on KZbin compression

[@robinv1485]

I believe the low res on the ground is due to the dynamic tracks and the way you usually go about it in this engine. See the best and most versatile way to do it is with virtual textures, but that tends to look off. @@socks2441

[@rsr-warrior]

@@socks2441 4k and bitrate is two different things bro. KZbin Premium offers higher bitrates, higher bitrates provides more detail per frame. KZbin compresses these even though you have a 4k resolution.

[@MattinhoGG]

Very interested to see the tarmac physics. The DR2 tarmac felt like WRC when running a loose surface tires on tarmac. Love Tarmac rallying so this is a big fix I'm hoping for

[@Ale81rallydriver]

Yes, tarmac physics in DR2.0 Is pure shit Like soap.

[@DoWorkNP]

I have WRC generations but never got around to actually playing it. I have fanatec sim rig how is the game now? How is ffb and wheel support? Really wanna get some rally racing in but kinda burned out of playing dr2.

[@MattinhoGG]

@@DoWorkNP Not played WRC in ages. DR2 is still a better game overall but if you want to try something else you should give Richard Burns Rally a try (if you're on PC that is). It's free, lots of content etc

[@Mr.Marbles]

@@Ale81rallydriveryeah. Its like the road is wet and icy. Which i could see on monte carlo, but not in goddamn spain on a hot summer day

[@Seattlegrungescene]

​@@DoWorkNP I actually like WRC Generations. Hopefully I'm not the only person who likes it.😂

[@yaminikahamdi2180]

I hope that in the future the codemaster will have classic Toyota rally cars such as Toyota Celica group A, Toyota corolla WRC, Toyota Celica Twin Cam-Turbo group B RWD, and others in EA Sports WRC. Because the Toyota classic rally car is a legend in the WRC event.

[@PistachioButter-w9h]

I don’t think the Celica is gonna be there.

[@noelpardo8545]

They have the list of cars that the game is going in their web page

[@howiieb]

Toyota are always really unpleasant with licensing, especially with their older cars. It's likely that they're the ones that stopped the appearance of any cars past the bare minimum required for the modern WRC seasons

[@vilkku3922]

​@@Zawisza_Czarnyno. just no. Toyota's just an ass about their licensing. i'm pretty sure the only reason we even have the rally1 Yaris in the game is because of the WRC license

[@liquidsweg4858]

​@@howiiebisn't it that they aren't fond of car games featuring illegal racing like NFS

[@armasplaygrounds6355]

One thing is for sure, the sense of speed is on a whole other level than the previous wrc games

[@purwantiallan5089]

Yep. WRC 8, 9, and 5 rally evolved all already have top leveled sense of speeds.

[@mayawowzers1305]

This gives me so much hope! I love love LOVE the dynamic weather!!! I hope we will also be able to accurately recreate drivers cars down to the names on the window!!!

[@lukep2925]

Now that could be interesting, something similar to NFS wrap editor where you can add decals to the windows, or take it one step further and design your own livery’s could be interesting too.

[@mayawowzers1305]

@lukep2925 we will be able to design our own liveries iirc! Thats why im hoping we can just add names and flags to the windows to make it more authentic. Ive always wanted to create my own livery for myself

[@ivan_cg96]

It's a little nonsense, but I would like to know if the points system is well implemented (WRC-2 cars also score for WRC), unlike in previous games, because it is somewhat unsatisfying to see a classification with only 12-13 drivers

[@MrRay168]

very much this. way more realistic. and do you know that WRCG overlooked the rule that only 6 races count to the final points in wrc2 class? they add up all seven races i dont know if they patched that up yet.

[@f0nbyr334]

this looks very promising!! you can tell the driver isn't fighting as much for traction as you would with DR2

[@Gouranga547]

Are the framerate drops around 2:05 KZbin's fault or is it a bug from the preview build?

[@mrwriter86]

I can see the positive changes in the handling on tarmac, hoping it translates well through the wheel!

[@superking-nicolaslucau7252]

I'm curious to find out what you see because for me this still looks like the unrealistic Dirt Rally physics where cars have no weight and no grip and the gameplay is based on pivoting the car on one axis.

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@superking-nicolaslucau7252DiRT RALLY and DiRT 1 already nailed these physics prior.

[@soul_slayer7760]

​@@purwantiallan5089no they did not. Dirt rally 1 and 2 physics on any dirt road is great, on tarmac it sucks.

[@CBadger]

I like the use of rain effects and foliage from 2010. Very good. Also appreciate you running it on a GTX 1050, looking at those frame drops, to really get that 2010 feeling.

[@MrSlapp]

Agreed, looks like Ps3. Not trolling at all. I am a bit shocked. Also no tire marks when going over a thin layer of snow?! What?!

[@exhaustor5983]

This might be Switch and PS 4 version of the game. Pc version will look much better dont worry.

[@CBadger]

@@exhaustor5983 Yes. Because showcasing an unreleased game to get people hyped and wanting to pre-order is best done by showing it on a last gen console or handheld... Do you people actually think before you speak?

[@socks2441]

​@@CBadgerI suspect he was being sarcastic.

[@HeretixAevum]

​@@MrSlappIf you're not trolling then you're just natural born stupid. It looks nothing like a PS3 game.

[@Jasonsadventures]

I pre ordered this and I'm super pumped for it. The only thing further I could dream of is PSVR2 support as soon as possible :), please.

[@skodamotorsport]

The first game to feature Škoda Fabia RS Rally2! 🤩

[@ldplays9431]

Looking forward to trying it!

[@Caldwing]

I love how you can really see the difference in suspension stiffness between Japan and Sweden. In comparison to Japan he is rocking back and forth much more.

[@RacingSpecification]

Is there dash camera only? The one in which hides steering wheel and driver arms....

[@wsk350pl6]

Graphically, it doesn't look too bad, but the damn camera in the cockpit is a disaster... It's extremely stiff... There's not even the slightest shake, the camera doesn't move at all, which completely disturbs the speed effect... I don't require a Shaky camera, but some minimal ones. there could be vibration or camera movement. And my eternal problem with rally games is that the cars move on the track as if they were made of cardboard and slide as if children were playing with them. The raindrops on the hood are also made of stone because they do not smear on the hood at all. Edit.... And these great changeable weather conditions.... Will it be the same weather throughout the entire competition or will it change during the competition? And will it affect driving?

[@DouglasThompson]

Im happy to see this pop up.

[@Ruskaretki]

Where is dashcam???

[@Kjenep]

The physics, from what eyes can see in this video, does not look like a simulator..

[@rafacupra29]

Why is there no sound of stones hitting the chassis?

[@Al3xCoOki3]

But why is there no motion blur? It all seems so static.

[@Fredrik-Myhrvold]

Would've liked to see the New "Hardcore" damage model in action, as well as the procedural surface degredation. Also I couldnt help but notice a few moments in the footage where the framerate tanked. Bit worried for VR and Tripple screen support if the game already struggles running on a single screen. Of course things ares subject to change and the build used for footage might be months old. Looking forward to see more!

[@no.7893]

I thought it was just youtubes bitrate being dogwater

[@Eskoxo]

Looks like in some Interview they said Triple screen support "just like in Dirt Rally 2.0" so yeahhhhh.... no triple support false advertising.

[@Fredrik-Myhrvold]

Yeah aware now... will be the same as in previous games where you have to run all 3 monitors as one big image.. dissapointed to say the least.@@Eskoxo

[@Eskoxo]

@@Fredrik-Myhrvold sucks fir those that care but i personally only play in vr so hopefully its good.

[@markycupko]

VR full implementation is a must. It's buy or no buy for me. Hope the car list gets upgraded as well (missing some Toyotas and other cars) and physics got improved from dirt 2.0 (especially on tarmac).

[@GTMOTO70]

Toyotas might be hard to get, i have heard they are quite a pain to deal with.

[@kraenk12]

We need PSVR2 support!

[@s.r.893]

Unfortunately I think it’s highly unlikely we’ll see Toyota in anything other than the rally1 Yaris, tbh. It seems to be like pulling teeth to get them to work with you as a developer.

[@EASPORTSWRC]

VR support using the OpenVR standard is coming post-launch on PC. We want to make sure it's right before releasing it 👌

[@markycupko]

@@EASPORTSWRC That's very nice to hear. 🙂 What about PSVR 2 (my brother and many of my friends play on PS5, I hope you got them covered as well)

[@AppleTaco]

My concerns: not having better damage (that affects driving) like WRC Generations. I think that's the strongest point in that game. Having to adapt after a crash or bad jump, is gold. Everything else looks solid to me. Just hoping the physics are good of course :) GG

[@cademckee7276]

Yeah that’s the only thing that stuck out to me here. When he touched the armco in the rally 1 car I feel like that should have done a little more. But also this could have been on lower damage for whatever reason

[@valocolorgraff]

C'etait comme ça dans Dirt colinmc et depuis plus rien :/

[@dschoni686]

Will we be able to save and/or download replays?

[@dazonyt8094]

What were the windscreen wipers actually wiping in that first sector? It said heavy snow but it didn't look very heavy. Weather effects so far not looking all that great.

[@jrrs8692]

Looking good! Would like to see some rough stages to see the detail of the road, that's one of the main reasons RBR is so good after all these years. You can feel the potholes and road imperfections very clearly. Sweden and Estonia being smooth surface rallies, you cant see that detail in this video.

[@MrSlapp]

Yes I noticed as well that the roads all look flat. Top Gear 64 style.

[@fastboy177]

Yep. It looks like strips of hot wheels track, like an arcade game and like past WRC entries. One of the best things that codemasters did with the dirt rally games was use 3d scans of real world roads, so it could utilize their texture, width, and obstacles encroaching onto the road. Looks to me like they've dropped that. The "dirt" stages may as well be slippery tarmac. Very disappointing.

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@MrSlappnope. More like Top Gear 2.5.

[@AlexxxxxSaysHi]

So, the reason that isnt implemented in modern games is because of how unfriendly it is to casual players, or in other words, 95% of the audience. It may give a more nuanced driving experience but constantly hitting small divots in the surface and unsettling the car just because you havent played that specific route a bunch of times before in order to learn it, is not going to make the average player happy. There is a reason real sims often use subscription pricing.

[@fastboy177]

@@AlexxxxxSaysHi yep, totally get it. It makes me sad though because the stages were what gave it such character. I went back to Forza forizon rally stages after dirt rally 1.0 and I couldn't even enjoy offroading anymore! It does suck because the rally series was so good, I just don't wanna see it go away now that they've been bought. I know the handling wasn't textbook "sim" but it really gave it a good challenge with the crazy roads. Ah well.

[@rickywinterborn]

japan stages look sick! the rain effect looks a little weird though... its just like flickering vertical lines, the droplets should be flying towards the player... other than that hyped

[@sultankosmitov6293]

Yeah, everything looks really good except for the weather VFX. I don't know what happened in there.

[@pm_racing_71]

I was thinking the same. The rain looks really bad, and it’s really noticeable because the rest looks great. I hope it’s fixed for launch 🤞🏻

[@FlameBot]

I bet it won't! Come back later when it's released and we will see 😊

[@Cogan1]

What's the point in the wipers if snow and rain don't interact with the windscreen. Footage cleverly moves to bonnet cam when changing from snow to rain. Dirt Rally 2.0 had great weather graphics

[@De-M-oN]

But no weather effects at other cameras than cockpit. I would expect a camera on the bonnet or bumper to get hit by even more rain droplets and dirt than on a windshield, but instead there barely happens anything. This should be improved imo too.

[@mcgc3430]

is something wrong with exhaust afterfire?

[@johng4357]

Is it just the capture or is the crowd stutter from dr2.0 still present? Also, not that I'm going to drive that view from external but the cars don't seem to yaw very natural... might just be how they have done the camera. But slides also don't look very natural to me. Cautious about this one, not feeling compelled to pre-order.

[@TheSupremeSkill]

Maybe it's the common 'traversal stutter' lol.

[@traviss9059]

I run a 49" ultra wide. Please let me adjust the speedometer and gauges. In Dirt Rally 2.0 it's stuck in the bottom right which I can't see without turning my head completely to the right.

[@GoodMomo]

Codemasters, this is a silly nitpick but can you have the spectators be more excited? I'm sure more than one of you have been to a rally event and everyone goes wild when a car passes by (specially since you've been standing there for hours). Gran Turismo 4 had really cool crowds that really pumped you up as you drove past them, I'd love to see this in the game!

[@davidslute9546]

External camera's make the rear end look like it's floating above the surface. Very noticeable at the Finnish rally open scene. Does time of day use baked preset settings or can the user select any hr of the day and have a day to night transition? Game looks good but I am truly hoping for an improved physics and driving experience over DR2

[@TheRealFLX81]

Why is the windscreen always so perfectly clear? That is robbing a lot of immersion and I thought grime on the windscreen was standard years ago already in other rally gimes like Dirt Rally?

[@costeiiraa]

Bro, i just can't wait, the game already looks awesome! With time and updates this gonna be the best rally game ever! Keep up good work Codemasters! 👌🏼🔥

[@p7ne09]

i like how the game looks so far, my concern is the sound design. in Dirt Rally 2.0, you could practically feel every little rut and bump because the car would not only react when you went slightly off track, but you could hear it. the moment your tire would run over a rough bit of road or the edge of the track, you could hear in great detail how the tires where reacting to that rougher terrain. for me this is a huge deal breaker for me, i value sound design immensely and poor sound quality or lack of sounds really breaks the immersion. i really hope they expand on the sound design and add the detail dirt rally 2.0 had, because that games sound is quite incredible.

[@IamGarlicSoup]

Pure gameplay -- thank you! Looking great.

[@StonedRambo01]

2:28 You guys going to save gravel, dirt clouds, and debris for DLC?

[@nicolasdgv]

counting days!!! can't wait for it!!!!!!

[@segsfault]

please improve the rain, the bonnet camera with rain looked really weird, it felt like a filter.

[@sertorius9288]

There's no suspension physics 🤔👀

[@Smith279thKIAP]

hmm, looks like i will continue playing Richard Burns Rally

[@adamlaskowski1162]

Will there be cockpit camerta without steering wheel visible?

[@beeelectricity]

Although I have already pre-ordered, I hope that the difficulty of the track will not be reduced in order to attract players. If it is like driving a boat like other products, then I will still go back and play DiRT Rally 2.0.

[@jsade]

You can not look at that Rally Japan winter footage and say that looks right. 4:05 Where is all that grip coming from? Why are these micro slides still possible, where's the weight transfer? I don't like saying it, but I'm more worried about the game now than before they announced it. I was sure 4 years of development would do the trick.

[@derblaue]

Graphics look good, sound is amazing (to be expected). Handling seems good but we won't know until we have the game ourselves.

[@kongagaa1910]

Now im not really big in the rally game scene but to me the handling seemed a little off Like it seems very weird That might just be me not knowing how to move a car sideways through a corner but i wanna know if somebody else sees it

[@NorthDakotaCarGuy]

Game is looking awesome but whats up with the pointy guard rails like at 3:43 it looks sloppy and if you barely touch them its going to fling you car off the road? looks a lot like a Asseto Corsa mod

[@djvidual8288]

I really like the realistic car sounds.

[@boroszsombor5881]

Love this marketing strategy, saying "Hey, listen, this is what we got. You want it?" Not covering it up with cinematic trailers, not throwing around surreal promises...Appealing!

[@TURBO-TR]

On God

[@BeowulfGaming]

Cars feel a bit too stiff, suspensions need a bit more work as well as physics and sound. Sense of speed feels weird too, but that depends on FOV settings so....good start but needs a lot of polish, i wish the devs good luck

[@SimRacingPista]

I think the onboard needs more shaking and turning left and right when sliding. Also backfire animation should be faster because it looks like it's in slow motion anddoesn't feel realistic.

[@jesu8881]

Will it support VR? The reason I didn't buy the previous WRCs was for that reason. On the other hand, I think the physics look very good, although it would take away a little grip from the cars, especially in snow, I see too much grip.

[@robunique8069]

Looks brilliant Codemasters!

[@TheObserver83]

Can the gimbal be turned off? Looks like wipeout. Car doesn't react to undulations on the road surface. The cars are hovering above the ground. Major red flag.

[@electropneumatic]

Looks like the grip on tarmac is not as floaty as DR2. I'm still curious what the force feedback is going to be like on a wheel. That will absolutely make or break this game for me.

[@kbdiesel]

I worry that the weird center pivot axis feeling will still be strong in this one Similar to the DR2 feel. Not enough sliding. Bit worrying from the views looks almost identical to traction loss and regrip from dr2

[@bett431]

Well Dr2 has hordes of fanboys, so why should they make a game for the few people that have criticism.

[@kbdiesel]

@@bett431 true but this is one of the main if not the main complaint about the game Not asking for extreme realism but I literally just want to have more fun sliding Should be a “slider” for beginners to use traction control but the amount of grip shown on loose surfaces and tarmac in the video is insanely high Also the suspension travel is too minimal again looks less than wrc generations even Car needs to pitch around on the suspension when the setup is soft Anyway hope it’s fun

[@DeathSlayer1337]

the Rally3 one's sound so good, basically exactly spot on how grunty they sound irl

[@Baleygrr]

Yep that cockpit sound is fucking amazing. I've seen Rally 3 cars irl and they definitely got the sound right in the game.

[@gdshark9558]

Those jumps look so SMOOTH 😫

[@Petrli]

Fabia RS Rally2 sounds same like Fabia R5 from DR2 although it has totally different expression in reality. I20 Rally1 also sound kind of strangled. No anti-lag sound and flames from exhaust looks really crap and weak. Hope this is not final version and will be different in release day.

[@minh1197]

Hopefully we still have the option to increase camera shake like in dr2. I find it helps with the sense of speed. Everything looks too smooth here; like the camera is on a gimbal. And I wish there were clouds of dust you drove through. That would really help with immersion.

[@Therearethings8148]

IRL we never expire shaking. We have in ear vestibular system. It works better than stabilisator in tank sight.s

[@minh1197]

ya but unfortunately i'm sitting in front of my computer and missing a bunch of speed cues from real car. i therefore need a little extra oomph to sense speed whilst sitting in my underwear driving a fake car. @@Therearethings8148

[@LopezBOT90]

With WRC officially at the helm and Codemasters engineering this beast, I'm positive this will be the best Rally game to date. I hope it's one of those games they keep running for a long time.

[@purwantiallan5089]

I hope EA SPORTS WRC never ruined the entire game. Its already 10/10!

[@Kacper130295]

Will VR be supported on PC/Consols?

[@Blaze.Gaming187]

Wow this looks and sounds amazing. Plus, vr support, I can't wait.

[@GregzVR]

It looks GOOD! Please also have a good VR implementation, with a good desktop monitor output whilst in VR, and *savable replays!*

[@simracingjunky9679]

If I could give 10 thumbs on this I would. For me it's #1 on my list of improvements.

[@aguirio6557]

VR Support will come in a future update, confirmed by EA

[@GregzVR]

@@aguirio6557 That much we’ve known about for a while. It’s what state the VR implementation will be in, that’s the question.

[@simracingjunky9679]

@@aguirio6557 I know and it sucks as I only race in VR, but the Poor support from ACC (UE4 title) scares me a little bit. If it runs as good as DR2 with graphic improvements I'll be happy.

[@kraenk12]

We need PSVR2 support!

[@tapidlittle13]

Guys be aware, there is a false advertising of the game on the Steam page saying that the game is supporting triple monitors as it does NOT! For us sim racers with high end gear, this is truly a sad news. You can look at Karl Gosling video talking about it. Very frustrating.

[@maccodj]

Jesus Christ, the game looks like a game made in 2010, I swear. The car sounds like I'm in a 2023 sports car that is super soundproof and why the actual shit does the rain needs to look like WHITE LINES?!

[@_AdventureClub_]

Which car, it's a "box" on a slide?! Feels like an airplane sim not "rally", the box floats smoothly on the road it's not violent. That "road" looks FLAT everywhere with only some patches of textures here and there, there. Where is the smoke, the particles and the wind that the car creates? And the "speed" do you fucking see 150kph on those tight bends the car just floats through them, there's no weight on the car or inertia. It's a shit release, a waste of hopes!

[@tomasmenezes3683]

The sounds are actually good.

[@bensoniusprime]

I’m a sim racer. The most important things to me for this game to be a success are: Excellent VR support. Good optimization and frame rates, good compatibility with various VR platforms, etc. Wheel support and FFB. I need communicative and immersive FFB, with support for most wheels and wheel rims. Physics. Cars should feel and behave accurately and realistically. If it’s too hard for the casual player then they just need to get good. This is a WRC licensed game that is supposed to recreate the experience of driving a rally car. If you want to make an arcade racer, bring back SF Rush from the 90’s. I would buy the hell out of that game too but it’s a different game. Really hoping this is an amazing rally simulator that will knock RBR off the podium and take advantage of all the modern advancements in immersive gameplay like VR and FFB wheels. Best of luck and hoping for a killer rally sim!

[@Ale81rallydriver]

they have to eat pizza and pasta to kill a landmark like RBR. the modern means are there, but they don't want to do better.

[@buraktosun9]

we cannot see camera shake in the car ☹️

[@mechabruh]

Can't wait until EA start selling brakes as DLC

[@tomcatvrkalisz820]

I don't like how there is so little/ none vibration inside the cockpit. Speed immersion is not that well presented.

[@marekkos3513]

this is for PS3 ?

[@maxtoussaint6671]

please tell me there is Dashcam view too !?

[@Schub69]

I also wonder, Dashcam is the most Important view. That is the view how our eyes Fix the Road in real life. I go only with Dashcam in sims!!

[@Rihodejaneiro]

Glad to see Rally Estonia in the game!