I actually heard some people call the 45 pound price on Steam a "red flag"... When it's too expensive, EA is exploiting them. Too cheap, it's "red flag". There's no pleasing some people.
@@hdvrNG well, I can't agree with you on that one. We're not exactly talking about EA. They are the publishers and provide loads of resources. The dev team responsible is the one that was behind the DiRT Rally franchise. They were allowed to do what they do best of all. No involvement from EA in regards to the actual gameplay and features side of things. 😉
@@hdvrNGthat Star Wars Squadrons game was €39,99 and is an excellent game with loads of content and no lootboxes or whatever. I gotta admit though that when you calculate the total length of the rallies, the number of rallies and consider there are mirrored tracks the length per track and rally is a bit worrying.
@@SimsRacingDesignYou don’t know that? If EA is behind it meaning they control the budget of the game for example and that can ruin the entire game becuse you are limited to those resources and not to mention time. The game looks like S*** and rushed and thats not codmasters that’s EA. I’ll make my decision when I see gameplay, trailer blows we all agree
@@SimsRacingDesign a few stage idea's. 12:30 im like 90% sure thats SS9 Vieira Do Minhos 14:20 Its such an interesting environment, foliage seems quite tropical, so I doubt its Safari. My guess would be Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, I cant think of any other tropical WRC events, unless its another made up location.
It would be sick be sick if we could do testing on the stages themselves. We come out of serves, drive to the starting line and drive to the end, turn around and drive back, change our tires and go again.
That would be amazing but very costly to implement so it would take a lot of resources away from the rest. However, there's been a hint that you might be able to drive from one stage to the next. Those liaison sections would then be used for the Regularity Rally feature. I'll definitely keep my eye on this one!
Most excellent hype video. I'm pleased with the lesser saturated look than that of Dirt Rally. Crossing fingers for a smooth gameplay experience, something that Kylotonn never managed on my system.
They never managed that on most systems to be frank. You should have a far better experience overall with this one based on what I know. However, we'll only be 100% sure once we get our hands on it of course.
@14:40 we had the Arctic rally (which is also held in Finland) recently in wrc. And yes, its a full snow event. But its not in the same region as the summer event. Im a bit skeptical well be able to choose multiple seasons.. imo its more likely to be just another 'weather' choice for Finland. And not every country will have different seasons
Yeah, but was Secto Automotive also the main sponsor. The Rally Finland logo is also an exact match to the Sector Rally Finland one, not the Arctic Rally. If it's a weather choice and you can have proper snow for the Finland Rally, it would be basically the same as time of year. I did add the text "Events where it seems plausible", meaning you won't be able to select snow for Greece for Kenya for example.
A bit of a shame to hear that there could have been a potential fallout between Toyota and Codemasters. I've been wondering why we haven't seen anything ever since DiRT 3.
The Unreal engine is pretty well optimized. Lots of games actually increase in framerate when switching to Unreal. Unless there is some specific problem with VR in Unreal that I haven't heard about? But yeah once you've had the VR rally experience there's no going back to monitors if you ask me.
@@Caldwing As long as they do better then ACC we should be fine. It took a 4090, DFR and a lot tinkering over the years to finally get that unreal 4 title running/looking good. Your right, there are other vr titles that run good in the unreal engine. Does anybody know if it's Unreal 5?
Me too but better a few DR2.0 locations than none to be honest. Besides, with the Unreal engine the can now connect the two long stages from DR2.0 to create a single stage, which would be pretty awesome, in my humble opinion.
I'm really excited. Although I'm a little bit afraid of Unreal Engine, because of VR. VR implementation in ACC is terrible, I really hope it will be way better here. Also, fingers crossed for good tarmac physics :)
Agreed. I hope VR implementation with Unreal works out well. I don't have a VR headset though. Still want you guys that do have one to enjoy the game fully. Tarmac physics will have been vastly improved. It is one of their main priorities to work on after DR2.0.
brief look at the comments and it didnt jump out so apologies if already mentioned.. But according to the wrc car list (the asterisk notation) only the WRC2 builder cars will be allowed to race in career mode.. or have i read it wrong. Nice analysis btw. keep up the good work.
Could be but I'm not entirely sure. I'll keep it in mind for the next video (if I remember it). Haha And thanks for the compliment. Really appreciate it!
I really wish Dirt rally 3 was to go ahead like Dirt rally 2, instead now if you want to keep up you're going to have to pay $50 each year just to play the same game.
Not sure that'll be the case, at least not for the 2024 season. With a bit of luck, it's more like a 2-year deal: 2023 & 2024, 2025 & 2026, 2027 untill the game "dies out" or a new one arrive after the end of the WRC license period.
@@SimsRacingDesign Yeh, previous games, the cars looked a bit flat/ cartoonish. Still not sure these graphics are an improvement on Dirt games from ps4. Really was expecting next gen graphics for the trailer. Hope to be proven wrong when see gameplay! The stages and environmental details were really good in last couple of WRC games to be fair.
@@knutendreringhagen289 Exactly. In my second video I go a bit deeper into why it would be Rally Norway as well. Basically saying that it was part of the WRC in 2009 and the colours of the emblem are red, dark blue and white (Norwegian flag).
Clio Maxi was in DiRT5. So pretty sure that’s in the Kitcar class. Wonder if they might add two Xsara to the game. I know the Astra was on that old wishlist wall from DR1.
Damnit! You are right! I forgot about the car being in D5! The Xsara Kit Car fits perfectly as it had such an incredible impact on tarmac, winning one event over all the WRC cars as I mentioned.
What I'm most concerned about is whether it will become a yearly game or a continously updated product. Hopefully it will be like Assetto Corsa Competizione so they just add new season's cars/locations as paid DLC.
Everyone expects it to be a yearly thing but nothing has been said that states this is actually the case. Besides there are several clues that indicate it won't be a yearly thing. First of all, EA titles that are yearly releases always has a number in the title (e.g. Madden 24, F1 23, Fifa 23, etc.). This is not the case here as it's called EA Sports WRC and not EA Sports WRC 23. Secondly, the 5 VIP Season Passes suggest that we won't get any new game until 2025. Seasons usually are 3 to 4 months long in the gaming world (if I remember correctly). So 5x3 = 15 | 5x4 = 20 suggests the next WRC game after this one will release between January and June of 2025 (most likely around February/March). Perfect timing for the 2025 eSports series to kick off whilst the real WRC Championship is getting underway. Sometimes, all you need is a bit of logical thinking. Haha I suspect the series will get a new game roughly every two years. It also gives the dev team enough time to make significant improvements for the next one because they want to go a lot further with the Unreal engine than what they managed so far.
Thanks mate. I know one was incorrect as the JWC Mini Countryman WRC was confirmed yesterday alongside the Fiesta Rally3 and Rally4, the Citroën Xsara WRC and the DJM McRae R4.
@@SimsRacingDesign Hope you're right about the 03 focus! Would of course love to see all Impreza years but would sacrifice those if got some lancer evos
@@snoopycharlie8718 now that the Mini Countryman WRC is confirmed, I think the Ford Focus RS WRC 03 will fall off the list, unfortunately. I suspect the 307 and either the Cordoba Evo3 or the Octavia will be the others.
@@SimsRacingDesign I saw an article that the VW Polo WRC 2017 will be in a game. I think i read it last year. Like it did not appear in WRCG maybe it will be in this. I really love that car despite he never competed. About the color saturation for me its fine. Like you post its too saturated. But that a personal preference ;)
@@Dr86Jones Would love the Polo to be in there as I mentioned but we'll have to see. The other two make more sense. However, you never know with this dev team. haha And you are absolutely correct. It's all down to personal preference.
It has indeed. While the video was uploading, EA Sports started their live stream. The fact I only got the JCW Mini Countryman WRC wrong, I didn't want to redo so much. It would take me a couple of hours again and I already put 18 hours into this one. Haha
4:20 yeah, having an arcade and simulation mode in one game worked so well with dirt 4.. i do not like the sound of this, dirt rally games were not that hard, let people learn that, if necessary with assists turned on, but do not have two different sets of driving physics, its destined to fail if so.
Even though I mentioned that based on information from an article, I don't believe it'll be the case. I suspect they will add various driver aids for the novices such as braking assist, traction control options and much much more instead.
Tracks look really flat, im not talking elevation but potholes and inperfections, also graphical things like grass and textures. PS3 era type of graphics and world building. The game honestly looks way worse than DR2 and Im worried it will be
That's a built of about 3 to 4 months ago, if not older. Being first on the road, the surface would look similar. Let's wait until we have footage of severe surface degradation to draw conclusions. 😉
Standard Deluxe? Premium edition? hello, good morning, as we can see in the pre-order, they offer us to buy the standard version that will bring five free subsequent Dcls, but I don't know if you know if the luxe and premium versions will come out later? They usually bring more cars and all the DCL ones that come out. thank you. greetings
It has indeed. While the video was uploading, EA Sports started their live stream. The fact I only got the JCW Mini Countryman WRC wrong, I didn't want to redo so much. It would take me a couple of hours again and I already put 18 hours into this one. Haha
Not enough room and would be odd to have 2 Lancer Evo's in the same class and only three others. I know there were two Subarus in DR2.0 but one was an Impreza and the other a Legacy, two completely different cars/models.
I prefer the more realistic colour palette and as for the extra events i hope they added San Remo as it is the best tarmac event ,that is if the tarmac psysics are built from scratch to properly stick on the ground as intended
Would love that one as well and Corsica. Tarmac physics won't be built from scratch but it'll have undergone extensive reworks that you won't really recognise it from it's DR2.0 version.
I hope they fix the lack of throttle oversteer in the 4WD rally cars. There was way, way to much understeer on those cars It was ridiculous. The Impreza S4 was one of the worst. So much understeer it was like driving a FWD car.
Are you talking about DR2.0 or WRC Generations? The car in DR2.0 did behave somewhat oddly but if you look at real life footage it's rather similar. Never really experienced the understeer so severely as you describe with 4WD cars. I usually didn't run default setups though.
@@SimsRacingDesign The understeer (on throttle, on loose surfaces) in the 4WD cars in DR2.0 is definitely unrealistic. No way the Impreza S4 in DR2.0 handles like that on gravel in real life. You only have to watch real life onboard videos to see that it does not. No way it understeers as much as that in real life. On the throttle the car pulls straight, no matter how much you shift the cars weight forward or if you have the front wheels turned fully into the corner and floor the throttle. Im going to bet that the 4WD rally cars in the new game are much more prone to throttle oversteer in the new game. I remember thinking the cars were too light in the original game, then when the next game came out they had addressed that issue and fixed it.
@@Tony-1971 Each time you go on the throttle the weight will shift backwards. The needs to be already sideways before you apply it. Also not being sideways but turning the wheels as much as possible and then going on the throttle will create even worse understeer on gravel. You need that sideways momentum before you can floor it. The Impreza S5 WRC is the one where this is most noticeable and requires a driving style far more aggressive than most. The same goes for the Impreza Gr.A by the way. Once you adjust your driving style to a more aggressive sideways one, will you be able to get the most out of it. At least that's what I learnt when driving it.
1:12 only if we buy it before there are proper reviews of it, and before vr support is added. they set a deadline on that tiny discount for dirt rally 2.0 owners, and i for one will not be buying it until i know its good, vr support is added, ea background app requirement is removed, and preferably they would remove denuvo after about a year like some companies do so the paying customers are not getting a worse experience than the pirates.
It's been mentioned in numerous articles as well interviews over the past few weeks. If you watch "The Race Line" live stream, you'll literally hear Jon Armstrong, game desiger and 2023 ERC Rally3 Champion, say that. The link is in the description of my most recent EA Sports WRC video.
Very good video. I'd like to know two things. Will there be head-to-head racing (either/or rallycross or on the rally stage roadways)? Will the Builder custom cars be usable in multiplayer, and if there is head-to-head, will they be available for that? While I like stage rallying, if this game has head-to-head racing, I can pretty much ignore all other racing games and focus only on this one.
This game, and in essence the whole sport of rally, does not have actual H2H racing. RX won't be part of it either as they no longer have the official World RX license. For the builder mode cars, I believe you will be able to compete with them in online events.
That's what I'm worried about as well. It would be such a shame because there are 100's of intricately designed liveries I would create for the whole community to enjoy.
i hope you are wrong too, dirt rally 2.0 is a bit of a mess in vr without the open composite dll and open xr toolkit. not to mention how annoying having steam drm, denuvo drm, ea drm, steam launcher and ea background app is. i am going to buy the game, like i did the last two dirt rally games, but i am not a fan of modern drm. i like to own the game i paid for. forever.
@@socks2441 fair enough on that front. Worried about the implementation of Denuvo myself. Especially in regards to designing custom liveries with Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.
I am stil bothered that the mainline DiRT series is canceld whit EA WRC. DiRT 5 was a flop ans when a famous long seiries flops at one game for a company, like EA, is gone for (my best examples are PC3 and Saints Row). I always wanted a DiRT 6 but the more I think about it, the more I think it's impossible. As for WRC, hyped but also a but skeptical about the engine switch, unreal engine is a really heavy engine not really optimized for racing games and rendering stuff at high speeds so I am expetcting the game to run not so great on my 3070 at ultra
Well the DiRT Rally dev team is responsible for the EA Sports WRC franchise. However the DiRT dev team is a completely separate team so it's fairly likely that the DiRT franchise is still active and they are working on something. We'll have to wait and see how the move to Unreal is going to go for them. Time will tell.
That's exactly the reason why it is less-likely as they are using as much of their past assets to get as many cars as possible. At least that's what I think. Would be brilliant to have the DS3 R5 in there though.
@@SimsRacingDesign "yeah, it would be sick to race both peugeot and ds3 r5, they have the same engine, although i put the ds5 as my 1st favourite instead of the peugeot because of its looks".
It is a possibility for sure but the others make more sense if you take different things into consideration such as cars being part of an earlier game.
@@SimsRacingDesignThey gotta give the peugeot 207/s2000 some loud backfires and another thing too, hope they gone some indepth with the cars sound that if the car is come towards you or going away from you you can hear it clearly in the distance aswell as the backfires base on how loud the car is.
That might be because the footage was captured from a dev built which is already several months old. We'll have to wait for the actual gameplay footage coming in October.
Excuse me, why would you presume that although the road surface 3D model is absolutely flat, with just a skid mark texture applied dynamically, that however in the game there will be 3D ruts created according to your order on the road? That's absolutely insane to presume, especially because they literally showed the opposite (flat texture, flat 3D model of the road). I can also presume you can fly rockets in this game just as well. Have you been paid by EA to hype or something? You'd better have a damn good justification for misleading the community like that.
Stage degradation was a feature in DiRT Rally 2.0 and has been officially confirmed by the devs to be present in EA Sports WRC. I am very well-aware of what's going on with this title as I'm following it very closely and have certain connections. And no I have not been paid by anyone. So with all due respect, please be civil. Consider this a warning.
The best video about the trailer dude! Congrats. Do you have any prediction about the physics of the game from what you 've seen from the trailer? Many people said that EA will destroy the game. What do you think about that? Thanks in advance.
As I mentioned in the video, I'm cautiously optimistic about it. This afternoon, there was a live stream where they interviewed Jon Armstrong and the physics were addressed briefly. Combine that with reactions from others that are (maybe) involved, gravel should see some improvement but not overly much. However, tarmac will be vastly improved.
I actually heard some people call the 45 pound price on Steam a "red flag"... When it's too expensive, EA is exploiting them. Too cheap, it's "red flag". There's no pleasing some people.
Tell me about it! Those people usually don't realise how much time and effort actually has gone into it and who made it.
@@hdvrNG well, I can't agree with you on that one. We're not exactly talking about EA. They are the publishers and provide loads of resources. The dev team responsible is the one that was behind the DiRT Rally franchise. They were allowed to do what they do best of all. No involvement from EA in regards to the actual gameplay and features side of things. 😉
@@hdvrNGthat Star Wars Squadrons game was €39,99 and is an excellent game with loads of content and no lootboxes or whatever.
I gotta admit though that when you calculate the total length of the rallies, the number of rallies and consider there are mirrored tracks the length per track and rally is a bit worrying.
@@SimsRacingDesignYou don’t know that? If EA is behind it meaning they control the budget of the game for example and that can ruin the entire game becuse you are limited to those resources and not to mention time. The game looks like S*** and rushed and thats not codmasters that’s EA. I’ll make my decision when I see gameplay, trailer blows we all agree
45 is not even expensive. Thats a normal price tag for a AAA game :P
I just want to say WOW! And thank you! 🙏💙 The amount pf work you've put in to this video.. Amazing! Thank you so much! 💙✌️
Thanks mate! Appreciate the compliment and support. There's plenty more coming in the next few months.
@@SimsRacingDesign keep them coming! 😁
@@ProjectSimRacing Will do! Already working on the next one.
This is a game I'm actually excited about and looking forward to
You and me both, mate. 😁
The reason why getting a new console. Then play for a half hour!
@@pappjanor even 3 minutes. LOL.
@@purwantiallan5089 Or till you crash ( < 1min )
Excellent and informative video as usual. I’m very much looking forward to this game. Keep up the great work 👊🏻
Thanks mate! Appreciate the compliment.
Cant wait for it, thanks for the analysis, much appreciated.
You are incredibly welcome! Enjoy, mate!
@@SimsRacingDesign a few stage idea's.
12:30 im like 90% sure thats SS9 Vieira Do Minhos
14:20 Its such an interesting environment, foliage seems quite tropical, so I doubt its Safari. My guess would be Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, I cant think of any other tropical WRC events, unless its another made up location.
@@AmbientMike Just a few minutes ago, I realised that it might actually be Indonesia.
@@AmbientMikeYu Narukami and Rise Kujikawa both also hyped for EA SPORTS WRC surprisingly.
Thank you so much for this analysis. I was waiting patiently for it as soon as the trailer released.
You are very welcome, mate! Hope you enjoyed it and thanks for the compliment and support. Really appreciate it.
What a quality video, thank you so much!
Got me even mor excited for this game!
Thanks mate! Appreciate the compliment and support!
Wow. Well done on such an extensive preview. Did you say triple screen support. YES. FINALLY😊 First ever in a rally sim and about bloody time!
Thanks, mate! Appreciate the compliment and support!
It would be sick be sick if we could do testing on the stages themselves. We come out of serves, drive to the starting line and drive to the end, turn around and drive back, change our tires and go again.
That would be amazing but very costly to implement so it would take a lot of resources away from the rest. However, there's been a hint that you might be able to drive from one stage to the next. Those liaison sections would then be used for the Regularity Rally feature. I'll definitely keep my eye on this one!
Most excellent hype video. I'm pleased with the lesser saturated look than that of Dirt Rally. Crossing fingers for a smooth gameplay experience, something that Kylotonn never managed on my system.
They never managed that on most systems to be frank.
You should have a far better experience overall with this one based on what I know.
However, we'll only be 100% sure once we get our hands on it of course.
@14:40
we had the Arctic rally (which is also held in Finland) recently in wrc. And yes, its a full snow event.
But its not in the same region as the summer event.
Im a bit skeptical well be able to choose multiple seasons.. imo its more likely to be just another 'weather' choice for Finland. And not every country will have different seasons
Yeah, but was Secto Automotive also the main sponsor. The Rally Finland logo is also an exact match to the Sector Rally Finland one, not the Arctic Rally.
If it's a weather choice and you can have proper snow for the Finland Rally, it would be basically the same as time of year. I did add the text "Events where it seems plausible", meaning you won't be able to select snow for Greece for Kenya for example.
Awesome video as always. Thanks for the analysis!
You are welcome. And thanks! Appreciate the compliment and support. 😉
A bit of a shame to hear that there could have been a potential fallout between Toyota and Codemasters. I've been wondering why we haven't seen anything ever since DiRT 3.
The fallout isn't a potential one. It's actually the case. We just don't know what happened exactly.
Maybe one of those cars in the class 1997-2011 is going to get replace by the mini countryman jcw wrc 2011. That name was in the past dr1 game.
Working on another video addressing some of things I mention here as this one was put together before the interview dropped.
Thank you for this great video. I'm really excited for this one but I only race in VR and I'm a bit worried about performance on the Unreal engine.
It's something I have no idea about as I don't own a VR headset but I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
The Unreal engine is pretty well optimized. Lots of games actually increase in framerate when switching to Unreal. Unless there is some specific problem with VR in Unreal that I haven't heard about? But yeah once you've had the VR rally experience there's no going back to monitors if you ask me.
@@Caldwing As long as they do better then ACC we should be fine. It took a 4090, DFR and a lot tinkering over the years to finally get that unreal 4 title running/looking good. Your right, there are other vr titles that run good in the unreal engine. Does anybody know if it's Unreal 5?
I believe I have seen that it has been confirmed to be UE5.@@simracingjunky9679
The video that I was most waiting for after the reveal trailer from wrc game. I need more Mitsubishi cars.
Enjoy mate!
fr we need an evo in the game. Or two or three
Thank you for the info/speculation. Too bad about Toyota, really wanted to race some Celicas.
We all do but as far as I'm aware, Toyota just doesn't want to play ball.
The jungle stage at 14:11 is Rally Indonesia. People have figured it out from those tall, skinny trees in the far back-ground.
I know, it was me together with AmbientMike(LS Swapped DS21) who discovered it.
Great video! I sincerely hope the DR2.0 rallies don’t fill those empty spots, I’m so bored of them now 😅 Hoping it’s new rallies planned for DR3
Me too but better a few DR2.0 locations than none to be honest. Besides, with the Unreal engine the can now connect the two long stages from DR2.0 to create a single stage, which would be pretty awesome, in my humble opinion.
i dont think they will make Dirt anymore. They are now under EA.
@@SimsRacingDesign I'd be very surprised if we get recyled stages again...
@@msum23 that's fair enough and understandable. It all depends on what they managed to accomplish in the time they were given.
@@msum23well seems like 25 percent of those contents in DiRT RALLY 2.0 gonna be recycled.
Toujours de très bonnes vidéo Simon 🙏
Prend soin de toi !
Merci beaucoup, mon ami!
I'm really excited. Although I'm a little bit afraid of Unreal Engine, because of VR. VR implementation in ACC is terrible, I really hope it will be way better here.
Also, fingers crossed for good tarmac physics :)
Agreed. I hope VR implementation with Unreal works out well. I don't have a VR headset though. Still want you guys that do have one to enjoy the game fully.
Tarmac physics will have been vastly improved. It is one of their main priorities to work on after DR2.0.
brief look at the comments and it didnt jump out so apologies if already mentioned..
But according to the wrc car list (the asterisk notation) only the WRC2 builder cars will be allowed to race in career mode.. or have i read it wrong.
Nice analysis btw. keep up the good work.
Could be but I'm not entirely sure. I'll keep it in mind for the next video (if I remember it). Haha
And thanks for the compliment. Really appreciate it!
Would be good if they gave us the 07 loeb c4 wrc instead of the 2010 solberg c4 wrc.
We'll have to wait and see.
Thanks a lot.
You are very welcome, mate!
I really wish Dirt rally 3 was to go ahead like Dirt rally 2, instead now if you want to keep up you're going to have to pay $50 each year just to play the same game.
Not sure that'll be the case, at least not for the 2024 season. With a bit of luck, it's more like a 2-year deal: 2023 & 2024, 2025 & 2026, 2027 untill the game "dies out" or a new one arrive after the end of the WRC license period.
Not sure that'll be the case, it's not a coincidence imo that the game doesn't have 23 or 2023 in its title.
Graphics are underwhelming in trailer, especially as it's supposedly using UE5!
Agreed if it's UE5 and even when it's UE4 but it's not bad. Better than what we got in previous WRC games in my opinion.
@@SimsRacingDesign Yeh, previous games, the cars looked a bit flat/ cartoonish. Still not sure these graphics are an improvement on Dirt games from ps4. Really was expecting next gen graphics for the trailer. Hope to be proven wrong when see gameplay! The stages and environmental details were really good in last couple of WRC games to be fair.
Lots of solid insight and speculation here, let's see how much of it is correct 😎
Can't wait to know what's coming next in terms of teasers and information. 😎
When you say rally Scandia i think it is more likely to say it is Rally of Scandinavia, wich was a Finnish winter rally
That rally was never an official WRC event as far as I know. And all events in the game will be part of the WRC calendar or have been in the past.
@@SimsRacingDesign that is true, or maybe its a rebranded rally norway? We have to wait and see :)
@@knutendreringhagen289 Exactly. In my second video I go a bit deeper into why it would be Rally Norway as well. Basically saying that it was part of the WRC in 2009 and the colours of the emblem are red, dark blue and white (Norwegian flag).
I kinda have mixed feelings about this. Everything looks so promising but the EA games tag worries me
Understandable but when it comes to gameplay it's 100% Codemasters and they definitely know what they're doing.
Clio Maxi was in DiRT5. So pretty sure that’s in the Kitcar class. Wonder if they might add two Xsara to the game. I know the Astra was on that old wishlist wall from DR1.
Damnit! You are right! I forgot about the car being in D5!
The Xsara Kit Car fits perfectly as it had such an incredible impact on tarmac, winning one event over all the WRC cars as I mentioned.
What I'm most concerned about is whether it will become a yearly game or a continously updated product. Hopefully it will be like Assetto Corsa Competizione so they just add new season's cars/locations as paid DLC.
Everyone expects it to be a yearly thing but nothing has been said that states this is actually the case. Besides there are several clues that indicate it won't be a yearly thing.
First of all, EA titles that are yearly releases always has a number in the title (e.g. Madden 24, F1 23, Fifa 23, etc.). This is not the case here as it's called EA Sports WRC and not EA Sports WRC 23.
Secondly, the 5 VIP Season Passes suggest that we won't get any new game until 2025. Seasons usually are 3 to 4 months long in the gaming world (if I remember correctly). So 5x3 = 15 | 5x4 = 20 suggests the next WRC game after this one will release between January and June of 2025 (most likely around February/March). Perfect timing for the 2025 eSports series to kick off whilst the real WRC Championship is getting underway.
Sometimes, all you need is a bit of logical thinking. Haha
I suspect the series will get a new game roughly every two years.
It also gives the dev team enough time to make significant improvements for the next one because they want to go a lot further with the Unreal engine than what they managed so far.
Very good vid bud nice work
Thanks mate! Appreciate the compliment.
Good guesses for the car lists 👌🏻
Thanks mate. I know one was incorrect as the JWC Mini Countryman WRC was confirmed yesterday alongside the Fiesta Rally3 and Rally4, the Citroën Xsara WRC and the DJM McRae R4.
@@SimsRacingDesign Hope you're right about the 03 focus! Would of course love to see all Impreza years but would sacrifice those if got some lancer evos
@@snoopycharlie8718 now that the Mini Countryman WRC is confirmed, I think the Ford Focus RS WRC 03 will fall off the list, unfortunately. I suspect the 307 and either the Cordoba Evo3 or the Octavia will be the others.
@@SimsRacingDesign Really wouldn't miss the 307; Gronholm hated it and poor Beef was killed in it. Octavia would be a nice throwback though!
@snoopycharlie8718 Though without the 307, we would've never had this brilliant interview with Marcus 🤣 th-cam.com/video/zKJJop740vw/w-d-xo.html
just hope my GTX 1060 6gb can play this...! love your videos :)
I hope so too for you. And thanks for the compliment!
@@SimsRacingDesign I saw an article that the VW Polo WRC 2017 will be in a game. I think i read it last year. Like it did not appear in WRCG maybe it will be in this. I really love that car despite he never competed. About the color saturation for me its fine. Like you post its too saturated. But that a personal preference ;)
@@Dr86Jones Would love the Polo to be in there as I mentioned but we'll have to see. The other two make more sense. However, you never know with this dev team. haha
And you are absolutely correct. It's all down to personal preference.
looks quality to me
I hope EA SPORTS WRC could be as amazing as WRC 8. EA, please do better and dont be as disastrous like Motorsport Games and NASCAR 21 IGNITION!
I'm fairly certain it will eclipse WRC8. 😉
25:03 the McRae R4 has been officially confirmed by CM on their WRC discord.
Trust me: he knows ;)
It has indeed. While the video was uploading, EA Sports started their live stream. The fact I only got the JCW Mini Countryman WRC wrong, I didn't want to redo so much. It would take me a couple of hours again and I already put 18 hours into this one. Haha
I hope RGT COMEBACK i want drive porsche and alpine gt
Gimme Camero!!
I would love to have those two in there as well, perhaps even the modern Fiat Abarth 124. Also a fan of the Camaro and Aston Martin...
4:20 yeah, having an arcade and simulation mode in one game worked so well with dirt 4.. i do not like the sound of this, dirt rally games were not that hard, let people learn that, if necessary with assists turned on, but do not have two different sets of driving physics, its destined to fail if so.
Even though I mentioned that based on information from an article, I don't believe it'll be the case. I suspect they will add various driver aids for the novices such as braking assist, traction control options and much much more instead.
Tracks look really flat, im not talking elevation but potholes and inperfections, also graphical things like grass and textures. PS3 era type of graphics and world building. The game honestly looks way worse than DR2 and Im worried it will be
That's a built of about 3 to 4 months ago, if not older. Being first on the road, the surface would look similar. Let's wait until we have footage of severe surface degradation to draw conclusions. 😉
Standard
Deluxe? Premium edition?
hello, good morning,
as we can see in the pre-order, they offer us to buy the standard version that will bring five free subsequent Dcls, but I don't know if you know if the luxe and premium versions will come out later? They usually bring more cars and all the DCL ones that come out.
thank you. greetings
Well if you watch the first part of the video you'll get your answer. 😉 1:38
Great video.
Thanks mate! Appreciate the compliment!
Thanks for the video pal. Sadly I was gonna butly a new xbox for this game...until I realisedtheres no rally cross mode!? ....Really??
It has been confirmed that in some locations there are 30KM stages
It has indeed. While the video was uploading, EA Sports started their live stream. The fact I only got the JCW Mini Countryman WRC wrong, I didn't want to redo so much. It would take me a couple of hours again and I already put 18 hours into this one. Haha
@@SimsRacingDesign great video btw!
@@RichBunf1WRC Thanks mate! Appreciate the support!
great video
Thanks mate. Appreciate the compliment.
For the group A class how about the mitsubishi evo 1, 2 and 3.
Not enough room and would be odd to have 2 Lancer Evo's in the same class and only three others. I know there were two Subarus in DR2.0 but one was an Impreza and the other a Legacy, two completely different cars/models.
Besides, as the list is alphabetical, there isn't room to add another Lancer in there apart from the Evo VI.
Hey do we know if EA Sports WRC will follow the yearly release scheme as all EA Sports games, or it's a one and done like Dirt Rally.
We don't know yet. But there are clues that might indicate it will not be a yearly release.
Hope for the Normal Quattro from DR 1 with only 400 hp 🤔Handling the S1 with 600 hp on this tight stages in 2.0 is so Stressfull😂
It's the Quattro S1 (E2) that will be in the game.
@@SimsRacingDesign Bummer😭
I prefer the more realistic colour palette and as for the extra events i hope they added San Remo as it is the best tarmac event ,that is if the tarmac psysics are built from scratch to properly stick on the ground as intended
Would love that one as well and Corsica. Tarmac physics won't be built from scratch but it'll have undergone extensive reworks that you won't really recognise it from it's DR2.0 version.
I just hope EA SPORTS WRC gonna get 88 on Metacritic...
@@SimsRacingDesign How do you know that ? I mean about the tarmac physics part ?
@@Protato666 it's one of there main focus points according to the mods on the Discord. I also have a couple of my own sources.
@@SimsRacingDesign Cool , thanks for the info
Will be peugeot 309 gti available?
Of course it will be.
@@SimsRacingDesign thanks for the info
You are welcome, mate.
I really hope that you will be able to choose weather and time of day in time trial mode.
I firmly suspect you will be able to do that.
I just want the Corolla and Celica.......
Unfortunately there's almost no chance that's making it in. Toyota just doesn't want to play ball...
Maby one day I there will be a Volvo in a codemasters rally game
Would love one in there as well.
I hope they fix the lack of throttle oversteer in the 4WD rally cars. There was way, way to much understeer on those cars It was ridiculous. The Impreza S4 was one of the worst. So much understeer it was like driving a FWD car.
Are you talking about DR2.0 or WRC Generations? The car in DR2.0 did behave somewhat oddly but if you look at real life footage it's rather similar. Never really experienced the understeer so severely as you describe with 4WD cars. I usually didn't run default setups though.
@@SimsRacingDesign
The understeer (on throttle, on loose surfaces) in the 4WD cars in DR2.0 is definitely unrealistic. No way the Impreza S4 in DR2.0 handles like that on gravel in real life. You only have to watch real life onboard videos to see that it does not. No way it understeers as much as that in real life. On the throttle the car pulls straight, no matter how much you shift the cars weight forward or if you have the front wheels turned fully into the corner and floor the throttle.
Im going to bet that the 4WD rally cars in the new game are much more prone to throttle oversteer in the new game. I remember thinking the cars were too light in the original game, then when the next game came out they had addressed that issue and fixed it.
@@Tony-1971 Each time you go on the throttle the weight will shift backwards. The needs to be already sideways before you apply it. Also not being sideways but turning the wheels as much as possible and then going on the throttle will create even worse understeer on gravel. You need that sideways momentum before you can floor it.
The Impreza S5 WRC is the one where this is most noticeable and requires a driving style far more aggressive than most. The same goes for the Impreza Gr.A by the way.
Once you adjust your driving style to a more aggressive sideways one, will you be able to get the most out of it.
At least that's what I learnt when driving it.
1:12 only if we buy it before there are proper reviews of it, and before vr support is added. they set a deadline on that tiny discount for dirt rally 2.0 owners, and i for one will not be buying it until i know its good, vr support is added, ea background app requirement is removed, and preferably they would remove denuvo after about a year like some companies do so the paying customers are not getting a worse experience than the pirates.
Where did you see that the physics are based on Dirt Rally 2? I haven't seen that anywhere...
It's been mentioned in numerous articles as well interviews over the past few weeks. If you watch "The Race Line" live stream, you'll literally hear Jon Armstrong, game desiger and 2023 ERC Rally3 Champion, say that. The link is in the description of my most recent EA Sports WRC video.
@@SimsRacingDesign that’s amazing news. My worst fear is the cars feel like 10 ton rolling rectangles like the other WRC games
@@mg-by7uu well, the WRC games are no longer developed by KT Racing but by Codemasters instead.
I am excited, but that reveal trailer was WEAKSAUCE
Well, it's just a quick showing of what's coming up. Not unusual. More will be released in the next couple of weeks/months. 😉
No mention of dynamic weather & severe damage or maybe the odd animals on track or persons standing to close to take photos..
No details on it yet. We'll have to wait until later this month I suspect.
Very good video.
I'd like to know two things.
Will there be head-to-head racing (either/or rallycross or on the rally stage roadways)?
Will the Builder custom cars be usable in multiplayer, and if there is head-to-head, will they be available for that?
While I like stage rallying, if this game has head-to-head racing, I can pretty much ignore all other racing games and focus only on this one.
This game, and in essence the whole sport of rally, does not have actual H2H racing.
RX won't be part of it either as they no longer have the official World RX license.
For the builder mode cars, I believe you will be able to compete with them in online events.
Unfortunately because ea anti tamper I don’t think any modifications of game file will be possible (I think) I hope I’m wrong
That's what I'm worried about as well. It would be such a shame because there are 100's of intricately designed liveries I would create for the whole community to enjoy.
i hope you are wrong too, dirt rally 2.0 is a bit of a mess in vr without the open composite dll and open xr toolkit.
not to mention how annoying having steam drm, denuvo drm, ea drm, steam launcher and ea background app is.
i am going to buy the game, like i did the last two dirt rally games, but i am not a fan of modern drm. i like to own the game i paid for. forever.
@@socks2441 fair enough on that front. Worried about the implementation of Denuvo myself. Especially in regards to designing custom liveries with Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.
I am stil bothered that the mainline DiRT series is canceld whit EA WRC. DiRT 5 was a flop ans when a famous long seiries flops at one game for a company, like EA, is gone for (my best examples are PC3 and Saints Row). I always wanted a DiRT 6 but the more I think about it, the more I think it's impossible. As for WRC, hyped but also a but skeptical about the engine switch, unreal engine is a really heavy engine not really optimized for racing games and rendering stuff at high speeds so I am expetcting the game to run not so great on my 3070 at ultra
Well the DiRT Rally dev team is responsible for the EA Sports WRC franchise. However the DiRT dev team is a completely separate team so it's fairly likely that the DiRT franchise is still active and they are working on something.
We'll have to wait and see how the move to Unreal is going to go for them. Time will tell.
@@SimsRacingDesign hope that's the case for DiRT 6 and hope thst it will feature rally AND rallycross
During the trailer i listen 2 different codriver 1 women and 1 men , and on french trailer is new french codriver not stephane prevot
Could definitely be but I didn't really find any information about it when I was researching.
How about the citroen ds3 r5, that have never been in a cm rally game.
That's exactly the reason why it is less-likely as they are using as much of their past assets to get as many cars as possible. At least that's what I think. Would be brilliant to have the DS3 R5 in there though.
@@SimsRacingDesign "yeah, it would be sick to race both peugeot and ds3 r5, they have the same engine, although i put the ds5 as my 1st favourite instead of the peugeot because of its looks".
@@BigGuyJac I'd go for the 208 as I've always loved that car aesthetically personally.
@@SimsRacingDesign In my opinion, their both the loudest r5 cars, after them, the fiesta's mk1 and mk2 r5. Then both the i20's and both skoda r5's.
@@BigGuyJac the sound of the 208 is also very unique which is another reason why I adore this car.
Love if Ireland was a stage location
Would love that as well but unlikely, unfortunately. Definitely wouldn't rule it out for a future title though.
For s2000 class how about the skoda fabia.
It is a possibility for sure but the others make more sense if you take different things into consideration such as cars being part of an earlier game.
@@SimsRacingDesignThey gotta give the peugeot 207/s2000 some loud backfires and another thing too, hope they gone some indepth with the cars sound that if the car is come towards you or going away from you you can hear it clearly in the distance aswell as the backfires base on how loud the car is.
@@BigGuyJac Agreed!
Atleast there is Yaris we will see about Celica and Corolla.
Very doubtful we'll have any other Toyotas apart from the Yaris Rally1, especially the Celica and Corolla.
@@SimsRacingDesign Yes it's sad.
No Lada vfts 😢
Highly doubt that, unfortunately.
I thought Jon Armstrong's co-driver was confirmed as the male co-driver?
Not the case. Jon also changed co-driver at least once recently and about 2 or 3 times in the past few years.
Peugeot 307 yesssss
That's just a prediction and not fact... Something to keep in mind. It does make sense though.
@@SimsRacingDesign he was in the original Dirt, has hope.
One of the reasons it's on my predictions list.
Also because it's a popular car amongst the community.
Kwas ant wachten derop😋
Heeft wel wat werk gekost zoals je aan de lengte kunt zien. haha
Ja idd! Top gedaan 👍👍
@@tomgoemaere1740 Merci!
Looks worse than dr2.0. Also roads looks too simple. There are no holes on them etc. And cars dont look too good.
That might be because the footage was captured from a dev built which is already several months old. We'll have to wait for the actual gameplay footage coming in October.
Hyundai Accent ?
Would be cool but most likely won't happen but there are other cars which are far more iconic and beloved.
Excuse me, why would you presume that although the road surface 3D model is absolutely flat, with just a skid mark texture applied dynamically, that however in the game there will be 3D ruts created according to your order on the road? That's absolutely insane to presume, especially because they literally showed the opposite (flat texture, flat 3D model of the road). I can also presume you can fly rockets in this game just as well. Have you been paid by EA to hype or something? You'd better have a damn good justification for misleading the community like that.
Stage degradation was a feature in DiRT Rally 2.0 and has been officially confirmed by the devs to be present in EA Sports WRC.
I am very well-aware of what's going on with this title as I'm following it very closely and have certain connections.
And no I have not been paid by anyone.
So with all due respect, please be civil. Consider this a warning.
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@@SimsRacingDesign new rally soon
The best video about the trailer dude! Congrats. Do you have any prediction about the physics of the game from what you 've seen from the trailer? Many people said that EA will destroy the game. What do you think about that? Thanks in advance.
As I mentioned in the video, I'm cautiously optimistic about it. This afternoon, there was a live stream where they interviewed Jon Armstrong and the physics were addressed briefly. Combine that with reactions from others that are (maybe) involved, gravel should see some improvement but not overly much. However, tarmac will be vastly improved.
10:43 ''Car models looks spot on''.
Really? Take a closer look mr payed up the rear end sponsor.
Are you talking about the livery quality itself? If so, that's not the 3D model.
payed?
@@msum23 what do you mean by 'payed'?