They also just published Patch Notes, seems like a lot of corner cutting exploits were tackled: www.ea.com/games/ea-sports-wrc/wrc-24/news/patch-220?cid=83182&ts=1737996132772
youtubers covering WRC game should give feedback to codemasters/EA that night must be night. total darkness like on Assetto Corsa Competizione. you cannot choose the night and see the light of 6:00 in the morning or the full moon effect in the sky.
Good to see some more recognisable real life stages making it in. Good car additions, too. I also like the look of the overhaul to the livery selection.
Something is missing: 1, Including the new stages to game modes like championship. What is the point of the new stages, if I have to run the old ones twice in Monte and Portugal if I do a "long" (10 stages/race) championship. 2, Still no local co-op possibility to take turns with our families sitting next to us. Rally games these days are too leaderboard-centric, casual players are forgotten.
I'm having a blast with EA WRC, especially now that I'm confident with tuning, but I also feel like I'm playing the tech demo for a much better future game at times. A part of me is excited for the DLC, and a part of me just wants them to move on to the next game and focus entirely on that. EA WRC is a strong foundation for the start of a franchise that will improve massively with a lot of small, iterative changes. As much as I like new cars and new stages, I think I'd rather those iterative changes start rolling, even if it means waiting longer for content. Tire systems, career overhaul, weather improvements (or at the very least preventing rain from reflecting 100% of light), fixing the colour saturation and gamma correction issues, and maybe an update to UE5. There is definitely more (there is always something to improve) but that's just off the top of my head. Obviously way too late for a change to happen now regarding these DLCs and their work pipeline, I'm just expressing how I'm feeling with the DLC coming out tomorrow.
Seems like a lot of the team has been moved to other projects or made redundant..... I'd love to see a sequel to this, like DR2 was to DR1, but I am starting to doubt EA thinks it's worth investing in.
Couldn’t agree more here, it does feel like you’re playing a tech demo at times. I’m sure the next one will be awesome but until then, some graphical improvements wouldn’t hurt. Even some unexpected moments on the stages or a car stopped on the side of the road would’ve added some immersion. Funny how people used to trash kiloton and now we have this.
Perhaps Loeb's name isn't included on the livery because Milestone has still the rights to his name because after all they created the game "Sébastien Loeb Rally EVO"
not a single bugfix or enhancment for the weather effects, shimmering textures, vr performence or menus/navigation or a fix for the basically gamebraking bug with restarting moments in the patchnotes. 🤨 i wish they would work a bit on that as well. EDIT: i have to correct myself. The bug with moments got actually patched.
@alles_Freaks the thing with the moments is really quite ridiculous... Astonishing that it's still there. Also does anyone else have issues with the shadows on the road surface when using car headlights? Getting that weird moving pixelation effect on the road at night which really breaks immersion...
yeah it's a visual mess to me. They went for too many seasons/conditions before even nailing a few. It's mainly the foliage and how it's lit at distance that makes the game look awful at times. Everything is too soft looking as well, lacks contrast in shadows etc
I really appreciated your logical approach to the review, you answered questions I would of asked to be answered, whereas others simply haven't even begun too. The mixed tires would be an awesome addition to game as well. I too run AI at 90 to barley win, so I will be looking to see the comparison you spoke of. It is a shame Loeb isn't on Liveries' due to legal reason most likely. Thanks for the great review, I get my download in 30 minutes so I will see. I noticed the many cuts were addressed as well, Sweden had many. 😀Cheers and I definitely subscribed!
It's ridiculous, the only reason I would be buying this dlc would be to flesh out the rallies in championship mode, so complete waste of time for me unless they change that later.
Thanks for your information and great review of the new DLC for EA WRC. I have the game, but have not gotten really involved with this Rally game, probably because of my other SIM racing games. I have only tried it out a couple times to make sure it worked on my PC. Again, thanks for the video and take care.
I have loved playing dirt rally and 2.0 on ps4 and am hoping to pickup a PS 5 not pro. Is this game worth a buy as there have been mixed reviews. Is it actually graphically worse than dirt 2.0 and what makes it special ?
I haven't played for quite a while but my question is how do I buy the new content pack ? It says buy as a gift for a friend but I'm trying to get it for myself lol or if I just buy it will it be mine anyway? Because i think it's a bargain to good to miss , thanks if anyone could help 👍
"The Simpit Rally" is another decent rally. I am really slow, so you won't be last as long as you don't die. Crossplay WRC Scoring Assists Disabled Tuning Disabled Moderate Track Deg
Oh ! You are right... If it's in french, there is a mistake, it should be "LeS Maetros" because there is a S at the end. But in case of It's in Italian (maestro is an italian word), it should be "il maestro" or "i maestri" (for more than one maestro)...
1:02 Yeah the shots would be cool, if they decided to broadcast them! No coverage of RBTV, Sport 1 and Servus TV any more from one season to the next. That sport being hidden away behind a paywall of a 100€+/year but still sub par streaming service is absurd. Even the biggest rally fans won't do that and the sport is actively damaged by hiding the content from new and old audiences. Sorry for the small rant about the abysmal coverage but I kinda had to blow off steam...
@@OverTake_gg I wonder if ever they will fix this jaggy graphics. I really looks bad for the game released 2 years ago... But if they cannot or are not willing to fix podium ceremony for such a long time I do not feel they ever will fix the game look. Meanwhile RBR improves every few months :) P.S. I cannot understand omitting Loeb on liveries... WTF?...
@@lefttoe6969It’s a decent little rally game actually and goes on sale for pocket change quite often. A bargain-bin DiRT 3 is the best way I can describe it.
hi i already own the wrc game all up to date with the new patches etc but i cant find the new le maestro dlc on the psn store ??? surely i dont have to buy the whole game again just to get this new dlc /// please help as i cannot find the new dlc anywhere on the psn store ? thankyou
@OverTake_gg I have it running.. minimum graphics settings and quality dlss. Lowered the resolution of my g2 from native by about 10%...Stable 90 fps.. bit it looks like absolute shite. Massive pop in. Chappy textures. Horrendous shimmer. It's worse than dirt 2.0 for sure. That's with a 4090. How anyone is enjoying this in vr is a mystery to me
Keep pushing here, but I don't have any hopes anymore for this titles proper triple support. -Michel answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Triple-monitor-support/td-p/12914836/page/3
@@charlessale409 no, mate. They clearly advertised triple screen as a feature. When questions were asked, they presented nvidia surround as triple screen implementation. I play 2005 most wanted on triple screen :D not an EA achievement. so, yeah, they did falsely advertised a feature. We and them, both know what triples support really means.
@@OverTake_gg your are right. But still, we should keep talking about this point. Especially overtake. Sad that you did not talked about it. Just say: "Still no triple screen support. Is this still comming? Or,..." and thats it. But we need to keep pushing!
@@christophegueulette4174 I can understand Loeb because of Milestone likely holding the license to his name, but McRae's case is weird because at the same time, the Fabia WRC has a livery with his name on it, so it's like it wasn't actually an issue after all.
I don’t think Codies can actually feature realistic dashboards due to confidentiality restraints. Engineering NDA’s are no joke and sometimes last a lifetime. e.g F1 teams hold onto intellectual property like there balls even if the car is 20 years old and I assume its no different in top class WRC.
I still cant get excited till they fix the graphics especially the rain and snow on the car, damage model is still horrible cant they learn from richard burns rally or maybe give options like dirt 4 for sim and arcade, dont wanna drive arcade otherwise whats the point of owning best wheels to drive need for speed hell no
They're just trying to cash grab some more from this terribly outdated game. Poor last-gen visuals, stuttering, bugs. I hope Codemasters are already working on a proper new rally game.
Lovely content but they're just not going to improve the game. If they're doing content as DLC then it's fair to expect some sort of proper updates to it, but it looks like they're just leaving it in a state that's not completely booked but not close to the polish of DR2 - the patch notes for this and the '25 update are borderline non existent. For me, the career mode is the worst crime here, none of the new content will be integrated with it apparently and it's so much worse than the simple-but-randomly-generated one of its predecessor. They've built a game with DLCs where the key single player game mode can't use them... Grand.
I want australia and wales....how they havent put Wales in is beyond me. I know it's not in the WRC any more, but it's been a classic finale round for decades.
I would say it is made by people who love rally, but they’re not going to work for free and EA are obviously turning the screws. Shameful, considering the legacy of Dirt Rally, Colin McRae rally etc.
They also just published Patch Notes, seems like a lot of corner cutting exploits were tackled:
www.ea.com/games/ea-sports-wrc/wrc-24/news/patch-220?cid=83182&ts=1737996132772
youtubers covering WRC game should give feedback to codemasters/EA that night must be night. total darkness like on Assetto Corsa Competizione. you cannot choose the night and see the light of 6:00 in the morning or the full moon effect in the sky.
Good to see some more recognisable real life stages making it in. Good car additions, too. I also like the look of the overhaul to the livery selection.
Something is missing: 1, Including the new stages to game modes like championship. What is the point of the new stages, if I have to run the old ones twice in Monte and Portugal if I do a "long" (10 stages/race) championship. 2, Still no local co-op possibility to take turns with our families sitting next to us. Rally games these days are too leaderboard-centric, casual players are forgotten.
I'm having a blast with EA WRC, especially now that I'm confident with tuning, but I also feel like I'm playing the tech demo for a much better future game at times. A part of me is excited for the DLC, and a part of me just wants them to move on to the next game and focus entirely on that.
EA WRC is a strong foundation for the start of a franchise that will improve massively with a lot of small, iterative changes. As much as I like new cars and new stages, I think I'd rather those iterative changes start rolling, even if it means waiting longer for content. Tire systems, career overhaul, weather improvements (or at the very least preventing rain from reflecting 100% of light), fixing the colour saturation and gamma correction issues, and maybe an update to UE5. There is definitely more (there is always something to improve) but that's just off the top of my head.
Obviously way too late for a change to happen now regarding these DLCs and their work pipeline, I'm just expressing how I'm feeling with the DLC coming out tomorrow.
Seems like a lot of the team has been moved to other projects or made redundant..... I'd love to see a sequel to this, like DR2 was to DR1, but I am starting to doubt EA thinks it's worth investing in.
Couldn’t agree more here, it does feel like you’re playing a tech demo at times. I’m sure the next one will be awesome but until then, some graphical improvements wouldn’t hurt. Even some unexpected moments on the stages or a car stopped on the side of the road would’ve added some immersion. Funny how people used to trash kiloton and now we have this.
@@dodge33cymru EA have a contract deal with WRC, they own the official licence until 2027.
@thewarmwind6171 It's possible they will switch to UE5 but unlikely because they will have to completely rewrite the physics engine.
@twisted239 while that's true, he's also not wrong that parts of the already small team have been shifted around
Perhaps Loeb's name isn't included on the livery because Milestone has still the rights to his name because after all they created the game "Sébastien Loeb Rally EVO"
I think that's more than likely.
I've been waiting for this - new cars and stages is what excites me the most tbh.
Maestro is used to say "maître" in French (master). But it should be either "Le maestro" (singular) or "Les maestros" (plural).
not a single bugfix or enhancment for the weather effects, shimmering textures, vr performence or menus/navigation or a fix for the basically gamebraking bug with restarting moments in the patchnotes. 🤨 i wish they would work a bit on that as well. EDIT: i have to correct myself. The bug with moments got actually patched.
They should work ONLY on that... but this is a clear sign that it is unfixable and they move on and just going to create pay DLCs....
@alles_Freaks the thing with the moments is really quite ridiculous... Astonishing that it's still there. Also does anyone else have issues with the shadows on the road surface when using car headlights? Getting that weird moving pixelation effect on the road at night which really breaks immersion...
The patch notes literally state the moments bug has been fixed amongst others? Why spread hate when you’re misinformed
I’m in PS5 and haven’t experienced any of these issues ..
So many of us are pondering the same thing 👏
This update feels so good overall but i hope they improve graphics in the future.
yeah it's a visual mess to me. They went for too many seasons/conditions before even nailing a few. It's mainly the foliage and how it's lit at distance that makes the game look awful at times. Everything is too soft looking as well, lacks contrast in shadows etc
RBR Rally 2025 update v1.53.0 landed on the 26th Jan 2025. With love for all the rally sim fans, in case you missed it.
I really appreciated your logical approach to the review, you answered questions I would of asked to be answered, whereas others simply haven't even begun too. The mixed tires would be an awesome addition to game as well. I too run AI at 90 to barley win, so I will be looking to see the comparison you spoke of. It is a shame Loeb isn't on Liveries' due to legal reason most likely. Thanks for the great review, I get my download in 30 minutes so I will see. I noticed the many cuts were addressed as well, Sweden had many. 😀Cheers and I definitely subscribed!
Thank you so much! Let me know how the AI will work for you! -Michel
Obviously, every player since release: God, if we only had approximately 1000 new liveries this game would be perfect.
How in the world do you add locations to the game but not to Career or Championship??! *head slap
It's ridiculous, the only reason I would be buying this dlc would be to flesh out the rallies in championship mode, so complete waste of time for me unless they change that later.
I was more excited about this update than the update to 24.
KT WRC looked so so so so so much better
Thanks for your information and great review of the new DLC for EA WRC. I have the game, but have not gotten really involved with this Rally game, probably because of my other SIM racing games. I have only tried it out a couple times to make sure it worked on my PC.
Again, thanks for the video and take care.
I miss rallycross :( Holjes is super fun
I wish they stopped adding content and finished the graphics, weather effects, screen tearing on ps5, etc.
I have loved playing dirt rally and 2.0 on ps4 and am hoping to pickup a PS 5 not pro. Is this game worth a buy as there have been mixed reviews. Is it actually graphically worse than dirt 2.0 and what makes it special ?
AI is really weird, they are not affected by fog, night, snow or rain and I lose every time when it happens but sometimes they are and I win :p
What's wrong with the podium ceremony?
You should be able see your driver celebrate on top of car so lazy from ea
I haven't played for quite a while but my question is how do I buy the new content pack ? It says buy as a gift for a friend but I'm trying to get it for myself lol or if I just buy it will it be mine anyway? Because i think it's a bargain to good to miss , thanks if anyone could help 👍
Oops I already own it 😬 forget that doesn't matter lol I thought you had to buy it 😅
"The Simpit Rally" is another decent rally. I am really slow, so you won't be last as long as you don't die. Crossplay WRC Scoring Assists Disabled Tuning Disabled Moderate Track Deg
According to Google Translate Le Maestros means The Masters in Spanish :D
@@lefttoe6969 it means master or teacher in Spanish but le is not spanish and if it was spanish it would be los maestros.
Also what happened to your toe, its red 😂
@@Sputif well... just hit the apex too much :D
Austin Maestro!
Best rally game ever.
Oh ! You are right... If it's in french, there is a mistake, it should be "LeS Maetros" because there is a S at the end.
But in case of It's in Italian (maestro is an italian word), it should be "il maestro" or "i maestri" (for more than one maestro)...
Maestro maestros is in french dictionnary.
No Loeb so Less Maestro.
1:02 Yeah the shots would be cool, if they decided to broadcast them! No coverage of RBTV, Sport 1 and Servus TV any more from one season to the next. That sport being hidden away behind a paywall of a 100€+/year but still sub par streaming service is absurd. Even the biggest rally fans won't do that and the sport is actively damaged by hiding the content from new and old audiences. Sorry for the small rant about the abysmal coverage but I kinda had to blow off steam...
You are right, I am used to WRC+ / Rally TV now for a few years, but zero coverage in public TV is really bad :/ -Michel
Nevermind the podium ceremony, how about the stuttering and screen tearing? The game looks like Dirt Rally 1 and performs like Cyberpunk 2077 1.0
I haven't had any issues with that on none of our PCs since months. -Michel
@@OverTake_gg I wonder if ever they will fix this jaggy graphics. I really looks bad for the game released 2 years ago... But if they cannot or are not willing to fix podium ceremony for such a long time I do not feel they ever will fix the game look. Meanwhile RBR improves every few months :)
P.S. I cannot understand omitting Loeb on liveries... WTF?...
Probably Milestone still holds exclusive licenses - Sebastian Loeb Rally Evo is still on sale. -Michel
@@OverTake_gg ok... hope they can get some agreement. BTW, never heard of LRE anyway ;)
@@lefttoe6969It’s a decent little rally game actually and goes on sale for pocket change quite often. A bargain-bin DiRT 3 is the best way I can describe it.
What's wrong with the podium sequence?
Why does the game in this DLC trailer look miles better than mine on my Xbox Series X?
Even my mate said the same thing…
They really need to fix VR. It used to look great from what I’ve heard… but surely not anymore! please just roll back some of those patches boys 😅
Weiss der Michel um welche Uhrzeit der Patch freigegeben wird?
hi i already own the wrc game all up to date with the new patches etc but i cant find the new le maestro dlc on the psn store ??? surely i dont have to buy the whole game again just to get this new dlc /// please help as i cannot find the new dlc anywhere on the psn store ? thankyou
@@tb6539 it’s definitely there now in ‘add ons’
@@waynehood8836 hi yes thankyou ive found it now downloading cant wait lol
Triple screen support?
the moment restart glitch still hasnt been fixed either.
Whats the news on when vr will actually be playable in vr?? Its beyond embarrassing at this point what we have
Yannik seemingly found some tweaks that improve the VR experience in WRC. Article might be on the way, I'll let you know here! -Michel
@OverTake_gg I have it running.. minimum graphics settings and quality dlss. Lowered the resolution of my g2 from native by about 10%...Stable 90 fps.. bit it looks like absolute shite. Massive pop in. Chappy textures. Horrendous shimmer. It's worse than dirt 2.0 for sure.
That's with a 4090. How anyone is enjoying this in vr is a mystery to me
The game is very playable on oculus quest3s icw 12600k and 4070. Just look for a settings guide online
Yes dirt 2.0 looks better of course. But i like the handling in WRC more
80 fps in VR in DLSS Balance using the DLSS v4 dll files. No stutters. Very smooth. Near 3k pixel resolution per eye....running a rtx 4080 super.
Do you know how big the download size for the update was?
around 15gbs for the ps5
@ thank you! Much appreciated for the reply.
@ welcome bro!
I missing Austria and Germany in CET Rallye.
vr still alpha and they bring out a dlc
Because only 1 percent has a vr headset … its Not The Priority of any Company. They Develope it Along The way.
@ then dont do it at all
Triple screen support any day now. Right?
Keep pushing here, but I don't have any hopes anymore for this titles proper triple support. -Michel
answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Triple-monitor-support/td-p/12914836/page/3
No, they blatantly lied about this feature.
@@ЭдикНаЧердакеsaying they lied is a bit strong, they just failed to live up to their promises and had to reel it back. Pretty shit :(
@@charlessale409 no, mate. They clearly advertised triple screen as a feature. When questions were asked, they presented nvidia surround as triple screen implementation. I play 2005 most wanted on triple screen :D not an EA achievement. so, yeah, they did falsely advertised a feature. We and them, both know what triples support really means.
@@OverTake_gg your are right. But still, we should keep talking about this point. Especially overtake. Sad that you did not talked about it. Just say: "Still no triple screen support. Is this still comming? Or,..." and thats it. But we need to keep pushing!
I find it really disrespectful that there is no mention of Loeb on the game…
@@phazon1993 Yeah Loeb and McRae are both missing, it give weird descriptions in Moments.
@@christophegueulette4174 I can understand Loeb because of Milestone likely holding the license to his name, but McRae's case is weird because at the same time, the Fabia WRC has a livery with his name on it, so it's like it wasn't actually an issue after all.
I still think dirt rally 2 is better
I don’t think Codies can actually feature realistic dashboards due to confidentiality restraints. Engineering NDA’s are no joke and sometimes last a lifetime.
e.g F1 teams hold onto intellectual property like there balls even if the car is 20 years old and I assume its no different in top class WRC.
You might be right! Its even hard to find footage where the dashboards are actually visible. -Michel
bruh is that club shut down?
Still not able to play in VR
It is..try the new DLSS 4 dll files. I am having blast with it.
Haven’t played in a while, still haven’t found a controller setting that feels decent. Either too twitchy or too numb. Been playing generations alot
What's missing? Vr? 😂
As much as I like this game, I still haven’t found good FFB settings on Xbox which makes the game more playable
I still cant get excited till they fix the graphics especially the rain and snow on the car, damage model is still horrible cant they learn from richard burns rally or maybe give options like dirt 4 for sim and arcade, dont wanna drive arcade otherwise whats the point of owning best wheels to drive need for speed hell no
No decent VR, no triple support, flogging dlc when it looks like an abandoned project, nah.
Is this update released? I didnt get the update 😨
It will be released today, probably in a few hours! -Michel
Maestros is not french, so you can put Le, Les, los, las, the, Da....they just put a tittle that sounds cool, but no sense.
They're just trying to cash grab some more from this terribly outdated game. Poor last-gen visuals, stuttering, bugs. I hope Codemasters are already working on a proper new rally game.
Lovely content but they're just not going to improve the game. If they're doing content as DLC then it's fair to expect some sort of proper updates to it, but it looks like they're just leaving it in a state that's not completely booked but not close to the polish of DR2 - the patch notes for this and the '25 update are borderline non existent.
For me, the career mode is the worst crime here, none of the new content will be integrated with it apparently and it's so much worse than the simple-but-randomly-generated one of its predecessor. They've built a game with DLCs where the key single player game mode can't use them... Grand.
Career is so shithouse in this game. Not worth the bother. If you want a proper career mode with actual tyre management, play WRC Generations.
I want australia and wales....how they havent put Wales in is beyond me. I know it's not in the WRC any more, but it's been a classic finale round for decades.
@@donyiiovanni it's history and won't be back.
Australia and bring back a rally cross mode again even if it isn't licensed only need real cars
We could get this kind of thing with the F1 games if everyone would stop buying the copy-paste jobs they release every year at launch.
After EA introduced the kernel level spyware aka EA Anti Cheat there is no way I would install this on my PC. Better playing RBR incl. VR.
Still no Rallycross 🙄
Different license.
@@charlessale409 Yeah, but up until recently it was owned by the same promoter. Literally nothing was stopping them lmao
@@Your-Local-RX-Guy yeah look .. EA. Lol
Stupid ass windshield banner so big you get claustrophobic
Just make a custom livery and get rid of it
@AmbientMike didn't know you could do that, thanks!
No, the game isn't worth picking up.
For the price it comes out at it definitely is!
As a french, it should actually be « Les Maestros » ! But idk why they just went with Le Maestros
This game is not made by rally fans or people who drive cars. Unfortunate that EA has the license.
I would say it is made by people who love rally, but they’re not going to work for free and EA are obviously turning the screws. Shameful, considering the legacy of Dirt Rally, Colin McRae rally etc.
Thats just not the truth, google Jon Armstrong. -Michel
@ it’s made by people who love rally with unrealistic time and budget demands
It obviously is