EA Sports and Codemasters have released another video on the upcoming EA Sports WRC, the developer's first officially licensed rally racer. This time, there's a focus on all the game's modes and features, and it's honestly looking very robust.
First off is the career mode, where you can start your rally journey from any of the three classes. You can start with Junior WRC and work your way up, or if you're an experienced player, hop into the Rally1 cars in the flagship championship. Using a budget supplied by a benefactor, you'll manage your team, buy new cars, and more as you compete in the events on the calendar.
The builder mode is up next, which will let you create your own modern-era rally car. Pick a class, then choose everything about your vehicle, selecting where the engine sits, which internal parts to use, the shape of the chassis, and even the interior. Because your custom car adheres to the regulations of whatever class you pick, you'll be able to use it to compete against official cars, which is pretty cool.
Moments is a regularly updated mode that provides you with unique events that recreate real-life, er, moments from WRC's history. Though new ones will be added all the time, they don't go away, meaning you can play them at your leisure.
Elsewhere, there's a full rally school mode to teach you how to drive on different surfaces, online multiplayer modes (asynchronous and live), time trials, custom championships, and more. It seems to be pretty much the whole package, but obviously we'll need to play it for ourselves to see if it lives up to Codemasters' previous rally sims.
Are you liking what you see of EA Sports WRC? Tell us in the comments section below.
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Can anyone explain what the tagline ‘Like Racing But Rally’ actually means?
Really hoping a PSVR2 mode is coming at/after launch, it really added a lot to GT7
If it is like Dirt Rally 2.0 i’m in!!!
I dunno how ya'll feel about it after seeing the video but I. AM. STOOOOKKKEEEDDDD.
I can see some vast improvements over WRC Generations and 10. Those are great games in their own way but this looks to have improved even more, specifically the replays and the way the cars appear to move about and less "floaty."
I've been playing Generations to get ready for this and the wait just became a whole lot harder for me... The car creation looks DEEP and the video at the ~6:14 mark had me questioning if it was real footage or gameplay. Finally, realistic dust trails.
I definitely want to get this but doubt it will be a day 1 purchase. Both Crew Motorfest and Forza Motorsport will scratch my racing itch for some time.
I never really like the WRC games back in the day. Colin McRae Rally 2.0 was awesome and Magnetic Fields Rally Championship was magnificent with a couple of 30 minute stages through the Irish countryside. I’ll keep an eye on this though. Now if we could get a decent Touring Car game…
I'll be building my car out of the cheapest used parts going, thank you very much. It's not a proper rally unless your exhaust, mirrors and both bumpers are hanging off by the time you trundle over the line.
My first rally game was wrc9 on the PS5 and it got me hooked. I still think it has the best haptics. First time since the N64 since I was impressed by rumble. I'm definitely looking forward to this.
@DestructionAllstars
First rally game I played was McRae's on the PS1. Had a rumble steering wheel that was actually activated by the in game SOUND. Worked quite well over noisy surfaces (and rumble strips in GT), but you couldn't have any in-game music playing or the wheel would rumble to the beat!
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