EA SPORTS WRC Launch Trailer Released for Early Access - Hardcore Gamer
31.10.2023 - 04:43
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Codemasters has spent 16 years mastering rally racing with its DIRT franchise between both the mainline entries and side games like DIRT Rally and DIRT Showdown. Now, with Codemasters until the EA umbrella and EA having the WRC license, it’s time for a new era to begin with EA Sports WRC. The DIRT franchise always excelled at providing smooth racing action and that’s something the then-official WRC games could be inconsistent on with each entry feeling a bit too similar to the last and now you have essentially a perfect blend of core gameplay and the official WRC license. EA Sports WRC is coming from the DIRT Rally team and offers up a more simulation-based approach to the action.
This new entry allows players to design their own rally car with the new Builder mode while also racing historic WRC moments and potentially rewriting history if you so desire. Historical recreation is a fun part of a lot of simulation-based sports games and it should work out really nicely here for a racing game to have set goals in it. Codemasters’ entries were known for having fantastic handling that varied across the surfaces you raced on – so dry dirt felt different than say racing in mud or through water, and that has been revamped to now include things like surface degradation to change up how each race feels as the laps wear on. Racing across dirt, asphalt, and snow will make for their own unique challenges as handling will shift around a bit from one surface to the next.
Over 25 years of racing history will be explored with a variety of series vehicles – including 70 historic vehicles and cars, drivers, teams, and liveries from the 2023 season. Ther will also be over 200 stages set across 17 WRC locations from the past and present, including Kenya, Japan, and Portugal. The amount of content available looks impressive and having the DIRT team working on an official WRC game should be perfect.
The game is available in a few editions with the official regular release launching on November 2, while early access launches on October 31 and includes a five hour trial for EA Play members or EA Play members via Game Pass Ultimate on Xbox. PC players can also enjoy a VR experience after launch – making that version perhaps the best version to buy long-term if you want a VR rally racing game. Now if someone is on console, the EA Play offering up a five hour trial is a great deal and GPU members get access to it on October 31, making it a good pickup there as well.
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