2mo ago

After parting ways with EA, WRC gets new home and six-year deal to "reboot" rally series

www.eurogamer.net

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I loved Grid and Dirt 3, but haven't really played any of the games since. I played Grid 2 a little bit when it went on sale. I'm interested if this new one is as good as those were.
- I'm not sure what crack this other dude is smoking but dirt 3 was awesome. I loved all the drifting time trials. Totally reminded me of Project Gotham racing.
- Dirt 3 was absolute garbage. Dirt Rally was great, if not a bit spartan, and Dirt Rally 2.0 is what I can recommend as possibly the best rallying game since Richard Burns.
  
  Dirt 2 is still one is my favourite racing games. It just gives me the right vibes. 3 felt lonely in comparison
  
  I will not hear this slander, Dirt 3 was awesome! Dirt 4 and 5 were meh though.
Seems to be just going back to the previous publisher, which didn't exactly release amazing rally games when they had the license. Maybe they'll surprise me, but I suspect Dirt Rally 2.0 and Richard Burns Rally will continue to be the main options for a while longer.
Won't be long and codemasters will end up like all other legendary studios like Maxis, Westwoods, Origin and many many more.... On the EA graveyard
Well count me interested. I could really go for a version of Dirt Rally 2 with more multiplayer versatility
- How was the EA/Codemasters WRC title compared to the Dirt Rally titles? I didn't buy it because it has Denuvo DRM, even on Steam.
  
  I have both. EA WRC looks, feels and runs WAY worse compared to Dirt Rally 2.0, and that's on my fairly beefy 5800x3d / 7800 xt desktop machine. Dr2.0 also runs perfectly on my steam deck, while I haven't even bothered to try running EA WRC on it (it would run like shit if it ran at all, plus the install size is like a gajillion GB).
  On the upside, the tracks are way bigger / longer in EA WRC, some of them are a bit more interesting, and there's a cool pseudo-roguelite mechanic in the campaign mode where every week you choose what to do (main race or side race to appease the sponsor, recruitment of team members, resting, etc.). That said, I couldn't bring myself to finish a single season due to how pathetically janky the driving is.
  
  Couldn't tell you I'm afraid, I also haven't bought it. I grabbed DR2 because I saw it really cheap on sale and just wanted a rally sim rather than seeking out a specific one
Eeeew, Nacon. No thanks.

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