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EA SPORTS™ WRC - Development Update

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EA_Groguet
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10 months ago

Dear Rally Community,

Every great journey eventually finds its finish line, and today, we announce that we've reached the end of the road working on WRC.

After releasing EA SPORTS WRC in 2023, the 2024 season, including the recently released Hard Chargers Content pack, will be our last expansion.

For now, we are pausing development plans on future rally titles. Rest assured, EA SPORTS WRC will continue to be available for existing and new players. We hope it remains a source of joy, excitement, and the thrill of rally racing. We've poured our hearts into making it for fans, and we know you'll keep the passion alive.

Our WRC partnership was a culmination of sorts for our Codemasters journey with off-road racing, spanning decades through titles like Colin McRae Rally, and DiRT. We've provided a home for every rally enthusiast, striving tirelessly to push the boundaries and deliver the exhilarating thrill of driving on the ragged edge. We’ve brought together incredibly talented racing developers, worked with some of the sport’s icons, and had the opportunity to share our love of rallying.

Thank you to all the fans who have and continue to be part of our rally journey.

The Codemasters WRC Team

Updated 10 months ago
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  • P7ZXR's avatar
    P7ZXR
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    10 months ago

    As probably one of the biggest fans of the studio, I wanna thank everyone that has ever worked at Codemasters for all the awesome rallying throughout the decades! You guys are truly the masters at it.

    Really disappointed by the news.

    I've been a huge fan since the first DiRT, never been able to kick the vice after it... All the games have been the absolute best at their genre.

    Even the last title, which is, for me, absolutely the best rally game ever made, albeit for the problems with the engine...

    Which probably wouldn't have happened if EA knew they had to have invested a bit more time and money so that the team didn't have to rush the development while trying to transform the game into what it should never be.

    Otherwise everyone currently playing any other rally game would most certainly be playing the EA Sports WRC instead.

    Also, EVERY SINGLE PERSON showing any discontent towards the highly anticipated Codemasters WRC, was someone that just DEEPLY wanted to play the game, but was put off by some optimization problem of the Unreal engine... Something that, like I said, could've been mitigated early on.

    Rally fans are passionate, and I think the normal yearly release sports game "model" wouldn't quite cut for this genre and audience... A well built, optimized engine with some new stages being released here and there would definitely stand strong for quite a few years.

    I expect this to be just a small "cut", to what can hopefully be a very successful straightaway for the team, you guys deserve it...

    But being mindful of the "modus operandi" of the publisher... I might just want to thank you all for all the joy you guys allowed me to have rallying throught the years.

    All the best for everyone in the studio...
    Cheers mates!