Feedback and Suggestion Thread

I have posted this as a standalone post + a post on reddit, but pasting it here also, so you can see it more easily.

OG Reddit thread is here and you can see more people are saying similar things: 

https://www.reddit.com/r/EASPORTSWRC/comments/17l9xn9/my_second_take_on_console_graphics/

So, the early access is already here and the game will be "officially' out in two days.

Gameplay is sick and highly addictive, there is no denying about that. It's amazing.

I want the game to improve because it's a good, enjoyable and addictive rally game, so don't take this post as hating, because it's not.

Back to the graphics though:

While maxed out PC settings can look good on high resolution (but stutters like hell), the game really lacks in the graphics department on console(s). As I only have a PS5 right now, I will comment about the PS5 mainly, but I reckon the same can be applied to XSX.

I know the game runs on Unreal Engine 4 (? from what I know it's UE4, not 5, need confirmation to be 110% sure), but it's totally disappointing how the game looks on PS5 regardless of the used game development engine.

We were told the console version will be equal or almost equal to the High preset and target 4K60.

While there are significantly less performance problems on the PS5 (occasional stutters, frame drops and screen tearing with VRR enabled are all present and still need work), the render resolution and texture resolution are both seriously bad, and it's not even nitpicking from me. The only thing rendered in 4K is the UI I believe, but just like in other console games (besides some native 4K gems, but they run in 30, 40 and only sometimes in 60fps modes) we probably shouldn't expect native 4K with a 100% render scale here.

My main problem is with the resolution, render scale and environmental texture resolution. Cars look okay-ish, but once you see everything around the car on the stage, it can't be unseen.

While I am not an expert in game graphics, these are things you can spot almost immediately after starting any stage that is not covered in snow. Foliage and ground textures look like they were taken from Microsoft Flight Simulator, where you don't see them most of the time and when you see them you immediately regret that you decided to do so. You get the point.

I also think the game completely lacks ambient occlusion? I might be wrong here, but it all looks rather flat.

And the look of these stages at night?

These kind of graphics should be allowed only on Halloween. I hope it's an inside dev joke, because preorder early access released on Halloween and we will get our quality graphics back in a patch :D

Why it's so important?

Foliage and ground textures are the main antagonists in the lore of sim rally in general, so we have constant contact with them and see them 100% of the time while rallying.

Here are my screenshots (no, it's not bad screenshot quality, it's how I see the game live on my 4K TV).

Water splash (my favorite! last time I've seen this kind of graphic fidelity in Tomb Raider 2 pools :D):

1. https://i.imgur.com/JlcKzFG.jpg

Night-time photos:

1. https://i.imgur.com/0P1yiTY.jpg

2. https://i.imgur.com/CPxVrCI.jpg

3. https://i.imgur.com/AOevoh5.jpg

4. https://i.imgur.com/9Fhx5t7.jpg

Daytime photos:

1. https://i.imgur.com/jpwPeNO.jpg

2. https://i.imgur.com/IuJqfvV.jpg

3. https://i.imgur.com/okyHl1x.jpg

4. https://i.imgur.com/wtZaXYJ.jpg

5. https://i.imgur.com/BPQFfLm.jpg

right...... heres my issue. yesterday I only played time trial, every country is set to summer and mid day for time, which keeps things consistant, but its making every country look the same, it feels like im driving in the same place with a different wiggly line to follow. I did 3 runs on a crotia stage, left the game, restarted and couldnt find said stage because it was actually japan i was in. same with gravel, if you stop in certain places on the stages youre hard pressed to see the difference between portugal, sardgnia, safari, finland, estonia..... they all look the same, same colours, same washed out graphics, its making everything very samey, I know theres variation with the solo events, but TT needs a buff.

also, not having FOV customization for all cameras is a big miss and not being able to see the camera youre changing the value off is very hit and miss to getting the right settings, this could do with bein looked at.

Its a big miss not having dynamic weather options.

It feels like some things have been left on the table for WRC24 so theres actually room to improve the game and give it features this game doesnt have but should have. KT got slaughtered for not having certain features that they eventually added in later games, these features are now once again missing, its like battlefield 3 an 4 all over again 🙂

MM

Colorimetry behind the windshield. I would like to have the same color scheme behind the windshield as in the exterior camera,

I don't understand this choice, is the windshield yellow? ?, give us the possibility to deactivate this yellow filter,

Thank you

Career mode needs some work. I really hate the calendar concept of only being able to hire mechanics for the week and not actually race, or forced to rest the team, who wants that? Its boring as hell. We want to race! Not be forced to skip a week. Also, how can i view overall standings in career mode in between weeks/events? I don't see any options for it unless its at the end of an event showing updated overall standings 

Hi, in DR2 I had the option "manual and shifting gear" which automatically put my rig to how the selected car shifts. Can you please bring this selection back?

As somebody who plays racing games in pretty much exclusively the cockpit view the amount of missing or buggy cockpit things pulls me out of the game alot.

Here is just a few examples.

Trees and bushes going through the car model into the cockpit as well as random leaves.

Same can be said for snow being kicked up from the tyres entering the bottom of the cockpit which is visible in cockpit view.

Dirt don't form up properly on the window screen I mean you don't even need to wipe it off of your window wipers four little dots being on your screen and no matter how much you wipe it doesn't disappear. 

Dirt that's on your window screen for some reason only appears in the areas where your window wipers wouldn't be able to wipe almost as if a invisible window wipe has been cleaning your screen for you making the whole point of wiping the dirt off your windows with the window screen wiper button pointless!!

And lastly snow doesn't form on the windows and doesn't get any special effects like rain does.... Why?  

Seriously all these things combined just make the car feel disconnected from the tracks you're on. These little details that seem pointless to other people are really important to people who Drive actual cars. 

This is WRC and we are missing out on things that rally drivers have to deal with constantly,   not just the difficult the terrain is your driving on but also the elements and weather too.

I really hope some updates comes out to add more immersion to the cockpits because right now dirt does it ten times better and even the older WRC games before took over got this right.... (apart from rain and snow drops on the windows that was always shocking).

Need to pass this on to the devs for sure.  The third person camera view is fine but 1st person?  Needs alot of work..

I saw dirt all over the screen in one of the trailers where the hell is that in the gameplay?  We are driving on dirty, muddy or snowy tracks,   yet our vision is completely clear all of the time as if we're driving our race track and perfect conditions! Cockpit immersion needs some love!   

Apart from that I'm having a blast of the game on ps5/xbox SX

 Lock to the horizon option still missing....How hard is it to incorporate that setting in a game? There's a lot of us who can't really enjoy the game because of this missing option. I certainly hope it will be an option in vr....but in the meantime I can't really play this game as it makes me nauseous with all the background world bouncing around. Now I'll just have to wait and hope vr isn't a major disappointment too.

Here's hoping that somebody steps up and finally resolves this issue, I know a lot of us would really appreciate it.

Ingame:

-No indication which side means for example soft or firm in the car setup like it was in DiRT Rally 2.0

-I don't see a option to download ghost or maybe it is not yet implemented? Or i'm doing something wrong not sure now.

-At few places like in Rally Finland or Portugal there are few places with missing anti-cuts posts so probably there are still options too cut slightly too much, maybe not so big as in DR 2.0 but still would be good to take a look again.

-Doors falling from damaged car in service area

- Missing option to save replay

+ Optimization of course.

If I remind myself something or find something strange I will mention it here again. Thanks in advance.

I agree for most constructive comments above regarding Career mode. Also, being an average driver reflex wise, i started with a Junior career and found overall menus and UI quite unintuitive to navigate, took me awhile.

A racer means dooing the best times you can, beat times, and compare with the rest so i join with others for a better  LEADERBOARDS options, like going DOWN to see the overall number of registered scores in order to know where i fare vs lower tiers. A poster said above he'd like to know if he's 170/190 players or 2000 total? I'd like to know that too, and it's always FRUSTRATING when playing games so dependant about scores posted to NOT BEING able to check the lower tiers and total number of players. Only the option to go to top😬

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@StolleJay wrote:

Pro:
+ Graphics are good. Not too much "Bling Bling". But it could be better.

+ Builder mode (See Con...)

+ Own Team building

+ Livery-Editor (See Con...)

Con:

- Really useless Livery-Editor

- Absolutelly senseless Career Calendar

- Too spongy and on asphalt too direct handling

- Last 2 Moments Races only with EA-Play Pro Membership? Are you kidding us? You know this is already a Fullprice title? F* of EA now 😬

- Too less Content in Builder mode

- Even in own created championship you have not all Rallies. As example: No Germany...

- Co-Driver is too quiet

- You start as ex. as 50 from 52 but the road has no tiremarks? Really?

Codemasters... All you created with the Dirt Rally series you destroy with this game now. Shame on you!

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Not sure why the tarmac feels a bit of difficult or not nice for some. This more grippy type of tarmac physics is more realistic than DR 2.0 + everything has to do with the drivetrain, aerodynamics etc. On the beginning myself I also was slightly not used to it as it felt new but after a time I got used to how get the car through hairpins and such, how to use handbrake and anything so that is the thing everyone should have a look and improve it. I'm sure it is possible for some to do that because obviously it should be more easier than with no grip at all 👍