In dirt rally 2 you have better lighting, The cars reflects light and get dirty, the grass looks like grass and not a bunch of salad here and there. There are paddles when it rains. The terrain degrades. And that is a geme from 2019!.The new game runs on Unreal 5. How can it look so bad in comparison? Is that EA didn´t put enough money into it? It really looks like it didn´t. I prebought this game to see a brand new rally game with next gen graphics and what I´m going to do is to continue playing Dirt rally 2. Just a Waste of my money. Very sad. For the good part, the new game runs well and feels good. It´s just how it looks. This shouldn´t happen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MauEld_Pi0

Been playing EA WRC for a few hours….just put dirt rally 2 on. wow. Just wow. I can’t believe how good it looks. It looks like it’s the next gen game. Looks superb.

You are right I agree 100%, but the game runs on UE4 and not UE5, and UE4 for sure can give better visuals, they just not finished the game, maybe EA decision since they are evil, I only like the game pad handling everything else is bad

It ought to be impossible to release a game in 2023 with such bad graphics, and top of that, with glitches, tearing, stutter, etc. It looks like a beta version on Xbox 360. It is dreadful and so bad it removes all immersion given by the excellent physics.How can a racing game made exclusively for current gen not be able to run on highest graphic settings like the PC version?At least, wise from summer’s F1 23 experience, I waited until the rebate that again came shortly after release.

Looking more beautiful - doesn't mean more realistic.From the video and my personal experience DR 2.0 looks more beautiful in some aspects like car reflections, rain on the window shield, paddles on the road. But I always had a feeling that it looks too good comparing to real life. In EA WRC the picture is more calm and in general more realistic.But yes, some aspects look really bad.My personal worst:Rain on the window shield. For now the worst rain in racing games I ever saw.Road surface (the looks, not the feel). Steady regression staring from DR 2015. Excuses that it was done for dynamic degradation is pointless. It is possible to make it better and keep dynamic degradation. Just need to put some more work into it. And we need real water paddles.Road sides. Especially transition from hill side rocks and dirt with the road. It looks very very old and lazy made. Looks like the trucks for the game were done very in a hurry and miss a lot of little details that mask these imperfections in previous tittles.And these things do need fixing (though I have little hope for that).As for the car reflections that a lot of people wine here. I feel the opposite. Less reflections are actually better and more realistic. Go to any race car exhibition and look at the cars. They never shine as they used to shine in DR. Even new cars, let alone historic one. Race car is a consumable. Nobody will waste time and expensive colors even for the best livery as it will be totally destroyed in the 1st race.

@T16R0NI can completely see what you’re saying. Maybe in a way, dirt rally can look a little cartoony/vibrant.The snow in EA wrc is horrendous!It’s just 50 white dots strobing on and off on the screen. Dreadful.

Graphics are much worse than Dirt Rally 2

17 Replies

mike_hmt
2 years ago
You are right I agree 100%, but the game runs on UE4 and not UE5, and UE4 for sure can give better visuals, they just not finished the game, maybe EA decision since they are evil, I only like the game pad handling everything else is bad
jambomakaveli
2 years ago
Been playing EA WRC for a few hours….
just put dirt rally 2 on.

wow. Just wow.

I can’t believe how good it looks. It looks like it’s the next gen game. Looks superb.
T16R0N
2 years ago
Looking more beautiful - doesn't mean more realistic.
From the video and my personal experience DR 2.0 looks more beautiful in some aspects like car reflections, rain on the window shield, paddles on the road. But I always had a feeling that it looks too good comparing to real life. In EA WRC the picture is more calm and in general more realistic.
But yes, some aspects look really bad.
My personal worst:
Rain on the window shield. For now the worst rain in racing games I ever saw.
Road surface (the looks, not the feel). Steady regression staring from DR 2015. Excuses that it was done for dynamic degradation is pointless. It is possible to make it better and keep dynamic degradation. Just need to put some more work into it. And we need real water paddles.
Road sides. Especially transition from hill side rocks and dirt with the road. It looks very very old and lazy made. Looks like the trucks for the game were done very in a hurry and miss a lot of little details that mask these imperfections in previous tittles.
And these things do need fixing (though I have little hope for that).
As for the car reflections that a lot of people wine here. I feel the opposite. Less reflections are actually better and more realistic. Go to any race car exhibition and look at the cars. They never shine as they used to shine in DR. Even new cars, let alone historic one. Race car is a consumable. Nobody will waste time and expensive colors even for the best livery as it will be totally destroyed in the 1st race.
cutterisaacson
2 years ago
@c0d45008f290d5c2 wrote:
In dirt rally 2 you have better lighting, The cars reflects light and get dirty, the grass looks like grass and not a bunch of salad here and there. There are paddles when it rains. The terrain degrades. And that is a geme from 2019!.
The new game runs on Unreal 5. How can it look so bad in comparison? Is that EA didn´t put enough money into it? It really looks like it didn´t.
I prebought this game to see a brand new rally game with next gen graphics and what I´m going to do is to continue playing Dirt rally 2. Just a Waste of my money. Very sad.
For the good part, the new game runs well and feels good. It´s just how it looks. This shouldn´t happen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MauEld_Pi0
I agree with everything you've said, except for one thing: This game DOES NOT run on Unreal Engine 5. This has been covered numerous times by Codies, and I genuinely don't understand how people keep getting this wrong. EA WRC runs on Unreal Engine 4 version 4.27.2. It seems everyone got this misinformation from a VG247 article that decided to just make the claim without actually bothering to ask the person they were interviewing.
Tukkeuma
2 years ago
@c0d45008f290d5c2 Are you saying you pre-ordered the game without seeing any trailer or gameplay videos before game launch? Because you can clearly see what the graphics are like in those videos, before you made the purchasing decision. And on top of that you have 2 hours of playtime to test the game and get a refund if you don't like it. I know the graphics are not top notch, but at least i know what i'm buying instead of complaining about it afterwards.
jambomakaveli
2 years ago
@T16R0NI can completely see what you’re saying. Maybe in a way, dirt rally can look a little cartoony/vibrant.

The snow in EA wrc is horrendous!

It’s just 50 white dots strobing on and off on the screen. Dreadful.
mesasartworks
Rising Vanguard
2 years ago
@T16R0N 100! agree on You. As you said DR 2.0 was too eye-catchy-candy. EA WRC looks better in some situation and some of them are worse a lot.

Seems unfinished. But that's not a big problem. DR 2.0 was continously developed through the years also. May people forget about it

I watch the rain drops move on the windshield. If ouy play on Ultra they aren't look so bad. Not super like AC with CSP, so there's a way to improve for Codemasters

What i miss is the track degradation is not as good as we've seen in DR 2.0 As you said the puddles are flat 2D objects, an opacity map or whatever.
And the surfqace of the asphalt is yelowish-brownish not look and feel like tarmac Also there's no potholes too. I think need to improve both on 2D textures and on road surface 3D geometry too

I keep my fingers crossed.
Keep up the ood works CM
Ek3375
2 years ago
It ought to be impossible to release a game in 2023 with such bad graphics, and top of that, with glitches, tearing, stutter, etc. It looks like a beta version on Xbox 360. It is dreadful and so bad it removes all immersion given by the excellent physics.
How can a racing game made exclusively for current gen not be able to run on highest graphic settings like the PC version?
At least, wise from summer’s F1 23 experience, I waited until the rebate that again came shortly after release.
Quietpartner
2 years ago
@c0d45008f290d5c2 wrote:
In dirt rally 2 you have better lighting, The cars reflects light and get dirty, the grass looks like grass and not a bunch of salad here and there. There are paddles when it rains. The terrain degrades. And that is a geme from 2019!.
The new game runs on Unreal 5. How can it look so bad in comparison? Is that EA didn´t put enough money into it? It really looks like it didn´t.
I prebought this game to see a brand new rally game with next gen graphics and what I´m going to do is to continue playing Dirt rally 2. Just a Waste of my money. Very sad.
For the good part, the new game runs well and feels good. It´s just how it looks. This shouldn´t happen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MauEld_Pi0
Your exactly right. The new WRC is ugly and dated. The dirt roads look like dirt colored asphalt. The reflections and lighting are flat. The trees and grass are low resolution. The cars look old, and there are very minimal particle effects like dust, smoke and dirt flying in the air. Where’s the gravel sounds clinking off the underside of the car? Where’s the squeaks? Why does mud and dirt not collect on the car? Why does the damage look more simple and downgraded? DR2 had all of this and more! It looks like a 360 or PS3 game. Anyone that thinks this game looks good is a casual gamer that can’t tell the difference.
Quietpartner
2 years ago
@mike_hmt wrote:
You are right I agree 100%, but the game runs on UE4 and not UE5, and UE4 for sure can give better visuals, they just not finished the game, maybe EA decision since they are evil, I only like the game pad handling everything else is bad
Totally agree. And you’re right EA is probably evil.