It would be great to see future expansions of the game with new Rally locations. The Central European Rally will be added, which is great.
Other options I would like to see, potentially as a fictional environment but based on real rallies from the past:
UK RAC rally
San Remo
Australia
Argentina
@Canuck59 wrote:
I don't think it will be a new game every year but rather a paid DLC.
It would indeed be nice to see at least a 2 year cycle between full game releases, as we've seen from other EA Sports titles how a yearly commitment limits the ability for FC and Madden to evolve. The WRC game not being full price in the first place suggests that CM and EA is trying to attract and retain players, so why not also make the 2024 season update a premium DLC pack?
A few years ago(2020),Codemasters was in Ypres to film the stages probably for the development of Dirt Rally 3.0.
We can imagine that this rally will be offered in the future.
"Classic" locations I would love to see as DLC :
- Wales
- Australia
- Argentina
- Belgium or Ireland
- San Remo or Gemany (Panzerplatte + Mosel vineyards !)
Cars I would love see as DLC because some classes need completion. Not mentionning Toyota, Suzuki and Nissan brands because of licencing difficulties...
- Mitsubishi Eclipse R5 (rally2)
- Renault Clio rally3
- Citroen C3 and Hyundai i20 WRC 2017
- Polo and Mini S2000
- Peugeot 206 and Fiat Punto S1600 (Suzuki Ignis would be nice if possible)
- Mitsubishi Starion (H3 RWD)
- Abarth Ritmo 125-130TC, Renault 11 Turbo (H2 FWD) (Suzuki Swift MkII GTI)
- Renault 8 Gordini, DS21 or Citroen CX2400 GTI (H1)
New GT class would be of course welcome with Alpine, Abarth coupé, Aston and Lotus Exige. M2 is ok as a fantasy car but please no muscles.
Less needed but still welcome :
- Plenty of options for the already big 1997-2011 WRC class (Octavia, 307, DS3...)
- Xsara kit car would be nice even if there is already 6 cars in the category.
The main issue for me is not just adding new locations - it's the existing locations themselves that need fleshing out.
I appreciate eg Portugal was developed for DR 3.0 and therefore could not copy the exact WRC stages - but you have the licence now so expanding these locations is necessary for future iterations.
EG: Portugal - no Fafe, no Lousada SSS - these are the things that make the game feel authentic and unique. Also, as in real life, Fafe should ALWAYS be the final stage of the Rally - the anticipation of the entire rally boils down to the final jump - 10s of thousands of spectators come to see it, and there's an atmosphere like no other stage. Without that jump at the end - it's not the Rally de Portugal.
DItto - Finland - add iconic stages. We want to do the yellow house jump even if it's not on the current circuit. If we have historic cars, we should also have historic locations.
PIkes Peak would be fantastic too.
I miss Australia and Argentina from Dirt Rally 2, also the ocean views in New Zealand.
more location would be good, but I'd rather to play 100% stages of existing location. 9 stages per location is simply too few.
but new location wont hurt either
If it goes anything like EA PGA Tour, then they added a free course as every live event was played in 2023, maybe they plan same with this as every 2024 venue arrives, maybe add full stages to event location already in game and add new event when it happens.
