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EA SPORTS™ WRC - Patch 1.4.0 Discussion Thread

Hey drivers, The newest patch will be available from December 14 across all platforms. You can find out what's in this patch in this thread HERE. Need some help? Something in the patch not work...
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ScarDuck14
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2 years ago
@yr2hpq275e6h Timing sucks having game’s release a month or so before Christmas. Yes the game needs a few major fixes asap. But even the Developers are entitled to their enjoy some time off with their nearest and dearest over Christmas. They are no different for other major industries that have a Christmas shutdown. They will be back to work from 2nd January. And as working from home is a thing these days. I’t wouldn’t surprise if they have been working on some fixes over the holidays.

The game like most games has bugs because the development team have to work within what time and resources they have been given by the money men. Say what you want about this game. It’s not a pretty as Dirt or it’s physics are not as good as RBR plus performance isn’t optimised. But one thing I can feel when playing the game is there was a genuine effort to make WRC a proper banger.

Admittedly since the patch the screen tearing is killing the fun and excitement. But before patch I genuinely havnt had so much fun playing a racing game since Shift 2 (crazy aggressive Ai never got old)
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Toy4584
2 years ago

"Timing sucks having game’s release a month or so before Christmas."

I just can't believe what I read! Timing sucks?!? And this is of course MY fault?!? Poor EA, poor Codemasters... so they are just VICTIMS?!?

I accept some bugs, if game is "almost finished", but playable... Theres nothing we can do, it's today's gaming industry. BUT I just CAN'T accept, then game is "semi-finished" at most... Two months after release, EA WRC is in beta-testing phase (at least on PS5 with T300RS racing wheel)! And I don't understand - if I'm a tester, why do I have to pay for my work - testing?!? I paid ca 50€ for helping EA test but it is not possible to play. Yeah, poor EA and poor Codemasters... Poor victims... 

And another thing... What about next version? 

If the development team is still working on fixing the previous version three or four or six months after the release of the "final" version, they simply don't have time to deal with the development of the new version! So after a year, we are back at exactly the same point - "the timing sucks", the development team spent half a year dealing with the bugs of the previous game, in general they have a very difficult life and they have little money...

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    ScarDuck14
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    2 years ago

    @Toy4584Sorry you misunderstood what I meant and to be fair I didn’t explain it well.

    Timing sucks for us not EA. Because all game developers want to release games before Christmas to obviously capitalise on people buying Christmas presents. But as I said all major industries shut down for an extended period over Christmas. So if a major issue is found in the game theres little to no chance it will be fixed before Christmas.

    Just because I accepted to be a “Champion” when EA approached me doesn’t make me go from a long suffering gamer sick off broken unfinished games and micro transactions to a EA simp. I’ve over 5000 posts most are helping players with minor issues and a lot are nonsense but there are also chunk off me going on about gaming industries immoral practices.

    Only reason I did accept EA offer. Was instead off posting my frustrations on these message boards and knowing there’s a high chance they were ignored. I now get to post my and the gaming community’s frustrations on EA slack where I know any legit criticisms I have get  listened to.

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      Toy4584
      2 years ago

      @ScarDuck14Sry, my bad... Well, yeah, if you look at it that way, yes, the timing is wrong for us.

      Didn't mean to be rude in any way. Just very frustrating.

      First of all... I got every single "official" rally game since "World Rally Championship" - PS2 2001. And most not so "offical" games - Dirt, Dirt Rally, RBR, Sebastien Loeb Rally, Colin McRae rallys... "WRC Generations" was first WRC I missed - just becouse I heared, that Codemasters got licence and will release new WRC games, I was sooooooooo hopeful - Dirt Rally was absolutely amazing! I was sure, that then Dirt Rally was made without official support from FIA and WRC Promotor and it was almost "perfect", then it's worth for waiting new WRC game. I even planned to invest in new wheel - Fanatec ClubSport DD+. Not only for WRC, but also for GT7, but still - proper WRC game with Fanatec direct drive wheel - what can go wrong?

      And now... Instead upgrading my rig I think of finishing with simracing forever... ☹️ Sooo disappointed. ☹️

      I think I'll keep an eye for updates, but there's no hope anymore. Deleted game from PS5 today.
      And as I said before - I don't believe that the next version will be much better - if half the time that should be spent on developing a new game is actually spent on fixing the bugs of the old game, then there is nothing good to hope for in the new version either.

      Sorry guys, but simracing (and rally in particular has been my all-time favorite, although I also drive circuit and formula simulators) is not fun anymore...

      I have given up. ☹️

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        ScarDuck14
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        2 years ago
        @Toy4584 Dude it’s all good. I get the frustrations and as and I’m ever present and always post obscene amounts. Players need to vent but ideally need to vent at an actual human EA representative to get their point across and also get a response specific to them and not the same old generic responses. Which isnt the fault of the CMs but I dare say it’s a directive from the legal department. So on seeing my little EA champion badge gets people’s attention then seeing “volunteer” often think I’m a EA simp and I get it. How could any real gamer suck up to EA. So not a week goes by that someone vents or throws abuse my way. Genuinely the reason I’m always here other than illness keeps me pretty much housebound. Is because I’m sick off how most games are released and how the Only games feature that always works perfectly is games store. (Although credit to Codemasters on just adding the £5 season pass and not going overboard. ). So F1 is my game off choice and as I put up to a 1000 hours a year in the games I know them inside out so on those game especially I try and like helping other players. Which is why despite many critical posts about the game and EA. They decided I was “champion” material. And as they say best way to make change is from the inside. I’m far from the inside but I got my toe in the door and I do shout loudly.

        But like you with rally I’m the same with F1 and where you’ve given up and deleted WRC. I suffered and endured 350 hours on F1 23 most of the time trying to find workarounds for its endless issues. But in past years the games problems were just due to bugs. This year the games problem is it’s really really bad game

        But as a EA simp I was gifted WRC and it’s my first ever rally game and I’ve was absolutely loving it and been a decade since I enjoyed a game so much. But I’ve got a ps5 and patch 1.40 dropped😔

        As a rule and I’ve stated many times if I buy a new game it’s at least 3 months old. On sale and often half price and most of the biggest issues have been fixed. Winner winner chicken dinner. If we gamers did that on mass. We wouldn’t have game’s released in the state they currently are.

        I don’t blame the dev team. Or any CMs here. I know them and i know they do care. But corporate greed and those at the top will only start giving dev teams the time and resources they need when new release sales fail to hit their margins.

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