Product Name: EA Sports WRCUsername: daniellearmouthDate Encountered: 31st October 2023Device Type: PC (Ryzen 7 3700X, 32GB DDR4, NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti)Troubleshooting Attempted: Driver updates, verifying file integrityHello there. I've been having a fun time with WRC so far, but I've hit a brick wall in terms of progression, because I am having a problem with the visuals that makes it fundamentally impossible to play.Throughout the game, I have been experiencing visual artifacting much like what I've shown in the attached images. Black squares take up much of the screen, making things a bit difficult to see, but at first, the issue wasn't intolerable exactly, just a little annoying. However, where things got really troublesome was at the first attempt at a night rally, and it's impossible to see anything in that.In preparation for playing the game, I updated my computer's graphics drivers to the most recent version (GeForce Game Ready Driver 546.01). My NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti's a bit behind the curve now, but I have gotten good framerates from it, but issues of the nature I've just brought up are ultimately preventing me from playing more than I would want to.If there is any more information I need to provide, I'll try my best to provide it.

@EA_Barry wrote:@HoteregCZ @daniellearmouth @LanausKone @wwlr697n18v8 @Fleshks Please also ensure you are using a GPU that meets or exceeds the requirements: Windows minimum requirementsOS:Win 10Processor(AMD):AMD Ryzen 5 2600XProcessor(Intel):Intel i5 9600KMemory: 8GBGraphics Card(AMD):Radeon RX Vega 56Graphics Card(Nvidia):Nvidia GTX 1060Direct X:12Online Connection Requirements:BroadbandHard Drive Space:80GbThanks.Hello again. I think I should stress a few things here and explain the problem more thoroughly, so that we can narrow things down, because whilst I do acknowledge that my card falls below minimum spec in terms of the generation of card, it's still running quite well all things considered for the settings and resolution I am playing at. I am playing at 1080p on a 144Hz monitor, and whilst I do not get 144 frames per second on the High graphics preset, I do still get a reasonably playable framerate with a game that — when things aren't visually messed up — does look rather good.It's just the artifacting that's the problem here, and it starts to overwhelm the game and makes it impossible to play. Given the game runs and can look good (there are moments where this visual artifacting does not appear at all, albeit briefly, and there's no discernable reason as to why it suddenly looks right) I don't see any serious inherent reason for the cards behind the GTX 1000 cards generationally not working as well, even if they may not officially be recommended or even supported.As an example, the first attached image is from the replay of a time trial stage I did. The replay looked pretty good, although I did notice a few instances of the artifacting coming into effect, but I did get a screenshot without it. The second attached image is that same time trial stage, but during play. It's like I'm a horse with blinkers put on it. If I move out of driver's eye view, it can work, but it's not a viewpoint I'm used to driving in.And, fundamentally, night driving is impossible, as everything is overwhelmed by artifacting. Nothing besides the skybox renders correctly; the only thing that renders at all is the rear view mirror, as you can see in the third attached image, and you can't drive a rally stage by looking in the rear view mirror. It's a shame, because DiRT Rally 2.0's night rallies were fantastic, and I would love to be able to do it again...but I can't because the game just will not allow me.This situation is somewhat reminiscent of a sequence in the original Mass Effect (which also happens to be an Unreal Engine game). If your system has a compatibility issue going on, the result is that in Noveria, you and your party's models don't render correctly and everything turns into huge masses of black squares. It's much the same issue, but about 15 or so years apart.I hope I don't sound like I'm being harsh or whiny here; I'm trying my best to measure my words here. It's just that I'm not sure how much value there is in suggesting that the recommended course of action here is to use a different graphics card, given that firstly, the game still runs (and it runs quite well, artifacting aside) on these GPUs, and secondly, new GPUs are just...not great value. I acknowledge I've got to jump onto a new GPU at some point (Maxwell is four generations behind now), but it would be nice if I could have the game be playable in its entirety with what I currently have, even if what I currently have is lagging behind on what is currently out there.Whilst by no means a scientific measure of the landscape of PC gaming hardware, the Steam Hardware Survey for September 2023 shows that approximately 1.5% of systems currently have a Maxwell GPU in them; of those GPUs, the GTX 960 and 950 models are the most popular at 0.54% and 0.52% each. Whilst nothing on the scale of, say, the RTX 3060 (6.27%), it's still an architecture that a number of players are still playing games on, even recently released ones. As an anecdotal example, I was playing Resident Evil 4 recently, and despite it not looking its best on my hardware, and it also having a minimum system requirement beyond what I currently have, it was still reasonably playable with a few concessions.I guess the point I'm trying to make here is that unless this is a situation akin to the recently released Alan Wake II, which for genuine reasons requires better hardware, then this shouldn't be a problem. The game runs, I can drive, I can complete rallies...but I can't do them at night, and even during the day, there are serious artifacting issues that are preventing the game from being completely playable. If indeed there is something about the Maxwell GPUs that makes them unable to handle this game, then absolutely fair enough, but as it stands, I'd be surprised if that was the case.If there are any further details that I might need to provide, I'm more than happy to oblige. Once again, I appreciate that I, along with others here, might be playing outside of the required specs, but we're here for the same reason: there's a visual issue with the game that makes it impossible to really play properly.

Nothing apart from the skybox renders as lit up at night, anything apart from swingman camera results in pitch black screen. Using triple screens on all graphics levels. Using Nvidia with all drivers updated.

I'm noticing a pattern with the replies here: the people having issues with all the artifacting and stuff are on NVIDIA Maxwell GPUs (so stuff like the 970, 980, 980 Ti and so on). That's...not good...

If you also have a GTX 970, 980 or 980ti it is actually a hardware related problem. I hope they fix it though because it is unplayable for me like this.My GTX 980 is stronger than the 1060 minimum requirement so I don't get why it wouldn't work, and why they have not yet fixed or even acknowledged it. Maybe one of us should make this thread in the technical problems forum, maybe it will be treated as a more serious problem there.

Product: EA SPORTS™ WRCPlatform:Steam-PCSummarize your bug Everything being black (ground, trees, car and etc.) except sky box.How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? On a new career choose to drive the Lancia, during the two first events everything is fine. When inside the third event the bug will appear.What happens when the bug occurs? Everything will be black except the skybox, there is some headlight light being visible far ahead but the stage is unplayable.What do you expect to see? I just expect the stage to not be all black.No clue if it has to do with the game or my pc, i dont really wanna skip the stage because i dont know if the same issue will be at the next stage.

Graphics Issue: Distracting Artifacting, Makes Night Stages Impossible

70 Replies

Nudgess
2 years ago
Product: EA SPORTS™ WRC
Platform:Steam-PC
Summarize your bug Everything being black (ground, trees, car and etc.) except sky box.
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? On a new career choose to drive the Lancia, during the two first events everything is fine. When inside the third event the bug will appear.
What happens when the bug occurs? Everything will be black except the skybox, there is some headlight light being visible far ahead but the stage is unplayable.
What do you expect to see? I just expect the stage to not be all black.
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No clue if it has to do with the game or my pc, i dont really wanna skip the stage because i dont know if the same issue will be at the next stage.
Rallyben4
2 years ago
Earlier when i start a night stage or dark stage when i start the stage its all green then after the countdown it goes blue and then after blue its goes pich black and only can see the sky and everything that i said its like instant
Also im on the lowest graphcis that could be a problem aswell
But now when i try it its always black
0uvlluxksi38
2 years ago
Product: EA SPORTS™ WRC
Platform:Steam-PC
Summarize your bug Black flickering spots on the ground every few seconds in multiple locations
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? This just happens whenever I play the affected locations (I noticed it on gravel/dirt surfaces
What happens when the bug occurs? The road seems to be "glitching out" in some places every few seconds. Basically black spots
What do you expect to see? A graphical fix
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Black flickering spots on the ground in some locations. Occurs every few seconds.
Ryzen 9 7950x3D
RX 7900 XTX
Windows 11
Radeon Driver 23.10.2
V-Sync on
FreeSync set to "AMD Optimized"
Ingame Settings:
1080p Resolution
Full Screen
Anti Aliasing: High
Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
Upscaling: Off
Shadows: High
Fog: Off
Particle: Medium
Weather: High
Ground textures: High
Trees: High
Dynamic Objects: High
Car Reflections: Medium
Post Processing: Ultra
Mirror: Very Low
Stage Quality *: Ultra
Textures: High
Shader: Ultra
*My game is set to German, so I'm not entirely sure what the original setting is called
agcolem
2 years ago
Nothing apart from the skybox renders as lit up at night, anything apart from swingman camera results in pitch black screen. Using triple screens on all graphics levels. Using Nvidia with all drivers updated.
mikanjuice334
2 years ago
im using Ryzen5 1600 + GTX980 and have the exact same symptoms
HoteregCZ
2 years ago
Same here with Nvidia 970
daniellearmouth
2 years ago
I'm noticing a pattern with the replies here: the people having issues with all the artifacting and stuff are on NVIDIA Maxwell GPUs (so stuff like the 970, 980, 980 Ti and so on). That's...not good...
EA_Barry
Community Manager
2 years ago
@0uvlluxksi38

Try the relevant action below depending on your platform:

PlayStation: Boot in Safe Mode, Option 5 Rebuild Database: https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/support/hardware/safe-mode-playstation/

Steam: Verify files - https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0C48-FCBD-DA71-93EB

EA app: Click Manage button and then Repair

Thanks.
HoteregCZ
2 years ago
When i put Car Reflections on more than ultra low i see this even in menu.
And when it is rainy i have some blueish and greenish filter on the screen.
Kamil2177
2 years ago
Checking the files does nothing. Maybe Nvidia will update the drivers for the GTX 980ti.