Dear Barry ,
Lets take it one by one .
1. Make sure your display is connected to your GPU and not the motherboard video output.
It is connected to the GPU .
2. Download and install all available Windows Updates
" You're up to date
Last checked: Today , 3:00 PM"
3. Run System File Checker to ensure the integrity of your Windows System files: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833
C:\Windows\system32>DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:C:\RepairSource\Windows /LimitAccess
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.19041.3636
Image Version: 10.0.19045.4651
[==========================100.0%==========================] The restore operation completed successfully.
The operation completed successfully.
C:\Windows\system32>sfc /scannow
Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.
Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.
Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them.
For online repairs, details are included in the CBS log file located at
windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For offline
repairs, details are included in the log file provided by the /OFFLOGFILE flag.
4. Perform a clean boot before starting the game: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135 or http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-clean-boot-your-pc/
5. Check your machine meets the below requirements:
Windows minimum requirements EA SPORTS WRC:
OS:Win 10
Processor(AMD):AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Processor(Intel):Intel i5 9600K
Memory: 8GB
Graphics Card(AMD):Radeon RX Vega 56
Graphics Card(Nvidia):Nvidia GTX 1060
Direct X:12
Online Connection Requirements:Broadband
Hard Drive Space:80Gb (SSD recommended)
Windows minimum requirements F1 2024:
OS:Win 10
Processor(AMD):AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Processor(Intel):Intel i5 9600K
Memory: 8GB
Graphics Card(AMD):Radeon RX Vega 56
Graphics Card(Nvidia): AMD RX 480
Direct X:12
Online Connection Requirements:Broadband
Hard Drive Space:80Gb (SSD recommended)
I have purchased both games toghether from the Summer Sale on Steam . As you can see both games have 90% the same minimum requirements . The only difference being the Graphics Card(AMD) . F1 2024 works while EA SPORTS WRC does not . Also F1 2024 sometimes lags , but the game works ( maybe I should lower down the settings ) . On the other hand EA SPORTS WRC crashes on start-up. I also own F1 2023 which works even better than F1 2024 and has similar minimum requirements . On my PC F1 23 it works flawlessly.
Here are my PC specs:
OS:Win 10
Processor(AMD): AMD FX(tm)-9590 Eight-Core Processor 4.72 GHz
Memory:16.0 GB (15.9 GB usable)
Graphics Card(AMD):Radeon RX Vega 64
Direct X:12
Online Connection Requirements:Broadband
Hard Drive Space: 1 TB on SSD
Windows minimum requirements F1 2023:
OS:Win 10
Processor(AMD):AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Processor(Intel):Intel i5 9600K
Memory: 8GB
Graphics Card(AMD):Radeon RX Vega 56
Graphics Card(Nvidia): AMD RX 470
Direct X:12
Online Connection Requirements:Broadband
Hard Drive Space:80Gb (SSD recommended)
Please tell me if there is any problem regarding my PC . I am pretty sure my hardware is not at fault and there is a coding issue regarding EA SPORTS WRC . As mentioned previously these types of black screen crashes from this game also happened to me in CS2 . On the other hand CS2 did not crash on start-up and crashed in a competitive match . Now this issue is fixed in CS2 because I reported it and I am not dealing with it anymore .
Suggestion :
Please all future EA games should be played on old hardware too , because no one has so much money to always upgrade their hardware . Forcing people to always stay updated with the latest hardware in order to play a game will get you no new players or you will lose a part of the playerbase . How does CS2 work on my PC and EA SPORTS WRC does not ?
These are the minimum requirements from CS2 :
OS:Win 10
Processor: 4 hardware CPU threads - Intel® Core™ i5 750 or higher
Memory: 8GB
Graphics Card: Video card must be 1 GB or more and should be a DirectX 11-compatible with support for Shader Model 5.0
Direct X:11
Hard Drive Space:85Gb
Why can not EA adopt the same flexibility regarding hardware ?
I want to let you know that I will come back with a second message regarding number 3 and 4 if the game is working now or not .
Best Regards
