Re: Issue with EA SPORTS™ WRC Game Crashing on Start-Up

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

Okay so number 3. Run System File Checker to ensure the integrity of your Windows System files: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833 did the trick for me . In case the game crashes again I will try either number 3 all over again or go to the next step and try number 4.

Thank you very much for the help !

How were the files already corrupted when I did not even manage to play the game and it was the first time I played it since step 3 worked ?

Please help me all my system requirements are met but the wrc 24 game instantly crashes no matter what. It doesn’t give me a reason just INSTANTLY CRASHES

Same annoying problem for me too. Any ideas what to do?

Hello everyone
I have had the same problem for a week now. All requirements are met but the game crashes on startup. Please help
THX

SAme here ...

EA do you know how pays - or better paid - your salary?
we the customers of this game, for me it was the last time I bought a game from your company and I hope many others will do so too ...

I'm playing solo only and although I didn't like people cheating there stage times in Dirt Rally 🏈 I could live with that - now I have a game I paid for and due to the EAAntiCheat issue (Failed to obtain Origin directory) I cannot even play the game local only.

WRC is installed in the default steam location, tried to repair EAAnticheat didn't work.

THAT SUCKS!!!

Yes we and battlefield2042 just the same.. i need to reinstall the game it says... 

same here no solution so far ☹️

The game has been updated, and I can open it now. You should give it a try too!