I think the only way to play right now is through Steam VR. Or at least the only way you get the "play in VR" message. I was using Windows Mixed Reality and I don't get that message anymore, and Steam VR sucks big time and it crashes all the time. I am soooo dissapointed, been waiting 2 weeks to play the game thinking it would have improved, and now I don't have WRC ☹️
On my Quest 3 the only method I had been playing prior to this update 1.9 was via StreamVR. But now there is no offer to enter VR at all from the Steam loading screens. I looked in options thinking they may have made it a checkbox in there but there is nothing and no reference to VR anywhere in the game. It is as if they have completely removed VR as an option. Now it was not the best graphically in VR but it was still playable and the only reason I purchased. This company EA is unfortunately the worst possible publisher for any racing or rally games because they are so unfriendly to the user. These forums are a perfect example where they ask for feedback but very rarely interact with their user base. I really wish Codemasters had never been taken over as they produced a much better product ie. Dirt Rally 1 & 2 before EA. The cause of all this now appears to be the anti-cheat system they needlessly embedded. They could have at least given us an offline option to play where such intrusive malware was not required and we would still have a VR option.
