Ideas
I have suddenly started having this very same issue as well and I can find nothing that helps.
Things I have tried
- uninstalled/reinstalled EA Anti Cheat (several times)
- Updated graphics drivers
- Rolled back a few recent Windows updates
- Uninstalled/Reinstalled the game through Steam
- Verified the game files through Steam
- Tried running both the game and Anti Cheat as admin
- Checked and added rules to my firewall
-tried closing programs like iCue
- Recently installed Display Fusion. Tried closing that down, still no luck.
The game was running fine just 2 - 3 weeks ago. I also have F1 2024 installed which also uses the same EA anti-cheat, and it works fine.
I also installed EA WRC via Xbox Gamepass and the exact same issue occurs.
However, the game launches fine on another PC I have in the house.
All of that leads me to believe something I recently installed and/or a recent Windows update is tripping the Anti-Cheat for WRC specifically, but I have not a clue what it could be, and there is no error other than the one below from the event viewer
EAAntiCheatService
The game wrc.exe exited unexpectedly, exit code: 0x1
I also ran sfc/scannow, and no conflicts were detected.
Short of nuking my Windows install, I have no idea what else I can do.
Pretty frustrating.