#ea wrc

[dasmidna]

The thing is, I'm a sucker for racing video games. The F1 games, the MotoGP games, Assetto Corsa, you name it. Of course this also means I have the WRC game (and let's just say the amount of hours I have in it is embarrassing). Anyways, this means I am used to the in-game models of real people looking ridiculous. It's part of the fun and you don't see them that often anyways, they're racing games after all

BUT WHAT ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH IS THIS

[jay-wiggler]

didn't realize how much EA WRC was holding my hand until i tried AC Rally. The Group A cars in EA feel so grippy and responsive even on loose gravel; it's much more finnicky and loose in the one gravel location in AC Rally. I'm having fun though, you can really feel the detail in the stage surfaces, and the historic cars I've tried feel awesome. I'm learning FWD again, it's great. I look forward to when the game has like. Actual content in it. But so far as a tech demo it's amazing. Feels very polished and complete in terms of the actual driving. The UI needs some work. Once again I am frustrated by the fact that it has a challenge mode that restricts your car choice but doesn't tell you what kind of f/w/awd it has or what kind of transmission it has. I do like that EA WRC has an option to make your transmission controls match the car itself. AC Rally needs that, or at least a better version of it, 'cause I kept accidentally shifting straight into 4th in a sequential car because i kept reflexively grabbing my h-shifter

[jay-wiggler]

having played 4 hours of Dirt Rally 2.0 it seems kind of like ... I dunno, there's this feel of going backwards with the shift to EA WRC. Part of that might be more about personal style - the UI and overall vibe of DR2 suits me a lot better than the very safe and kinda boring modern UI of WRC. A lot of things in the WRC UI confused me at first. I wasn't sure how the tire replacements worked at first, for example, and mid-event it seems weird to me that the place I go to look at important event information (like the number of remaining stages and their length/surface conditions) is in the tire section. So the DR2 ui seems better for stuff like that. The reason I'm even trying DR2 is because I saw a 2kliksphilip video about playing the daily/weekly/monthly challenges, which sounded awesome, but then I got into the game and looked at them and literally all the ones that are available to me require me to buy a single car for $2, or one of the big packs and a car. I guess the Moments system in WRC is supposed to replace the dailies? I kinda wish I could combine both. Take the content from WRC and put it in the container of DR2. I definitely like the top level rally1 cars and I'm gonna miss them in DR2 if I ever can get rid of this fucking Lancia.

[have-another-doughnut]

I bought world rally cross on PlayStation and I’m obsessed

[sreegs]

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