Last week, French outlet Dealabs reported new details about EA Sports and Codemasters' upcoming WRC game. The article shared information on the game's release date, pricing, and editions you can purchase, as well as what will appear on the front cover. Assuming it's all legit, it pointed to a proper reveal in the near future, and now, the game will finally be shown tomorrow, 5th September 2023.
This rally racing sim — presumably named EA Sports WRC 23 — will be the first officially licensed title from both EA and Codemasters. The licence switched hands after many years under Nacon (formerly Bigben Interactive), where developer KT Racing hammered out a series of pretty dang good rally games.
Fans of the motorsport are excited for Codemasters to have a crack at the licence, however; it's been making excellent, unofficial rally games for a long time, with the two DiRT Rally titles being a relatively recent highlight. With its expertise under the bonnet, this new racer ought to be great.
Again, the reveal trailer will premiere tomorrow, 5th September, at 8am PDT / 11am EDT / 4pm BST. Are you excited to see what's next for WRC games? Don't cut in the comments section below.
[source youtube.com, via twitter.com]
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Obvious day one purchase as it's a game with four wheels in it but can I mention the lack of terrain deformation there?
Looks awsome
£3.59 - Subaru Impreza WRC 95
£3.59 - Mitsubishi WRC 2006
etc etc
Hoping for PSVR2 support but keeping expectations very low, given EA's recent track record with F1 23. Still have fond memories of DIRT Rally on PSVR1.
@Gooseman42 Yeah, I was really hoping F1 was going to get it. Would’ve been amazing.
Back in the hands of Codemasters - I'm predicting Colin McRae levels of playability married with EA's unique talent for... in-game currencies/micro-transactions.
This should be good!
PSRV2 hopefully les go !
This game needs VR2 but EA has no virtual reality games.
Frankly, I’m stoked for this news.
The things I’m looking forward to are better dust trails (the teaser above looks pretty solid) and I’d also love for your co-driver’s voice to sort of stutter a bit as you hit bumps or go over rocky roads. Those two things would make these games feel truly next-gen.
I wasn’t a fan of the team management stuff and largely ignored it in the last 2-3 entries. I understand why it was included and it felt like a natural progression for the series but because I was able to ignore it and it wasn’t forced I feel like it was otherwise executed properly.
I just want a rally game focused on driving and improving my skills with hyper-realistic physics without any extra fluff.
My only complaint is with wrc generations where the co-driver spoke way too slow or the cars were way too fast. Some of the tracks were so technical and quick that I’d be mid-turn and the driver was only just staring to speak the pace note. Sort of ruined the game for me. 10 was perfect otherwise.
Am I the only one who preferred dirt rally to 2.0,the ffb was much more nuanced imo...this is gonna have to be something special for me to bite as I avoid ea like the plague
I'm still in disbelief we get reveals of reveals. What is the point. Jusr reveal it
@SgtTruth this is my concern too. Its EA and its going to be riddled with the blighters. I hope its really good as i love codies racing games but the moment i read EA got their grubby mitts on them my face sank.
As many have said, no PSVR2 - no sale! Day one if PSVR2 for the full game!
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