Nacon Reclaims WRC Licence, Will Release Official Rally Games Starting in 2027

Nice. Would have been sad to just let the series die.

Nacon did a passable job with the WRC license for many years, but none of their titles ever really lit the racing world on fire. Yes, WRC racing is niche and incremental improvement is nice, but Codies was always gonna be the better dev for this title. Too bad they aren't now. Maybe at least we'll get a true rallycross expansion out of this?

Glad wrc will be around

I liked the last few Nacon WRC games. Good fun. Never did play the EA one.

Few of their latest WRC games were perfectly fine, so I'm glad licence is back with Kylotonn. I even liked Generations more then EA WRC, so there's that.

Wish we'd know why Codemasters are quitting rally games.

I think EA/Codemasters did a fantastic job with that latest WRC entry on PS5.
Only thing I’d ask for in future entries is for it to be a little more gritty. Like Gran Turismo and plenty of other games, it’s a bit “sterile” looking when it should have the contrast cranked a bit.

Here’s to more years of great rally racing!

@gollumb82 I don't get any stuttering in EA wrc but I do get pop in. The game ain't pretty at times but outside of dirt 2.0 it has the best handling. Dirt 2.0 is the daddy when it comes to rally games. KT's wrc 10 is bloody good (I just snapped it up on the psn sale) but I can't get on with generations as the cars are really light and floaty. KT have just announced they are building a new game engine so I'm really looking forwards to this.

@TheArt i don't think it was their choice to be honest.

Great news! EA WRC was such a disappointment. Stuttering and screen tearing destroyed it.

@TheArt EA closed them down from what I can recall.

Edit: Just checked, they laid off loads of staff and moved the rest onto other projects.

@Nexozi again what's with the screen tearing and stuttering? I know the pc version has issues as the guys I race with that are on PC have some problems but I have no screen tear or stuttering on my ps5. Pop in yes and some horrible texture crawl especially in japan's stages but no screen tear etc.

@Nexozi "Just checked, they laid off loads of staff and moved the rest onto other projects." Probably moved them to work on the next need for speed entry. EA have bought up criterion and codies so no more burnouts or rally games that will harm sales of NFS games I guess..what's going to happen to the f1 games?

@Northern_munkey Was on PS5 and in some cases when it was first released it was near unplayable. Even tried a uninstall and reinstall. When the DLC update released I reinstalled it and it was better but still did it. I remember reading that it was meant to only happen the first time u played a stage and then the next time it would be fine. That wasn't the case for me unfortunately. Burnout was such a great game as well. In the article I found it said they were moving away from licensed games. So I think the F1 game is going to go the way of fifa and they drop the license and just release their own game. What they're going to name the new F1 game could be interesting. EA 1 racing 😂

I like my rally racing isometric, thank you.

@Northern_munkey Yes I've also not experienced any stuttering I kept reading about, guess I bought the game at its best state.
@ChromaticDracula I really like this EAWRC graphics, they're really realistic, DiRT looks more over shiny and glossy. The dirt and damage is what makes me like these games, Gran Turismo is just too clean, it's like you're just looking at pictures of cars idling on a scrolling environment with the same old generic UI.

@TheArt agreed! The graphics in the latest WRC are the best by far and is what I consider the most realistic dust trails in a console racing game. They did a really good job with everything!
The only tweak is what I mentioned… just a tad more gritty would go a long way.

Unless they offer WRC 23 like car builder or a WRC 2 or 3 PS3/360 era ones (not PS2 era) type career mode I don't care.

KT or others try with career, challenges, physics, etc. but they are pretty eh and Milestone drifted off of execution and MotoGP has been eh since too of AI and progression.

Graphics are what they are, sales expectations of Nacon or EA are very different too.

With it being 2027, it gives them enough time to work on things like F1 or prior WRC years gap.

@Nexozi well I've put in over 200 hours and I've never experienced stuttering or screen tear. My TV does support allm and vrr so maybe that helps eliminate it?

@TheArt as much as I love EA wrc rally the graphics whilst good are not what I'd call great. It seems to have some sort of adaptive resolution going on where it ranges from clear to quite muddy visuals in places. The cars look fantastic though and sound incredible especially the Toyota yaris hybrid. The force feedback is also quite weak compared to dirt 2.0 and wrc 10 has the best force feedback I've tried yet (been using a t598 for a week now.) If you still race on it add me as I belong to a good group of rally nutters some of who are real rally drivers and we have a real laugh.

@Northern_munkey I've been playing on LG CX since just before the PS5 / series X released. Then got a Samsung S95D last year. Though can't remember if I tried it on that or not.

@Nexozi I'm not saying you're wrong but I myself have never noticed it. Maybe it's view dependant? I use bumper cam but I've been trying out the dash view recently mainly because my wife berates me for not using a realistic view. If you still play the rally then I extend my invitation to you as well to add me on psn for regular races/championships etc.

@gollumb82 yeah dirt 2.0 is just stunning. It didn't get a ps5 upgrade but I does run flawlessly in ps4 pro mode at a consistent 60fps. It's a shame it's only 8 players online and not cross play enabled but I can partake in the racenet club champs as the leader boards are all cross platform and to be honest that's much more important.

@Northern_munkey Guessing y,all a bunch of pros with your racing wheels, I'm gonna look like a rookie with my controller 😆. But I can't find your name on PSN though.

@TheArt N_munkey72

@TheArt some of the guys use controllers and are fast...very fast. Wheels are great but they do bring their own challenges too.

@Northern_munkey Really...I see, will add you up.

@Northern_munkey Sorry, thought I'd replied to u earlier! It could be a view thing. I use the chase cam when playing. Sent u a add on PSN. Mine is G_MANN133