I'm afraid EA turns the licensed titles into lootbox and microtransaction hell like FIFA. On the one hand FIFA is a great game, but then you have to either invest 300 hours or 300$ to actually be able to play what you want. WRC game also means there are exlusively official WRC tracks and cars, Codemasters had originally intended to start a new seperate game series with the WRC license. The latest WRC games have already surpassed the aging Rally 2.0 in several areas, from graphics, to weather, sound or FFB, and KT Racing own the rights to their game, they will most likely continue with a Rally game without the WRC license, since their engine and framework is good enough to justify. EA is new to simracing and I hope they dont water down on that and allow Codemasters to continue improve in that area, after all when it comes to offroad racing they are at the top because the proper racing simulators can only do the perfectly constructed race tracks from Bathurst to Nürnburg.
All in all I think Codemasters games can greatly benefit from EA's capacity but the downside is the inevitable shift in focus from 'creating good racing games' to 'creating long-running profitable game franchises'.
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I'm afraid EA turns the licensed titles into lootbox and microtransaction hell like FIFA. On the one hand FIFA is a great game, but then you have to either invest 300 hours or 300$ to actually be able to play what you want.
WRC game also means there are exlusively official WRC tracks and cars, Codemasters had originally intended to start a new seperate game series with the WRC license. The latest WRC games have already surpassed the aging Rally 2.0 in several areas, from graphics, to weather, sound or FFB, and KT Racing own the rights to their game, they will most likely continue with a Rally game without the WRC license, since their engine and framework is good enough to justify.
EA is new to simracing and I hope they dont water down on that and allow Codemasters to continue improve in that area, after all when it comes to offroad racing they are at the top because the proper racing simulators can only do the perfectly constructed race tracks from Bathurst to Nürnburg.
All in all I think Codemasters games can greatly benefit from EA's capacity but the downside is the inevitable shift in focus from 'creating good racing games' to 'creating long-running profitable game franchises'.