EA SPORTS WRC: Gameplay Underwhelming?

[stburr91]

The gameplay video just dropped for EA SPORTS WRC, and it seems many people were underwhelmed by the gameplay they saw.

I was surprised by the reactions of the people on the EA SPORTS WRC Discord, most of the people there are serious fanboys, and many there were also underwhelmed with the gameplay.

I'm not sure what to make of the gameplay myself, I'll have to watch the video again, but after all the hype, it does initially seem to be a little bit of a let down.

What do you guys think?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCVMJXONSpU

[Paradox1126]

the handling looks to be 1:1 with dr2 which is a huge let down for me as i regard dr2 to be the worst rally game we have.

the car interiors seem lack luster

more importantly, the stages seem bland and uninspiring. i just don't think anything will ever compete with KT's stages.

lastly, i see myself playing this a couple of time and if i don't refund it then i'll just play it here and there and return back to RBR and WRC Generations.

i absolutely hate that the WRC discord is calling for the most casual rally game that they could get.

[FentaRino]

Diposting pertama kali oleh (jizzytit) sutty18:

one thing i noticed is there doesn't seem to be any dirt build up on the cars. or damage when it clipped the surroundings. maybe it's a beta build and theses things will come. if not its a step backwards from dirt rally 2.0.

i really need the dirt in cars tbh, it what makes me feel gud

[FentaRino]

Diposting pertama kali oleh stburr91:

The gameplay video just dropped for EA SPORTS WRC, and it seems many people were underwhelmed by the gameplay they saw.

I was surprised by the reactions of the people on the EA SPORTS WRC Discord, most of the people there are serious fanboys, and many there were also underwhelmed with the gameplay.

I'm not sure what to make of the gameplay myself, I'll have to watch the video again, but after all the hype, it does initially seem to be a little bit of a let down.

What do you guys think?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCVMJXONSpU

its not the gameplay itself, i find that the maps feel dull, like on wrc generations there were a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of flags in every map, and i dont remember exacly, but in this gameplay the npcs are quite boring, and also lacking

[Socks with jandals]

Diposting pertama kali oleh DmAnd:

To me, it seemed like the road surfaces were barren. No ruts just flat dirt. It looked horrible.

I second this. Along with the low resolution textures and lack of skidmarks/ tyre tracks, the lack of gravel sounds under the car, the co drivers not filling Phill mill's boots. I'm worried.
Not to mention the gameplay/ physics don't look as good as I hoped. But I a bad at judging these things from watching others playing.

[AndreyKa]

It's 90% more similar to WRC Gen. than to DR Series and that's good, because WRC Gen were much more beautiful, more realistic, more diverse. I am glad that Codis did not fall for the howling of DR fanatics and did not turn WRC into trash, which was the DR series

[Socks with jandals]

Diposting pertama kali oleh AndreyKa:

It's 90% more similar to WRC Gen. than to DR Series and that's good, because WRC Gen were much more beautiful, more realistic, more diverse. I am glad that Codis did not fall for the howling of DR fanatics and did not turn WRC into trash, which was the DR series:haystack::haystack::haystack:

I strongly disagree. But you are entitled to your opinion. It's a shame we no longer have two games catering to our seperate interests. Now we only have one game. From ea. Their monopolistic practices at work yet again.
I personally hope it's more like dr, you hope it's more like previous wrc games.

[Budor]

I was hoping the stages would look more varied like in WRC 10/generations but it seems to look like DR2.5. I am pretty confident it will play well but that doesn't help with being disappointed with the visuals.

I really hope Unreal wont cause any issues with stuttering and such though...

[Byrger]

100% agree with you. Unfortunately.
Bad feeling about this wrc project.
I dont trust EA

[Czar]

Forget about looks. It needs to be good to drive and keep people into it. Don't forget how niche rally games are....


DiRT Rally 2.0, the biggest title on the Dirt series in consistency, never breached 4k concurrent players. DiRT 4 on release, never breached 5k concurrent players and dove way bellow the average of DiRT Rally 2.0.

https://steamdb.info/app/690790/charts/
https://steamdb.info/app/421020/charts/

DiRT 5, the 'prettiest' of all. Yes it had the most advanced graphics. Never breached 2k concurrent players. If you disregard brief period of being above 1k concurrent players, it never really went past it besides a single moment.

https://steamdb.info/app/1038250/charts/

[Byrger]

Diposting pertama kali oleh AndreyKa:

It's 90% more similar to WRC Gen. than to DR Series and that's good, because WRC Gen were much more beautiful, more realistic, more diverse. I am glad that Codis did not fall for the howling of DR fanatics and did not turn WRC into trash, which was the DR series:haystack::haystack::haystack:

Wrc is more realistic then dirt? I can only say that ur are stupid af lol

[ZeroAffex]

Well this was inevitable. The salty WRC fans (games) are now mingling with DR fans and of course there's tension because for some reason, fans of the WRC games like really bad rally games with bad physics and ugly graphics. To say Gen is a more lifelike representation than DR 2.0 for rally is hilarious. Maybe in some other universe where laws of physics differ from our own would that be valid but in our universe, no way.

Game looks good. Salty WRC gen players are still in shock to being bent over by their favorite developers who not only screwed their fans but robbed them too. Gen was a cash grab buggy mess that was more a "F you!" to fans than a love letter lol Rather than accepting it, they instead defend it. Classic stockholms syndrome.

[Hofstadter]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Oll07:

For me i didnt hear any gravel sound what so ever

You can hear gravel sounds in the first minute while in cockpit view.

[stburr91]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Paradox1126:

i absolutely hate that the WRC discord is calling for the most casual rally game that they could get.

The problem with that Discord is that they are all huge fanboys, and they attack anyone that says something they perceive as negative about their beloved games. One of the moderators there is one of the biggest offenders in that regard. Because of this, you can't discuss the glaring shortcomings of the game, and talk about ways to improve the it. This is why this new game will be largely a copy of DR2's gameplay, with no meaningful improvements.

It's so strange that people in that Discord say they want the rally games to be more of a sim, but then attack people that point out ways that would make DR2 more of a rally sim.

PJ is an exception over there, he is very cool, and doesn't get offended if you point out the shortcomings of DR2.

Diposting pertama kali oleh Budor:

I really hope Unreal wont cause any issues with stuttering and such though...

There was some frame drops in the recent gameplay video, so there are some concerns about how this game will run.

[Hofstadter]

It's a bit funny(not really) seeing people trying to argue that they know what is and qualifies a game more realistic or not, when 99,9% of them have never driven a real race car and have only watched the competitions on tv or youtube.

I know that what I've just said enters the realm of profanity and forbidden in the simracing community, but it's the bitter truth.

With that said, just check other places on the internet besides toxic discord communities, and you'll find mixed opinions about this WRC game that codemasters is making after the last shown gameplay video. A lot of people really liked, and some people not so much. But if you look at the numbers, just take for instance the like/dislike ratio of this video on youtube and you'll see that for a game published by EA, people are really liking what have been showed.

We have 4 weeks of waiting time until the game releases. We need a new rally game and this might be a good game to fill the spot in the already very niche rally game's market. And I hope it is as good as it seems, at least for some of us. So enjoy the fact that we have a new rally game title to play, because there aren't many options available and never will.

[Hofstadter]

I'll leave this here as an example of something that started with disapointment and turned into optimism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcBJND0Bd-E