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NTU Dec 22, 2023 @ 12:06am
Is Origin and an EA account required?
I heard this game uses Denuvo but what about Origin and EA?
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Originally posted by Tony Pond:
WRC23 does not require a EA Account or a CodeMasters Racenet account and can be played without. I am playing without either accounts.

However there is currently no Steam integration at all (as of Patch 1.4 December 2023), no Steam Workshop to share car setups/wheel settings etc like in DR1.

You cannot see any of the fastest times in Time Trial Mode (due to needing a Racenet account), you don't get Moments Events (kinda like Daily's in DR2) without a EA Account. And you can't join clubs without a Racenet account - which kinda restores the Daily/Weekly/Monthly as this feature is now provided via a official club run by CodeMasters.

You can also only view & compare your Time Trial & setup times/runs via the Racenet website, as this is not available within WRC23 itself for some reason.

Although currently there are epic levels of cheating going on, with < 1s stage times.
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karik_FIN_134 Dec 22, 2023 @ 7:31am 
Origin doesn't exist, it's "EA app" now.

Seems to be required based on the brief search I did. All EA games bought+played through Steam or Epic require it.

edit: some had better info below = not needed then
Last edited by karik_FIN_134; Dec 22, 2023 @ 2:53pm
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TeknoBug Dec 22, 2023 @ 8:23am 
No it doesn't require EA App, it launches directly through Steam. Racenet in the game however will need EA or other accounts for online stuff.
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Tony Pond Dec 22, 2023 @ 8:50am 
WRC23 does not require a EA Account or a CodeMasters Racenet account and can be played without. I am playing without either accounts.

However there is currently no Steam integration at all (as of Patch 1.4 December 2023), no Steam Workshop to share car setups/wheel settings etc like in DR1.

You cannot see any of the fastest times in Time Trial Mode (due to needing a Racenet account), you don't get Moments Events (kinda like Daily's in DR2) without a EA Account. And you can't join clubs without a Racenet account - which kinda restores the Daily/Weekly/Monthly as this feature is now provided via a official club run by CodeMasters.

You can also only view & compare your Time Trial & setup times/runs via the Racenet website, as this is not available within WRC23 itself for some reason.

Although currently there are epic levels of cheating going on, with < 1s stage times.
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NTU Dec 22, 2023 @ 9:17pm 
Originally posted by Tony Pond:
WRC23 does not require a EA Account or a CodeMasters Racenet account and can be played without. I am playing without either accounts.

However there is currently no Steam integration at all (as of Patch 1.4 December 2023), no Steam Workshop to share car setups/wheel settings etc like in DR1.

You cannot see any of the fastest times in Time Trial Mode (due to needing a Racenet account), you don't get Moments Events (kinda like Daily's in DR2) without a EA Account. And you can't join clubs without a Racenet account - which kinda restores the Daily/Weekly/Monthly as this feature is now provided via a official club run by CodeMasters.

You can also only view & compare your Time Trial & setup times/runs via the Racenet website, as this is not available within WRC23 itself for some reason.

Although currently there are epic levels of cheating going on, with < 1s stage times.
Well since there's a lot of cheating, leaderboards make no sense anyway, thanks man
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