AspectRatio Win-Mode, Overscreen-Size Problem, Triple Screen

[[RXS] da| reeZe ^.-]

Hello Guys,

because im not a richboy, im not able to buy 3 times the exact same display rather if i could, i would buy VR.
That is the reason why i using a unconventionel setup for playing all my racing games in triple screen.
1080p::22"Left | 1440p::28"Center | 1080p::22"Right
Because all Displays are from different companies, they using different standings.
Some fixed, some flexible height. That make the usage of nvidia surround view impossible, because you can just adjust there the sides/overlapsing of the screens, not the height-position. Also the different resolutions are a Problem with nvidia surround, because it forces me to take same resolution on all Displays. That cause a wrong scaling of the screens and weird display overlapses.

My workaround for this Problem in entire every racing game is to play this game in windowed mode with a overscreen-sized window (DSR 6400x1440).

The thing is, and that is the point why i created this discussion.
I was able to use that workaround in EA Sports WRC at release for couple month.
All worked well so far, till a new update was released.
Since that update i was not possible to adjust the screen-size of the game window over the screen-max-width anymore.

To this time i thought, may future update will make it possible again and holded my foods still for a while and played with single display. I became quickly very bored of this and stoped playing EA Sports WRC for a longer while.

Since then couple of month passed by and i came back to try if it works meanwhile.

Short Answer: No.

And it is not like, i wouldnt try my best with several kind of workarounds.
What i tried?
Well...
Tried to customize the *.ini file, because funfact, fullscreen mode shows my custom DSR, but windowed mode not. Windowed mode end at 2560x1440 (max of center display). Fullscreen takes DSR with 6400x1440, but it shows just on the center display. So it shows a resolution it just cant on technical aspect, but somehow it does work and it shows up.
The customizations in the *.ini files was things like, ingame set to 6400x1440 and deactivating fullscreen in file. That runs just into game crash after intro logo.
Also oposide, set windowed mode in game and change resolution in *.ini file. Same result.

Also i tried to force via nvidia control panel to use a DSR resolution, sadly there is no option for.

Because there was a time, when windowed mode with overscreen scale worked, i thought i perhabs should do a clean reinstallation for EA Sports WRC.
So i uninstalled the game, deleted all of the rest data like steam download libraries and local save files. After it, i does a clean new installation. Sadly, nothing changed.

Because of games like ANNO1503 i knew there are tools out there to force fullscreen games into a new API Window, to make it possible to play them in windowed mode.
So i thought, maybe i could use one of them, to get somehow access to a overscreen sized window. Sadly, couple of them had last updates 10 years ago or simply cannot handle UE4 outputs. For example "Simple Runtime Window Editor" is just not possible to see the application (WRC) running. Another Tool DxWnd is just not able to handle that kind of process.

That was the moment i thought, well, havent played for so long, now try to investigate it a bit more, i want finaly play.

So i remembered back in the days when EA released origin and we all used a sandbox to play Battlefield 3. So the guess was near to try it, because the game is managed by EA, too and in BF3 it worked.
EA Sports WRC is not able to start inside a Windows-Sandbox even not with the classic tool Sandboxie. It just run into different error messages, missing access to different regs, data etc..


So long words short sense, im still not able to use my triple screens in this game anymore. No fix so far.

Maybe anyone of you guys out there have a idea what i could try next or even maybe know a Program with that i can force EA Sports WRC to run as fullscreen application in a window, that i can use my DSR 6400x1440 resolution.
Or perhabs maybe know how to reverse engineer the game and fix the problem for myself.
Or downgrade to a older version, dont care network.
I also dont care a ban that might would result with that, i dont play at the moment anyways, cuz it dont works like i want.
Refund is not possible. So just a dead game for me at the moment since several month

Always these problems with self made frankenstein tech...

Here a Picture of my Setup (with EA Sports WRC running befor that bad patch):
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2185994807971972503/9B2D6B4A853B5A2FDDAC5A175059BC47AB0C20AC/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

EDIT: I missed to say, i thinking about, if i can make somehow a virtual-display work for this. I mean, creat virtual Display, start the game on the virtual Display and catch the signal with a screen-capture to show them on the other "real" displays.
Idk if this could work anyhow.

[paulo99]

Try this app. https://github.com/mistenkt/resize-raccoon ,good luck! P.S. Download link https://github.com/mistenkt/resize-raccoon/releases/tag/v1.7.0 It`s like the same as the SRWE

[[RXS] da| reeZe ^.-]

Originally posted by paulo99:

Try this app. https://github.com/mistenkt/resize-raccoon ,good luck!

Ohhhh dude, it looks like you have exactly what i need <3 i give it a shot!

[paulo99]

i have 2 (eft and right) "vertical 24" and a 42" Tv and works very well

[[RXS] da| reeZe ^.-]

Originally posted by paulo99:

i have 2 (eft and right) "vertical 24" and a 42" Tv and works very well

was a bit tricky to setup, but now it works and it looks so far pretty good.
So i have a reason now to play WRC again, woohoo <3.
Thanks a lot man. Have a good year, lets meet on track :D

For everyone else who have kind of similar issue, use that "Resize Racoon" tool and use "Borderless Fullscreen" ingame. Activate Process watcher and Auto-Size. After setted up both correctly, restart both, the program and then the game.

[paulo99]

Thank You,A good 2025 for you too! (...) Tip2-Input lag(much Better) , 1-Disable Vsync,on the game and Nvidia or Amd "panel settings", 2-set your`s Monitors Hz to exactly 60Hz (and not 59.--Hz) if Your is 90,or 120Hz,you get the idea (on Windows setUps) (and in "cfg"or"ini" files the game) 3- RivaTuner,add the game exe. and set "framerate limit" to "0",and "Scanline Sync" "30" or other than "0"... if you click on "Scanline Sync" will apear 3 options ex."Scanline Sync x/2"=30FPS (half)____"Scanline Sync"=60FPS (Standard)____"Scanline Sync x2"=120FPS (double)... Don`t ask me details,Just try ,it`s more responsive and smooth than vsync ,Test on Assetto`s ,Dirt`s or other optimized games...

[[RXS] da| reeZe ^.-]

Originally posted by paulo99:

3- RivaTuner,add the game exe. and set "framerate limit" to "0",and "Scanline Sync" "30" or other than "0"... if you click on "Scanline Sync" will apear 3 options ex."Scanline Sync x/2"=30FPS (half)____"Scanline Sync"=60FPS (Standard)____"Scanline Sync x2"=120FPS (double)... Don`t ask me details,Just try ,it`s more responsive and smooth than vsync ,Test on Assetto`s ,Dirt`s or other optimized games...

All these options you have also in nvidia Control Panel and the AMD Solution. Mostly hidden under 3D Application Control.
There you can setup each of these for every program you want.
Also it is recommen for nvidia users to force your PC to use GPU scaling instead of Display scaling.

[paulo99]

Amd here "Adredalin Pro 22.Q4",works fine,but i will search and try for "AMD Solution"(...)rivatuner enabling "Scanline Sync" increase 10,15% on CPU,Thanks! P.S- "English is not my Native"

[Swank]

Originally posted by paulo99:

Try this app. https://github.com/mistenkt/resize-raccoon ,good luck! P.S. Download link https://github.com/mistenkt/resize-raccoon/releases/tag/v1.7.0 It`s like the same as the SRWE

i can't get resize racoon to control the game. it just errors when i try to do it.

[[RXS] da| reeZe ^.-]

Originally posted by Swank:

Originally posted by paulo99:

Try this app. https://github.com/mistenkt/resize-raccoon ,good luck! P.S. Download link https://github.com/mistenkt/resize-raccoon/releases/tag/v1.7.0 It`s like the same as the SRWE

i can't get resize racoon to control the game. it just errors when i try to do it.

Started as Admin?
Windows UAC Deactivated?

[paulo99]

Swank, You must run the game in "Borderless Window"