{"id":16859,"date":"2024-01-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?p=16859"},"modified":"2023-12-30T12:10:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T15:10:48","slug":"ea-wrc-best-racing-game-in-the-last-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/01\/ea-wrc-best-racing-game-in-the-last-years\/","title":{"rendered":"EA WRC: best racing game in the last years?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WRC Gameplay 2\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/USu7o_8TWH4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After my HUGE expectations with Forza Motorsport and subsequent disappointment (Turn10 fixed some issues yet I&#8217;m totally sick of the game), I&#8217;m happy to say I got a new race game. Electronic Arts released <strong>EA WRC<\/strong> in November, and I bought it 10 days ago. Even though it looked great when announced, I vowed to <strong>never <\/strong>again pre-order a game. With that, I waited to read some real-world reviews before spending money. And since reviews were consistently good, I bought it. To my utter delight, the game truly is <em>really<\/em> good. Of course it has some issues (there are no perfect games), nonetheless it is challenging and really fun to play.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/+article\/ea_wrc_08.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:640px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">You can, in a way, build your own car, selecting key components and some aesthetic features..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>One of the things I really enjoyed about it is the ability to &#8220;create&#8221; your own car, be it a Rally1, Rally2 or Rally3 class car. Well, not <em>create<\/em> create, yet you can choose a few different looks and mechanical components. And these parts (engine, brakes, gearbox, etc) can impact on how the car handles and if it&#8217;s less or more reliable. And of course, you can also create your own livery. You can&#8217;t actually go bonkers, since you depend on (many) pre-set decals, however you still can get really creative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WRC Gameplay 5\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3cmJTFDKuvQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">All liveries are customizable, yet for the Mini I kept it looking like the real deal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also choose to use a &#8220;real&#8221; car, like my Mini above. It&#8217;s a FWD, that I use for some historical rally events. In the case of the Mini, I mainly used it in regularity races, which are quite fun to do. Nonetheless, you can choose almost any kind of rally car. From a very early Mini to an outrageous Group B monster to the technical marvel of a Rally1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WRC Gameplay 3\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RB0shaCPwiM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Group B cars are REALLY tough to master! Loose focus for a second and you&#8217;re into the bushes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, not everything is roses. The game is <strong>HARD<\/strong>! I have decades of experience with Playstation and XBox racing games, including games like the classic Dirt. Nonetheless, EA WRC is giving me a hard time \ud83d\ude2f. The FWD and the modern 4WD cars, like WRC or Rally3 (&#8220;Rally Junior&#8221;) are precise and steady . On the other hand, RWD Group B cars specially are horrible to control. If I wink wrong, I loose it, and to the bushes we go.  I find them <em>absurdly <\/em>tough to tame. To the point that I have to go really slow or else I put the car in the boondocks. On almost every stage \ud83d\ude23. And since it&#8217;s hard to win races driving slowly, you get the picture. However, very probably that happens due to pilot incompetence. Or at least I hope so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WRC Gameplay 1\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zcTGwW4Pb-k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Conversely, Rally Junior cars are a delight to drive &#8211; not overly fast but nimble and predictable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another big issue is that the game has no instruction manual. So you have to learn by trial and error, and in career mode things get difficult. You have a team to manage (contract engineers, choose what races to participate in) yet no hint on what to do. And there&#8217;s no oops-button, with no way of undoing a management decision. So if you choose wrong, you can&#8217;t go back and choose better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WRC Gameplay 6\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NLcI-7nuhIc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rally1 cars: total beasts, yet tamable animals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nonetheless, if you&#8217;re interested in rally motorsports and the WRC, it&#8217;s a VERY enjoyable game. Not perfect, but in terms of a console racing game it is challenging and very entertaining. While this may be true, it is a demanding game, with a very steep learning curve. Bottom line, as a racing game (and if you do like rallying, of course) in general it&#8217;s exponentially better than Forza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After my HUGE expectations with Forza Motorsport and subsequent disappointment (Turn10 fixed some issues yet I&#8217;m totally sick of the game), I&#8217;m happy to say I got a new race game. Electronic Arts released EA WRC in November, and I bought it 10 days ago. Even though it looked great when announced, I vowed to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/01\/ea-wrc-best-racing-game-in-the-last-years\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;EA WRC: best racing game in the last years?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-miscellaneous","category-rally","post_format-post-format-image"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16859"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16919,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16859\/revisions\/16919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}