Watch Gameplay of the New EA Sports WRC Game Coming to Xbox, PS5, and PC This Fall

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• EA Sports WRC, from the developers at Codemasters, is the latest installment of video games based on the legendary World Rally Championship racing series.

• The new game features 200 different rally stages across 11 different locations and over 75 rally cars, new and old.

• EA Sports WRC will be available on Xbox Series S and Series X, PlayStation 5, and PC November 3.

The World Rally Championship is about to embark on its 17th digital appropriation with EA Sports WRC, coming this fall. Using a different software engine created by Codemasters, a developer that's built some incredibly fun rally video games in the past such as Colin McRae Rally, DiRT 4, and most recently DiRT Rally 2.0, EA Sports promises to deliver rally fans the most comprehensive digital rally experience ever, since the series started in 2001 on PlayStation 2.

EA Sports WRC follows the 2023 WRC season, putting the most aggressive Rally1 cars such as the hybrid-powered Ford Puma, Hyundai i20, and Toyota GR Yaris, in the spotlight. Along with the less powerful offerings in WRC2 from Citroen, Skoda, and Volkswagen, EA Sports WRC gives players a chance to pilot over 75 cars, from as far back as the Alpine A110 1600S of the 1970s. Of course, favorites from rally's storied Group B era, such as the Ford RS200, Lancia 037 Evo2, and Lancia Delta S4, are available too. A full list of the cars in EA Sports WRC can be found here, which features the very best from 60 years of rally.

Every pixel of dirt, tarmac, snow, and gravel is recreated from real WRC events. 18 miles of Rally Mexico's El Chocolate and the insane Fafe jump from Rally Portugal are in this game, to name a few of the some 372 miles of rally sector. An 18th location featuring the Central Europe Rally, a first in the series, is coming later as part of an update. Sadly, there hasn't been a WRC event in the United States since 1988, but rumors suggest that could change.

According to EA, its switch to the Unreal Engine development software has wrought better environments for rally's toughest challenges. The stages also see changes in season, which are claimed to create their own unique obstacles to make rally cars react differently to the same sector on a hot summer than they would between the snowy ditches of winter.

Players who enjoyed the physics from Codemaster's DiRT Rally 2.0 from 2019 might feel a familiar sensation in EA Sports WRC, as the devs used that previous rally game as a baseline to tune its physics model. We're excited to sample this updated system, especially to experiment with strategy used in the hybrid powertrain found in the real WRC Rally1, which features regenerative braking and an extra electric boost.

While we don't have the full details about online play, EA Sports WRC will offer 32-player cross-platform multiplayer, with challenges and tournaments throughout the year. Another game mode, Moments, will be updated daily and give players a shot at recreating special events from the 2023 season and many of rally's great moments from the past. A Builder game mode allows players to build, manage, and create their own rally car, with the freedom to create a wild livery of their own.

EA Sports WRC launches on November 3, 2023, but as part of a preorder bonus, buying it before then means getting to play it three days early as a perk. Additional liveries and in-game equipment are also included with the preorder bonus. While EA Sports WRC is offered on Xbox Series S and Series X, PlayStation 5, and PC, it's not available on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, or part of the Xbox Game Pass subscription. Instead, it will be included as part of the EA Play Pro subscription. PC players can purchase it from Steam or Epic Games Store.

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