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'''''EA Sports WRC''''' (also known as '''''WRC''''') is an upcoming [[Racing game|racing video game]] developed by [[Codemasters]] and published by [[EA Sports]]. It holds the official licence of the [[World Rally Championship]] and powered by [[Unreal Engine]]. The game is scheduled to be released for [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 5]] and [[Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series X/S]] on 3 November 2023. It is the first Codemasters rally game to have official WRC licensed cars since ''[[Colin McRae Rally 3]]'' in 2002.
'''''EA Sports WRC''''' (also known as '''''WRC''''') is an upcoming [[Racing game|racing video game]] developed by [[Codemasters]] and published by [[EA Sports]] as a successor to the ''[[Colin McRae Rally and Dirt|Dirt Rally]]'' series. It holds the official licence of the [[World Rally Championship]] and powered by [[Unreal Engine]]. The game is scheduled to be released for [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 5]] and [[Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series X/S]] on 3 November 2023. It is the first Codemasters rally game to have official WRC licensed cars since ''[[Colin McRae Rally 3]]'' in 2002.


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==

Revision as of 17:23, 3 October 2023

EA Sports WRC
Cover art for the PC version, featuring the Ford Puma Rally1
Developer(s)Codemasters
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesWRC
Dirt Rally
EngineUnreal Engine
Platform(s)
Release3 November 2023
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

EA Sports WRC (also known as WRC) is an upcoming racing video game developed by Codemasters and published by EA Sports as a successor to the Dirt Rally series. It holds the official licence of the World Rally Championship and powered by Unreal Engine. The game is scheduled to be released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 3 November 2023. It is the first Codemasters rally game to have official WRC licensed cars since Colin McRae Rally 3 in 2002.

Gameplay

EA Sports WRC would feature a total of 78 rally cars.[1] 10 Groups Rally cars are from the World Rally Championship, including three Rally1 vehicles such as the Puma of M-Sport, the i20 N of Hyundai and the GR Yaris of Toyota and seven other cars from the support categories — the World Rally Championship-2 and the Junior World Rally Championship, including Ford Fiesta Rally3 — as well as 68 classic rally cars.[2] The other rally cars include Citroen Xsara WRC, Mini John Cooper Works WRC, Ford Fiesta Rally4 and Colin McRae R4, which was previously featured in Dirt 3.[3] Car Builder, which is similar to My Team of the F1 series, would allow players to create and customise their own rally cars.[4] The game would include over 200 competition stages arcoss 18 WRC rallies.[5] Multiplayer mode would be available for up to 32 cross-platform player.[6] Virtual reality mode would also be featured in the game.[7]

Development and release

The game was revealed on 5 September 2023.[8] It was initially built as a sequel to Dirt Rally 2.0.[9] Codemasters, the developer of the F1 series, would develop their first WRC video game after they regained licence in 2020.[10] The last game by Codemasters with WRC licence was Colin McRae Rally 3 released in 2002, featuring the 2002 season.[11] EA Sports would involve and publish the game after Codemasters was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2021.[12] The game is powered by Unreal Engine, replacing Ego, which Codemasters was long-term implemented in its previous rally title, the Colin McRae Rally and Dirt series.[13] The game would be available for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 3 November 2023.[14] It would also feature three covers, with Ford Puma Rally1 for PC, Hyundai i20 N Rally1 for Xbox and Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 for PS5.[15]

References

  1. ^ Wales, Matt (5 September 2023). "Codemasters' EA Sports WRC gets November release date and first trailer". Eurogamer. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ Barry, Luke (5 September 2023). "EA Sports WRC – What you need to know". dirtfish.com. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  3. ^ Bigg, Martin (9 September 2023). "EA Sports WRC: 5 New Cars Confirmed". racinggames.gg. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  4. ^ Howson, George (6 September 2023). "EA Sports WRC 23 Car Builder: Everything you need to know". racinggames.gg. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  5. ^ Croft, Liam (5 September 2023). "EA Sports WRC Takes Rallying 'Next-Gen' on PS5 This November". Push Square. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  6. ^ Yang, George (6 September 2023). "EA Sports WRC Is The Apparent Successor To The Dirt Racing Series". GameSpot. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  7. ^ Erl, Josef (7 September 2023). "EA Sports announces virtual reality mode for racing sim WRC". mixed-news.com. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  8. ^ Silva, João (4 September 2023). "EA will reveal its very first official WRC game tomorrow". kitguru.net. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  9. ^ Ismail, Adam (1 September 2023). "EA Sports WRC Rally Game Is Finally Coming as Sequel to Dirt Rally 2.0". thedrive.com. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  10. ^ Purslow, Matt (1 June 2020). "Codemasters Regains WRC License After 18 Years". IGN. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  11. ^ Reilly, Luke (5 September 2023). "EA Sports WRC Announced, Arrives November". IGN. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  12. ^ Batchelor, James (13 January 2021). "Take-Two withdraws bid for Codemasters following EA offer of $1.2bn". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  13. ^ Harrison-Lord, Thomas (5 September 2023). "EA SPORTS WRC is a radical new official game, launches November". Autosport. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  14. ^ Sirio, Paolo (4 September 2023). "EA Sports WRC is releasing in November 2023, features new engine and cross-play". videogames.si.com. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  15. ^ Harrison-Lord, Thomas (4 September 2023). "This is EA SPORTS WRC's cover". traxion.gg. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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