Posted 8 hours ago
EA Sports WRC (XSX Game Pass)
E...A....Sports...It's in the game! This is actually Dirt Rally 3, except it's now branded under Codemasters overlords EA. It's actually quite good. I played through 3 championship seasons, starting with the WRC one make junior category, then the WRC2 and finishing up with the full WRC championship. I thought that starting with the support classes would make adapting to the driving easier...maybe it did, but I cannot shake the feeling that the more powerful WRC cars are easier because of that extra power being usable to power steer into corner far easier.
I found no issues with the game other than some stages are a real pain- like Greece with its slow uphill hairpins, plus far too many tarmac stages. That's more a feature of modern Rally racing I suppose. The highlight is the fast gravel stages- especially Kenya.
The only thing is, if you already have Dirt Rally 2 on disc with all seasonal content, as I do...then I'm not sure this newer version is really necessary unless you're a hard-core WRC fan that needs the latest seasonal content.
E...A....Sports...It's in the game! This is actually Dirt Rally 3, except it's now branded under Codemasters overlords EA. It's actually quite good. I played through 3 championship seasons, starting with the WRC one make junior category, then the WRC2 and finishing up with the full WRC championship. I thought that starting with the support classes would make adapting to the driving easier...maybe it did, but I cannot shake the feeling that the more powerful WRC cars are easier because of that extra power being usable to power steer into corner far easier.
I found no issues with the game other than some stages are a real pain- like Greece with its slow uphill hairpins, plus far too many tarmac stages. That's more a feature of modern Rally racing I suppose. The highlight is the fast gravel stages- especially Kenya.
The only thing is, if you already have Dirt Rally 2 on disc with all seasonal content, as I do...then I'm not sure this newer version is really necessary unless you're a hard-core WRC fan that needs the latest seasonal content.