Can someone explain to me why this game gets so negative reviews??? Has more stages than any other rally game, stages are from real life and not fake, driving physics are amazing outside of the 5% more grip than it should have (Dirt Rally 2 had easily 20-25% less grip than real life) I think people are just shitting on the game just cause it says EA in the title... Cause compared to Dirt Rally 2 it's a HUGE IMPROVEMENT

@@nikosfotidas8543 In EA WRC you can only do championships with WRC 1, 2, 3 cars, so no group A/B nor historical. As I enjoy older cars much more, I really miss this. The career mode is much more involved, which is good, but each 'year' is the exact same as the last, so not much replayability there. VR visuals are pretty bad at the moment. Also, EA automatically makes it worse, that is obvious. Those are the cons I can come up with. Also, Phil Mills is sorely missed, I enjoyed his pace notes MUCH more than the more 'robotic' ones in this game, but that's entirely down to preference.

@@iseslc sorry but saying that the fact EA is on the title of the game makes it worse is disrespectful to the devs... Also I used to play FIFA at the same level as the pros back in 2014 - 2015 and that EA game was impeccable... Big studios are capable of good and bad... But I don't prejudge... Also just make a custom tournament with old cars dude and enjoy them... I love running the old Impreza or some old H2 RWD cars... So that's way more than you had in DR 2.0 Anyway, EA WRC is waaaaay better than what people give it credit for... And gamers don't understand that killing good games through their nonsensical whining means that less studios will try to make a good modern rally game in the future cause they don't want to throw money and lose it...

@@nikosfotidas8543 I have to agree with you, EA WRC does a better job at physical simulation (they finally fixed tarmac!). Also the stages are much more complex and technical, which is cool. I am still getting used to it, after 500+ hours in DR2.0, so my cons are very subjective and personal. I didn't mean to diss the game, I just gave you the negative points I could think. There are many positive ones!

@@iseslc what are you playing? Iv done career mode & theres plenty of championships to do with historic cars, first 1 I did was with a nova then the bmw m3 the season after. Theyve incorporated historic championships into part of the season targets its ace!

All tuning is subjective. The idea is to get as close to ur driving style as the car permits

Same here. Their guides on DiRt Rally 2.0 were immensely helpful. I feel this is quality as well

I feel the same lol, I've had some pretty good times but looking at my setups compared to what he's said they're quite different.

@@colonelcorpse7260 it’s because we are traitors and we’re looking at other youtuber’s setups probably 😂

So true love this game especially on wheel👍👌

@@drifterladsDNA Thank you, finally someone that gets it... The game is awesome... It's not perfect but people complain about the "boring" stages that are REAL LIFE STAGES and then ask for "realism"... I mean what kind of fucked up logic is that??? In my book devs did good... There's a ton of content, especially if you create your own championships to race with all kinds of historic cars

@@nikosfotidas8543 no worries mate it's all I'm really playing at the moment I think people are just too quick to whinge about nothing really these days

Yes! Cause I answered same question asked by myself by buying it at the beggining of this week. Firstly I must agree that it is actually better than Dirt Rally 2 which i refunded after an hour. I mainly compete in races on track in AC and ACC and some friend of mine convinced me to try Richard Burns Rally. Oh man still having Dirt in memory I immiedietly felt in love with after doing 3 upshifts and one corner. But still keep hearing a lof of shit about this EA WRC but the other hand I've heard opinions like yours that its a HUGE IMPROCEMENT from Dirt 2 like there is no comparision to it, different games. So with big hopes I deceided to give it a Try. And in terms of simulation it simulate nicely the reallife liveries and yes they look like in real world and the strongest simlation point in this called simARCADE game. It's so ridicoulous and still so arcade that I am still wondering how the fuck You can say that driving physics are amazing?! They are amazingly ridicoulous dish stil that I need to ask you this question now: Do You even have driving license buddy? And I am still wondering from where You took or what are the calculation for this 5% more grip outside? xD Either my country didn't get some patches and hotfixes to EA WRC (it's a joke ftr. I am up to date) or You trippin hard my man. Like ok driving model can fits You and You can say it is realistic for You it's an opinion but brother before saying that EA WRC has more stages than any other rally games it's good to do a little of research cause it is obiously not true. EA WRC has got : at the moment 216 (few new are coming I know) but You know how many stages are in RBR? 1145 so like EA WRC is not even fucking close. Don't get me wrong EA WRC is good arcade game but shitty af if we wanna look at it as at a "simulator". I think we will have to enjoy RBR for few more years before something will came up with proper physics to replace old good Richard.

Very good question, I've been asking myself the same thing. (personally) I always softened the slow bump to low or medium low and tighten the fast bump to about medium, softened the rebound and used a medium to med high bump division. It seems to work on some cars and some stages but I still find myself wondering if I even know what I'm doing 🤣 I can still get some decent times on the leaderboard though so I must be doing something right.

I also have a preference for this low slow rebound setting you speak of. I'll disclaim that while I have no input on whether this sort of setup is objectively better, and my preference may be outweighed by some real physical logic, I feel like I can shift the weight smoother and faster (bringing the car back around for an opposing corner) with -5 on the slow rebound. I used -5 front and rear for slow rebound on the car that I set my one overall world record with. Edit: I'm also a controller driver if that makes a difference.

I used both in the on-stage footage. As long as you are shifting manually it doesn't matter. Just don't use automatic. However, if it is realism that you are after you will most likely want to use a push-pull shifter.

Maxed out handbrake force can cause the car to over rotate on hairpins and acute turns, which in turn can add significantly more time to your overall stage times and splits.

@@colonelcorpse7260 if the goal is to lock the tires, you can't lock them more, they're already static. So I don't get the physics of it

@ilzee_vk handbrake turns are a controlled manoeuvre. By adjusting the strength you change how early they lock on the travel of your handbrake and as a result how violently/fast it brakes lose from you. So you could just set it at max but it would most likely catch you out and over-rotate during the manoeuvre.

@@RALLYTechnical oh that makes sense, didn't think of it that way

I number of times I've heard advice "set it to max so your wheels lock". How might an analogue handbrake lever verses a digital push button come into the mix here with respect to the handbrake strength?