PC system requirements for EA SPORTS WRC are now available showing fairly modest hardware needs but players do need to plan for a 95 GB install. PC owners can get by with older setups with the minimum requirements only being an AMD Ryzen 5 2600K/Intel i5 9600K CPU, 8 GB of memory, and either an NVIDIA GTX 1060 or a RADEON RX VEGA 56 GPU. The recommended specs are barely a generational step up from the minimum with an AMD RYZEN 7 3700K/Intel i5 10600K CPU, 16 GB of memory, and either an NVIDIA RTX 2070 or RADEON RX 5700 XT GPU. Unsurprisingly, SSD storage is recommended for either. EA SPORTS WRC launches later this week for PC and consoles on November 3.
Pre-loading began last week with PC, Xbox, and EA Play starting on October 23 and Playstation owners getting access as of last night.
Preload Details (per official page):
“November 3, the worldwide launch of EA SPORTS™ WRC at 04:00am UTC across all platforms. Get into the game earlier by, pre-ordering the digital version* for up to 3 days early access† starting on October 31 at 04:00 UTC across all platforms and EA Play pro”
“Built on the foundations of 25 years of rally-game heritage, experience the WRC, WRC2, and Junior WRC cars, with drivers, teams, and liveries from the 2023 season, in Codemasters biggest rally game to-date.“
Game Details
- 17 locations with over 200 stages spanning from Monte Carlo to Portugal, Japan, and Kenya with a Central European Rally arriving post-launch
- 68 authentically recreated vehicles
- New Builder mode where players can create and drive their own dream rally cars
- Other modes include Career, Championship, Time Trial, Cross-platform Multiplayer, a Livery Editor, and more
- Clubs – “Clubs are asynchronous, cross-platform multiplayer events (powered by EA Racenet) with no limit on how many players can compete. Instead of rallying in a lobby at the same time as opponents, players can take on these events whenever they please, with results added to the Club’s leaderboard.”
- The Rally Pass will be getting additional content and features post-launch
Additional Content (per official page)
- New challenges will be frequently added to our Moments mode. For Season 1, there will be more than 50 Moments for all players to enjoy, with EA Play subscribers getting access to a further seven. Plus, as Moments don’t expire, players can sign up to EA Play at a later date if they wish to check out any of those extra Moments they might have missed.
- Central European Rally is a new location that is holding its real-world WRC debut this week.The team is hard at work on building these stages which will be released in a free update to all players post-launch.
- PC players can also look forward to playing in Virtual Reality to truly feel what it’s like to sit in the driver’s seat post-launch.
- Ultrawide support across multiple screens is available to PC players at launch, with further improvements coming soon.