Calling all WRC fans, the officially-licenced game by Codemasters and EA SPORTS has its latest update rolling out today including the 2024 season updated line-up of drivers and teams as well as the new Rally Latvia and Poland courses.
There is plenty to look forward to if you are an avid
EA SPORTS WRC, with today (8 October) marking the release of the 2024 Locations & Car Content Pack available individually or in a bundle with the base game.
Along with that, Codemasters has teased further content releasing later down the line. Here is everything you can expect in today's
EA SPORTS WRC 2024 Season Expansion and over the next few months.
EA SPORTS WRC 24 Content
With the new season comes updated Ford Puma, Toyota GR Yaris and Hyundai i20 N cars with hybrid powertrains in the top Rally1 category. These are joined by the Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 in WRC2 and the Ford Fiesta Rally3 Evo in Junior WRC.
The 2024 Locations & Car Content Pack also brings two new courses. For the first time in five years, Poland is back on the WRC schedule with over 27 kilometres of track across twelve stages. These include shortened and reversed variants of its two main stages, all with multiple weather conditions, road surface changes and seasonal-specific changes.
Tackle the fast paced gravel stages in Poland for the first time since 2019. Image: EA SPORTS.
The other new course for players to tackle is Rally Latvia, which first appeared in WRC this year. As with all locations, Rally Latvia features several kilometres of real roads, 12 individual stages, and all of the challenging terrain variety and weather conditions one comes to expect from
EA SPORTS WRC.
Along with all this, there are 52 new liveries available for the cars as well as the updated driver and team line-up of course. For those who have not picked up
EA SPORTS WRC yet, purchasing
EA SPORTS WRC 24 contains the base game as well as the new content from today plus the two upcoming Content Packs, giving you everything in a single purchase.
All of what you can expect if you pick up the 2024 Season Expansion Bundle for EA SPORTS WRC. Image: EA SPORTS
Winter 2024/25 and Spring 2025 are the designated release periods for the Le Maestros Content Pack and Hard Chargers Content Pack respectively.
The former will add Rally de Monte Carlo Briançonnet and Rally de Portugal Fafe stages, whilst the latter will add the Rally Sweden Umea and Umea Sprint stages as well as the Rally Greece Harvati.
To read up on all additions and changes in today's update, the
patch notes are below:
New Content: 2024 Locations & Cars Content Pack
- Added a new car to WRC class: Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID '24
- Added a new car to WRC class: Ford Puma Rally1 HYBRID '24
- Added a new car to WRC class: Hyundai i20 N Rally1 HYBRID '24
- Added a new car to WRC2 class: Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
- Added a new car to Junior WRC class: Ford Fiesta Rally3 Evo
- Added 5 liveries from the 2024 season to the Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 HYBRID ‘24
- Added 5 liveries from the 2024 season to the Hyundai i20 N HYBRID ‘24
- Added 2 liveries from the 2024 season to the Ford Puma Rally1 HYBRID ‘24
- Added 7 liveries from the 2024 season to the Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
- Added 3 liveries from the 2024 season to the Citroën C3 Rally2
- Added 1 livery from the 2024 season to the Ford Fiesta Rally2
- Added 3 liveries from the 2024 season to the Hyundai i20 N Rally2
- Added 8 liveries from the 2024 season to the Škoda Fabia RS Rally2
- Added 1 livery from the 2024 season to the Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
- Added 17 liveries from the 2024 season to the Ford Fiesta Rally3 Evo
- Added a new playable location: ORLEN 80th Rally Poland, with 12 individual stages.
- Added a new playable location: Tet Rally Latvia, with 12 individual stages.
- Added 2024 WRC season as selectable option in Championship, alongside existing 2023 season.
- Added 2024 WRC2 season as selectable option in Championship, alongside existing 2023 season.
- Added 2024 Junior WRC season as selectable option in Championship, alongside existing 2023 season.
- Updated Career calendar and events to reflect 2024 season.
Players who are currently partway through a Career season will experience these changes when their next season begins.
Players who start a new Career save will begin with 2024 calendar right away.
Players who do not own the 2024 Locations & Cars Content Pack will continue to play through 2023 calendar.
Key Fixes & Changes
- Added weather randomisation to Career.
When a player takes part in 2024 calendar Events, weather conditions may be different from career season to career season, if the player chooses to do the same events again.
- Extended Rally Pass Season 6 indefinitely.
We are currently refining how Rally Pass may look and function in the future, stay tuned for further updates.
In the meantime, new Moments will continue to be added.
- We intend to wipe the Time Trial leaderboards of multiple Portugal stages, following the resolution of a notable corner-cutting exploit. The precise timeline for this is to be confirmed.
- Added 2024 WRC multi-day points system to Championship Mode when competing in a 2024 season (WRC class only).
- Updated event logos, trackside signage and event-specific vehicle branding of all appropriate locations to 2024 versions.
- Updated garage homespace in frontend menus with a new look for 2024.
- Updated service areas across all locations with a new look for 2024.
Crash Fixes
- Fixed an issue in which the game may crash when transitioning from one stage to another.
- Fixed an issue in which the game would crash if the player entered and then immediately backed out of a leaderboard.
- Fixed an issue with Career in which the game could potentially crash after completing Rally Sweden.
- Fixed an issue with 2023 seasons in Championship in which the game could crash if a driver selected Recover to Next Day after retiring.
Audio
- Fixed an issue in which ambient sounds and EA Music would only play on left side channels when using a 5.1 or 7.1 audio setup.
- Fixed an issue in which disabling menu music would also disable replay music.
- Fixed an issue in which EA Music would play for 2-3 seconds after disabling it in settings.
- Fixed an issue in which replay music audio would not reset to default when the option was selected.
- Fixed an issue in which voiceover lines would repeatedly play after entering Stage Results from Results Hub screen.
- Fixed an issue with replays in which wind audio was not noticeably present in some scenarios.
Career
- Fixed an issue in which a Charity Event clashed with a Major Championship Event during Week 46.
- Added weather randomisation to Career.
When a player takes part in 2024 calendar Events, weather conditions may be different from career season to career season, if the player chooses to do the same events again.
Cars
- Opel Manta 400 - Fixed an issue in which the car would take on a distorted appearance.
- Opel Manta 400 - Fixed an issue in which the driver's arms twisted in an unnatural way while driving.
- Peugeot 306 Maxi: Increased engine volume.
- Renault Clio S1600 - Fixed an issue in which the car would take on a distorted appearance.
- Volkswagen Golf GTI - Fixed an issue in which the car would take on a distorted appearance.
Championship Mode
- Added 2024 WRC multi-day points system to Championship Mode when competing in a 2024 season (top class only).
- Fixed an issue with the 2023 WRC season in Championship in which drivers would not receive Power Stage points.
Graphics & Performance
- Fixed an issue in which the effect of driving through rain and snow at high speed was not working as intended.
- Fixed an issue in which too much snow was falling during Light Snow conditions.
- Fixed an issue on PC in which selecting "Reset to Defaults" would not reset Advanced Graphics Settings.
- Increased draw distance of specific groundcover objects across multiple locations.
- Made a number of minor performance improvements to Japan stages.
- Made a number of minor performance improvements to Sardinia stages.
Livery Editor
- Audi Sport quattro S1 (E2) - Added a number of editable 4-colour patterns.
Locations
- Updated event logos, trackside signage and event-specific vehicle branding of all appropriate locations to 2024 versions.
- Updated garage homespace in frontend menus with a new look for 2024.
- Updated service areas across all locations with a new look for 2024.
- Croatia - Fixed various issues related to tree quality.
- Finland - Lahdenkyla - Fixed an issue in which the replay camera wouldn't focus on the player at the start of the stage.
- Estonia - Adjusted placements of crowds located in unsafe areas on corner exits.
- Estonia - Fixed an issue in which hay bales may clip into one another if one of them was struck by a car.
- Estonia - Elva - Fixed an issue in which rumble strips were using placeholder textures.
- Estonia - Metsalaane - Fixed an issue in which rumble strips were using placeholder textures.
- Estonia - Vissi - Fixed an issue in which rumble strips were using placeholder textures.
- Estonia - Vellavere - Fixed an issue in which rumble strips were using placeholder textures.
- Portugal - Resolved a corner-cutting exploit that was present across multiple stages.
- Portugal - We intend to wipe the Time Trial leaderboards of multiple Portugal stages, following the resolution of a notable corner-cutting exploit. The precise timeline for this is to be confirmed.
Quick Play
- Fixed an issue with Quick Play Multiplayer on PC in which the game would freeze on a black screen when accepting an invite.
- Fixed in issue with Quick Play in which generating a Rally championship with H1 FWD cars would result in too few events being generated.
- Fixed in issue with Quick Play in which generating a Regularity Rally championship with H1 FWD cars would result in too few events being generated.
Rally Pass
- Extended Rally Pass Season 6 indefinitely.
We are currently refining how Rally Pass may look and function in the future, stay tuned for further updates.
In the meantime, new Moments will continue to be added.
Time Trial
- Changed Time Trial time of day and weather conditions on Dry stages from "Spring, Morning, Clear" to "Spring, Midday, Partly Cloudy" for a more visually interesting experience.
This does not affect on-road pace and as such no leaderboard wipe is required.
- Changed Time Trial time of day and weather conditions on Wet stages from "Spring, Morning, Cloudy" to "Spring, Midday, Partly Cloudy" for a more visually interesting experience.
This does not affect on-road pace and as such no leaderboard wipe is required.
User Interface & HUD
- Added "ANA" (Authorised Neutral Athlete) as a selectable nationality.
This does not replace or remove other nationalities from the game.
- Added “Kazakh” (Kazakhstan) as a selectable nationality.
- Fixed an issue in which the Next/Previous tab buttons would not function on the Social > Friends List screen.
- Made several minor fixes to subtitles and UI elements across the game.
Miscellaneous
- Made several minor bugfixes and improvements across the game.
What do you make of the changes made in? Let us know in the comments below and join the discussion in our EA SPORTS WRC forum!
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