WRC4 WRC 4 The Game

Bram Hengeveld · Jun 2, 2009

On the iOpener website there is a very interesting article about an upcoming World Rally Championship simulator:

World Rally Championship's next game: Racing live against rally heroes

The next generation WRC computer game will allow players to 'compete' in live rallies", states ISC chairman Neil Duncanson in the April version of SportBusiness International magazine. ISC, the global promoter of the World Rally Championship (WRC), mentions WRC's ultimate goal as building up an online gaming world championship alongside the real thing.
ISC and the computer gaming industry believe the next step in gaming is this 'live' competition between gamers and real drivers, made possible through iOpener's patented technology.
ISC CEO Simon Long says: "Now we are a global promoter, we want this to be multi-platform, multi-publisher, multi-territory."
For Long and Duncanson the new game is part of WRC's broader efforts to appeal new fans beyond the hardcore enthusiastics. FIA's chairman Max Mosley has said the virtual champion will be honoured at the WRC's annual end-of-season awards ceremony in Monaco.

Source: iOpener Media

Last April we already brought you the first news about iOpener Media's beta testers recruitment for their Real Time Racing project.

The news about this technology where virtual racers can compete against the real drivers on the track in real time is now spreading amoung the simracing communities.

iOpener is still looking for the worlds best simracers to join their beta test program that's about to start soon. If you are interested in joining then you can sign up on the RTR website

Akbar Sal · Oct 18, 2012

ooooo.. me like

J van E · Oct 18, 2012

Ok, so... when they are done with the mod... I can download some software and get more realistic handling? Or do I need their hardware in order to use their mods? It's not clear to me how I could benefit from this upcoming mod.

John Robertson · Oct 18, 2012

I really hope it gets rid of the speed sensitive steering. It's annoying to have my wheel at full lock but the in game wheel won't turn past 30 degrees.

Patrick Spence · Oct 18, 2012

Supposedly, reading the youtube comments, this is more than just a tweak to grip levels and such. They said they are working with the physics model, including the steering to remove the deadzone and speed sensitive crap.

Really hope they nail this and get it out soon!

Patrick Spence · Oct 18, 2012

Lee Ross said:
Not default for me. Before every stage make sure you adjust the steering lock in the car setup to full. In the wheel settings i have strength at around 65%, everything else right down as far as they go.

What does this change exactly? I can't scroll through the setup options with my pedals. I'm using Clubsports which are supposedly supported by the game, but I have a 60-70% deadzone in the pedals and they don't scroll through the setup options.

Appie Kuipers · Oct 18, 2012

Did you set it to sequential, works fine on g25!

Andrew Hayes · Oct 18, 2012

Appie Kuipers said:
Did you set it to sequential, works fine on g25!

Well TBH all I have done is plugged the wheel in installed the game and played it

Where is the setting for sequential?

Jebus · Oct 18, 2012

Andrew Hayes said:
Where is the setting for sequential?

I believe there's no sequential shifter in G27's gearstick. It was removed for some reason after G25. So only H-shifter, and paddles, for G27 users. But I don't know if you can get H-shifter to work in WRC3.

Tom · Oct 18, 2012

LazyBug said:
Sorry another question, why driver need someone to tell them what to do in front ?? WRC not allow to practice before race ??

No, that's what the co-driver is for. They have a textbook with all the information they need, so that they can tell the driver what's coming up.

Appie Kuipers · Oct 18, 2012

Jebus said:
I believe there's no sequential shifter in G27's gearstick. It was removed for some reason after G25. So only H-shifter, and paddles, for G27 users. But I don't know if you can get H-shifter to work in WRC3.

Sorry my mistake!!!

Kai Lohmann · Oct 18, 2012

Modmates WRC 3 Reality graphics 1.1
FXAA Injector setup for the latest part of the WRC series.

v.1.1
-completely redone setup without technicolour and less sharpening effect

-Better colours, HDR and reflections
-Stable 60FPS without any drops on Nvidia Gtx 570 phantom

v 1.0

-Get rid of the greenish screen
-More contrast, extra sharpening and many more

ENABLE EFFECT WITH PAUSE/BREAK BUTTON ON YOUR KEYBOARD!!
WORKS WITH INGAME AA!!

INSTALL
Just put all files in your WRC 3 main folder.
If you dont like it just delete the files!

DL:

http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/microdownloads/modmates-wrc-3-reality-graphics.273/viewfile

John Robertson · Oct 18, 2012

seems like there's got to be some kind of control bindings saved in a config file somewhere. Might wanna try messing with that.

For some reason the buttons on the gear shifter don't show up in Logitech's profiler, this might have something to do with it.

Bram Hengeveld · Oct 18, 2012

Guys you can add your vids to our new media gallery http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/link-forums/wrc-3-vidoes.236/

Andrew Hayes · Oct 19, 2012

John Robertson said:
seems like there's got to be some kind of control bindings saved in a config file somewhere. Might wanna try messing with that.

For some reason the buttons on the gear shifter don't show up in Logitech's profiler, this might have something to do with it.

the only config file i see that you can open to edit in the wrc s folder is the "lang" file and i can see anything in that all other folder are encrypted from what i see Engine.dll is the only other one that would probably have anything to change settings in but what do i do to open it

Appie Kuipers · Oct 19, 2012

Thanks very much, looks great! Can I just drop the files, and that's it??

Kai Lohmann · Oct 19, 2012

Video added to first post.

dont mind of the FPS, it was recorded with fraps. INgame it got flwless 60fps on my Gtx 570.

Kai Lohmann · Oct 19, 2012

Appie Kuipers said:
Thanks very much, looks great! Can I just drop the files, and that's it??

Yes, just put them into your WRC 3 main folder, no need to overwrite anything.

Appie Kuipers · Oct 19, 2012

Thanks, sorry but Iám a bit confused about the P button, it's allready in use??
Thanks for your support...............Appie.

Kai Lohmann · Oct 19, 2012

Appie Kuipers said:
Thanks, sorry but Iám a bit confused about the P button, it's allready in use??
Thanks for your support...............Appie.

Usually no, just press Pause/break while ingame to enable/disable the effect.
And set your ingame AA to level 1 not 2.

J van E · Oct 19, 2012

Here's a little zip with three little files that will disable the intro movies (or better said: these are new movies with are so short you simply won't see them

). I noticed such a 'mod' already was available elsewhere but you needed to copy it from some odd site (which didn't work for me) so I decided to make my own fake movies. I am posting this here because I don't really know if this belongs in the Downloads section...

http://www.fsfiles.org/imagehost/uploads/1350711647.zip

Having to skip those movies everytime isn't a big deal, but having it done for you is just better...