EA Sports WRC brings the FIA World Rally Championship to PC VR today.
Released last November for flatscreen platforms, EA Sports WRC is the latest racing game from Codemasters, based on the FIA World Rally Championship. Featuring over 200 rally stages across 18 official WRC locations, 78 real cars from the past 60 years and customizable rally cars, PC VR support will be available as a free update to all existing owners on Steam, EGS and the EA app. Here's the new gameplay trailer.
Codemasters states they're calling this a beta because it's “a new project for our development team,” explaining that VR support for Dirt rally 2.0 used external partners, while WRC was an internal effort. They also note that due to the wide range of VR headsets and PC hardware specifications currently available, it cannot test for all scenarios and configurations. Headset support is listed for Quest 2/Pro/3, Valve Index, Rift S, Oculus CV1 and HTC Vive.
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EA Sports WRC is available now Steam. As for other platforms, the publisher confirmed that “there are currently no plans to add VR to EA Sports WRC on console in any capacity, beta or otherwise.”
Note: This article was originally published on April 8, 2024. It was revised on April 30 to reflect the release of the PC VR update for EA Sports WRC.