WRC Generations

[Junker]

1 hour ago, scoobysi said:

How does promotion work? Is it average/fastest time of team?

Points from finishing position on each event

1 hour ago, SharkyOB said:

Is anyone else driving in the online team events?  Let's see if we can get Rallymuk promoted this week!

Yes I’ve done Mon/Tues and I’ve seen you have too. Rallymuk top of the league 

[CrichStand]

PS5 version is back in stock at Base so have ordered a copy. Looking forward to getting stuck into it! 

[davejm]

Picked up the game, but had a really frustrating couple of hours trying to sort my control scheme out which wasn't helped by the UI.  Can you really not scroll through options left and right with the mouse?  I had to use my arrows keys and enter to change settings.   And my shifter is detected as an Xbox 360 controller which I can't seem to disable.

 

Managed to get a couple of stages done with auto transmission though, which was fun.  I really suck at rally games though

[CrichStand]

This is quality and quite a big step up over WRC10. Certainly a bigger step up than I was expecting. Handling and physics feel much improved, graphics too. Cars feel weightier and you really get a sense of them struggling for traction in places. Using the bonnet cam as you weave through a series of bends feels immense! 
 

From what I’ve played of the new tracks so far, they’re absolutely brilliant. The Swedish one, with the long open straight flanked by Pylons is great. Hammering along flat out, the car skipping over humps and jumps then bouncing around as you battle for control feels awesome. Graphics now have a style/look that reminds me of Rallisport 2, which is cool.

 

Insane amount of content in this game too, so £27 from Base feels like a steal. Up there as a GOTY for me.

 

 

[Junker]

Team Rallymuk got promoted!! Up to Junior league 2.

 Basically having lots of members and doing all the dailies will get you far. Now we’ve got @CrichStand we’re 4 strong, 4 more places left if anyone fancies it?

[davejm]

I've played a bit more of the game and I've mapped the menu controls to my wheel now, so it's far easier to get around the UI without wanting to scream 😆

[davejm]

Team request sent.

[Mr Majestyk]

Also sent team requests and added a few of you as friend for racing times to compare

[CrichStand]

@Junker Cheers for adding me dude! 👍🏻
 

Had a go at the daily races and online stuff. This is the Dark Souls of driving games! 😂 Putting in a good run then.......great, I’m totally stuck on a bank. Next go, absolutely flying..........car loses traction on a bend and flies straight off a cliff. Restart and BOSH.......oh, a lamppost. One last go, tearing the track up, just a few bends to go and I’m golden, handbrake turn through the hairpin, into 1st, feather the accelerator and..........straight into what appeared to be a wheelie bin left outside someone’s house. 😂

 

It’s absolutely brutal and unforgiving especially on the 15-20min tracks. One big mistake and you’re properly screwed. But man, when you hit everything just right it feels incredible. One of the best driving games I’ve ever played.

[davejm]

Anyone else having issues with the throttle?  There doesn't seem to be any power unless you're flooring it, which feels really strange.  For most of the pedal's travel there's no acceleration even though the game is registering the linear input correctly in the control options.

 

I wondered if it was just how these cars behave, so was just learning to live with it; but I've just googled it now as it's been bugging me.  It seems others are saying the same thing.  

[spatular]

Dont suppose anyone confirm this works well with a fanatec dd pro wheel? And what format?

 

i tried it with wrc 10 (on playstation iirc) and it was crap compared to the old t300 wheel. And didnt like 10 as much as 9 anyway so wasnt sure about getting this till its cheap, but it already is cheap on cdkeys so tempted to give it a try.

[Junker]

@CrichStandthe long stages are brutal. There’s one in the Team weekly - El Puma in Chile and it’s about 18 minutes of pure concentration.

@davejm @spatularI’m on a T300 and T-LCM pedals and the throttle response and travel seems ok ? It’s not bothered me at least. 
 I just wish I had a proper handbrake as pressing a button is awkward and silly on a wheel. 
Also I feel like I need to start experimenting with set ups as they don’t really seem dialled in especially for the tarmac stages 

[spatular]

Oh, my question wasnt related to the throttle but yeah same here i dont remember any throttle problems with the t300, well on wrc10 anyway. It was the forcefeedback that was rubbish on the fanatec wheel on wrc 10.

[davejm]

I have a CSL DD and feedback seems fine, but I don't really have a point of comparison as I'm a rally noob 😂

[spatular]

22 minutes ago, davejm said:

I have a CSL DD and feedback seems fine, but I don't really have a point of comparison as I'm a rally noob 😂

 

Thanks! that sounds good to me as It was really bad so I think you'd notice. What format are you on, PC?

[davejm]

4 hours ago, spatular said:

 

Thanks! that sounds good to me as It was really bad so I think you'd notice. What format are you on, PC?

 

Yeah, PC.  I followed a settings guide I found, and seems ok!  It's a little bit light at the moment so I do need to tweak it, but the handling and feedback is what I've most enjoyed about the game so far despite struggling with other issues (UI, throttle behaviour etc).

[spatular]

^ thanks! Ill get it later if its still cheap on cdkeys

 

edit- ill see how i get on with the throttle but my throttle control is more on/off like a switch

[davejm]

Jimmy Broadbent showing the throttle thing...

 

 

[dvdx2]

1 hour ago, davejm said:

Jimmy Broadbent showing the throttle thing...

 

 

Not just the throttle thing, but pretty damning criticisms all round.

[davejm]

1 minute ago, dvdx2 said:

Not just the throttle thing, but pretty damning criticisms all round.

 

Yeah, many of them don't apply to me really.   For example, fiddling with setups is the least of my worries as I'm a total beginner.  And I haven't been using a handbrake at all.  Other than the throttle 'issue' I've been getting loads of enjoyment.  I've never played any of the previous games so having all of this content for the cheap price I paid has been well worth it already.

[scoobysi]

With both @CrichStand and @spatular on board Team Rallymuk will fly up the leagues 😀.

[CrichStand]

Whoever that Jimmy Broadbent bloke is, his verdict on WRC Generations is pure shite. Not doubting there’s issues with the wheel setup but saying he can’t recommend the game to anyone at all, and encourages them to not bother playing it? Wtf?!? Then recommends playing Dirt Rally 2.0 instead! 🤣 Are Codemasters funding his channel or what?

 

I love the original Colin McRae games and imo this is the best Rally game (and closest to them) I’ve ever played, taking the crown from WRC10. The handling is fantastic, sense of speed is brilliant, haptics are excellent, has the best tracks in any Rally game ever by a country mile, with a massive amount of content including 22 Rallies, 150 stages, challenges, online tournaments etc straight out the box, and it’s bags of fun to play. Plus you could pick it up for £27 on PS5 on release. I’m struggling to think of a single reason not to recommend it! 

[Erik]

Im passing this until they start fixing the bugs. Maaaybe once its in discount which will be within half a year. I believe this publisher and dev lost the license to Codies(who are renaming Dirt Rally folder as we speak) so Im not expecting them to do anything though.

[CrichStand]

10 minutes ago, Erik said:

Im passing this until they start fixing the bugs. Maaaybe once its in discount which will be within half a year. I believe this publisher and dev lost the license to Codies(who are renaming Dirt Rally folder as we speak) so Im not expecting them to do anything though.

What bugs? I’m on PS5, so using the DualSense, been playing for over 10hrs and haven’t encountered a single bug or glitch. The gameplay is sublime. Just done one of the full online Rally team dailies, with some epic stages and ended up finishing just 2 secs behind Junker! Quality!
 

Sounds like there are issues with the accelerator pedal on wheel setups, but outside of that, the vast majority of stuff mentioned in that Vid is proper bollocks or over exaggerated.. Can’t open the glove box on the Toyota - 2/10, don’t bother playing it. 😂 it’s a video game, it’s supposed to be fun!

 

The game is more difficult and unforgiving than WRC10. It’s easy to overcook things and spin the car on hairpins. It’s easy to lose traction. You need to consider speed, surfaces, weather conditions, undulations and jumps more, due to the better car physics. It’s all more pronounced than WRC10 and is a better game for it. 
 

I thought Codies were taking over the licence for this years official game. I’m glad they didn’t, based on how good this is. This feels like the true successor to the original Codemasters Colin McRae games, as did the last few WRC games. Can’t see Codies topping this for gameplay or content.

[Erik]

3 minutes ago, CrichStand said:

What bugs? I’m on PS5, so using the DualSense, been playing for over 10hrs and haven’t encountered a single bug or glitch. The gameplay is sublime. Just done one of the full online Rally team dailies, with some epic stages and ended up finishing just 2 secs behind Junker! Quality!
 

Sounds like there are issues with the accelerator pedal on wheel setups, but outside of that, the vast majority of stuff mentioned in that Vid is proper bollocks or over exaggerated.. Can’t open the glove box on the Toyota - 2/10, don’t bother playing it. 😂 it’s a video game, it’s supposed to be fun!

 

The game is more difficult and unforgiving than WRC10. It’s easy to overcook things and spin the car on hairpins. It’s easy to lose traction. You need to consider speed, surfaces, weather conditions, undulations and jumps more, due to the better car physics. It’s all more pronounced than WRC10 and is a better game for it. 
 

I thought Codies were taking over the licence for this years official game. I’m glad they didn’t, based on how good this is. This feels like the true successor to the original Codemasters Colin McRae games, as did the last few WRC games. Can’t see Codies topping this for gameplay or content.

 

Im on PC and Im looking for rally sim, not controller rally game. Some of those things, such as not having true RWD or FWD cars, are unacceptable.

[scoobysi]

1 minute ago, CrichStand said:

The game is more difficult and unforgiving than WRC10. It’s easy to overcook things and spin the car on hairpins. It’s easy to lose traction. You need to consider speed, surfaces, weather conditions, undulations and jumps more, due to the better car physics. It’s all more pronounced than WRC10 and is a better game for it. 

I hope they haven’t made it too unforgiving and difficult, what I really liked about WRC 9 was it never felt frustrating in the way I found DR could be. In DR if you looked at a rock the wrong way you’d crash!

[CrichStand]

1 minute ago, Erik said:

 

Im on PC and Im looking for rally sim, not controller rally game. Some of those things, such as not having true RWD or FWD cars, are unacceptable.

That’s fair enough. I think the game has definitely been aimed at playing on console, with a controller. For me this feels (emphasis on that word) far more like actual rallying than Dirt Rally 2.0, which felt far more like driving a shopping trolley.........with a wonky wheel........on ice.........whilst drunk. 😁 Also didn’t like the structure of it or the graphics or the lack of content.  Different strokes for different folks.

 

This, at least for me, is pretty much the perfect Rally game. Only thing I’d like to see is more gravel, mud etc flying up and covering the car. Used to love that on the original Colin McRae games. But that’s probably just me being a bit weird! 😂 For example, I love the way the sounds of the gravel etc hitting the car, come from the DualSense speaker. Combined with the haptics, it feels really tactile and satisfying. Again, shows how much shite that Timmy Bigbum youth is chatting. The devs have put a lot of fantastic work into these games to get them to where they are, which IMO is top of their genre.

 

14 minutes ago, scoobysi said:

I hope they haven’t made it too unforgiving and difficult, what I really liked about WRC 9 was it never felt frustrating in the way I found DR could be. In DR if you looked at a rock the wrong way you’d crash!

Everything is more exaggerated. You have to play with more care. Push too hard and chances are it won’t end well! The risk/reward mechanic is amazing. Whenever you screw up you always know it’s your own fault though. Sign of a good game.

[Junker]

Yeah Jimmy is wrong. Lots to recommend, I’m having a great time.

[Erik]

3 minutes ago, CrichStand said:

That’s fair enough. I think the game has definitely been aimed at playing on console, with a controller. For me this feels (emphasis on that word) far more like actual rallying than Dirt Rally 2.0, which felt far more like driving a shopping trolley.........with a wonky wheel........on ice.........whilst drunk. 😁 Also didn’t like the structure of it or the graphics or the lack of content.  Different strokes for different folks.

 

Oh yeah DR2 is weird in its own way, its almost as if rear suspension doesnt matter or do anything. Its like its glued to the ground. And not that much content and stages are relatively short.

[CrichStand]

14 minutes ago, Erik said:

 

Oh yeah DR2 is weird in its own way, its almost as if rear suspension doesnt matter or do anything. Its like its glued to the ground. And not that much content and stages are relatively short.

For me, the Dirt Rally titles are possibly the most disappointed I’ve ever been with a game. Just didn’t get on with them at all, which was a real shock after being such a big fan of the Colin McRae games. They didn’t feel like thrashing a car down some back road at all, at least to me anyway.

 

Not that many games I can remember the first time I saw/played them (Outrun and Ridge Racer immediately spring to mind), but the original Colin McRae is one that’s stuck with me. Walked into a Game store and there it was, running on a demo unit. I had no idea it even existed. Looked absolutely immense! As soon as I got my hands on the controller, (which was a newly released DualShock), I knew I was playing something truly special. Man, I loved that game and absolutely hammered it. Spent hrs racing my best mate, him in the Impreza me in the Lancer. That track where you went through a quarry is burned into my brain. 😂 
 

That’s why I love this so much. It feels just like a next gen version of that! No idea if the cars are accurate, or have the correct engine sounds and stuff, I’m just all about the gameplay. I actually love the way some of the cars scream when you jump them. Sounds mint! Yet in that Vid, it’s laughable and a reason not to play the game. I could understand if it was total shit, but the gameplay is phenomenal and best in class, and there’s a crazy amount of content to get stuck into.