Today, EA SPORTS and Codemasters have put a pause on its EA SPORTS WRC series, but potentially more could be happening. The game released back in 2023 and received content throughout the 2024 season even changing its name to EA SPORTS WRC 24. The team officially announced that its recent expansion, theHard Chargers Content Pack, would be its last release for the game. After two years and entering the 2025 World Rally Championship season, this makes sense. However, more news regarding not only the game but the series was announced afterwards in thispostdirectly from the Codemasters WRC Team.
The team officially announced that its recent expansion, theHard Chargers Content Pack, would be its last release for the game.
Potentially the End of an Era
The Codemasters WRC Team would go on to state after the announcement of the end of support for EA SPORTS WRC 24, all future plans for future rally titles have been paused. The current game will continue to be available for existing and new players, which following up with this sentence isn’t a great sign.“We hope it remains a source of joy, excitement, and the thrill of rally racing,” the team said in the post. “We’ve poured our hearts into making it for fans, and we know you’ll keep the passion alive.”
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The update grows a bit more bleak as the team discusses its history with the WRC partnership. EA has recently been dealing with layoffs. Codemasters is set to release F1 25 on May 30, leaving that series as the only one left that Codemasters is actively working on. Codemasters has released two rally games with DiRT 5 back in 2020 at launch of the current consoles and EA SPORTS WRC in 2023. The only other recent Codemasters game was GRID Legends. Below is the statement involving the history between the partnership.
Our WRC partnership was a culmination of sorts for our Codemasters journey with off-road racing, spanning decades through titles like Colin McRae Rally, and DiRT. We’ve provided a home for every rally enthusiast, striving tirelessly to push the boundaries and deliver the exhilarating thrill of driving on the ragged edge. We’ve brought together incredibly talented racing developers, worked with some of the sport’s icons, and had the opportunity to share our love of rallying.
Developer Kylotonn released annual WRC titles for years that were published by Nacon. These tended to be ultra-simulation titles with the final one beingWRC Generationsin 2022.EA and Codemasters would go on to create a successor for DiRT Rally 2, which would be EA SPORTS WRC.Rather than sticking with the EGO Engine, it moved the series over to the Unreal Engine, but it wasn’t the Unreal Engine 5 but rather the previous engine. The game launched with bugs that would eventually get ironed out. It continued to receive content updates for two years. The World Rally Championship is a very popular sport worldwide and an even more unique experience for sim racers.
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