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PRESS RELEASE: NACON ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH WRC PROMOTER FOR THE PUBLISHING OF THE OFFICIAL GAMES OF THE FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP, FROM 2027 TO 2032

NACON ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH WRC PROMOTER FOR THE PUBLISHING OF THE OFFICIAL GAMES OF THE FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP, FROM 2027 TO 2032 Lesquin, May...

buff.ly

At least we will get new rally games. Interesting.

 

[touchfuzzy]

Man EA really blew that one (surprise). Kylotonn's games were just getting better as they went along, be interesting to see what they cook up for 2027.

 

[Black_Stride]

Man EA really blew that one (surprise). Kylotonn's games were just getting better as they went along, be interesting to see what they cook up for 2027.

What I dont get is that EA could have kept making Dirt Rally series and left KT and Nacon to do the official WRC games.
As you said the games were actually getting good, I hope they didnt throw away all thee work they had put down and they can hit the ground running.

 

[Hypereides]

Called it.

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Post in thread 'Development stopped indefinitely on all future WRC rally titles'

Apr 30, 2025

I swear, man. Getting acquired by EA in this industry just isn't worth it in the long run. I get their financial stability is a tempting security net, but the impending cost isn't worth it. Both for the actual creators in the studio in question and the gamers out there. They're probably gutting the studio as we speak and replacing folks with their own internally appointed micromanagers.

Oh well, I imagine Nacon/Plaion is ready to pick up the mantle.

Buying a studio that had several racing series (Dirt, Grid, F1) just to get the rights to the later is a stupid idea

Its been their...

• Hypereides

 

[Buggy Loop]

Well at least its more rally games

I hope they step up because WRC generations was not better than EA WRC's to be honest.

 

[Buggy Loop]

I would be extremely surprised they make something better than generations with those conditions. Maybe the announcement with FIA WRC cancels the mass firing and hires them back on the spot.

 

[drotahorror]

Well that's good news and bad news in many aspects. Not surprised EA completely fucked up the WRC license. I'm sure it was a dream come true for codies as well. Such a damn shame.

 

[Bry0]

I hate EA. They have always had a terrible reputation but this gen they have just been an absolute disaster.

 

[Zarak]

I'm glad it's being worked on but at least 4 years without a WRC game sucks.

 

[Kruza]

Yikes... what a wild turn of events.

I liked Kylotonn's work on V-Rally 4 and later WRC Generations quite a bit. However, I never thought of these rally games as A-tier quality in the class of Codemasters' DiRT Rally series and later EA Sports WRC. Maybe Kylotonn steps it up in a big way next go around. I really hope they can.

 

[hollams]

Honestly this is terrible. The Nacon WRC games had good stages, but everything else was subpar. The press release about something new was a total lie.

My two biggest gripes with the old WRC games.

FFB
The FFB was not that great on a direct drive wheel as I could never get a good feeling with it espically around the center.

Telemetry
Telemetry data is output by all racing sims which is used in motion platforms to produce accurate motion and also in direct drive wheels for added immersion. The WRC games never output telemetry data which is really unacceptable. There was a modder who was able to get some data out but it was nothing like the Codemaster games and without motion I just won't play a racing game anymore.