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Electronic Arts have released the 1.4.1 update for EA Sports WRC by Codemasters. This update fixes a crash that prevented users from loading career saves, various stage cut track penalty lines and reduces screen tearing.
This is considered to be a hotfix. The next major update for EA Sports WRC is expected to be v1.5.0, and should appear at the end of Season 2.
Patch notes:
Crash Fixes
Fixed an issue in which some players would experience a game crash when resuming Career.
AI
Fixed an issue in which AI performance would dramatically decrease when resuming an in-progress Career or Championship Event.
Locations
Chile – Bio Bio – Fixed an issue in which a penalty reset line was placed too close to a specific hairpin’s apex.
Chile – Pulpería – Fixed an issue in which a penalty reset line was placed too close to a specific hairpin’s apex.
Chile – María Las Cruces – Fixed an issue in which a penalty reset line was placed too close to a specific hairpin’s apex.
Chile – Las Pataguas – Fixed an issue in which a penalty reset line was placed too close to a specific hairpin’s apex.
Chile – Chivilingo – Fixed an issue in which a penalty reset line was placed too close to a specific hairpin’s apex.Performance
Addressed an issue on console that was causing additional screen tearing in frontend menus after the v1.4.0 update.
Addressed an issue on console that was causing additional screen tearing after excessive use of the pause menu.
Performance on console should now be similar to before v1.4.0. We will continue to investigate and address performance issues on console and PC in future updates.
EA SPORTS first WRC title, developed by Codemasters and the DiRT Rally team.
The 2024 season addon for EA Sports WRC was available as a separate DLC for those who purchased EA Sports WRC. For those who purchased after its release, it was bundled with the 2023 content.