Video game development is rarely about one man, but if it was, then Terence Groening should certainly get a mention for his contributions to the genre as the man responsible for the physics of Sportscar GT, EA’s PC F1 and NASCAR games of the early 2000’s, rFactor, rFactor 2 and every title and rFpro simulator that spawned from ISI’s engine.
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Known primarily for their mod-friendly SCGT and rFactor racing platforms, ISI also developed Formula One and NASCAR titles on PC for Electronic Arts, but perhaps their lasting contribution to the genre was the licensing of the isiMotor engine that allowed studios such as 2Pez, Blimey! Games, KW Studios, Motorsport Games, Reiza Studios, SIMBIN Studios, Slightly Mad Studios, The Sim Factory, Tiburon and rFactor 2‘s ongoing developer Studio 397 to begin with or release on an evolution of their software.
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EA have released a new patch for EA Sports WRC that fixes a number of issues and adds some options for newer players.
Changelog:
Audio
Made improvements to audio effects when the player’s car collides with bodies of water, and other soft-edge objects (foliage etc.).
Livery Editor
Added 27 new decals to the Livery Editor. These primarily consist of motorsport safety-themed icons, such as fire extinguisher marks, electricity cut-off indicators, tow hook locations and more.
Locations
Japan – Lake Mikawa – Fixed an issue in which some textures appeared distorted during location reveal scenes.
Pacifico – Talao – Addressed a number of corner-cutting exploits on the “Abai” section of this stage.
Pacifico – Talanghilirair – Addressed a number of corner-cutting exploits on the “Abai” section of this stage.
Pacifico – Sungai Kunit – Addressed a number of corner-cutting exploits on the “Abai” section of this stage.
Pacifico – Sangir Balai Janggo – Addressed a number of corner-cutting exploits on the “Abai” section of this stage.
Pacifico – Abai – Addressed a number of corner-cutting exploits.
Pacifico – Moearaikoer – Addressed a number of corner-cutting exploits.
Moments
Japanese Airlines – Fixed an issue in which this Moment could not be completed.
Options & Settings
Added a new Damage Difficulty option: “Visual Only”. This setting allows mechanical damage to be disabled across Career, Championship, Clubs, Quick Play Solo and Quick Play Multiplayer. Tyres will not receive punctures while this is enabled (Tyre Wear remains active). Terminal Damage will not occur from crashes or entering unrecoverable zones on stages (these now reset the car to the road). No changes have been made to the Normal and Hardcore Damage Difficulty options.
Added Assists, AI and Damage Difficulty notes to Play Experience. Play Experience is the difficulty preset menu presented to new players when they play for the very first time.
Adjusted the preset Assists applied when new players select Experienced in the Play Experience menu. Assists can be changed/customised at any time.
New players who select Experienced in the Play Experience menu will now be automatically taken to Rally School. This functionality previously existed when new players selected Beginner (and also remains active there).
Renamed the “Hardcore Damage” setting to “Damage Difficulty”.
Quick Play
Fixed an issue with Quick Play Multiplayer in which Xbox players could not receive invites from players on other platforms.
VR Beta
Fixed an issue in which ambient audio was not playing during replays and other scenes.
Miscellaneous
Made a small number of minor bug fixes and improvements across the game
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.
