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Kylotonn have released another update for their World Rally Championship title that fixes a number of bugs and takes a swing (and miss) at game balancing. See the release notes below:
PC Only Fixes
Steering wheel issues
Fixed an issue that would make players lost randomly the FFB of their Thrustmaster’s steering wheels if they paused the game.
Fixed FFB on Fanatec steering wheels
Fix on all Fanatec steering wheels with shift light
Fixed Localisation for some steering wheel names
Empty cursor tooltip shown on the press start screen
Fixes for All Platforms (PC+Consoles)
Game balancing
Allowing Private Team access through WRC1 Category
Fixed an issue with the Epic Stage of Rally Estonia (ES Kanepi) was interpreted as a SSS
Fix issues when switching from a Manufacturer to a Private Team
The difficulty of the Anniversary Events has been tweaked (required times have been increased from 10 to 30 seconds depending of the stages)
Performance issues
Fix has been made on particules performances and spawn issues
Crash Fixes
Switching camera in replay on some shakedowns
Changing Tyres in Manufacturer Tryout
Sound issue related to Fmod on PS4 and PS5 during long stages (i.e. El Puma/Chile) on PS4 and PS5
Voice chat issues
Fixed a crash when 8 players where in an Online Multiplayer issue (PlayStation 5 Only)
User Interface
Various polish & bug fixes
Fix Clubs leaderboards display
Fix the End User License Agreement (EULA) which could open at the wrong moment
Others
Update credits
Fix on the Safe Area
WRC is a leading off-road simulation franchise developed by Kylotonn. Announced on March 19, 2020, this will be their seventh rally title.
