EA Sports WRC: PC/PS5/Xbox Series X/S - DF Tech Review - An Engine Change for Better or Worse?

With its move to Unreal Engine 4, developer Codemasters once again diversifies its use of engines across its racing titles. EA Sports WRC is an excellent rally experience backed by the team's own handling model and physics - and yet something is amiss. The move away from its own EGO engine - as still used in the F1 series - has meant a sacrifice to both image quality and frame-rates on PS5 and Series X. And even PC appears to be facing issues on Unreal Engine, with shader compilation stutters. Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe Join the DF Patreon to support the team more directly and to get access to everything we do via pristine quality downloads: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and more? Check out our store: https://store.digitalfoundry.net For commercial enquiries, please contact [email protected] 00:00 Introduction 03:56 Dirt Rally 2.0 Recap and Engine Comparison 06:47 PS5 vs Xbox Series X/S Comparison 09:01 PC vs Xbox Series X Comparison 10:23 Console Frame-Rate Tests 12:56 PC Performance Test 14:31 Verdict