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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well count me interested. I could really go for a version of Dirt Rally 2 with more multiplayer versatility

[–] turtle@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

How was the EA/Codemasters WRC title compared to the Dirt Rally titles? I didn't buy it because it has Denuvo DRM, even on Steam.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seems to still have Denuvo and even has EA anticheat, which means no Linux support, even for single player.

[–] turtle@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Bleargh, I'm glad I didn't buy it. I'm making preparations to move to Linux.

[–] baropithecus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I have both. EA WRC looks, feels and runs WAY worse compared to Dirt Rally 2.0, and that's on my fairly beefy 5800x3d / 7800 xt desktop machine. Dr2.0 also runs perfectly on my steam deck, while I haven't even bothered to try running EA WRC on it (it would run like shit if it ran at all, plus the install size is like a gajillion GB).

On the upside, the tracks are way bigger / longer in EA WRC, some of them are a bit more interesting, and there's a cool pseudo-roguelite mechanic in the campaign mode where every week you choose what to do (main race or side race to appease the sponsor, recruitment of team members, resting, etc.). That said, I couldn't bring myself to finish a single season due to how pathetically janky the driving is.

[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Well, you wouldn't get far even trying to run EA WRC on the steam deck, as they added kernel level anti cheat after launch so it's now incompatible with Linux.

[–] turtle@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yikes! Good to know, thanks! I'm doubly glad I didn't buy it now. I still have to buy DR2 anyway.

Interesting about the stages and mechanics. I love long/realistic stages, but that's not enough to overcome the other issues.

[–] baropithecus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Be sure to grab it (DR 2.0, that is) before it's inevitably delisted, it happens with all heavily licensed games. Even the original Dirt Rally is still fantastic if you have an older rig IMO, and it was going for two bucks years ago.

[–] turtle@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Yikes, good point! I do have the original Dirt Rally and don't want to miss out on 2.0.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Couldn't tell you I'm afraid, I also haven't bought it. I grabbed DR2 because I saw it really cheap on sale and just wanted a rally sim rather than seeking out a specific one

[–] turtle@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cool, no worries. I keep meaning to buy DR2 on sale too. I will, eventually.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you're able to, get the version with the all the DLC. I think I paid £5 for that vs £3 for just the base game. The extra stuff is well worth getting

[–] turtle@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Will do, thanks!