It’s not just Forza Motorsport that had a troubled launch. Since its release at the end of October, EA Sports WRC has been marred with frustrating frame rate and stuttering issues, particularly on PC.
Last week’s 1.3 update patch was supposed to repair the damage, but some players are still experiencing technical hiccups. One week later, another EA Sports WRC patch has arrived, with update 1.3.0 bringing further bug and performance fixes.
EA Sports WRC gets a tune-up with performance and bug fixes
Available to download and install on all platforms, the patch updates the shader compilations to reduce stuttering on PCs in different seasons and weather conditions.
As well as reducing stuttering, the main focus is improving the stability and performance on all platforms, according to the patch notes. That’s not all the patch addresses, either. It also changes the co-driver calls to make them earlier and fixes crashes, graphical glitches, and wheel support issues.
According to EA, the next patch is expected to be released around mid-December, around the end of Rally Pass Season 1. In the meantime, EA encourages players to report any bugs or issues they encounter following the update here.
EA Sports WRC Update 1.3.0 patch notes
Key Fixes
- Updated shader compilation to support seasonal variants, to further reduce the possibility of stutter on PC.
- Updated shader compilation to support weather variants, to further reduce the possibility of stutter on PC.
- Made multiple stability and performance improvements across the game on all platforms.
AI
- Fixed an issue where AI damage and mishaps occurred too frequently.
Co-Driver
- Adjusted Co-Driver call timings for the “Earliest”, “Earlier” and “Normal” settings, to deliver pace notes earlier.
Crash Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the game would crash while joining a Quick Play Multiplayer lobby.
- Fixed an issue where the game would crash while waiting in the pause menu at Scandia.
- Fixed an issue where the game would crash while completing a Season of Career after winning the WRC2 Championship.
Graphics & Visuals
- Fixed an issue where brightness in interior views was either over or underexposed in certain conditions at Mexico.
- Fixed an issue where brightness in interior views was either over or underexposed in certain conditions at Scandia.
- Fixed an issue where brightness in interior views was either over or underexposed in certain conditions at Sweden.
Input Devices
- Fixed an issue where framerate would be negatively impacted by the number of peripherals connected to a player’s PC.
- Fixed an issue where in-game menus could not be navigated while using the Fanatec ClubSport Steering Wheel BMW GT2 V2.
- Fixed an issue where in-game menus could not be navigated while using the Fanatec ClubSport Steering Wheel F1® Esports V2.
- Fixed an issue where in-game menus could not be navigated while using the Fanatec CSL DD with the Fanatec CSL Elite Steering Wheel McLaren GT3 V2.
- Fixed an issue where in-game menus could not be navigated while using the Fanatec CSL Elite Wheel Base.
- Fixed an issue where in-game menus could not be navigated while using the Fanatec GT DD Pro with the Fanatec ClubSport Steering Wheel BMW GT2 V2.
- Fixed an issue where in-game menus could not be navigated while using the Fanatec Podium Hub.
Locations
- Made a number of performance improvements and optimisations to Finland, including reducing the possibility of screen tearing.
- Made a number of performance improvements and optimisations to Japan, including reducing the possibility of screen tearing.
- Made a number of performance improvements and optimisations to Kenya, including reducing the possibility of screen tearing.
- Made a number of performance improvements and optimisations to Mediterraneo, including reducing the possibility of screen tearing.
- Made a number of performance improvements and optimisations to Mexico, including reducing the possibility of screen tearing.
- Fixed an issue where wet surfaces were using dry weather physics at Oceania.
Options & Settings
- Changed the default Graphics settings for Reflections to Medium, when using High or Ultra graphics presets, to reduce CPU throttling (note: does not overwrite custom selected settings).
Server Connectivity
- Fixed an issue which caused players to receive error CE-108255-1 when connecting to EA servers.
UDP
- Fixed an issue where End, Pause and Resume telemetry channels were being re-sent every frame.
User Interface & HUD
- Fixed an issue where split timings were comparing driver performance to the overall stage winner, and not the current stage leader.
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