Build the car of your dreams in our biggest rally game ever, EA SPORTS™ WRC, the all-new official videogame of the FIA World Rally Championship, the first developed by the award-winning team behind the DiRT Rally series.
Hello players,
Following the v1.4.0 update to EA SPORTS™ WRC, an [url=https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Game-crashes-when-clicking-quot-Continue-Career-quot/td-p/13310505]unforeseen issue with Career Mode[/url] has occurred that is affecting a number of players.
Please see below for further information and what we are doing to resolve it for you all.
[h2]What happened:[/h2]
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[*] [url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1849250/view/3855707727958747596?l=english]The v1.4.0 update was released.[/url]
[*] This update added Central European Rally to the game.
[*] Central European Rally was also added to Career Mode, both as part of the WRC class, and across several other Championships and Events in Career.
[*] The addition of Central European Rally caused a mismatch in the game code with a specific set of Benefactor objectives.
[*] Affected players will experience a 100% crash rate if their Career Mode save features these specific objectives.
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[h2]How are players affected:[/h2]
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[*] Career Mode contains hundreds of combinations of Benefactor objectives, specifying which Events and Championships the player must compete in as progression targets.
[*] These Benefactor objectives are randomly assigned to players at the start of each Career Mode Season.
[*] Players who have specific combinations of these Benefactor objectives will experience a game crash if they attempt to continue their Career.
[*] Players who have not started Career, or start a new Career are not affected in Career Mode Season 1.
[*] Some players may be able to load a Career Mode save without any issue, though this cannot be predicted in advance.
[*] Players who are currently in Career Mode Season 2 and beyond in WRC2 and Junior WRC are at risk of a crash if they attempt to continue their career.
[*] Players who are currently in Career Mode Season 2 and beyond in WRC are also at risk, and players in Season 3 and beyond are at a higher risk.
[*] If a player has experienced this crash, there is a chance that their Career Mode progress has been lost with no ability to recover.
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[h2]How players can mitigate the issue:[/h2]
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[*] If a player has an active Career Mode save, we are advising all players to avoid playing in Career until an update is released.
[*] With the hotfix we are aiming to restore existing Career Mode Saves for those that do not start a new Career.
[*] If a player wishes to start a new Career, they can do so without being affected by this issue, however their previous save will be permanently lost.
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[h2]How we are fixing the issue:[/h2]
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[*] This issue is the #1 priority for our team as regards fixes and updates.
[*] However, as this is a complicated and delicate issue that affects save games, we do not wish to rush a quick fix, and inadvertently cause further issues down the line.
[*] With this hotfix we are also aiming to recover lost Career Mode saves for those that do not start a new Career.
[*] The aim is to have a hotfix ready as soon as possible.
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[h2]What else will be in the hotfix:[/h2]
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[*] The primary goal of the hotfix will be to resolve the issues causing Career Mode to crash for players.
[*] In addition, we believe we have found a fix for the commonly-reported “inconsistent AI performance when resuming an Event” issue.
[*] We plan to implement this AI change into the hotfix as well, thank you for your recent reports which have helped us to potentially diagnose the root cause.
[*] Finally, we plan to implement a fix to the track limits issue reported on Rally Chile stages, which arose after the v1.4.0 update was released.
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[h2]When will a hotfix be released:[/h2]
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[*] Due to the complexity of the Career Mode issue, the action required to resolve it, and the time required for testing and certification, we aim to be in a position to issue a hotfix on all platforms in mid January.
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