On March 25 EA and Codemasters will launch the Arduous Chargers Content material Pack for WRC 24 including new rally levels, Moments, liveries, historic autos, and a further automotive class.
The Arduous Chargers pack introduces 12 new levels, throughout Rally Sweden and Acropolis Rally Greece. Every location will get 6 further levels, precisely recreating the real-world roads from current WRC seasons.
Arduous Chargers Content material Pack can also be obtainable as a part of the next bundles: EA SPORTS™ WRC + 24 Season Enlargement Bundle.
Gamers new to WRC should purchase EA SPORTS WRC 24 to get the bottom sport, the 2024 vehicles & levels, Le Maestros, and Arduous Chargers in a single buy.
Arduous Chargers Content material Pack – Key Particulars:
12 new levels, for present in-game places:
- Sweden: Umeå (10.8km)
- Sweden: Sandbacka (10.8km)
- Sweden: Ersmark (10.1km)
- Sweden: Ersboda (10.0km)
- Sweden: Umeå Dash (5.2km)
- Sweden: Haga (5.0km)
- Greece: Harvati (14.1km)
- Greece: Pisia (14.2km)
- Greece: Drosopigi – Aghia Triada (8.8km)
- Greece: Perachora (8.8km)
- Greece: Irini – Schinos (8.3km)
- Greece: Posidonia (8.2km)
1 new automotive class:
6 new vehicles:
- WRC 2017-2021: Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC ‘21
- WRC 1997-2011: Ford Focus WRC ‘99
- Rally3: Renault Clio Rally3
- Rally4: Renault Clio Rally4
- Rally4: Opel Corsa Rally4
- H2 RWD: Ford Escort RS 1600 MK1
18 official liveries for brand new and present vehicles:
- Fiat 131 Abarth Rally: “Fiat” (1976)
- Ford Escort MK2: “Ford” (1979)
- Ford Escort RS 1600 MK1: “Workforce Esso” (1973)
- Ford Escort RS 1600 MK1: “Ford” (1973)
- Ford Escort RS Cosworth: Malcolm Wilson (1993)
- Ford Focus RS Rally 2008: Marcus Grönholm (2006)
- Ford Focus RS Rally 2008: Matthew Wilson (2010)
- Ford Focus WRC ‘99: Colin McRae (1999)
- Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC ‘21: “Hyundai #6” (2021)
- Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC ‘21: “Hyundai #11” (2021)
- Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC ‘21: “Hyundai #42” (2021)
- Opel Corsa Rally4: “Launch Livery” (2021)
- Peugeot 206 Rally: Marcus Grönholm (1999)
- Peugeot 208 T16 R5: Craig Breen (2015)
- Renault Clio Rally3: “Check Livery” (2023)
- Renault Clio Rally3: Mattéo Chatillon (2024)
- Renault Clio Rally4: “Launch Livery” (2021)
- SEAT Córdoba WRC: “Privateer” (2001)
16 unique challenges in Moments mode:*
- That includes iconic moments from WRC historical past, utilizing content material from the Arduous Chargers Content material Pack
At Rally Sweden you’ll uncover the nervewracking new roads of Umeå, the present residence of WRC’s coldest rally. You’ll want to string the needle between doubtlessly stage-ending snow banks in flat-out sections set in opposition to the backdrop of a fantastic Scandinavian winter, all earlier than ending at the now iconic Pink Barn Area.
Acropolis Rally Greece takes you to the opposite excessive, with the recent and rocky roads presenting one of many hardest challenges on the WRC calendar. Discover your technical driving expertise by way of the mountain passes of Harvati and look out for rocks and drops that may finish your rally right away. You’ll have to be courageous and exact on levels the place every flip is crucial to arrange the subsequent.
Each levels could be pushed in ahead or reverse instructions, together with shorter variations for extra selection. As with different EA SPORTS WRC 24 levels, you’ll take them on throughout a number of climate and time-of-day situations, and the Greek levels could be pushed in a number of seasons.
Moreover, the pack introduces 6 new vehicles to the sport, together with a brand new automotive class.
The star of the present is the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC ‘21 within the “World Rally Automobile 2017-2021” class. One of many quickest WRC vehicles of all time, it scored 3 wins and 17 podiums all through the 2021 season.
Subsequent up is the Ford Focus WRC ‘99, a basic from the times of Colin McRae Rally 2.0. The successor to the legendary Ford Escort line of vehicles, the Focus confirmed potential from the very starting and laid the foundations for future title challenges.
Talking of the Escort, the Ford Escort RS 1600 MK1 takes us again to the very starting, having competed within the very first WRC season in 1973.
Rounding out the pack, we have now extra modern-day equipment, this time within the Rally3 and Rally4 courses. The Opel Corsa Rally4 and Renault Clio Rally4 are entry-level Entrance-Wheel Drive vehicles, whereas the Renault Clio Rally3 is a step as much as All-Wheel Drive energy.
The Rally3 class is new to the sport, and the Clio might be joined in that class by the Ford Fiesta Rally3 from the bottom sport. We’ve added a brand new free livery to the Fiesta as effectively (Jon Armstrong, 2022), and the unique base sport car will stay within the Junior WRC class.
Arduous Chargers options 18 real-world liveries for each new and present vehicles, together with 16 new Moments to finish.
Moments are themed challenges, usually paying tribute to particular occasions in WRC historical past. Listed below are a number of the nice drives you’ll be challenged to copy with the brand new Arduous Chargers content material:
- Kenya (1999) – Colin McRae’s high-risk transfer from SUBARU to Ford pays off with a maiden win within the Ford Focus WRC ‘99.
- Iberia (2021) – Thierry Neuville scores a significant win on the winding Iberian roads to maintain Hyundai’s title goals alive.
- Sweden (2022) – Jon Armstrong makes a triumphant return to Rally Sweden, setting the season-opening tempo in Junior WRC.
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