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EA Sports WRC: Rally Stages from Monte Carlo to Finland

EA Sports WRC (2023) drives real rallies, from Rallye Monte Carlo and Rally Sweden in Umeå to Guanajuato Rally México in León, Rally de Portugal and Rally Finland in Jyväskylä.

Mapped by Mapped Chronicles editors5 locationsCountries: Monaco, Sweden, Mexico, Portugal, FinlandGPX

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Timeline & locations

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The right area — a town, park or district — but not a precise spot.

  1. Rallye Monte Carlo is one of the launch locations in EA Sports WRC, described as the "ice-capped iconic Monte-Carlo rally". The game later added a Briançonnet stage through a content pack. The real rally was meant to promote Monaco as a tourist resort on the Mediterranean shore. Stages in the game are not tied to one spot, so the pin marks Monte Carlo itself.

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    Location precision: The game's Monte Carlo stages are not tied to one address; the pin marks Monte Carlo itself.

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  2. Rally Sweden is a launch location in EA Sports WRC, and a later content pack updated its Umeå stages. In the real calendar the rally relocated to the northern Swedish city of Umeå in 2022. The reason was snow: Umeå is considered a more snow safe region. It is also the only WRC stage taking place on snow, so the game's winter driving has a real home here.

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    Location precision: The pin marks the city of Umeå; the game's stages are spread over roads around it.

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  3. Guanajuato Rally México is a launch location in EA Sports WRC. The real event is based in the state of Guanajuato: the stages take place around the cities of León, Silao and Guanajuato, with rally headquarters in León. León is therefore the pin for this stop.

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    Location precision: The pin marks León, the rally headquarters; stages run across the surrounding state.

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  4. Vodafone Rally de Portugal is a launch location in EA Sports WRC, and a later content pack added Fafe's iconic jumps. The real Rally de Portugal is an annual event held in May over three days, with special stages in the areas around Matosinhos, from Viana do Castelo and Braga to the Cabreira Mountains and Fafe. The pin marks Matosinhos, so treat it as the rally's area rather than a single stage.

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    Location precision: The pin marks Matosinhos only; the game's Portugal's stages cover a wider area.

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  5. Secto Rally Finland is a launch location in EA Sports WRC, and previews promised that "Finland's mega jumps should allow for some serious air-time". That matches the real rally in Central Finland, driven on wide and smooth gravel roads featuring blind crests and big jumps. The city of Jyväskylä has often served as the main venue for Finnish rally competitions.

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    Location precision: The pin marks Jyväskylä, the usual rally base; the stages lie in the surrounding countryside.

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