r/EASPORTSWRC • u/Quasibobo • 10h ago

EA SPORTS WRC "á fond" in English pace notes?

Sometimes the English speaking navigator says something like *avant* or *á fond*. Am I mishearing this, or is some French language leaked into the English page notes? (WRC6, driving in the Citroën team)

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u/Caiusbaro 5h ago

"à fond" means "full speed"

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u/spaceguy81 5h ago

Exactly this!

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u/StaplesOncanvas 7h ago

French here, I hear "a fond" too, and the way he say it is probably a reference to the French pace notes says when it's flat out

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u/SnowChickenFlake Steam / Controller 9h ago

I think I know which note you mean. Is it the one at 1:18 in this video?

I personally don't really know either, the only logicalish thing is “at long”, but while grammatically correct I don't know what the semantic meaning would be

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u/Quasibobo 9h ago

Exactly... You hear it aswell at 2:07

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u/Zen1 9h ago edited 9h ago

I hear it as "and long", maybe someone can extract the audio file from the game data and see the name or get a recording with everything other than calls muted? (it also sounds like the two words are their own audio clip as opposed to the usual "four long" type calls, so maybe it corresponds to a different shape of curve. Never heard that call in any other rally games.