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RalliSport Challenge. It's a rally racing game.
It's a sport. And it might be a challenge to get £45's worth of enjoyment
out of this game. However, it wasn't always the case because a few short years
ago we saw a brilliant racing game on the Playstation in the form of V-Rally.
Yes, the control system was a bit difficult but you got to grips with things
eventually, but four years or so on and you need a bit more than the basics
to sustain your interest.
Getting the rest of the basics out of the way and this is a game for up to four
players, the multiplayer aspect being handled in a split-screen format. Talking
figures, there are 48 tracks split across four different rally sports (Rally,
Hill Climb, Rallycross and Ice Racing), plus you can drive 29 fully-licenced
Rally vehicles including the infamous "Group B" cars, with choices including
the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI, Audi Quattro S1 and the Saab 0-3 Viggen,
whatever that is.
Play a single race, race against the clock in the "Time Attack" mode, play
against your friends instead of just playing with yourself, or make a "Career"
out of it. You know the drill.
This game looks okay, but the graphics are far from revolutionary. Things look
nice, but, annoyingly, although you can see far and wide around you - and beyond
into the hills, if you travel just a little bit off the beaten track the screen
will go blank and you'll be placed back on course again.
A number of forgettable dancified tracks are available for selection, although
in most such games I tend to turn these down so I can concentrate on the game
in hand. One crash is very much like another and you can guess the sounds for
those.
The handling of the cars takes a bit of getting used to - a la V-Rally -
and you get told what type of bend is coming up, but what is weird is that
whether you're driving over sand or ice, the grip on your tyres is indistinguishable,
which means the weather is just there for visual effect and not physical.
But like any good rally racing game, you ask yourself - Can you go round the
track the wrong way and crash into your opponents? Yes and no. You can turn
round and head back from whence you came, but it's not always a circular track,
so for some you can do this - although any such crashes are far from spectacular -
and on the others you travel from A to B so there's nothing behind you to crash
into once they've all run off in front, as they expectantly will.
If you really must have a rally racing game in your collection for the Xbox then
I'm sure better ones will come along. Until then, if you're keen to take this
one for a test drive then rent before you buy.
GRAPHICS SOUND EFFECTS AND MUSIC PLAYABILITY ENJOYMENT
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