They're fully in keeping with the ostentatious feel though, as is the ludicrous music and the sickeningly cheesy soundbite, "Game Over Yeaaaah! But, clearly showing its arcade roots, Sega Rally 2 is heavy on the 'one more go' factor and will have you frantically slapping the pad for another spin, untroubled by the prospect of having to throw another quid down the grid. The fact that you have probably spent thousands of pounds on a machine so you can sit in the dark and play games is a different matter altogether, and one that you will have to take up with your personal analyst.
Sega and the PC have had a chequered past, and have always been the most uncomfortable of bedfellows with the original Sega Rally being fairly moribund, despite its success on the doomed Saturn.
It's probably a sign of Sega's turnabout in fortunes that the Dreamcast is flying, and they seem to have turned out a decent, if identical, PC game at last. Furthermore, Sega Rally 2 proves that what the Dreamcast can do, the PC can at least match without breaking into a sweat - although there was never really any doubt of that.
Ultimately, you have four choices. Show no interest in Sega Rally 2 whatsoever and go about your normal business. Venture down to the local Happy Land arcade with a pocket full of bollocks and a wallet full of cash, risking your life at the hands of drug-crazed thugs.
Go to a shop and fork out for a copy of the game and a Dreamcast in a big box. Buy this PC game in your normal manner. You decide. Browse games Game Portals. Sega Rally 2 Championship. Install Game. Being one of the best arcade racers around, I had high hopes for this Saturn port. Luckily, I got it just while I was replacing my system, and so I had the chance to see it from two different points of view- of the normal and power user.
And believe you me, they are different. Installing it was a real snap, even on my relatively unstable machine due to different hardware being replaced while writing the review. No crashes, hassles, or problems of any kind. Maybe Sega is willing to give "PC stability classes"?
I know of several companies who would desperately need the lessons The game itself runs using DirectX, ships with version 3, and thoughtfully asks you whether you want it installed. It either runs in a window or in full screen mode, with the former requiring the use of a 16 bit color palette.
Sega Rally looks either very good or very bad, depending on your hardware. In SVGA, especially with 16 bit colors, its simply fantastic- I had some trouble playing the game as my attention always wandered to all the eye candy. It is really, really pretty. But if you are one of the majority, then you probably don't have the particulars needed to run it at maximum settings. This is where Sega Rally loses big. It is just awful at the lower resolutions, and if you decide that a low frame rate doesn't bother you and decide to run it at SVGA, then you'll have to turn off the sound.
The thing is, the developers did something very nice with the sound- its actually affected but what is going on, and actually helps you drive better. You can tell a lot of things by just listening to the engine and wheels- on my system, I could distinctly hear my right front wheel losing grip on one of the tight turns. But since the game tries to lower the frame rate, instead of lose frames, the sound is slowed also. Its like listening to a 45 RPM vinyl record revolving at It gets even worse then that; Sega has managed to recreate the experience of driving a race car magnificently- for anyone who has the horsepower.
On my previous P, the car handled just like any ordinary arcade racer- maybe it was a bit more responsive. On my MMX, though, the car transformed into something out of a dream. Your four wheel drive behaves like it should, and you should actually take into consideration whether you are driving over sand, grass, asphalt or whatever.
A virtual navigator of sorts keeps informing you of the nature of coming curves- things along the lines "long, easy right", or "medium right, medium left" in succession for a tight chicane.
Nice, but if you turn off the sound because your computer isn't really up to the whole thing, you'll lose the nav as well. Luckily, these warnings are coupled by on screen warnings in the form of very noticeable colored arrows. A minor bug does exist, in that the collision detection is not perfect. You may find yourself driving parallel to a wall with one half of your car on each side. No big deal, but not perfect. Sega Rally offers quite a number of options.
The Arcade mode recreates the original quite well, and you can additionally choose to practice any of the three normally available courses.
The races are normal arcade fare- you have a "timer to checkpoint" combination to beat, with extra time being carried over, as well as 14 computer opponents should you pick the Championship race.
That latter mode requires that you run through the three courses, exposing a fourth. Going on to win first place on that will reveal a hidden car you may use from then on. Before I go on, let me explain. Sega Rally is very weak in terms of the number of courses and cars it has to offer. Only three tracks are available from the off- Desert, Forest, and Mountain- which get progressively harder. The Lakeside track is hidden- it becomes exposed when you fight for championship and run successfully through all the other three.
All of the tracks are beautifully designed, and this compensates somewhat for not having any more. Its still annoying having only two! Manage that, and you will find a third car, the rear wheel drive Lancia Stratos. In , a PC version was released. The game is a continuation of well-known races. In the second part the authors added several new cars and routes including winter locations. Sega Rally 2 is a typical racing game with a focus on dexterity.
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