rec.autos.simulators

Found this "budget" title in Fry's Electronics for $12.95. Comes in a
big box, but no documentation except on CD. How DOES this measure
against the current titles, like CMR2, RM, or M1RC?

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Aug 2001:

Never heard of it - does it have any other titles? Neither amazon.com
or amazon.co.uk have it, and nor do the EB sites.

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David. (GPLRank handicap -6.57; Monsters of GPL +271.79)
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.
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Published by Interplay and THQ... I just realized I munged the title.
It's

INTERNATIONAL RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP

Not World. I apologize for the mistake. :-P

--KC

It sounds as though it's a bit gamey.

http://www.gamesdomain.co.uk/gdreview/depart/jul01/rallyfeature_budge...

Bobby

05 Aug 2001:

Aha - I've got that one. Yes, it is arcadey. It's the one in between
Network Q RAC Rally Championship and RC2000, and it's easily the worst
of the series. Totally made-up tracks, dodgy graphics on some grfx
cards and no feeling of immersion at all. Not completely awful, but
probably not worth more than $5.

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David. (GPLRank handicap -6.57; Monsters of GPL +271.79)
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.
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I paid $12.95 US dollars... And you're absolutely right... It's MUCH
worse than RC2K. The tracks have quite a bit of variety, but the
handling is horrendous, and crash sequences are your basic tumble
only... The driving model is a joke, and the different cars don't feel
any
different at all. I tried to enable the rear view mirror and half the
screen
went black diagonally! (And I was using a VERY normal NVIDIA TNT!)
Graphics looks so grainy I wonder if I had enabled 320x200 by mistake
(but no, I was using 800x600 "full" mode). The cars look blocky, the
textures look lousy... The terrain has some good spots but the tracks
quickly gets repetitious, esp. when quite a few are "circuit" tracks.
:-P

I think I'll go back to Rally Masters or RC2K...  I'm not even going to
bother with the track editor... Maybe I can use this as a Christmas
gift.
:-)

Here's a GENERAL complaint about rally games though... WHERE
are the setup options explained? What effects will they have on your
car? When should you set what where? You get a generic definition
and that's about it. :-P

--KC

INTERNATIONAL RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP is totally terrible.

06 Aug 2001:

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Exactly what happens to me with a V3-2000. (Also happened with my
original ancient Cirrus 5436).

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Yep - what we need is a Steve Smith of rallying...

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David. (GPLRank handicap -6.57; Monsters of GPL +271.79)
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.
Earn (not very much) money writing reviews at http://uk.ciao.com