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I was quite interested on the Rally game discussion.

My understanding is that the title of the game
is Network Q Rally.  Am I correct?

Would any fellow Canadians know if the game has
been brought to Canada yet?  I haven't seen it
in any of the software stores I've been too
here in Montreal.

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Santiago Oleas
Montreal, Canada

I asked at A-Plus Software and they said they would check through their Accolade
distributer.

Stephen

I want to know what the two titles are.  
I noticed someone mention he would ask
their Accolaide dealer about it.

I think I'll try to find the time to go
to one of Montreal's largest software
stores and see if they can give me some
insight.  I am very intersted in getting
this game.

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Santiago Oleas
Montreal, Canada

Hurrah, hurrah somebody's been listening!

One of the games is called RAC Network Q Rally (Or very similar) is new
out (released in November) and is full price #35 UKpounds.

The other is by Accolade, is an old game re-released and costs #10

Hope this helps, I don't know who wrote the first game and it may well have
been Accolade but I doubt it severely, I am of course assuming that the
Accolade game is budget in Canada, since if it is full price that would
explain a lot of the confusion, but it is 4 years old.  The Network Q game
has a picture of an Escort Cosworth on the front over here, and the Accolade
has a picture of a Sierra Cosworth!

Good Luck......

: >I want to know what the two titles are.  
: >I noticed someone mention he would ask
: >their Accolaide dealer about it.
: >
: One of the games is called RAC Network Q Rally (Or very similar) is new
: out (released in November) and is full price #35 UKpounds.

: The other is by Accolade, is an old game re-released and costs #10
Maybe something is happening here where different versions are being
released in different countries.

I went down to my local software store last night and checkit out what
we are getting in the States.  The big title is RALLY!.  The publisher
is Accolade. In small type at the top of the box is the logo Network Q
RAC Rally (or something like that). One place wanted $39 and another
wanted $44 for the package.

: Hope this helps, I don't know who wrote the first game and it may well have
: been Accolade but I doubt it severely, I am of course assuming that the
: Accolade game is budget in Canada, since if it is full price that would
: explain a lot of the confusion, but it is 4 years old.  The Network Q game
: has a picture of an Escort Cosworth on the front over here, and the Accolade
: has a picture of a Sierra Cosworth!
I have the older game in front of me. It has the Sierra Cosworth (one of
the reasons I like it - I rally an American Sierra over here). The games
plays as RHD.

The one in the store shows examples with LHD, says you can choose your
car from several possibilities, and has the picture of the Cosworth
Escort on the cover.  It says that scenes are DIGITIZED from the actual
rally, but the demo pictures on the back show something similar to the
original game.

The game says you need at least a 386 machine, but recommends a 486/66
DX and a Soundblaster PRO.

This would seem to indicate that we are all talking about the same game.
So what gives?  I suspect that we have a problem with expectations from
the Indy GP crowd vs those who have used the earlier rally game.  I am
most concerned about those that report joystick sensitivity problems.
There's no calibration available?  Personally, I preferred keyboard
control foor the origiinal rally game anyway.

I still haven't bought it. But I think I might, and my confusion factor
is going down now.

  Cheers,

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        Hewlett-Packard VXI Systems Division        1983 VW GTI
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                                                    1958 MG ZB Magnette

So, if I understand you correctly the RAC Network Q Rally
game should be better.  (Sounblaster et al.)

I'll look for the Escort Cosworth than!
Luckily for me I just got a JPG of one.
We don't get Cosworths on this side of
the pond although I have seen
pics of them in Rally form.

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Santiago Oleas
Montreal, Canada

I've only decoded, never encoded.

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Santiago Oleas
Montreal, Canada

SHOULD be better, but I would try an play it first some people hate it,
whilst others love it!

Poor you, how can you live without knowing that all the spare plastic
in the world goes into its rear spoiler!  By the way, where did you get
the picture?!

        Gordon

        Thanks,
                Randy

I ended up returning it a few days later for several reasons.
First of all, my soundblaster wouldn't work with it.  Secondly
it would crash all the time.  Thirdly, it had manual based
copy protection.  And fourthly when I called tech support
it seemed that the guys major interest was in giving me
something to try and getting me off the line (this was on my
dime even).  I tried the things he suggested while holding him
on the line.  After several things not working, he said I
needed to create an un-double spaced partition on my drive.
My response was 'This is only a game'.  I was completely tired
of it after about the first half hour of playing it anyway
(it's easy to get tired of it if it crashes on you all the
time).

Indy Car however is most excelent!

Sean
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