Rally Masters

Digital Illusions/Infogrames · released 2000 · discussed in 577 posts, 1999-2004 · overall tone positive

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Key threads

Rally Championship 2000: praise and doubts about physics 2000-05-16 · 35 posts
Colin Harris asked why the excellent Rally Championship got so few posts. Some found its physics floaty or lacking mass, and a real rally participant said the cars had too much grip, while others recommended raising gravity to 110 percent with the latest patch. Rally Masters was suggested as having better handling.
Best modern rally sim for the PC 2001-11-29 · 27 posts
Asked for the best rally sim, posters split between Rally Masters for physics, Rally Championship 2000 for authentic stages despite weak physics, Rally Trophy for good physics on historic cars, and Colin McRae Rally 2 for fun. Rally Championship Xtreme was criticised for a large steering dead zone, with DXTweak suggested as a workaround that did not work on XP. Posters also explained why most rally games use fictional stages.
Rally sims with snow conditions 2000-07-12 · 23 posts
A poster asked for a rally sim with snow and good physics. Rally Championship, Rally Masters and Colin McRae Rally were recommended, but most agreed none had excellent physics. A dispute followed over whether Rally Championship's handling was realistic, with David G Fisher citing reviews and others citing real rally drivers.
Colin McRae Rally fans weigh up Rally Masters 2000-04-27 · 22 posts
A Colin McRae Rally fan asked how others rated Rally Masters, noting it was faster to bounce off walls on some stages. Opinions were mixed: some called the demo poor, while others praised its graphics and handling once controllers were tuned. The thread also touched on DICE's STCC and cheat codes.

Busiest threads

Colin McRae Rally fans weigh up Rally Masters (10 posts about it)
best rally game??? (9 posts about it)
Rally sims with snow conditions (8 posts about it)
Rally Master is Released (8 posts about it)
Rally Masters Kicks Ass (8 posts about it)
Mike Beauchamp's Rallisport Challenge PC review (7 posts about it)
Re: Best rally sim? (7 posts about it)
Best modern rally sim for the PC (6 posts about it)
The Best Rally Game for PC? (6 posts about it)
Rally Championship 2000: praise and doubts about physics (6 posts about it)
Rally Masters first impressions (6 posts about it)
Rally Masters - Quick Take (6 posts about it)
Rallisport Challenge - yah or nah? (5 posts about it)
Good Rally Game? (5 posts about it)
Rally Masters $4.99 at Staples (5 posts about it)

Sentiment by year

Each post that discussed the sim was rated from −2 (very negative) to +2 (very positive).

Year	Posts	Positive	Negative	Tone
1999	26	11	2	positive (+0.38)
2000	317	137	29	positive (+0.45)
2001	114	61	14	positive (+0.52)
2002	87	56	7	very positive (+0.71)
2003	25	9	1	positive (+0.44)
2004	8	3	1	positive (+0.25)