Europress Rally Championship

I have just purchased Rally Championship & I thought I might give it a bit of a review. Good 1. Cars look pretty good & sound OK. 2. Handling is a bit soft but its easy to get used to it. 3. Lots of different tracks. 4. The road isnt always flat (left to right) so you get stuck driving on a bit of an angle which is cool. 5. Works well over a modem. 6. Has both an Arcade mode & a more realistic mode. 7. Co Driver calls type of corner coming up (easy hard etc) Bad 1. You cant go off the track, you just bounce back which leads to bits where you get to a thin section & just bounce from side to side. 2. It would be a good two player (one machine) game but there is no ability to do this. 3. Not enough info in the manual. 4. Not enough car setup things to change. 5. Car damage is not realistic enough & not shown on the car. Thats all I can come up with for now. any comments you have feel free to blast them back to me.

> Thats all I can come up with for now. any comments you have feel free > to blast them back to me. I think its awful that a game does not support VGA! Sure you can make the textured road in VGA and the grass to, but the rest of the surrounding is textures SVGA. If you really want true speed, youre still stuck with VGA. IT DOES NOT MATTER AT ALL IF THE CAR LOOKS JUST LIKE THE REAL THING, IF YOU CANT GET A DEASENT FRAMERATE DONT BOTHER! And the handling of the car is really bad to! Soryy about my temper, but I had to get it out! -- Thomas Heineman

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>I have just purchased Rally Championship & I thought I might give it a >bit of a review. >Good > ... removed, all were valid points ... >Bad >1. You cant go off the track, you just bounce back which leads to >bits where you get to a thin section & just bounce from side to side.

This is BAD, as you are actually able to gain speed by bouncing instead of losing it. Heh, try out Europress' F1 Manager if you want to see an incomplete manual... I returned that game back to store (it lacked promised online help too). I have yet to see how changing brake balance affects manoveurability as I almost never have to brake :( Agreed. The damage should be much easier to imply. You can roll the car around at each corner without a scratch. I had to work hard for several stages to get my electrics and lights go out (wanted to drive a rainy night session with no headlights and wipers :) OTOH, gears begin dropping quite easily with the slightest damage to gearbox and/or clutch. One more: 6. jumping gives you a 10 kph boost each time, so you can end up with quite unrealistic top speeds. But all in all, Rally Championship is still a good game. --

<snip> > But all in all, Rally Championship is still a good game. > -- You said it! It's a good GAME (no simulator), and it fills a big hole of missing Rally-games out there, and it's FUN, FUN, FUN in network-mode (8 players max (IPX)). Network-play is limited in the "Individual" mode of the game (no time-tries, Championship or arcade) but only standard Select Track, Car and then flat out. I also thought that I was driving faster without braking and turning in the sharp turns, (Only bumping around the corner), but that's not true. Try to go faster than the opponents in level 4 or 5 with only bumping-corners, and you'll loose. T2 works like a charm in this game! JoHS

> 6. jumping gives you a 10 kph boost each time, so you can end up > with quite unrealistic top speeds. Unrealistic top speeds ? If anyone fancies a challenge try and beat my best recorded top speed of a fraction over 203 MPH (I did 205 but it was in the single stage setting and so didn't record the speed). Of course you'll have to mess around with the gearing a bit but it's worth it to see the enourmous crashes you get at that sort of speed! Cheers, -- Ian Rae, DSP Firmware Engineer, | Tel No: +44 1793 565159 Blagrove, Swindon, England, SN5 8YQ.| It's a lovely day for a Guinness

I agree. FUN is the word. I am totally ***ed to this game. I have found that if you make the suspension really soft you get heaps better traction. Try doing time trials, but turn off the other cars, and go for lap records. It's great. Cheers.. GB

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> >5. Car damage is not realistic enough & not shown on the car. > Agreed. The damage should be much easier to imply. You can roll > the car around at each corner without a scratch. I had to work > hard for several stages to get my electrics and lights go out > (wanted to drive a rainy night session with no headlights and > wipers :) OTOH, gears begin dropping quite easily with the > slightest damage to gearbox and/or clutch. > One more: > 6. jumping gives you a 10 kph boost each time, so you can end up > with quite unrealistic top speeds. > But all in all, Rally Championship is still a good game. > --

Wow, you actually managed to get the lights to go out completely!!!!!! I have tried but I gave up as I thought it was impossible.