RAC Rally Championship

Does anyone has ever seen/played this game? Any opinions? Whatever input will be appreciated, before I spent MY $$$ on it; I've done it before with Al Unser Jr. Arcade Racing. -- ________ / |__ \ Eduardo Piovani Dias - Systems Programmer / | \ \ State University of Campinas, SP - Brazil (UNICAMP) / | ) \ "Gleb Wataghin" Physics Institute (IFGW) (------ |__/ ) "John David Rogers" Computing Center (CCJDR) \____|___/

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>Subject: RAC Rally Championship >Date: 16 Dec 1996 12:21:20 GMT >Does anyone has ever seen/played this game? Any opinions? >Whatever input will be appreciated, before I spent MY $$$ on it; I've done >it before with Al Unser Jr. Arcade Racing. >-- > ________ > / |__ \ Eduardo Piovani Dias - Systems Programmer > / | \ \ State University of Campinas, SP - Brazil (UNICAMP) > / | ) \ "Gleb Wataghin" Physics Institute (IFGW) > (------ |__/ ) "John David Rogers" Computing Center (CCJDR) > \____|___/

Hi Ed! I was thrilled at first - the graphics and sounds are excellent, but it is way too easy to drive. You cannot crash; a wild slide into the trees only results in crunch-noises. If you try *really* hard, you can roll the car. I got tired of it pretty fast. The main problems, as I see it are; -The stages are way too fast. Most of the stages are wide roads. -There are no real corners. You just slide the car around at 120MPH. -A few annoying effects; The drivers hands on the steering wheel bugs me You can hear the gear selector and wipers over a screaming engine The engines sound like they only rev to 4000 rpm The AI cars are turning impossible stage times The cars have no "feel". F.e The front wheel drive cars are not understeering while on full power. All in all, it is a good arcade game, but no simulator. Matthew, Norway

I enjoy RAC. The graphics are good, the sound good, and the weather effects are good as are the different stage effects such as camber, track surfaces etc.. I have no problem posting competitive times, sure, the maximum speeds may be a little unrealistic (you can top 160mph), but as each car does this, it doesn't matter. I paid UKP 20 for my original copy, and think it is money well spent. After all I paid the same for Screamer, and I don't like that at all... As for S2 I prefer RAC as S2 is just powerslides... Andrew

You can change the width of the roads to suit yourself. I like to boom around on realistic thin ones! You haven't played it very long surely? Yeah, theyre a bit cheesy You can on real in car footage [and BTW the in car camera looks a lot like real RAC footage!] True... I dunno, theyre not that fast. Yeah! Shame that, theres no sense of presence in the car. And its a real problem to get the game working with a T2 [you need a special game card] Yeah, it's OK Dave Bowers.

I've been playing the demo for a while and has anyone taken a good look at those damn hands? Since when do rally drivers race wearing 'puffa' artic/oven gloves and a cheap polyester mix sweater? ;-) Com 'on guys, details, details! The proper gloves would of cost no more than 20 quid! Cheers Jed The Pits

> And its a > real problem to get the game working with a T2 [you need a special > game card] > Dave Bowers. -- My T2 worked OK under Win 95 - no special card (Onboard S/B Vibra 16 in Intel Endeavour mboard). What's the problem ? The game is still rapidly boring. Hope Sega is better. Pete ================================================================== "Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not after you" ==================================================================

net.com> writes Erm, I think it's just SB & compatible sound cards that the game has a bit of trouble with. -- Dave Bowers

> >>-A few annoying effects; The drivers hands on the steering wheel bugs me > >Yeah, theyre a bit cheesy > I've been playing the demo for a while and has anyone taken a good > look at those damn hands? ---SNIP--- Please oh please tell me where the demo is !! :-) I have searched far and wide. Even Europress have decided to take a ***y holiday and not provide any demos or downloads until sometime in Jan 97 :( Slack bastards.

On Tue, 31 Dec 1996 00:01:46 +1100, Michael Hansen >Please oh please tell me where the demo is !! :-) I have searched far >and wide. Even Europress have decided to take a ***y holiday and not >provide any demos or downloads until sometime in Jan 97 :( Slack >bastards. Mine was on a mag cover CD about a month ago. Needless to say it's gone missing and the mags in the office somewhere so I've no idea which on it was. Probably PC Home, PC Directs or PC Gamer, around the OCT/NOV issue. Cheers Jed The Pits - [link lost in import]

This is the best game I've never played! Aggghhh! I somehow downloaded the huge demo, I really like playing the one track demo, I have mailed Europress and posted stuff on how I could buy this game in the US. No Luck. What is the deal here? I think this game is super cool, it's a good way to loosen up after hours of ICR2 technical stuff. It looks like a riot, but I can't figure out how to order it, etc. Europress has ignored me. (Well, they sent me a catalog, but no ordering info.) This game is great, I highly reccomend it, If you can actually play it that is. (in the US) Raevyn doomed to NFS

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> > Please oh please tell me where the demo is !! :-) I have searched far > > and wide. Even Europress have decided to take a ***y holiday and not > > provide any demos or downloads until sometime in Jan 97 :( Slack > > bastards. > If you expect this sim to be as good as GP2 or Nascar 2 forget it. It's > a fairly decent arcade game but a poorer simulator. I would put it on a > par with Need for Speed. > Any game where you can't physically run off the road or damage your car > when you ROLL it is not a simulator in my mind. > Mind you the Cosworth Escort RS is a pretty cool car. > Rob Yates.

Hey Robert, To heck with RAC rally. What I really want to know is- Have you got Ernie and Dale signed long-term? And what about replacing Larry McReynolds? :)

If you expect this sim to be as good as GP2 or Nascar 2 forget it. It's a fairly decent arcade game but a poorer simulator. I would put it on a par with Need for Speed. Any game where you can't physically run off the road or damage your car when you ROLL it is not a simulator in my mind. Mind you the Cosworth Escort RS is a pretty cool car. Rob Yates.

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> This is the best game I've never played! > Aggghhh! > I somehow downloaded the huge demo, I really like playing the one > track demo, I have mailed Europress and posted stuff on how I could > buy this game in the US. No Luck. > What is the deal here? > I think this game is super cool, it's a good way to loosen up after > hours of ICR2 technical stuff. It looks like a riot, but I can't > figure out how to order it, etc. > Europress has ignored me. (Well, they sent me a catalog, but no > ordering info.) > This game is great, I highly reccomend it, > If you can actually play it that is. (in the US) > Raevyn > doomed to NFS

Hi, This is the information I received from Europress when they had their BBS on their web page about ordering RAC Rally Championship: Rally is not yet available in the US. To order the SW from Europress it will cost 39.99 and p&p 10.00. The best way to order is by credit card on the phone number of +44 (0) 1625 859333. Also, I just recently looked at their web page and *** Interactive Entertainment is listed as the US distributor for Rally Championship. The web page is dated 12/27/96. I hope this helps. Let me know if you find it. John

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>>>-A few annoying effects; The drivers hands on the steering wheel bugs me >>Yeah, theyre a bit cheesy >I've been playing the demo for a while and has anyone taken a good >look at those damn hands? >Since when do rally drivers race wearing 'puffa' artic/oven gloves and >a cheap polyester mix sweater? ;-)

Oh yeah, thanks a lot. Now every time I play it I roll about laughing! They really ARE oven gloves!!!

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>net.com> writes >>My T2 worked OK under Win 95 - no special card (Onboard S/B Vibra 16 in >>Intel Endeavour mboard). What's the problem ? The game is still rapidly >>boring. Hope Sega is better. >>Pete >Erm, I think it's just SB & compatible sound cards that the game has a >bit of trouble with.

Mine doesn't make sound at all....even though all IRQs and stuff seem to be right. Any ideas? Jo =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= When everything else failed, we can still become im- mortal by making an enormous blunder.... John Kenneth Galbraith =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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> >net.com> writes > >>My T2 worked OK under Win 95 - no special card (Onboard S/B Vibra 16 in > >>Intel Endeavour mboard). What's the problem ? The game is still rapidly > >>boring. Hope Sega is better. > >>Pete > >Erm, I think it's just SB & compatible sound cards that the game has a > >bit of trouble with. > Mine doesn't make sound at all....even though all IRQs and stuff seem to be > right. Any ideas? > Jo

I just d/l'd RAC Rally yesterday. I did a "Restart Computer in MS-DOS Mode", ran SETSOUND, then RAL. Aside from some weird flashing graphics after I selected my T2, the game runs great in DOS in hi-res. The sound changes depending on what road surface you're on...it changes if you have one wheel off on the grass, too. I think the game is pretty good, although I'm disappointed that the car is limited to the borders of the road, and you can't really take corners at full opposite lock the way God meant rallying to be...and driving straight into a forest at 145 mph should *really* do some damage to the car (maybe it does in the commercial release?), not just slow you down. I've seen AI cars flip, but haven't been able to flip my own car (yet). And I'm not sure why the driver animation is wearing what appears to be oven mitts!!! But I definitely like RAC better than Sega Rally. Neil -- | \| |/ _ \ | | Neil Yeatman | |\ | __/ | | Ajax, Ontario, CANADA |_| \_|\___|_|_|

> I just d/l'd RAC Rally yesterday. I did a "Restart Computer in MS-DOS... (snip) > Neil Where are you guys downloading this demo from? I've tried: http://www.europress.co.uk/ but when I click on the "downloads" icon, nothing happens, as if they haven't implemented it yet. It says "Download area goes live January 1997". What's the correct URL? Thanks, Patrick.

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> > I just d/l'd RAC Rally yesterday. I did a "Restart Computer in MS-DOS... > (snip) > > Neil > Where are you guys downloading this demo from? I've tried: > http://www.europress.co.uk/ > but when I click on the "downloads" icon, nothing happens, as if they > haven't implemented it yet. It says "Download area goes live January > 1997". > What's the correct URL?

Try here... http://www.avault.com/pcrl/sims_racing.asp It's HUGE (19.2 meg) though, but if you've got the time (and ISDN), it's probably worth it. Just one stage that takes about 6 mins to drive, but the full game is supposed to have 28 stages. Neil -- | \| |/ _ \ | | Neil Yeatman | |\ | __/ | | Ajax, Ontario, CANADA |_| \_|\___|_|_|