Rally Championship - better than CMRally?

>Europress's previous rally games always seemed a bit boring to me - the >tracks were too similar. >But I tried Rally Championship today (get the no-movie version from >www.3dfiles.com) and it is looking good. >After playing the over-10-minute course a few times I then tried CMRally and

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>CMRally is just TOO arcadey. >(Perhaps CMRally2 will do the business?) >good point summary :- superb track detail; excellent on-track feel; it gets >very fast; >you have to listen to the pace notes; 1st person view as good (better?) as >3rd person view (behind car) >poor point summary:- sound not good (but pace notes excellent) e.g. there's >an odd background "rumble" that just doesn't sound right; no crash noises >when rolling;

Try the patched version and use a wheel. The car handles very poorly imo. The same instant correction deal when you apply opposite lock that previous versions had. I like the pace notes, like the course, love the graphics and yes, it makes CMR feel very arcadey, but that handling model is very weak. Feels like you're in a weightless car to me. I think CMR has more accurate handling - I was watching some Carlos Sainz in-car footage on Eurosport a couple of weeks back and watching the way he set up his Toyota for turns didn't look a million miles away from how you would in CMR (on the loose stuff, anyway). CMRs tracks are just too wide - there are courses you don't have to lift on and the tarmac handling seems a bit too bouncy. Still waiting for a classic rally title.. Mark Reading, UK