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The original Sega
Rally for the Saturn and PC wowed
everyone with its great graphics and the
excitement of playing the game. The game
sold incredibly well, even though it only
had 4 tracks and 3 cars. Nobody
complained about it, the just loved the
game. Sega made a sequel to their
original and was suppose to come to the
Dreamcast with online gaming. The
Japanese versions came with online
gaming, but unfortunatly since Sega of
America and Sega of Europe didn't get the
online gaming ready yet. So, Sega Rally 2
came without online gaming to North
America and Europe without network play.
But there was some
good news out of all this, Sega Rally 2
was to come with 20 different cars, and
17 different courses. Also, a chance to
change the weather conditions, more
realistic physics, smooth graphics, and
multi-player modes.
In Sega Rally 2, there
are 4 main modes, Arcade, 10 Year
Championship, Time Attack, 2 Player and
Battle. Arcade mode is the same thing you
played on the arcades. Pick a car, and
race against time in four stages. 10 Year
Championship is the main mode in the
game. It mixes arcade mode with some new
things, every four stages in the game is
one year and you'll have to finish 10
years. In this mode, you'll be able to
customize your car, and select a
transimision(automatic or manual). Every
time you come in first place each year,
you'll get a new car. The next modes are
time attack and 2 player. Time Attack is
like the arcade mode, but in a single
race. I'm pretty sure you know what 2
player is.
The tracks on Sega
Rally 2 are based around 6 areas, Desert,
Mountain, Snowy, Riviera, Muddy and Isle.
Also, Sega has added almost every car
manufacturer who competes in the rallys.
They include, Lancia, Ford, Suburu, Fiat,
Toyota, Peugeot, Volkswagon, and many
more.
Sega has totally
changed the way the cars react compared
to Sega Rally. Unlike before, shifting to
a lower gear in a tight turn won't get
you through the turn. You'll actually
have to slow down. Sega has also added
understeer and oversteer, meaning
sometimes the car won't turn as much as
you want or it turn too much. Sega has
also added handbrakes so it'll be more
easy to powerslide in the corners.
Most parts of the game
very near perfect, expect for some areas.
For some reason, the frames per second
rate keeps dropping from 60 fps to 30 fps
around he corners. I background music is
very annoying, its not the racing music I
prefer to hear. Also, I'm still a bit
pissed off about the whole Network play
thing.
Sega Rally 2 is the
only real racing game that is actually
worth buy out there at the moment. If you
like games like Gran Turismo or if you
liked the original Sega Rally, you'll
love this game. But if your into Indy
racing, better of getting Flag to Flag or
Formula 1 World Grand Prix. Until Sega GT
or Metropolis-SR comes out or Vanishing
Point comes out, Sega Rally 2 is the only
racing game worth buying out there.
Graphics: 8
Sound: 7
Control: 8.5
Gameplay: 9
Overall: 31.5 |
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Sega
Rally 2
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sega AM Annex
# of players: 2
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