One of the first to come out in the never ending line of racing games. Rally Championship was released in the early 1990's under much fanfare. Those who remember playing classics such as destruction derby or the original need for speed will be right at home with this game. The game was brought over from Europe where it found true success, unlike in the United States.
The amount of detail in this game is amazing considering when the game came out. The graphics rival very good, free online games today.
Rally Championship offers 26 tracks all based on real world tracks. As well, there are many game modes available for this DOS based game, for instance, arcade, championship, time trial etc. The six cars you will be racing with, all have their strengths and weaknesses, which only adds to the surprising amount of depth to this 15 year game. In addition, the game offers changing weather conditions, which even affect your cars driving.
However, like most games around this time the invisible walls are very prevalent in this game. So, coming up to a corner or overrunning the track can result in hitting the now famous invisible walls. Consequently, hitting these walls results in your car flipping over, this may frustrate some into writing off
this game. Another minor problem is that road surfaces seem to be highly pixilated, even on the highest detail setting, once again this might throw people off. In addition- multiplayer support for Rally Championship. This game lacks any kind of head-to-head support via modem or direct connection, which will leave many users confused. Finally, car damage one of the appeals to many car racing game fans, will leave many people confused. At times a message will say that your engine or exhaust system is damaged, but no matter how hard you try your car always looks fresh like on starting line.
The one thing that Rally Championship does better then its competitors is offer a surprising amount of depth. It is this depth that lets Rally Championship hold its own against the need for speeds and destruction derby games of the time. This is one of those games where you have to try it to make a fan out of yourself.
