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Will Rally Trophy be able to match up with Mobil 1 Rally Championship and Colin McRae 2.0?
Every year a new rally game seems to set the standard all other developers hope to reach or surpass. Last year, Mobil 1 Rally Championship stole the spotlight as the premiere rally game because of the number of options it offered and its overall attention to detail. Earlier this year, Colin McRae Rally 2.0 attempted to raise the bar even further with its incredible graphics and solid gameplay, but an assortment of minor problems prevented the game from taking the throne away from Mobil 1 Championship. This fall, the standard will be challenged once again with Bugbear's upcoming Rally Trophy, but you won't find the Subaru Impreza, the Toyota Celica, or any other present-day rally cars in Rally Trophy, because the game actually focuses on the classic days of rally racing, with cars that lack the sleek, aerodynamic look of their current counterparts. But don't let the older cars fool you--Rally Trophy is one of the most visually complex rally driving games to date.
There are 12 cars to select from in Rally Trophy, some of which are fairly well known rally vehicles like the Ford Escort, only this game features the 1971 edition. The current build of the game also offers a 1963 Ford Lotus Cortina and a 1962 Volvo Amazon. All the other cars in the game come from the same era of racing, but despite their obviously older look, the cars look quite amazing when they're out on the track. The development team at Bugbear has gone through the process of accurately modeling every car down to the style of taillights. In fact, Bugbear wanted these cars to be so realistic that it used various recording devices to capture the engine noises from the actual cars, so you'll hear realistic noises during a race rather than just a generic hum.
Every car in Rally Trophy also displays physical damage depending on how and where you hit an object. If you speed head-on into a fence, your car hood crumples like a piece of paper and moves up and down as the car progresses down the track. Driving in reverse and hitting an object causes a similar effect with the trunk of the car, but performing such a maneuver destroys your taillights as well.
But regardless of how they look or sound, the most important aspect of these cars is that they perform differently, giving some an advantage over others on particular tracks. You might find that you prefer the handling of the Ford Cortina to that of the Volvo Amazon for taking those sharp hairpin turns. If one track has a large number of straightaways--which, realistically, isn't all that common in rally driving--the Ford Escort may be your best option because of its added horsepower. It's important to pay attention to the characteristics of your car in any rally driving game, and Rally Trophy is no different, as it quickly becomes apparent that some cars don't mix well with a particular driving strategy.
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- Sep 13, 2001
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- Rally / Offroad Racing
- Release: Nov 20, 2001
- ESRB: Everyone
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