The PS3 version of Sega Rally has just taken the racing crown. Prepare yourself for some seriously fast arcade racing!
For those of us who remember the original arcade and Sega Saturn/Dreamcast versions of this game, you will be instantly familier with the handling of the rally cars on offer. This is arcade racing at it's best! You bomb around the track and an unbelivable speed, you perform some amazing skids around corners, you jump over bumps and the most important thing ever... You have more fun than you can shake a stick at!
This game rewards you the more you play it. there are ample tracks and many many different racing styles that need to be mastered. The game features the best track deformation of any game ever, which really does ensure that you have to learn to use your vehicle to your best ability.
The options involved are quite simple. Simply choose your race type (Championship, Quick Race, Online, Split Time etc), choose your car from the excellent selection, choose your tyre type and away to go! No need for boring tweaking of the car, just pick up and drive. Once participating in any event you'll be having such a laugh that time will fly by as you just know you have to pass just one more car... unlock just one more strip, unlock one more car, unlock one more track etc etc... Just amazing!
Graphically this game rocks. Graphics are bold and bright and it feels like a perfect arcade game (basically because it is!). Everything zips by at a steady 30fps, but sometimes things seem to be so fast you'll think you really are driving at 100mph! Framerate is rock solid, even when you have 6 cars onscreen and mud flying everywhere. The track deformation effect has to be seen to believe and overall it's one of the best looking PS3 games out there.
On the sound front, it has everything a arcade racing game should have. Pumping soundtrack, great effects and of-course your American co-driver screaming directions at you. It all fits in perfectly.
At to all this so nice finishing touches such as animals on the tracks, planes flying over-head, trains passing you by and it all adds up to be one of this years truly great un-hyped classics.
Forget the reviews made by people who do not like FUN arcade games, forget the reviews made by people who do not remember the original, infact forget this review and play it yourself. You will not be dissapointed as it is a blast to play, and a game that anyone in your family can just pick up and play.
Enjoy, it really is that good!