A Classic Rally - Network Q RAC Rally Championship

[Evo]

Some years ago, back in 1996, there was a brilliant rally game released, Network Q RAC Rally Championship - (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Q_RAC_Rally_Championship_(1996) ) this was a classic game of my youth, it had 28 stages, with stages lasting more than five minutes! There was a 30 mile monster called Pundershaw and many other stages covering 15 or more miles. It was a legendary game, why can't more rally games be like this?

It still works great on DOSBox and with a 360 pad, did anyone else in their youth play this classic?

(Inspiration came from this that I wrote - http://www.thereticule.com/?p=1102)

 

[Remus]

I did play a Rally Championship game when I was a kid, but I think it was the next installment in the series after this one.

 

[Evo]

I guess you mean this one? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Rally_Championship

Was it any good?

 

[Remus]

Yeah, that's the one. It was pretty good, had some long tracks, in varied environments.
I also loved the soundtrack, still remember it to this day.

Edit: It's Rally Championship 2000.

 

[comoxer]

I remember this game, used to always race in the impreza I remember it being so straight foward getting into a race, not too much faffing around in menus for half an hour before seeing the start line.

 

[Evo]

Yeah, that's the one. It was pretty good, had some long tracks, in varied environments.
I also loved the soundtrack, still remember it to this day.

Edit: It's Rally Championship 2000.

Ooh nice, going to check that one out now, just found a demo for it

I remember this game, used to always race in the impreza I remember it being so straight foward getting into a race, not too much faffing around in menus for half an hour before seeing the start line.

Yeah I always used the Imprezza or the Megane, never touched the Skoda at all, ugh it was so ugly!

 

[Gargantou]

Bit off-topic, Evo, what drivers do you use for your 360 pad, is it a wireless or wired pad?

I have a wireless pad and tried hooking it up to my PC using the wireless receiver but the drivers gave me a lot of trouble.

 

[Evo]

I've got a wired which I use on the PC, never had any trouble with it. I do have a wireless which came with my 360, but for whatever reason I've never been able to get that to work.

 

[DEATH eVADER]

It was a legendary game, why can't more rally games be like this?

Because Colin MCrae, one of the people known to endorse these Rally Games at the time, died in a helicopter accident. I guess the irony was lost on some people, kinda like when Steve Irwin died by a stingray instead of an crocodile.

The developers probably assumed that people would realise that driving recklessly was less dangerous than air-travel

Funnily enough I had the exact same game. the only thing I remember about it was the car kept on turning over