Sega Rally 2005

[Bleeders]

Whatever happened to this? Wasn't it down for a PS2 release this year? Not a whisper about it at all since the feature in Edge a while back. Nothing at E3 about it either.

I hope Sega Rosso haven't canned it, I was looking forward to this even though it was originally sans a 2-player mode.

[BearBoy]

Was also looking forward to this but everything has gone very quiet.

Interestingly (maybe) Official Xbox Magazine have a Sega Rally title down as being in development for Xbox 360.

[Bleeders]

Hmm... a LIVE-enabled version of Sega Rally on the x360. I'd be happy with that. XD

[butchcvc]

im sure i was on the official japanese site for it the other day.

i'll have a look.

edit - found.....
http://www.segarally.com/

[BearBoy]

Can anyone who is able to speak Japanese shed any light on what that site says?

[MoFo2]

PA has the game for pre-order, but no date

IGN claims at the very end of this year, although I suspect that date has only been put there to have a date. No date at ToTheGame either.

MoFo2

[Hodge]

Last i heard of this was it being shown at one of the tokyo game shows at the beginning of the year i think. Didn`t look that amazing either. I think it`s best for them just to scrap it, not bother with renderware as sega`s games always look tons better using there own tools and bring it out for xbox 360 over live and give it the graphical update it deserves.

[MoFo2]

Hmm perhaps they will show (some more of) the game at the TGS, that's just round the corner isn't it?

MoFo2

[MoFo2]

Sega Rally 2005 is dead! Long live Sega Rally 2006!

MoFo2

[Bleeders]

Gah, cannot read it from work, what the article say?

[MoFo2]

It seems that Sega Rally 2005 will not be coming out as originally planned, or at least it's been renamed. The game was wiped from the latest PlayStation 2 release list provided by Famitsu, and instead, the magazine featured a report on Sega Rally 2006, which is slated for release on the PS2 in January.

Screenshots of Sega Rally 2006 show the same blue Subaru Impreza from former images released of Sega Rally 2005, suggesting that this "new" game is simply a renaming of Sega Rally 2005, a change perhaps made when the game's release date slipped outside of its titular year. The game seems to have gone through a minor face-lift in terms of the screen displays, however, with Sega Rally 2006 having sleeker speedometers and other indicators.

Sega Rally 2006 will be the first time that a new version of the racing game series has debuted on a console instead of in arcades. As a result, the game was designed with a career mode in mind to give it more longevity than its arcade counterparts, which were meant for a few minutes of playing at a time. The player's objective in career mode is to go from amateur racer to professional driver, racking up rally wins in a number of different regions along the way. Aside from the career mode, the game features the standard arcade mode and time attack mode.

Development of Sega Rally 2006 is currently 90 percent complete. The game will be available for play at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show. Stay tuned to GameSpot for impressions from the show.

Courtesy of GameSpot.

MoFo2

[Bleeders]

Ta' mate, next year it is then.