Sega Rally - Saturn

[Kongster]

It was part of the Saturn's big three in '95 that included VF2 and Virtua Cop. And ten years on from its release on the Saturn, this game is still good as ever - it really has stood the test of time.

Months before the release of Sega Rally, the Saturn was seemingly having trouble replicatng the arcade Daytona USA (and was being shown up by the ps1 coversion Ridge Racer, come to think it). It left me with doubts as to whether Saturn could do a decent conversion of Sega's Model 2 racing games. When Sega Rally on the saturn arrived, however, all those doubts were brushed aside - Sega's CS team did a great job.



Graphics aside, it was the gameplay that really made Sega Rally stand out. The handling was perfect. The tracks which although they were only four in total, were perfectly graded and had more imagination put into them than a lot racing games at the time. And on top of all that, the desire to perfect your lap times and sheer addictiveness of it all makes Sega Rally an all time classic.

Game over, yeah!

[MartyG]

This game is one of the reasons my Saturn is still in my living room ready to play.

[Baseley09]

Yes best.

Having 3 perfect tracks is so much better than 50 *real* courses or whatever, add that handling and classic Sega mid 90's music, one of the best still.

I like the way in the replays, with great music and the funny commentary, you can see the tracks floating in space over their bitmap backgrounds heh.

[lurch996]

TRUE

I booted this up not long ago and it still plays great, especially with a 3d controller.

Then I booted up gran turismo on ps1. wached the class intro, played it, and realised why the ps1 was so much more popular. (chalk and cheese, different league)

[Kubrick]

I only have 5 Saturn games left, and this is one of them. It would be unthinkable for me not to be able to play this game

The MOUNTAIN track is one of the best, in any game. Ever. The hairpin makes or breaks a great lap. FOREST is also great though, especially once you exit the tunnel.

Having 3 perfect tracks is so much better than 50 *real* courses or whatever

Agreed. Small amount of tracks never harmed Daytona, Ridge Racer & Co. either.

[Concept]

Zwei, Saga and Silvergun are the reasons I'll always keep my Saturn hooked up.

Sega Rally's great though. Along with RRT4, it's good to have a quick blast... only to find you're still there two hours later.

[lurch996]

also looking forward to the new game on ps2, but i doubt it'll beat the saturn game.

[Commander Marklar]

Perfectly emulable too, right down to its textured warped line of paint down the road

I only ever got really, really good at the desert track. Brilliant game though. I've got a few copies of it lying around and often feel guilty leaving a 99p copy in Gamestation.

Why not Sega Rally for a classic gaming franchise feature? Go on Kubrick, I know you know the game more than well enough to do it justice.

[Kubrick]

There's only 2 games though!

Hmm, I suppose if you cover all the different editions/formats and what-not it might be worth doing

[MartyG]

We could go a Sega Saturn week - how would that grab peeps?

[eastyy]

I have three copies of this game.My dad went through a stage of when he saw a collection of games cheap he would buy them

[Kongster]

We could go a Sega Saturn week - how would that grab peeps?

Yes that would be fantastic, the Saturn deserves it as it was and is such a great console.

[Baseley09]

Yes that would be fantastic, the Saturn deserves it as it was and is such a great console.

It is that good, as long as Yakumo doesnt get invloved with his knowledge of rubbish Saturn games.

I'll be saying it the rest of my life, shooters, Capcom fighters & the odd one aside, all the actually best Saturn exclusives were released domestically, needs to be adressed.

[MikeRox]

I have three copies of this game.My dad went through a stage of when he saw a collection of games cheap he would buy them

I'm same, when they were 20p a copy I jus cudn't leave em there, it's wrong that such a great game is left on shelves so often. My fave racing game of all time barrin the mario kart games, but they're different.

[Yakumo]

Ok, I'll just satart by saying I'm a bit pissed after drinking 3 500ml cand of larger so I may have afew spelling errors. anyway, the Sega rally on the saturn is a wonderful game that rewalloy has stood up to the test of time unlike namco's Ridge Racer on the PSX. Sega Rally was featured on one of the retro cores (too drunkl to remembwer which one) ansd I loved playing that again after som many years. solid 30fps and no slowdown makes itr opne of the best of not the BEST racer of that generation. Sega rally on the Saturn is proof that the Saturn was more than a 2D beast. just a shame that many other teams never did the same as the Sega Rally CS team did.

Yakumo