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The Best All-Around Rally Game (For Now)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: June 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

"Rally Trophy" is a retro take on the rallying sport. "Rally Trophy" takes you back to the 1960's when the Mini-Cooper and Lancia Stratos ruled the sport, cars that are featured in this game.

The heart of the game is the single-person point-to-point rallying. If you are not a hard-core rally fan, you may find this lack of on-screen challengers boring, but this is what true rallying is about. If you prefer the bumper-bashing NASCAR style racing, there is also a mode that lets you compete against other cars in a closed circuit race course, but this is only an added feature, not the heart of the game.

The developers of this game seem to have learned from mistakes made in the past by other developers. Some other past racing simulations pushed the realism so far that most people became too frustrated and quit. "Rally Trophy", although simulation oriented, does not scare you with ultimate realism. The controls are forgiving enough that in approximately 30 minutes, you will be driving reasonably. And as you unlock more cars, you will find that 30 minutes is enough to become accustomed to the new more powerful cars. This is not to say that you will be able to win - this will require much more time. But after 30 minutes with each new unlocked car, you will not find yourself spinning out constantly.

The graphics are beautiful and the engine sounds are particularly believable. Only if you go seriously off course will you notice some of the tricks used to paint the scenery. You will need a very fast system to turn up all the eye candy. Very few people on message boards have been able to turn all the graphics options to the maximum settings. That said, even minimal settings yield very beautiful graphics.

Nits and picks. There are only four countries that you will race through: Russia, Kenya, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland. You will unlock more courses as you finish championships, but the courses all fall into these four countries. Also, the menu interface, while functional and easy to use, lacks a certain polish that is expected in a top studio effort.

Although the description here does not say so, this game works perfectly (perhaps better) on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Be prepared to spend some time tweaking this game to make it work. "Rally Trophy" has developed a reputation on the web for being very picky about the machine that it is installed on and possibly requiring a very large effort to get working at all. Be sure to visit the technical support forum and update all of your drivers. But trust me - it will be worth it.

Great Driving Great Scenery

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: September 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Rally Trophy provides a casual gamer like myself with enough options that I am able to get a lot out of the game even though I may not be the most perfect driver.
There are tracks to unlock, but unlike other games, one only has to finish races in 6th place in order to unlock those tracks. After only a couple of days, I had all those tracks and cars unlocked and was able to enjoy the game in full.
1 month later, and I am still enjoying it, because there is such a diverse selection of items to play with. The 5 different countries in the game are each unique enough that they provide 5 very distinct racing environments. And there is such an incredible variety of cars available that there is certainly something to match your mood. I particularly like front wheel drive and I am pleased to say that there are 3 expertly modeled FWD cars to choose from.
For people who want more of a challenge, then there are also some very difficult rear wheel drive cars to master such as the Lancia Stratos and the Renault Alpine.
I initially thought it would be boring to only race against the clock, but due to the incredible variety of cars and tracks available, I have found it much more interesting than I imagined and the challenge of continually trying to improve my times makes for never ending fun.

Entertaining...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Just about everything in this PC game is astonishing; from the cows and other miscellaneous entities crossing the hard-rock dirt road to the beautiful scenery of crystal clear lakes surrounded by paved roads with the trees set for autumn. There are many other things to make you worship it even more.

First off, let me this point taken care of: most of the rally vehicles are small, mini cooper type vehicles, just mostly European rally cars. Everything is plain realistic here; (while playing game) go ahead, take you best shot trying to fishtail your opponents, because you will most likely not have any luck; in fact you may just spin out yourself! The suspension system on each vehicle is awesome. Like, if you have the dashboard display viewed, you'll notice that your vehicle will sort of bounce up and down, as if in real life, after descending from a steep hill--complete realism. Also, there's a tournament, and rally modes for you to compete in. Or, if you want practice try training yourself in the practice mode, as you will get assisted from an expert on the maps on levels; he will tell you when to turn left, right, etc.

Graphics are very good. Textures for sky blue lakes are utterly breathtaking--the third level you have to unlock. Rocks, boulders, trees are very realistic; glorious!

Sound is very good. Hardly any glitches. It's clear, especially notable when you speed through the dirt roads, hearing the gravel-like sounds. Or, hearing the IMPACT going into a large rock or tree; realism.

Levels are exquisite. Some parts of the levels are filled with ambient trees, guard rails, lakes, hills, animals, and some excellent scenery, especially at sunset.

I only have one little flaw, though. Once you get into the higher difficulty stages, opponents are much harder than ever, and it's much harder to keep up with them. If you spin out, there can be no way to win it...so people who want a challenge, get this game.

But don't be dissapointed. Rally Trophy: sounds interesting, and it is, with all the realism and entertainment, divine bodies of water and scenery and physical features, there's really no going wrong with this game, considering its price and the value of this game.

Rally Trophy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: June 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Great game. Very realistic, excelent graphics, true to life physics. Highly recomended!!!

Rally Trophy -Best I've tried!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've been acquainted with computers for only about a year and a half and about a year ago I discovered sports and simulations. Of the several I've purchased - this game rates #1 on my sims list. I have DRIVER, NEED FOR SPEED 3 plus a couple of others, and this one is my favorite because it gives me so many choices, cars, tracks, levels of skill and the scenery is gorgeous too. I find that using my Wingman Attack 2 does the job well, and although I'm a novice and am unsure of myself, I still have lots of fun even when I smash my car up! By the way- DRIVER is a close second on my list.

on line fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Game spy arcade is only 4.99 a month and this game is a blast with others to race against. Another site is rt.relaygames.com. The drivers are tough to keep up with so practice and patches, etc are key. Its tough to get all of it set up but well worth it, I did it and I`m a beginner to online racing and high end games. Rally Trophy requires a higher end pc and cleaning after installation (Norton, etc). I am purchasing two more cds of this for my friends. Skip the lesser rally games and go to the top with this one!

Great cars!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Gran Turismo may be the final word on driving games, but there are a few that are fun enough to evade GT's shadow and stand in the light. Rally trophy doesn't take itself TOO seriously. The graphics are cheery and bright, and the car models are very accurate. The physics and controls combine to give the player a sense of acheivement, and a great simulation experience.

Bugbear tipped their hat in salute of a time when rally cars were your father's volvo turned race car. Factory rally cars of that time are lusted after now, and it's fun to get a chance to drive them in such a great game. The sound effects and details are lovingly crafted with the attention to such things that only real car people would appreciate. It is appropriate that the Lancia Stratos should be in this game, as it is usually featured in rally games as the grandfather of rally cars. In this game, it's the car to be feared for sure, as it is in competent hands driven in games set in modern times as well.

Car setup before each race is crucial, and teaches you a thing or two about traction even if you haven't kept up with this stuff past the invention of the wheel. Your tires and the condition of your car are very important, just like in real life. The car damage is realistic and hilarious at times. This game shows the rediculous advantage front wheel drive automobiles have over rear wheel drive cars in the snow. It's still fun to chase that Saab 96 ghost in your Alfa Romeo GTV over the snowy hills, though.

I hope for a sequal, and Bugbear? If you're listening? I'd like to see the BMW 2002 make an appearance.

This game started it all for me!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is the best driving simulation.

Of course, the company went on to make FlatOut and FlatOut2 which are STELLAR games. The driving action is some of the best driving action EVER! BAR NONE! The driving simulation is so real that I put a steering wheel behind it and at times I am so wrapped up in driving that when I am about to crash I rip the wheel right off the desk!

It is intense. The game is old now and BugBear is on to develop more racing stuff, but I must say that the driving simulation is still on par! Other new games do not come close to this racing engine so I HIGHLY recommend anything that BugBear games comes out with. YES!

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