Product Description
The greatestrally game in the arcades is now available in your own home. With the addition of a 10 Year Championship and gruelling driving conditions through mud, deserts, blizzards, night time and many more. Choose from a multitude of world famous rally cars on 17 challenging courses. Upload your best times to the internet or view the high score tables.Amazon.co.uk Review
Sega Rally 2 is the sequel to an arcade game that made its home debut on the ill-fated Sega Saturn video game console. Despite the Saturn’s demise, the original Sega Rally still holds a warm place in the heart of video game fanatics as one of the best arcade-style racing games ever created. Now the series follow-up hits the console… More >>
I have fond memories of playing this in the students union arcade, so relished the prospect of buying it for the Dreamcast.
I wasn’t disappointed, but then I didn’t put it in the expectation of ‘Dirt’ or the next-gen Sega Rally (360 / PS3).
For a game that is over 10 years old now, this still plays pretty fine.
Don’t expect simulation handling, this game was always arcade fun. You soon get the knack of keeping the car sliding round the bends.
The original tracks are as I remembered, Desert (which can be done at full throttle), Mountain, Snow (tricky), and Rivera (a Monaco style tight track).
In addition to the original arcade tracks are more variants, available in the 10 year championship mode, including a remake of the original Desert track.
Car wise, the original Celica and Delta are available from the original, as well as mid/late 90s WRC models including the Impreza, Evo, Escort, 306, Corolla. A couple of classics are in there too, including the 206 T16 and the Renault Alpine.
Graphicswise, the game looks great for the age. There is some popup, and the framerate isn’t as high as modern games, but it still looks presentable and looks as the arcade did. Recommended is the VGA adaptor, which shows the game in 480p 640×480 resolution. Not the highest, but still looks surprisingly crisp.
The sound is fair, including the original soundtrack, generic car noise and even the arcade “Game over yeaaa!”.
Overall, for retro arcade fans and driving game collectors, this is a must have. Even for casual gamers, it is still pick up and play fun for a while. Once finished though, the replay value is low, apart from picking it up again for old times sake.
A recommended addition to any Dreamcast collection.
Rating: 4 / 5
I bought this as a relase title, my god what a dissapointment! The arcade game was f-ing great, the Dreamcast was more than capable of a straight port yet it poor, hurried and rather bad. Though as a fan of the SR series it was enjoyable and playable.
Rating: 3 / 5
Having played Sega Rally in the greasy arcades of this great nation, I was expecting a true buzz from the home conversion- and to some extent, I suppose I got it.
The game now has much more depth, with a championship mode, options galore and all the additions you’d expect from a home edition of an arcade game these days. There is a good selection of cars, and a good selection of tracks, and the two player mode still retains it’s competitive edge.
However…
The game seems to be lacking bite. Whilst it’s fun to go bombing around the tracks provided, you never really feel too engaged with the game. In addition to this, there is quite a bit of slow-down despite the general lack of detail. I could understand a drop in frame rate if I had just passed a beatifully rendered mountain range, but when I’ve just passed yet another muddy ditch it’s not what I expect.
So- get MSR instead…
Rating: 3 / 5
Sega Rally 2 is a joy to play- wether it be in the arcades or on thr dreamcast. I have got one thing to say about the graphics; they are awesome- crisp, very detailed and refined. With the challenging environments and coures eveywhere this is certainly one game to have. ( Especially for its extremely cheap price!)
Rating: 5 / 5
I think Sega Rally 2 Is a good game if you like rally games which I Do. I have the game (2 copies). I have 2 copies cause onetime I played it so long my cd started to like melt. One time while was playing and my Dreamcast cought fire but I was able to save the game in time.
Rating: 5 / 5