3yr Mike Arrani
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Sega Rally Championship [Game] Douban
other title: 世嘉拉力锦标赛 / セガラリー チャンピオンシップ 1995-01-01
genre: 竞速 / 体育 platform: Windows / SS / 世嘉土星 / Game Boy Advance / Arcade … developer: Overworks / Dice Creative publisher: Sega / Atari SA
Sega Rally Championship is a 1994 arcade racing game developed by AM5[1] on the Sega Model 2 board. It was a year later in 1995 ported over to the Sega Saturn (by AM3) and PC. The unique selling point of Sega Rally was the ability to drive on different surfaces (including asphalt, gravel and mud), with different friction properties, with the car's handling changing accordingly. As the first racing game to incorporate this feature, Sega Rally is considered to be one of the milestones in the evolution of the racing game genre.[2] It was also an early rally racing game and featured cooperative gameplay alongside the usual competitive multiplayer.

finished playing Sega Rally Championship 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
Out of all the old school Arcade racers I've been playing lately, this is the one I enjoyed the most. Very responsive controls, tweakable handling, decent physics, gorgeous graphics, pleasant soundtrack. The tracks are very detailed and even have scripted events. There really isn't much to complain about, except for maybe the horrible pop-in, just like in Daytona USA, but you quickly forget about it as you marvel at the beauty of the environments and get caught up in the fun of adrenaline-fueled races. Also, though I'm not a fan of the time-checkpoint system, here it's almost unnoticeable as you're always given more than enough time.

However, as most arcade games, it is extremely short and lacking in content. You only have 2 cars and 3 tracks. You can beat the whole game in like 10 minutes. While this is perfectly normal for the Arcade, I think I'd feel robbed if I bought this game for PC or consoles. I've played demo versions of games that lasted 5-6 times longer than this. Much as I wish I could've rated it higher, Sega Rally just doesn't feel like a complete game to me.