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SEGA Rally (PSP) | 
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| From: Sega
Category: Video Games
List Price: £34.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1292
Platform: Sony Psp
Genre: car-and-truck-racing-games
Rating: Universal, particularly children
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Windows
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.6
EAN: 5060138430990
ASIN: B000V5EGV8
Release Date: September 28, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Good fun but a bit limited May 18, 2008
CornyO
Overall it's pretty good fun but the tracks are very short, with only 3 laps of around 2.5 km. Just get the best car and blast it around as fast as you can. Not huge amounts of skill involved but hey, it's only an arcade game. The fun is in trying different cars and tires. You can unlock some great cars by winning different sections. I finished the game quite quickly and did get a little hooked on it. A fun feature is you can play ad-hoc with a PSP nearby which does not have the game (game sharing). Haven't tried on-line yet, but we'll have a go. Don't be put off by people slagging off the analogue stick control (although Sega rally has both controls), I found the stick much easier to use. Try Test Drive Unlimited; that will sort all your analogue stick problems and become the Stick King!
 Lacks the classic Sega Rally spark March 6, 2008
The Fault
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The original Sega Rally released back in 1995 by AM5 (aka Sega Rosso) in the arcades, and converted to Sega Saturn by AM3 the same year, is still one of my all-time favourite racing games. Needless to say I couldn't wait to get my hands on the latest version for PSP. I was hoping for the old magic to be replicated for this version with some modern tweaks (much like Sega stayed true to the Outrun franchise with Outrun 2) but sadly this is not the case. That's not to say this is a terrible game by any means but things have changed considerably in the years dividing both games.
The old Sega Rally pitted you against 19 other opponents and you had to come first by the time you reached the end of the final stage (of which there were only three, plus a bonus hidden track), should you be skillful enough to beat the time limit. The time limit in this game has been removed and the number of AI opponents falls considerably to just five. There are now more tracks and cars to race (there were only two cars in the original, plus a bonus hidden car) as the quantity found in the original would not suffice today.
Despite the extra tracks and cars, the game is still extremely short - there are only four modes of play: Quick Race, Championship, Time Attack and Multiplayer (which features full infrastructure support for online gaming against others across the country or in another country). The Championship mode is the main meat of the game but it is quite short and relatively easy to complete, requiring little skill to progress (the break button barely needs to be used, just keeping your finger on accelerate all the way round the tracks is sufficient to win races). Online play will extend the life of the game slightly but I soon got bored of it, mainly because there don't seem to be that many people online to race against.
The graphics are very colourful, perhaps too much so because they look almost cartoonish as a result. But I do still think the game is very pretty to look at and runs smoothly with only a few graphical errors (pop-up, jaggies, clipping etc) noticeable at times. The handling is considerably looser than the tight, responsive controls of the original so might take a while to get used to - I was very unsure of the controls at first but they do become increasingly user-friendly after a few races. It has to be said that the sound is not particularly good - the music is very generic and the voice-overs are a bit annoying.
Overall, this is reasonably playable and fun for a while but is far too short to offer any prolonged replay value. It also lacks that "special something" of the original - maybe this is because no AM division of Sega was responsible for this version, with Bugbear at the realms instead. In short, it doesn't feel like the Sega Rally of old and this is a negative for me. In an already saturated PSP racing game market this doesn't really stand out from the crowd. It would be unfair to call this game anything less than reasonable but the original 1995 versin still offers the definitive Sega Rally experience.
Sega Rally, Could be better! February 3, 2008
A. Moore (Hertfordshire, England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was given Sega Rally as a present for christmas, and could'nt wait to get started, but not far in found that the game is very easy and dosent take alot of skill to complete, i have been use to Ridge Racer where there is a bit of skill needed in getting around the course's, but i have found as long as you keep your thumb planted on the X button then you will win, there are 4 different course types Canyon, Safari, Arctic, and Alp's, varying tracks but all the same really, they give you lots of cars but you can win every thing with the same car, over all a poor show from Sega, i feel they could of tried harder...
 JUST RAG IT AROUND BRILLANT!!!! November 16, 2007
Jason Thorne (England / Oxford)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Had this about a week now and I must say this is a very neat and tidy game with lovely graphics and sound. There are a nice range of cars to choose from as well as a good range of driving scenes with different conditions and you can choose what rubbers you want on your ralley car. If you are looking for a ralley game were damage and tuning your car is involved this is not for you if you just want to rag it around then buy this.
great game October 5, 2007
Mr. S. Mullins
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
had this for a week and highly recomend this - last time i played sega rally was on the sega saturn (played it todeath) and this is even greater!
great graphics
beautiful presentaion - slick, smooth, quick
fun to race - fairly realistic espech crashing into your opponents
online play is great and usually theres someone on line.
loads of replay value
cant think of any negs for this game...its all good!
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