RALLISPORT CHALLENGE (XBOX)

by PIONEER DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

Product Features

• For Play on Your Xbox
• Published by Microsoft

Product Details

• ASIN: B000062YIN
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches ; 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,058 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

RalliSport Challenge puts you in the driver's seat of rally racing excitement as you race against the clock or go wheel-to-wheel in fierce grudge matches against AI opponents with unique personalities, or up to three of your friends in four-player split-screen competition. Rally racing fans will appreciate the attention to detail: 25 fully licensed cars, four race modes (Hill Climb, "conventional" Rally, Rallycross, and Ice Racing), a wide variety of tracks, locations, and weather conditions, and much more. The game takes full advantage of the power of the Xbox and includes detailed effects such as swaying trees, people and animals running to avoid your car's path, and realistic particle effects as you speed through the course. Misjudge a corner and you'll quickly be rewarded with a spectacular crash and realistic car damage. This is rally racing.

Product Description

RalliSport Challenge delivers a unique racing experience by combining four different types of Rally into one game: Hill climb "Traditional" Rally RallyCross and Ice Racing. This variety of race types allows for gamer's to experience traditional rally racing against the clock as well as fierce wheel-to-wheel grudge matches.Features:4 Unique Rally Sports in One Game - Compete in "conventional" Rally Hill Climbs Ice Racing and RallyCross.27 Licensed Cars Spanning Decades of Rally and Off-Road Sports - Drive high performance Rally cars like the Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VI the Subaru Impreza WRX or the Toyota Corolla WRC. Or drive one of the infamous "Group B" cars of the 1980's like the Audi Quattro S1 or the Lancia 037 Rallye.48 Tracks from Around the World - Across Different Terrains and Surfaces - Race in Safari challenges in East Africa (Kenya) experience Ice Racing on frozen Nordic roads or try hill climbs in the US Pacific Northwest.Beautiful Game Environments - Advanced graphics and audio that leverage the power of the Xbox contributing to the realism factor that gamers have. Swaying trees people and animals avoiding your car's path and realistic particle effects as you run through mud dirt snow and water.Enhanced Multi-player Mode - 4-player split screen enables you to compete against three of your buddies.Format: XBOX Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: E - Everyone UPC: 805529009899 Manufacturer No: 00989

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb racer, March 1, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: RALLISPORT CHALLENGE (XBOX) (Video Game)

I also had the opportunity to try a near-release build of this new rally contender. I must say I was mighty impressed.

Game wise, the controls are well balanced and exact, but yet easy to pickup. It's not like you have to practice for hours and hours before you can make that turn - but if you do, you will be able to kick out of it with most possible speed. This makes the game pretty much perfect for me, a casual gamer type, who actually enjoys playing for a limited period of time every day or so. As the time passes I guess you will learn to master those hairpins good enough to unlock even more powerful beasts (let me tell you, the cars you'll find further down the road in this game are BEASTS, we are talking 700hp Group-B cars that has been forbidden since the late 80's).

Graphics? What can I say, this is simply THE racing game to own. I have never before seen anything like it (ever). Yes, including PGR. Yes, including GT3. Think Halo on four wheels, and you probably get the picture. Particle effects, details in the environment, cars-modeling - all look stunning. Soundtrack seems sweet, fast paced and with 5.1 Dolby Digital support. This means that the effects really add up to the experience. You can literally HEAR your opponents catching up on you from right-back after that not-so-good turn.

A little sad that the internet-play didn't make it into this first Rallisport-version (I say first version because I am positive that we will see follow-ups to this title), but then again - multiplayer on split screen is somewhat a comfort. As long as I get to beat my pals I am happy.

Definitely check Rallisport Challenge out - you will NOT be disappointed.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the BEST games yet to come out of the xbox stable, March 12, 2002

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Pana "donpaisa" (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RALLISPORT CHALLENGE (XBOX) (Video Game)

This game is incredible. I have yet to play a Rally racing game that even comes close to Rallisport Challenge's caliber. Everything has been meticulously adressed to provide you the best Rally racing sim available for any console, bar none. I picked this game right when it came out and have hardly been able to stop playing since.

The graphics are superb. Everything from the tracks and the nearly photorealistic terrains are top-notch. The cars themselves are beautifully rendered with visible damage occuring to the car if you wreck. Your car even gets dirty as you progress through the tracks! Sound is above average but what really sets it apart is the fact that you can play your own music while you race. The cars all have distinct engine sounds and there is this English guy who gives you advice over what sounds like a CB radio. Another strong point for RC would have to be the fact that this game uses the vibration in the controller better than any game before it. But of course, all of these aspects of RC that I wrote about don't matter if the gameplay itself [stinks]. Well you don't have to worry in that department.

RC it seems was not created to be a 100% realistic simulation. I would say the steering at times is what makes this noticeable. So the games physics do have a little bit of an arcade feel but it stills stays true enough to form that it really doesnt matter because this game is still loads of fun. it also has a great variety of racing modes, cars, and plenty of hidden stuff in between to unlock so it will keep you busy for a while. Anyway, I feel confident giving this game 5 star rating because this has to be one of the top 3 titles to debut so far on the xbox.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars XBox's Best Driving Game That Is Not For Everyone, March 13, 2002

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Michaelangelo (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RALLISPORT CHALLENGE (XBOX) (Video Game)

Introduction
A very good looking driving game that focuses on Rally Racing with different game options (point-to-point rally, hill-climbing, ice-racing, cross-rally). The games have enough variety of courses and cars to keep you happy, BUT not the excitement and satisfaction like those offerred by Gran Turismo 2. Rally racing is different from street or tarmac racing games (GT series). It is NOT for everyone!

Graphics 9.5
The environment and terrains are AMAZING! I just love how the tracks are seemlessly blended into the environment. Car models are good, the effects on the vehicles are great, but it is STILL plagued by jagginess (bumpy, unsmooth linings) like in PlayStation games in a lesser degree. I replay races just to look at the beautifully rendered semi-interactive environment, and lighting, shading effects reflected so smoothly off beautiful vehicles.

Sound 8.5
Engine and environmental sounds are sampled and created very nicely. You definitely need to adjust the settings in the option screen to get an enjoyable mix of music, engine, and environmental sound. The soundtrack is negligible. The option to have your own soundtrack makes this game almost ten times more enjoyable. I have to emphasize that the option to play your own soundtrack is so great that it warrants the purchase of an XBox for me before, and it still kicking it for me.

Gameplay 8.5
It can be as shallow as you want it to be or as deep. That means you can just jump in and have some fun, or spend countless hours perfecting those power-slides.

Presentation 8
Overall, the game is enjoyable. It has every elements that make it a very good game. The menu system needs more work for sure. The unlocking and extra features could be better.

Lasting Appeal 8
Once you complete the career mode and unlock those vehicles (most of them you don't even care), it is quite hard to find any incentive to keep on playing except for the graphics and your own soundtrack. With Sega GT, Pro Racer Driver on the horizon, RSC will keep you happy and busy until then.

Closing Comment
Overall, I give this game an 8.5. It is NOT better than Gran Turismo. It IS the best racing game currently for XBox. With Pro Race Driver and Sega GT2 on the horizon, this game should keep you happy and busy. I accredit RSC as the game that inspires future XBox driving games to be made better. I do not get the same state of euphoria when I first play the jaggy Gran Turismo. My recommendation is only buy this game if you are Rally fan, rent it first if you are just a driving game fan.