Rally Trophy

by JoWood

Product Features

• Racing simulation with historic elements
• Different seasons and weather conditions
• 42 visually stunning tracks in 5 different countries
• Car repairing and tuning
• For 1 to 6 players (multiplayer mode requires LAN or Internet connection)

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000067GAN
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: May 21, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,814 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Rally Trophy is a challenging racing game and the first-ever rally simulation with historical elements. There are eleven shiny old classic cars to drive in total, all of which have been modeled in great detail. Great emphasis has been put on visualization. Races lead you through beautiful landscapes with varying weather conditions such as daylight, sunset, snowfall, rain, storm and foggy weather. Everything imaginable is included, such as fine particle effects, skid marks and reflections. Rally Trophy combines stunning playability, breathtaking visuals and a great selection of cars and tracks. It's real fun, smooth to play and adds some unique content to the racing game genre.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best All-Around Rally Game (For Now), June 24, 2002

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Orson Wang (Novi, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rally Trophy (CD-ROM)

"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.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Driving Great Scenery, September 12, 2002

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A. C. Johnson (Menlo Park, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rally Trophy (CD-ROM)

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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining..., January 6, 2003

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Jeff (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rally Trophy (CD-ROM)

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.