Dreamcast

Need for Speed: V-Rally 2

The Dreamcast has turned into a nice console for driving games and a lot of good arcade racers have come out recently, but V-Rally tops them all. It’s packed with 16 cars, bonus cars, four-player support, and there is a track editor/generator. With over 80 excellent tracks in 12 countries, I didn’t see the need to create my own tracks, but this feature would add to the overall replay value of the game. If you like rally games, this one is the current king of the 128-bit world. While more of an arcade rally than a true simulation, I thought Test Drive V-Rally really succeeded in making this a fun experience.

Test Drive V-Rally is very to the point. It’s the gameplay that makes this title so good. Fast, barely in control racing on a huge variety of tracks and we have a winner here.

With several racing titles currently available, Test Drive V-Rally has established itself as the best racing rally game on the Dreamcast. V-Rally signifies the hope that the franchise can return to its pristine glory and continue to express excellence and most importantly a definitive package of entertainment. Even if you're only remotely fond of rally racing, V-Rally is quite a package. Buckle up your seat belt and hang on...Test Drive V-Rally is truly a game to be owned by all Dreamcast owners.

Een mooie en snelle racer, die helaas op een belangrijk punt wat gas terugneemt.

I grunden bjuder V-Rally 2: Expert Edition på körglädje och stor underhållning. Spelformerna; Time Trial, Arcade, Trophy och Championship, är genomtänkta och varierade. Grafiken är som sagt både snabb och snygg (speciellt de snötäckta nattbanorna är helt underbara) även om den är lite stel och multispelarvarianterna fungerar utmärkt. Så även in det i vissa stycken verkligen känns att detta är ett första generationens Dreamcastspel är det också ett mycket lyckat rallyspel som både är väl värt att köpa och bådar gott för framtiden.

En résumé, un jeu qui se veut tout public et qui réussit bien. Mais alors trop de fautes dans le gameplay et une facilité qui déconcertera les accros à la vraie simulation.

V-Rally's gameplay actually tends to be too forgiving, as cars recover from collisions and rolls almost immediately! In addition, the collision detection is so bad that when you swing around a turn, it's not uncommon for half of your car to disappear into the rocky mountainside - that's just sloppy programming. On the whole, Test Drive V-Rally is just an average racer, but its tight controls and nifty split-screen modes make it worth a look.

Yuck. I just got done playing some Colin McCrae racing on PS-X, and that game makes this seem like utter dung. V-Rally is utterly horrible due to the fact that cars seem like they are on bubble tires – bouncing around endlessly. There is just no realism. The courses are completely disproportionate to the cars and leave no room for any sort of counter-steering. This is definitely a game you don't want to get near.