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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 38 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 38
  2. Negative: 7 out of 38
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  1. AdamJ.
    Sep 29, 2007
    4
    I'm shocked at all the good reviews, this is a disgrace to the Sega Rally name in my opinion. The track design is poor at best. None of them are on the same level as the brilliant Desert, Forest and Mountain tracks as seen in Sega Rally 1. They seem like they've been designed by work experience boys. The handling is rubbish. There's no feedback and its far too light. The I'm shocked at all the good reviews, this is a disgrace to the Sega Rally name in my opinion. The track design is poor at best. None of them are on the same level as the brilliant Desert, Forest and Mountain tracks as seen in Sega Rally 1. They seem like they've been designed by work experience boys. The handling is rubbish. There's no feedback and its far too light. The ruts your car makes in the track are a nice idea but combined with light handling, its just too damn tricky. The graphics are solid. They look last-gen in my opinion though. Bright colours, basic car models and dreadful enviroments. Expand
  2. JP
    Oct 22, 2007
    3
    The AI is terrible the tracks are repetitive and the handling is awful. The only reason it gets a three is because it's supposed to be arcade and race like crap, I guess. Don't buy for sure and really don't even bother to play. There are way better racing games out there than this one.
  3. FinnJ.
    Jan 20, 2008
    1
    The graphics really rock! And that's about all that rocks. I've gone through a couple of racers since having the 360. This is by far the worst. Graphics are really nice, but how the car reacts to input is really random. There is no way of knowing how it will react in any given turn. It really doesn't matter how many times you race a given course - the car just won't The graphics really rock! And that's about all that rocks. I've gone through a couple of racers since having the 360. This is by far the worst. Graphics are really nice, but how the car reacts to input is really random. There is no way of knowing how it will react in any given turn. It really doesn't matter how many times you race a given course - the car just won't react the same way twice. Oh, and the brakes don't work. They will slow down the car, but as it seems nobody else uses them - even to get past bends you will promptly be taken over by five cars that seemed miles away before the bend as soon as you try to slow down.. The dynamically changing surface of the course is a nice concept, but it doesn't work. Every surface that isn't tarmac feels like extremely deep snow. One might argue that it's really just a bit too hard. Well, that might be the case if the car reacted well to input. But as it seems impossible to get the bloody thing to go straight ahead on even the best of surfaces, I'm pretty sure that's not the case. And if it was, well... some kind of difficulty setting would come in handy. Never had that problem with Forza2, PGR3/4 or Test Drive Unlimited... If you want a good driving game, go with those instead. Or, if you want arcade rallying - go for Dirt! I rank this game right next to Need for Speed Carbon. Neither game was worth even the discount prices I paid for them. White elephants. Expand
  4. Apr 12, 2017
    4
    L'arcade à l'état pur mais sans les 60 im/s de la borne malheureusement et sans le volant à retour de force qui donnait l'impression de conduire un camion sans assistance... quoique... avec un Fanatec réglé au plus dur peut-être ? Cela étant, le jeu est super propre visuellement, même maintenant et d'une rapidité, on dirait du Wipeout en classe Phantom...

    Les voitures ont toutes le même
    L'arcade à l'état pur mais sans les 60 im/s de la borne malheureusement et sans le volant à retour de force qui donnait l'impression de conduire un camion sans assistance... quoique... avec un Fanatec réglé au plus dur peut-être ? Cela étant, le jeu est super propre visuellement, même maintenant et d'une rapidité, on dirait du Wipeout en classe Phantom...

    Les voitures ont toutes le même comportement, glissent pareil sur toutes les surfaces (et pour glisser, elles glissent...), elles rebondissent quand on tape le bas côté sans ralentir (ou si peu) et les collisions entre concurrents sont à l'avenant. On tourne en rond sur la même poignée de pistes (façon rallye-cross, l'appellation "rallye" est ici usurpée) pendant trop longtemps : le contenu laisse à désirer. Bref on se lasse vite surtout que l'IA n'en fait qu'à sa tête, tantôt rapidement larguée, tantôt loin devant. Bref, un jeu "Sega" quoi.
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77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 42
  2. Negative: 1 out of 42
  1. Sega Rally is easily the freshest arcade driving experiences to have emerged in years, providing more wide-eyed excitement in five minutes than most games manage in five hours. Not since "Burnout 2" has a driving game stood out as so completely different to everything else, and provided so much instant, moreish entertainment to such a high technical standard.
  2. 360 Gamer Magazine UK
    90
    A near flawless combination of old-school Sega magic and exciting new track deformation technology, Sega Rally effortlessly delivers a fast and accessible, yet deep and competitive arcade racing game that should appeal to both diehard Sega fans and newcomers alike.
  3. Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
    88
    The best game to carry the name since '95, but more than that - it's the best straight racing game you'll find on this console and indeed one of the best pure racers you'll have played in years...Every second is a second you'll spend on the edge of your seat. Thrilling. [Nov 2007, p.74]