RalliSport Challenge is a 2002 rally racing video game for Microsoft Windows and the Xbox. It features a race career and 29 cars including the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI and the Suzuki Grand Vitara. Four race types that are included in the game are Rally, Hillclimb, Ice Racing, and Rallycross. A sequel, RalliSport Challenge 2, was released in 2004 for the Xbox.
| RalliSport Challenge | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Digital Illusions CE |
| Publisher(s) | Microsoft Game Studios |
| Platform(s) | Xbox, Microsoft Windows |
| Release | Xbox Microsoft Windows |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Gameplay
editFor Rally, drivers simply race from points A to B. In career mode, drivers will race one by one while in single race, drivers will race with the computer. That is applied to the rest of the races except for Ice Racing and Rallycross.
In Hillclimb, drivers will race up or speed down a dangerous mountain with cliffs and rocks along the track. One mistake can send drivers off the cliff or into rocks thus damaging the car and degrading performance.
For Ice Racing, drivers race on a track with a slick bed of ice for a certain number of laps. The run off areas are sometimes snow that can cost vital places or time.
On Rallycross, drivers will race around a certain track, at the same time as all the others, with multiple types of road such as gravel and asphalt, for a certain number of laps.
Drivers will start with eight cars, no matter if the starting level of Beginner or Normal is used. They will require doing a career to unlock the remaining 21 cars. In Beginner mode, drivers are able to restart a race at any point in a rally they wish. However, in Normal, in order to restart, drivers must race the entire rally over no matter what.
Outside of the career mode one can take part in time attacks. When participating in these, a ghost of the driver's best lap is loaded, saved or played every time one undertakes that race. There is also a split screen multi-player mode in which players race head-to-head in whatever race mode they are.
Reception
edit| Aggregator | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| PC | Xbox | |
| Metacritic | 77/100[23] | 87/100[24] |
| Publication | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| PC | Xbox | |
| AllGame | N/A |    [3] |
| Edge | N/A | 6/10[5] |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | N/A | 8.33/10[6] |
| Eurogamer | N/A | 10/10[7] |
| Game Informer | N/A | 8/10[8] |
| GamePro | N/A | [9] |
| GameRevolution | N/A | B+[10] |
| GameSpot | 8.8/10[11] | 9.1/10[12] |
| GameSpy | [13] | [14] |
| GameZone | 8/10[15] | 9.1/10[16] |
| IGN | 8/10[17] | 9.2/10[18] |
| Official Xbox Magazine (US) | N/A | 8.6/10[19] |
| PC Gamer (US) | 81%[20] | N/A |
| BBC Sport | N/A | 92%[21] |
| The Cincinnati Enquirer | N/A | [22] |
The game received "generally favorable reviews" on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[23][24] GameSpot named RalliSport Challenge the second-best video game of March 2002.[25]
RalliSport Challenge was a nominee for PC Gamer US's "2002 Best Racing Game" award, which ultimately went to NASCAR Racing 2002 Season.[26] It won GameSpot's annual "Best Driving Game on Xbox" award, and was a runner-up in the "Best Driving Game on PC", "Best Graphics (Technical) on Xbox" and "Game of the Year on Xbox" categories.[27] The game was also a nominee for "Console Racing Game of the Year" at the AIAS' 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, which ultimately went to Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2.[28]
References
edit- ^ "Microsoft Puts Rallisport Online". IGN. 15 February 2002. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "Rallisport Challenge shipping". GameSpot. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ Marriott, Scott Alan. "RalliSport Challenge (Xbox) - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Hermes, Wade (March 2003). "RalliSport Challenge" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 224. p. 107. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Edge staff (April 2002). "RalliSport Challenge (Xbox)". Edge. No. 109.
- ^ EGM staff (May 2002). "RalliSport Challenge (Xbox)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 154. p. 114.
- ^ Bye, John "Gestalt" (28 March 2002). "Rallisport Challenge (Xbox)". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 8 April 2002. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "RalliSport Challenge (Xbox)". Game Informer. No. 108. April 2002. p. 81.
- ^ Four-Eyed Dragon (5 March 2002). "RalliSport Challenge Review for Xbox on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Sanders, Shawn (March 2002). "Rallisport Challenge Review (Xbox)". Game Revolution. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Ajami, Amer (7 November 2002). "Rallisport Challenge Review (PC)". GameSpot. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Ajami, Amer (6 March 2002). "Rallisport Challenge Review (Xbox)". GameSpot. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Rice, Kevin (21 December 2002). "GameSpy: RalliSport Challenge (PC)". GameSpy. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Sabine, Mike (15 March 2002). "GameSpy: RalliSport Challenge (Xbox)". GameSpy. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Ovaldog (4 November 2002). "Rallisport Challenge - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 22 May 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Bedigian, Louis (12 March 2002). "Rallisport Challenge - XB - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ MacGruder, Randy (15 November 2002). "RalliSport Challenge (PC)". IGN. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Schneider, Peer (28 February 2002). "RalliSport Challenge (Xbox)". IGN. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "RalliSport Challenge". Official Xbox Magazine. April 2002. p. 82.
- ^ "RalliSport Challenge". PC Gamer: 82. January 2003.
- ^ Gibbon, David (19 March 2002). "Let's play: Ralli Sport [sic] Challenge (Xbox)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ Kent, Steven (2 April 2002). "Xbox titles zoom into overdrive". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Rallisport Challenge for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Rallisport Challenge for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ The Editors of GameSpot VG (5 April 2002). "Video Game of the Month, March 2002". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 16 October 2003.
- ^ Staff (March 2003). "The Ninth Annual PC Gamer Awards". PC Gamer US. 10 (3): 48–50, 54, 58, 60, 66, 68, 70.
- ^ GameSpot Staff (30 December 2002). "GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 7 February 2003.
- ^ "6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards: Winners". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004. Retrieved 4 February 2022.