You'll find the AI offers a solid challenge.

[SuperGalen]

Gran Turismo 3 has remained the most visually impressive driving game available much longer than anticipated, but this streak could come to an end when Rallisport Challenge is released. Calling it visually stunning would be an understatement. The car models look great, and even the smallest details, such as door handles, are rendered. There are even two fully modeled passengers in each car. In the single-player modes, the list of effects being pulled off at once is amazing. Particle effects are put to good use to show grass and dirt being kicked up, and the smoke bellowing from screeching tires doesn't look too bad either. The windows of each car and the icy road surfaces are fully environment-mapped, and cars will accumulate dirt as the race wears on, but the most impressive visual aspect of the cars is that they will take damage after accidents. It's rare that car manufacturers will allow their machines to take damage in driving games, but that's exactly what happens in Rallisport Challenge. There appear to be only a few varieties of damage for each car, but it's still a welcome addition. Other small details that round out the graphical package are spurts of flame that jump out of the exhaust while shifting gears and shocks that can be seen working during the game's impressive replays. There are around 50 tracks included in the game, but most of them are based on just a handful of different texture sets. This causes many tracks to look similar. Another issue that will hopefully be addressed is aliasing. There are just a few jagged edges in the single-player modes, but when playing multiplayer races with more than two players things can get a bit ugly. Other effects, such as environmental mapping, have been removed from the multiplayer races to keep the frame rates up, and you won't see drivers in the cars either. These sacrifices are well worth it because even with four players playing at once the frame rates stay the course. In the single-player modes, the game runs about as smoothly as possible, which helps to give Rallisport Challenge an excellent sensation of speed.

Driving at high speeds in snow is best done in a videogame.






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