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SEGA Rally 2 Is The Best Dreamcast Racer Thus Far

1 February 2000

Today there are many, many games that have been ported to the latest
video-game console systems like the Playstation, Nintendo 64,
Dreamcast. Some of the more common recent ones have been Hydro
Thunder and San Francisco Rush. I will be the first to tell you that
most ports to consoles sit in the shadows of their arcade counterpart
mainly due to the fact that the recent home consoles do not have nearly
as much processing power as their "big brothers" have. Hydro Thunder
was a decent conversion but sudden framerate drops hurt the overall
console value. On the other hand San Francisco Rush was pretty good,
all the jumps, cars, and hidden shortcuts were all there along with its own
Nintendo 64 features. Probably the largest downside to playing a ported
game on a console is the fact that it loses all of the atmosphere. Just
the thought of sitting in the latest racing game at the arcade gives me
chills.  With the large seat, metal pedals, blasting speaker behind your
head, and the realistic steering wheel in front of you gives the
true-to-life realism most people long for. Anyway SEGA has again
released another racer for all of us right off the heels of CART: Flag to Flag
with the title SEGA Rally 2 and yes it is a port from its arcade
predecessor.  Does it surpass, let alone match, the quality of the arcade
counterpart?

To see the rest of the review go to
"http://www.theautochannel.com/mania/video-games/SEGA_Rally_2.html"