Product Description

The greatestrally game in the arcades is now available in your own home. With the addition of a 10 Year Championship and gruelling driving conditions through mud, deserts, blizzards, night time and many more. Choose from a multitude of world famous rally cars on 17 challenging courses. Upload your best times to the internet or view the high score tables.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12153 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sega
• Released on: 1999-10-14
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Platform: Sega Dreamcast
• Number of items: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Sega Rally 2 is the sequel to an arcade game that made its home debut on the ill-fated Sega Saturn video game console. Despite the Saturn's demise, the original Sega Rally still holds a warm place in the heart of video game fanatics as one of the best arcade-style racing games ever created. Now the series follow-up hits the console system after a successful run in arcades. And with cars and tracks not found in the stand-up version, Sega Rally 2 fans should be very pleased with Sega's efforts to enhance the gameplay fun for the Dreamcast version. On the flip side, casual racing fans may find the difficulty level a bit too advanced for their tastes.

Sega Rally 2 favours more of an arcade-style fantasy physics model than its predecessor, but don't expect this game to be a Sunday drive. Those looking for an exciting romp behind the wheel will likely be disappointed after numerous sideline crashes and races end prematurely due to expired time. Purists and road jockeys weaned on the likes of Gran Turismo may be able to handle the challenge factor here, but casual arcade-style racing fans may find the race too hot to handle for long-term, frustration-free fun. --Jeff Young

Pros:
• More replay value than the coin-op version of the game
• Beautiful graphics

Cons:
• Too hard to be fun for many arcade-style racing fans
• Backgrounds tend to pop up dramatically when the horizon is not obscured by curvy road

Manufacturer's Description
The greatest rally game in the arcades is now available in your home! With the addition of a 10-Year championship this game has added longevity. The challenge is further enhanced by gruelling driving conditions through mud, deserts, blizzards and night-time. Choose from a multitude of world famous rally cars on 17 challenging courses. Upload your best times to the Sega Rally 2 Web site and compare your fastest laps with other players.

Customer Reviews

First place for Sega Rally 2!
One of the launch games for the Dreamcast, and it still holds its own against every other racer on the DC. The graphics are very good, even in two player mode there's little cut back on, and the cars handle well, if a little too eager to slide.
Sega Rally 2 is very challenging, arcade mode especially, but you also have the championship to go through and that will last a long time.

If there's one gripe I have it's that, not being a serious driving fan, I grew tired after a while of it, but that's more my fault.

A worthwhile purchase.

Best Sega Game Ever!!!
I think Sega Rally 2 Is a good game if you like rally games which I Do. I have the game (2 copies). I have 2 copies cause onetime I played it so long my cd started to like melt. One time while was playing and my Dreamcast cought fire but I was able to save the game in time.

Sega Rally
Having played this in numerous arcades long after it was first released on the Dreamcast, I was still keen to get a copy for home use. However, it's not an experience of unalloyed pleasure. Lacking the force feedback of the full arcade machine means that it's much harder to play and initially less rewarding. So far, so much the same as any coin-op conversion. But Sega Rally 2 scores highly in its innovative use of pop-up, making surprising landscapes the norm rather than an occasional boost to ones playing pleasure, really moves the game into another dimension. Combined with the hovercraft that Sega decided to employ instead of cars that actually seem to be moving on the track, make you feel you've leapt into a parallel universe that's so much more special than your own. And last but not least, the UK version seems to run slower than the Japanese one that I've also played, aiding dull-witted Westerners with poor reactions to play better. A piece de resistance, then, until MSR finally arrives. It is better than Speed Devils, though.