Posted on: September 30, 2024
Early Access review
Anarchy_Blues
Verified ownerGames: 850 Reviews: 38
Huge potential, but needs a lot of work.
I'm glad they decided to release this on GOG, we don't get a lot of racing games here, let alone in early access. And this one definitely has a lot of personality, which is rare for new racing games. That being said, it definitely has a lot of issues that need to be ironed out, and not all of them have to do with it being in development: - There's a disclaimer at the beginning of the game that verbatum says you can lose your saves if you're not connected to the internet. I'm pretty sure that's bullshit, but even so it's a pretty scummy thing to add in your game, especially when it's supposed to be a DRM free release. I really hope this game doesn't become on of those shoddy GOG releases that's kind of "DRM free" but not really. - For some reason the game doesn't let you shift into 2nd at the start of the event, there's like a 2 - 3 second delay before you can change gears. I'm mentioning this because I don't think it's a bug, it's only an issue at the start of the event. May have something to do with real rally regulations, but I'm not aware of anything like that. I haven't tried playing in automatic because I'm not American. - Right now the game is very easy, I haven't lost a race so far despite the fact that I've hit just about every wall and cut just about every corner I've come across. The penalty system doesn't really discourage cutting corners, personally I like it that way, but that's not really how rally is supposed to work. Anyway, needs a difficulty bump. - No music apart from the one menu track, OST can make or break a racing game but no OST definitely breaks it, events have no energy. Some noteworthy positives: - Nice variety of cars, even has 1 or 2 muscle cars for General Lee fans. - A surprising amount of customization for the cars. Doesn't look like there's a way to change liveries though, which is mildly disappointing. - Not a fan of cartoon graphics but this one looks ok. The car models look really nice. - Can rebind keys, thank god.
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