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"The OFFICIAL V-rally 3 post."

Heres my V-rally 3 post! To start us off i will write info on the game including comparisons to WRC, Pros and Cons. Reply with your views on the game.

V-rally 3 (http://www.v-rally.com/)

Pros +

-Great graphics especially lightning effects.
-Damage that actually effects performance.
-Extensive career mode. Allows you to change teams, create a driver, ect. Each bit is seperated with cut scenes, pre race preperation sequences/new season drivers unvailments ect.
-Competitiors develope skills so the longer you progress the more change you can see in competitors. i.e. rookies improving ect.
-16 rally cars. Eight 1.6 Litre and eight 2.0 litre.
-Offers a good challenge.
-Handling is better than GT3 rally mode. Easing the car around the corner is satisfying.
-6 countries, 5 tracks for each. This is less than WRC but the work gone into making the tracks challenging and prettier is clearly evident.

Cons -

-Steep learning curve.
-Acceleration may seem a bit slow so losing to much speed can lead to frustration.
-Two player is simultanious rather than split screen.
-No actual liscenses drivers (although this can be a good thing so you can feel like your in your own fantasy rally career rather than replicating a real life counterpart).
-Co driver appears to have breathed in helium.

My overall score 9/10


WRC (http://www.evos.net/)

Pros +

-108 stages altogether in 14 different countries.
-All the licenced drivers and cars from the WRC. Except Mr McRae.
-Above average graphics with great draw distance.
-Textured Drivers faces.
-Big cliffs to roll over

Cons -

-Very twitchy handling.
-Tracks in same country dont vary a great deal.
-Damage is not ver evident.
-Weather effects aren't brilliant.
-No decent career mode.
-takes a while to get into it.

My overall score 7/10



So theres the pros and cons. But how do they vary with each other?

Graphics- Winner V-rally 3. The lighting effects...the beautifal lighting effects!

Gameplay- Winner V-rally 3. WRC is just too twitchy. Even if it wasn't it would take alot to beat V-rally 3's.

Sound- Winner WRC. Nice engine effects and decent co-drivers.

Realism- Winner both- Although V-rally has more realistic handling and a better career mode, WRC does bost all the licensing.

Overall- Winner V-rally 3. V-rally 3 is the more solid affair and does include a great career mode, fantastic graphics and better handling. WRC is good with decent licensing and lots of tracks but while V-rally 3 is recieving the winners trophy, WRC is limping sadly over the line.


Thanks for reading and i hope you agree. Please note i am basing this on the time i have had on both the games. (About 5 hours V-rally 3 and about 14 hours WRC)

Now lets start this conversation!

I just had a look and its branded in sliver etching on the back of the wheel 'GT Force V-2.0' so i'm guessing from that, that it is the newer version of the GT force? There could possibly be 3 wheels? 'GT Force' 'GT Force V-2.0' and 'Logitec Drive Force' or what ever you said it was. And I looked at the pictures on the site and that is not my wheel. It says Driving force on it. Mine doesn't. Also my pedals are metal on mine and I could have either had Red rubber grips or Blue rubber grips. Also I got it from Toys 'r' Us in UK for £79.99 only a few weeks ago. Sorry if i upset you but if you know anything on the version 2 or what ever i have then maybe you could let me know because at the moment i am a bit confused :D

What country are you in because there is definitely a 'Driving Force' wheel in the shops where I come from. In fact if you check the official Logitech site below you will see they call it the Driving Force as well.

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm? page=products/productlist&crid=96&countryid=18&languageid=1


So basically, you don't know if the GT Force wheel works so I'll go with the more informed opinions at PS2-racing. Cheers.

Sorry if that was a bit harsh. It's just i'm a bit grumpy today :). Your not the idiot. The site is. No hard feelings. :) And if your a webmaster to that site then sorry. But i'm pretty sure your wrong. :)

Hah hah i should call you a total idiot now. That site is complete balls. There is no such thing as a Logitec Driving Force! Hah! The one on that site refered to as the 'Logitec Driving Force' is actually just a slightly newer version of the GT force wheel! The only difference is the d-pad and function buttons are in a different place. Other than that it's the same. In fact i have the box in front of me now and it is the box of the so called 'Logitec driving force'. Hmmm...so thats why my box says 'Logitec GT Force Feedback wheel'.

And to tottaly make you shameful take a load of this. When i first got vrally 3 I asked my mate to bring his 'GT FORCE WHEEL' around which has the GT logo on to see if it worked. It was lovely with V rally 3. So that is mainly the reason i went out and got my one. When i saw it had a different box i wasn a bit concerned but when i compared names to the one i had written down that my mate had given me (GT FORCE WHEEL!!!) i noticed they were the same. Then i realised that it was an update of the GT Force and the GT logo had gone because GT is a bit out of date now (although it is still a great game). So basically they are the SAME wheel except different position of Dpad/buttons ect! Both work fine with V rally 3. So please take your gimpified info somewhere else you fool.

All the Logitech wheels plus the Thrustmaster FFB are USB, and the developers themselves stated you have to use the driving force because it has an inbuilt controller (the regular controller is disabled).

Are you sure you didn't get the Driving Force? I'm ready to eat my words, but the guys at PS2-racing have all confirmed it won't work.

Dont be an idiot. I bought the GT Force wheel especially because Vrally 3 has calibration options for it. It is the only one that works because it is USB. Do you really think i would spend £80 on something that was just as useless as my Speedster 2 (Which incidently cost me £50 but works ace with some games). So don't be a gimp and if you promise me you aren't then maybe I should tell you not to take notice of everything you read.

The GT Force wheel is NOT compatible with this game. Go to www.PS2-racing.com for details.

The only wheel that works is the Driving Force and even that has problems.

oh and Subaru

Turbonutter wrote:
> Lol, have you ever had the countdown "3... 2... 1... BLOODY
> FOG!" :-D :-D :-D
>

Heh, i heared that on a British stage :D Also i have heard him say "What are you? A bleeping (f*c**ng) idiot? You could have got a bus through there!"

and

"Stop t*s*ing around! You can do better than this!"

Important decision:

Mitsubishi or Subaru?

I'm strongly tempted for Mitsubishi, although photos of a trashed Scoob would be great.