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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!

oasismark wrote:
> Sounds like this game is hard. Is it too hard or nicely challenging?


Lol....i see you have been looking at my positions :D

And yes..the game is nicely challenging



> Are you guys playing it with a steering wheel, or does dual analoge
> good enough?


I have been playing with the GT Force wheel, Speedster one doesn't work, but i was quite surprised at how well the analogue controller works on it. The x button is accelerate and the analogue feature on it works very well. U do get a lot of speed control from it. It's very good.

Sounds like this game is hard. Is it too hard or nicly challenging?

Are you guys playing it with a steering wheel, or does dual analoge good enough?

Hmm ok but it seemed like Jive was getti ng mixed up with A1 Grrrr :D

Anyway like u say a good multiplayer would have been good. Also the track editor off V rally 2 would be ace but probably very hard to do for Atari.

Mr Chainsaw what team do you race for. Currently this is my status.

N.Buchanan- English

Asphalt (Salt sweat, sugar on the asphalt, Ah hah...sorry)- C rated
Gravel- B rated
Snow- B rated

Season 1

Team VW- Polo

Morale- Crap
Reliabilty- Excellent
Performance- Crap
Budget- Crap

Team standing- 8th
Driver standing- 14th


Season 2

Team Citreon- Saxo

Morale- Crap
Reliabilty- Ok
Performance- Ok
Budget- Crap

Team standing- 8th
Driver standing- 15th


Season 3

Team VW- Polo

Morale- Crap
Reliabilty- Crap
Performance- Crap
Budget- Bad

Team standing- 7th
Driver standing- 16th

Season 4

Team Citreon- Saxo

Morale- Crap
Reliabilty- Crap
Performance- Bad
Budget- Crap

Team standing- Currently 4th
Driver standing- Currently 11th


There we go.

Na†ßu© wrote:
> They aint pop lol......there A as in 'nothing' and 'starbucks'


haha, they are definately pop - punk pop that is. Along with the likes of sum 41 and new found glory. Anyway i dont want to get into a music argument.

I got V-Rally 3 on saturday and its great. One thing that annoyed me was the multiplayer. Cant they have made it like V-Rally's multiplayer? That was so damn fun!

They aint pop lol......there A as in 'nothing' and 'starbucks'

*Taps foot waiting for the magic GAD Van*

No you didnt mention that fact, I've never heard of them but thats mainly because I don't listen to the radio or the charts due to unprecedented amount of pop shi....that seems to be there.

If I get it I'll let you know what I think of the into, always watch the intro to a new game, then it's skip skip skip in the future!

Did i meantion 'A' do the sound track? It's a nice intro to watch and listen to.....and whats wrong with 'A'? I like them :)

Saw the TV advert for this last night on channel 4, made me sit up in bed and pay attention.

Game looked flippin amazing so I think I'll be parting with some more cash very shortly.

Hmm, the career mode sounds pretty good, just a shame about the multiplayer bit. Would not have minded a split screen or multitap option, that would have been great. Theres only ATV that has really impressed me with the 4 way screen in racing games, and thats damn fun, better than any one player game when you have 4 mates racing through some dodgy terrain knocking each other off. V-rally could have had that...shame.

Still going to have to think about it though...theres MOH just waiting to be had also.