Sega Rally 2006

[StriderKyo]

I really wish they'd put this out on something else...there have only ever been like 5 developers who really managed to make the PS2 sing, and Sega's not on that list. But I think they want money or something, which I guess involves people actually owning the system you put stuff out on.

Thanks to our good friends at EA deep-sixing the Rallisport series, it's basically this or Colin McRae, which is the bomb but not for the faint of heart. I hope they make it actually possible to finish this one.

Anyway....

Linky

Sega Rally 2006 coming to PlayStation 2
This year's edition of the Rally series drops from release schedule; 2006 announced in its place.

It seems that Sega Rally 2005 will not be coming out as originally planned, or at least it's been renamed. The game was wiped from the latest PlayStation 2 release list provided by Famitsu, and instead, the magazine featured a report on Sega Rally 2006, which is slated for release on the PS2 in January.

Screenshots of Sega Rally 2006 show the same blue Subaru Impreza from former images released of Sega Rally 2005, suggesting that this "new" game is simply a renaming of Sega Rally 2005, a change perhaps made when the game's release date slipped outside of its titular year. The game seems to have gone through a minor face-lift in terms of the screen displays, however, with Sega Rally 2006 having sleeker speedometers and other indicators.

Sega Rally 2006 will be the first time that a new version of the racing game series has debuted on a console instead of in arcades. As a result, the game was designed with a career mode in mind to give it more longevity than its arcade counterparts, which were meant for a few minutes of playing at a time. The player's objective in career mode is to go from amateur racer to professional driver, racking up rally wins in a number of different regions along the way. Aside from the career mode, the game features the standard arcade mode and time attack mode.

Development of Sega Rally 2006 is currently 90 percent complete. The game will be available for play at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show.

[EvilMog]

Ps2 = zzzzzZZZzzZZ

[Grave]

Thanks to our good friends at EA deep-sixing the Rallisport series

Wait, what? I don't remember this. And it makes me sad.

Rallisport was my favorite rally game ever. I still need to pick up the sequel sometime. If it's improved over the first in any way, I will probably never need another rally game again anyway.

[kedawa]

Didn't MS make Rallisport?

[Videodrone]

Rallisport was my favorite rally game ever. I still need to pick up the sequel sometime. If it's improved over the first in any way, I will probably never need another rally game again anyway.

Rallisport 2 is flat out amazing.

[Sl1p]

I believe this news. Rallisport Challenge 2 is my favorite racing game this generation. If not EVER~

[Dyne]

wait strider.....EA had the rights to RSC and canned the series? i htought it was an MS made game?

[EightBit]

wait strider.....EA had the rights to RSC and canned the series? i htought it was an MS made game?

I'm pretty sure it was made by D.I.C.E., which is now assimilated to the EA master machine. Where I'm sure EA is only cracking the Battlefield whip.

[Yoshi]

We'll see Rallisport Challenge renamed to Need for Speed: Dirt Edition or some bullshit. It'll be all shiny, even though it takes place far outside the city, and you'll get to play Barbie dress up with the cars to make them look like a Mexican should be driving them.

Sega Rally 2006 = Instant purchase. The PS2 only equates to Zzzzz if you have no taste in games and are solely a graphics whore.

[MVS]

with the cars to make them look like a Mexican should be driving them.

What does that mean? Aside from a Racial Stereotype, of course.