Sega Rally 2
{{Short description|1998 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title=Sega Rally 2
|image=Sega Rally 2 flyer.jpg
|developer=Sega AM Annex
|publisher=Sega{{efn|Mattel Interactive and Empire Interactive published the Windows version in North America and Europe, respectively.}}
|director=Kenji Sasaki
|producer=Tetsuya Mizuguchi
|designer=Kenji Sasaki
|programmer=Sohei Yamamoto
|composer=Arcade:
Tatsuhiko Fuyuno
Susumu Isa
Tetsuya Yamamoto
Jun Senoue
Kenji Eno
Dreamcast:
Hideki Naganuma
Tomonori Sawada
|engine=
|release=Arcade
{{vgrelease|JP|February 1998|NA|1998}}Dreamcast
{{vgrelease|JP|January 28, 1999|EU|October 14, 1999|NA|November 30, 1999{{cite web |last=Mullen |first=Micheal |date=November 30, 1999 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sega-rally-2-ships/1100-2447073/ |title=Sega Rally 2 Ships [date mislabeled as "April 27, 2000"] |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000312061733/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_11/30_vg_rally/index.html |archivedate=March 12, 2000 |url-status=live |accessdate=June 3, 2022}}}}Windows
{{vgrelease|JP|June 25, 1999|EU|November 26, 1999|NA|November 29, 2000{{cite web |author=Gavin Ogden |date=November 29, 2000 |url=http://www.fgnonline.com/pc/news/16575.html |title=Sega Racing Hits PC |website=FGN Online |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010127003100/http://www.fgnonline.com/pc/news/16575.html |archivedate=January 27, 2001 |url-status=dead |accessdate=December 12, 2024}}}}
|genre=Racing game
|modes=Single-player, multiplayer
|arcade system=Sega Model 3
|platforms=Arcade, Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows
}}
Sega Rally 2{{efn|{{nihongo||セガラリー2|Sega Rarī Tsū}}, also known as Sega Rally Championship 2}} is an arcade racing game developed by Sega for the Model 3 arcade hardware. It is the sequel to 1994's Sega Rally Championship. The game was first released in arcades in February 1998, and was later ported to the Sega Dreamcast, becoming one of the console's earliest titles when it was released in Japan on January 28, 1999. The Sega Dreamcast version was released in Europe as a launch title on October 14, 1999, and then in North America on November 27.{{cite web |url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/4569/sega-rally-2-championship/releases/dreamcast/ |title=Sega Rally 2 Championship [sic] Releases |website=MobyGames |publisher=Atari SA |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401224630/https://www.mobygames.com/game/4569/sega-rally-2-championship/releases/dreamcast/ |archivedate=April 1, 2024 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 1, 2024}} A PC version was released in Japan and Europe that same year, with the North American release following suit in November 29, 2000, where it was published by Mattel Interactive.{{cite web |last=Parker |first=Sam |date=August 28, 2000 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sega-rally-2-championship/1100-2620949/ |title=Sega Rally 2 Championship [sic] |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406002648/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sega-rally-2-championship/1100-2620949/ |archivedate=April 6, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 1, 2024}}
Gameplay
As with the predecessor, Sega Rally Championship, the object of the game is to successfully drive along a track while reaching checkpoints and thus be rewarded with more time to enable the player to reach the goal. The handling of the car changing with the different road surfaces has also been retained.{{cite magazine |title=Sega Rally 2 |magazine=Sega Saturn Magazine|issue=29|publisher=Emap International Limited|date=March 1998|pages=14-17}} Sega Rally 2 added new vehicles, new environment settings for the circuits (including snowy tracks and a course set on an island), as well as including multiple circuits in each environment type. An updated version of the original game's Desert track is also included. A hand brake was added to the controls.
The Dreamcast and PC versions of the game also include a "10-year championship" mode.{{cite web |last=Gantayat |first=Anoop |date=November 24, 1999 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/11/25/sega-rally-2-2 |title=Sega Rally 2 (DC) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122151730/https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/11/25/sega-rally-2-2 |archivedate=January 22, 2022 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 1, 2024}} The Dreamcast version, ported using Windows CE, has a frame rate half that of the arcade version.{{cite web |last=Linneman |first=John |date=May 28, 2017 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2017-df-retro-soul-calibur-dreamcast-beyond-arcade-perfect |title=DF Retro: Soul Calibur on Dreamcast - beyond 'arcade perfect' |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002154912/https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2017-df-retro-soul-calibur-dreamcast-beyond-arcade-perfect |archivedate=October 2, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 1, 2024}}
The Toyota Celica GT-Four ST-205, Lancia Delta HF Integrale and the unlockable Lancia Stratos HF returned from the original game as selectable cars, along with newer Toyota and Lancia cars, as well as cars from Mitsubishi, Subaru, Fiat, Peugeot, Renault, and Ford.
Development
Development on the game began in March 1997, with producer Tetsuya Mizuguchi at the helm.{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_39/page/n75/mode/2up |title=NG Alphas: Sega Rally 2 |magazine=Next Generation |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=39 |date=March 1998 |pages=74–76 |accessdate=April 1, 2024}} Roughly half of the development personnel were Sega AM Annex staff, with the other half taken from a number of other internal studios at Sega.{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_39/page/n77/mode/2up |title=An Interview with Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Kenji Sasaki |magazine=Next Generation |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=39 |date=March 1998 |page=77 |accessdate=April 1, 2024}} The majority of the development staff for the original Sega Rally Championship worked on Sega Rally 2.{{cite magazine |title=News in Brief|magazine=Sega Saturn Magazine|issue=26|publisher=Emap International Limited|date=December 1997|page=13}} The team created their own development tools for the project.
The cabinet was designed by Sega AM4.
Reception
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| GR_SDC = 82%{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/dreamcast/198573-sega-rally-championship-2/index.html |title=Sega Rally Championship 2 for Dreamcast |website=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505070229/https://www.gamerankings.com/dreamcast/198573-sega-rally-championship-2/index.html |archivedate=May 5, 2019 |url-status=dead |accessdate=September 6, 2020}}
| Allgame_ARC = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Williamson |first=Colin |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=18019&tab=review |title=Sega Rally Championship 2 (Arcade) - Review |website=AllGame |publisher=All Media Network |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115042444/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=18019&tab=review |archivedate=November 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |accessdate=September 6, 2020}}
| CNG_SDC = 9/10{{cite web |last=Franklin |first=Eric |date=November 23, 1999 |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Consoles/Dreamcast/Segarally2/ |title=Sega Rally 2 (DC) |website=Gamecenter |publisher=CNET |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815074935/http://www.gamecenter.com/Consoles/Dreamcast/Segarally2/ |archivedate=August 15, 2000 |url-status=dead |accessdate=June 3, 2022}}
| Edge_SDC = (JP) 8/10{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/8/85/Edge_UK_069.pdf |title=Sega Rally 2 (DC) [Import] |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=69 |date=March 1999 |pages=66–67 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603160105/https://retrocdn.net/images/8/85/Edge_UK_069.pdf |archivedate=June 3, 2022 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 1, 2024}}
(EU) 7/10{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/5/57/Edge_UK_077.pdf |title=Sega Rally 2 (PAL) (DC) |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=77 |date=Autumn 1999 |page=100 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920173045/https://retrocdn.net/images/5/57/Edge_UK_077.pdf |archivedate=September 20, 2022 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 1, 2024}}
| EGM_SDC = 9.125/10{{cite magazine |last1=Ricciardi |first1=John |last2=Chou |first2=Che |last3=Hager |first3=Dean |last4=Johnston |first4=Chris |url=https://archive.org/details/electronicgamingmonthlyvol126january2000600dpi/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Vol.%20126%20%5BJanuary%202000%5D%20%28Searchable%29/page/n219/mode/2up |title=Sega Rally 2 |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=126 |date=January 2000 |page=223 |accessdate=June 3, 2022}}{{efn|In Electronic Gaming Monthly{{'}}s review of the Dreamcast version, one critic gave it 9.5/10, and the rest gave it each a score of 9/10.}}
| EPD_SDC = (JP) 9/10{{cite web |last=Lucas |first=Victor |date=February 23, 1999 |url=http://www.elecplay.com/reviews_article.php?article=3 |title=Sega Rally Championship 2 [sic] (Import) [DC] |website=The Electric Playground |publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040705141640/http://www.elecplay.com/reviews_article.php?article=3 |archivedate=July 5, 2004 |url-status=dead |accessdate=April 2, 2024}}
(US) 7.5/10{{cite web |last=Grant |first=Jules |date=January 13, 2000 |url=http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=1851&full=1#mr_toppy |title=Sega Rally Championship 2 [sic] (DC) |website=The Electric Playground |publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020902120257/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=1851&full=1#mr_toppy |archivedate=September 2, 2002 |url-status=dead |accessdate=April 2, 2024}}
| Fam_SDC = 36/40{{cite magazine |title=ドリームキャスト - セガラリー2 |language=ja |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Enterbrain |volume=915 |date=June 30, 2006 |page=34}}
| GI_SDC = 7.5/10{{cite magazine |last1=Fitzloff |first1=Jay |last2=Anderson |first2=Paul |last3=Reiner |first3=Andrew |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/reviews/review_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=4405 |title=Sega Rally 2 - Dreamcast |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=FuncoLand |issue=81 |date=January 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001026090735/http://www.gameinformer.com/reviews/review_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=4405 |archive-date=October 26, 2000 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 6, 2020}}
| GameFan_SDC = (J.W.) 97%{{cite magazine |last=Weitzner |first=Jason "Fury" |url=https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_8_Issue_02/page/n41/mode/2up |title=Sega Rally 2 (DC) |magazine=GameFan |publisher=Shinno Media |volume=8 |issue=2 |date=February 2000 |pages=40–41 |accessdate=September 6, 2020}}
81%{{cite magazine |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Tyrone "Cerberus" |last2=Ngo |first2=George "Eggo" |last3=Mylonas |first3=Eric "ECM" |url=https://archive.org/details/Gamefan_Vol_8_Issue_02/page/n13/mode/2up |title=Sega Rally 2 (DC) |magazine=GameFan |publisher=Shinno Media |volume=8 |issue=2 |date=February 2000 |page=13 |accessdate=September 6, 2020}}{{efn|In GameFan{{'}}s viewpoint of the Dreamcast version, three critics gave it each a score of 60, 90, and 92.}}
| GameRev_SDC = B+{{cite web |author=Brian |date=February 2000 |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/32286-sega-rally-2-review |title=Sega Rally 2 Review (DC) |website=GameRevolution |publisher=CraveOnline |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040218110113/http://www.game-revolution.com/games/dreamcast/racing/sega_rally2.htm |archivedate=February 18, 2004 |url-status=live |accessdate=September 6, 2020}}
| GSpy_SDC = 8.5/10{{cite web |author=Tren |date=December 7, 1999 |url=http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/segarally2/ |title=Sega Rally 2 |website=PlanetDreamcast |publisher=IGN Entertainment |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302051218/http://www.planetdreamcast.com/games/reviews/segarally2/ |archivedate=March 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |accessdate=September 6, 2020}}
| JXV_SDC = 17/20{{cite web |author=Mélo |date=October 13, 1999 |url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00000124_test.htm |title=Test: Sega Rally 2 (DCAST) |language=fr |website=Jeuxvideo.com |publisher=Webedia |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040218045806/https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0000/00000124_test.htm |archivedate=February 18, 2004 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 1, 2024}}
| NGen_SDC = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Lundrigan |first=Jeff |url=https://archive.org/details/NextGen61Jan2000/page/n93/mode/2up |title=Sega Rally 2 (DC) |magazine=NextGen |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=61 |date=January 2000 |page=93 |accessdate=September 6, 2020}}
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The game received favorable reviews on both home platforms. Lamchop of GamePro said of the Dreamcast version in one review, "It looks and feels like the arcade version, and there's no slowdown at all even in two-player split screen mode. SR2 is worth al least a rental for Dreamcast owners who enjoy coin-op racing thrills on the comfort of their own couch."{{cite magazine |author=Lamchop |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/b/bc/GamePro_US_137.pdf |title=Sega Rally 2: Sega Rally Championship |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG |issue=137 |date=February 2000 |page=112 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109194439/https://retrocdn.net/images/b/bc/GamePro_US_137.pdf |archivedate=November 9, 2022 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 1, 2024}}{{efn|GamePro gave the Dreamcast version two 4.5/5 scores for graphics and fun factor, 3.5/5 for sound, and 4/5 for control in one review.}} In another GamePro review, The D-Pad Destroyer said, "Rally fans and arcade racers will love this dirt-slidin' good time, but gamers weaned on the post-Gran Turismo racing revolution may wince at the game's archaic checkpoint system. Still, as far as rally racing goes on the Dreamcast, there really is nothing quite as fun as Sega Rally 2."{{cite magazine |author=The D-Pad Destroyer |date=December 7, 1999 |url=http://www.gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/330.shtml |title=Sega Rally 2 Review for Dreamcast on GamePro.com |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041029061503/http://www.gamepro.com/sega/dreamcast/games/reviews/330.shtml |archivedate=October 29, 2004 |url-status=dead |accessdate=September 6, 2020}}{{efn|GamePro gave the Dreamcast version 4.5/5 for graphics, and three 4/5 scores for sound, control, and fun factor in another review.}} Jeff Lundrigan of NextGen said in its January 2000 issue that the same Dreamcast version "is not the sort of game you beat. Instead, it beats you." A year later, in its January 2001 issue, Jim Preston called the PC version "a fun and pretty arcade rally game that redirects the blood from your brain to your foot." In Japan, Famitsu gave the Dreamcast version a score of 36 out of 40.
Also in Japan, Game Machine listed the arcade version in their April 15, 1998 issue as the most-successful dedicated arcade game of the month.{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - 完成品夕イプのTVゲーム機 (Dedicated Videos) |language=ja |magazine=Game Machine |publisher=Amusement Press, Inc. |issue=562 |date=April 15, 1998 |page=21}}
The Dreamcast version was the best selling Dreamcast game in Japan during 1999, selling 290,000 units.{{cite magazine |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/7/7a/Edge_UK_082.pdf |title=DataStream |magazine=Edge |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=82 |date=March 2000 |page=122 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619165024/https://retrocdn.net/images/7/7a/Edge_UK_082.pdf |archivedate=June 19, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=April 1, 2024}} In the UK, it was the 2nd top selling Dreamcast launch game after Sonic Adventure.{{cite magazine |title=Merry DC Christmas! |magazine=GamesMaster |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=88 |date=November 1999 |page=9}}
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Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061021080329/http://www.segaarcade.com/archive/segarally2.aspx Sega Rally 2] at Sega Amusements U.S.A. (archived)
- {{KLOV game|id=9474}}
- {{moby game|id=/4569/sega-rally-2-championship/}}
- [https://archive.org/details/SegaRally2Championship Demo version] at Internet Archive
{{Sega Rally series}}
Category:Empire Interactive games
Category:Mattel Interactive games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Off-road racing video games
Category:Rally racing video games
Category:Video games developed in Japan
Category:Video games scored by Hideki Naganuma
Category:Video games scored by Jun Senoue
Category:Video games scored by Kenji Eno