1999 Rally Championship

Vern1961 · 17 May 2021 at 08:25

Much to my delight I managed to get this lovely vintage game running under Win 10. However one bit of advice to improve sound quality I’m struggling with is setting CPU affinity to use just one core. I figured out how to get the affinity menu up via Task Manager, but out of the many cores it displays, which one do I choose?

Any advice would be appreciated. This is a classic title with most of the courses reflecting their real life counterparts, some over 15 miles long.

Vern1961 · 17 May 2021 at 18:34

CPU0 did the trick, thanks.

Guest2 said:
Is this MOBIL 1 RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP?
I believe the same game goes by a few different names

Yes, that's the one - brilliant game but a tad frustrating when you start losing gears then the clutch just a mile short of the finish line.
If ever a game deserved to be remade to modern standards, it's this one.

Vern1961 · 18 May 2021 at 08:26

Managed to scrape through the 4th stage of the Welsh section last night, first and second gear gone and clutch on its last legs! The one thing I remember about this game is the penchant for chewing up the gearbox. I’ve since found a ral.cfg reference which amongst other things allows you to change the damage parameters to something a little less punishing!

Vern1961 · 18 May 2021 at 12:31

Nice retro rig!

Vern1961 · 18 May 2021 at 22:26

C64 said:
V-Rally?

No. As we are discussing it's the Mobil 1 Rally Championship from 1999 by Magnetic Fields.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobil_1_Rally_Championship

Vern1961 · 19 May 2021 at 08:31

That was (is) a good car to drive in the events. I’m currently using the Astra which isn’t great, even with damage turned down, halfway through the second stage of the Northumbrian Rally it chewed through second gear. I may start over... Back in the day, strange to relate I actually got my best results driving the Skoda. Maybe the game felt sorry for me!