Ive put this here not in Consoles as im more interested in proper rallying games, and the PC gaming forum isnt full of 12 year old console bashers either.
What do you guys think is the future of rally games? It seems everyone is trying to devope either street racing games or GT style simulators.
The major Rally franchises that have existed recently have been WRC, Richard Burns Rally and the Colin McRae Series. WRC appears to have gone. Richard Burns Rally was cancelled following the deatch of Richard, and the sale of the developing organisation, and I feel the Colin McRae Series may be stopped aswell for the same tragic reason.
If we lose these franchises what direction can the rally genre go. We have lots of 'fun' rally games, and one of console based rally games, but what about those that try to be proper Rally simulators, with Rally event setups, official or sudo-official teams, etc. I fully admit DiRT waved from the path a little, but the previous CMR Games were brilliant.
Personally, Id like to see something like a Richard Burns/Colin McRae Tribute game released, in conjunction with the WRC to have all the official cars and stages from the drivers rally carrers, right from the begining in Colins Nova. The sales could contibute towards charities such as the Richard Burns Foundation.
I used to be a fan of Rally games, but recent releases have been very arcadey. I miss the days of RAC Rally on my Windows 95 machine, where you raced official stages, some taking almost 20 minutes! Nowadays they are all 3 or 4.
What do you guys seriously think is going to happen, and what would you like to see happen?
What do you guys think is the future of rally games? It seems everyone is trying to devope either street racing games or GT style simulators.
The major Rally franchises that have existed recently have been WRC, Richard Burns Rally and the Colin McRae Series. WRC appears to have gone. Richard Burns Rally was cancelled following the deatch of Richard, and the sale of the developing organisation, and I feel the Colin McRae Series may be stopped aswell for the same tragic reason.
If we lose these franchises what direction can the rally genre go. We have lots of 'fun' rally games, and one of console based rally games, but what about those that try to be proper Rally simulators, with Rally event setups, official or sudo-official teams, etc. I fully admit DiRT waved from the path a little, but the previous CMR Games were brilliant.
Personally, Id like to see something like a Richard Burns/Colin McRae Tribute game released, in conjunction with the WRC to have all the official cars and stages from the drivers rally carrers, right from the begining in Colins Nova. The sales could contibute towards charities such as the Richard Burns Foundation.
I used to be a fan of Rally games, but recent releases have been very arcadey. I miss the days of RAC Rally on my Windows 95 machine, where you raced official stages, some taking almost 20 minutes! Nowadays they are all 3 or 4.
What do you guys seriously think is going to happen, and what would you like to see happen?
, the only one in development that I know of is Petter Solberg Rally. They started with a mobile version released last year (I think), so that doesn't fill me with confidence for a proper sim, but apparently they are working on a PC/console rally game which they claim will be better than RBR. Naturally they would... the cynic inside me thinks it's unlikely to be realistic at all, let alone close to RBR.
. There's still hope though now there's a track editor available for it, and the only (afaik) additional stage to be released so far is quite impressive, and very challenging as it's on both tarmac and gravel.