The second half of the 90s was an exciting time for those of us who loved driving games. 3D arrived, the scenarios became almost real and the experience of competition grew to become an inexhaustible source of fun. This was greatly helped by some releases focused on rally competitions, which suddenly became a sensation among fans. players. Or you don’t remember the mythical one Colin McRae Rally from PlayStation?
This game of Codemasterswith permission from AM3 and its SEGA Rally Championshipis the one that completely revolutionized the genre by adding something as absurdly real as measuring yourself against the stopwatch, as it really happens in one of these events: there are not 20 cars circulating at the same time in Rally Finland, in each section, as if it were a Formula 1 Grand Prix.
A great Colin McRae clone is coming
The fact is that Codemasters’ success inspired countless companies who then wanted their piece of the pie with games like WRCthe official Sony of the competition, or the V Rally Infogrames, which some of you will surely remember. But like any fever, things quickly return to their place and we have spent a few years without news of a good title of these, in which you have to run between fjords, deserts, gorges and mountains.
The good news is that for a few days now we have had an exceptional student of this one on PC. Colin McRae Rally who takes care of the name of Old School Rally. A title that says it all because it tells us where things are going, that is to say, emulate the old sensations of classic PlayStation titles on current computers. And when we say emulate, it is exactly like that, pixel by pixel, point by point of everything we saw on our televisions in the 90s.
After watching the video, one thing probably caught your attention: Old School Rally It doesn’t want to look modern, nor take full advantage of the graphical potential of current GPUs, and that’s why it remains at the quality that one could enjoy in an old one PlayStation from the second half of the 90s Pixelated textures, few filters, low resolution and elements on stage with modeling that is not up to the standard of current projects. But you know what we tell you? Like this, it’s better and it’s great!
Fight against the clock or however you want
Old School Rally It contains all the elements to be played competitively and always with the principle of beating the clock. Like in the old days Colin McRae Rallywhere we start a stage in a competition and we mark the times of each section in red or green. It seems incredible how many years have passed since the launch of the game. Codemasters which is still devilishly funny.
How we decided them, Old School Rally You’ve had it in Early Access mode on Steam (and currently discounted to less than 10 dollars) for only eight days and it’s a good resource for having fun this summer while remembering the good old days (with a gamepad and all).
