Mark Plays…. Sega Rally 2006 (PS2)(PCSX2)(4K)

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The PCSX2 emulator has come a long way, many games are very playable on this Playstation 2 emulator which is available for PC (Windows, Linux and there’s also a Mac Port). Sega Rally – a great series with this PS2 version being a Japanese only release.
It is a bit of an atypical looking Sega game as the Sega skies aren’t as blue as they normally are and the colours are far less vibrant.

PCSX2 1.7x – development build for Windows 11 running on
Ryzen9 5900X, RTX3070, 32Gb DDR4 3600Mhz
Captured with Nvidia’s ALT-F9 screen capture utility.

Sega Rally 2006 is an arcade oriented racing game developed and published by Sega for PlayStation 2. It is the third installment in the decade running Sega Rally series, and it was released in Japan on January 12, 2006. This version is the first non-arcade-version–based Sega Rally.

Development:
Sega initially planned the PlayStation 2 release date for 2005 as a 10-year anniversary celebration version, and was to be named “Sega Rally 2005”, but the launch date was postponed. Several features have been removed from the previous Sega Rally 2 for Dreamcast, both Network Battle and two-player Battle multiplayer modes are not available anymore. The music genre has been changed from instrumental Hard Rock with classic tunes such as “Conditioned Reflex” (the 1996 “Plus” edition BGM being performed by the Japanese act “X-BAND”) to Lo-Fi synthesizer driven pop becoming a key change in the series. When Sega Rally 2 offered 3ch Surround sound, the 2006 edition is only Stereo/Mono, which is a surprising backstep on a 6ch Dolby Digital/Pro Logic II capable machine.

Additionally, the depicted “fog” effect from Sega Rally 2, which was pointed to be a consequence of the use of Windows CE devkit, has been replaced by a heavy “clipping” effect. The increased speed in the driver’s view can be explained by the removal of the rear view mirror. The change is also noticeable within the car selection.

Gameplay:
Sega Rally 2006 features three game modes: Career Mode, Arcade Mode and the classical Time Attack Mode.
The Arcade Mode is based on checkpoints. The driver select between “Series 1” (Easy), “Series 2” (Normal) or “Series 3” (Hard) for a 4-stages championship with the goal to reach the pole position by the end of the series and to become the Champion. The driver starts each series from the 15th position and race on various predetermined weather/daytime conditions in European, Asian, African, North American, Scandinavian or Circuit rounds. It is possible to race the Arcade Mode with Professional, Extra or Career tuned cars. After completing the first Series, another set of stages is unlocked as “Series 4”, “Series 5” & “Series 6”. Beating this second set of stages unlocks the three “Extra” cars taken from Sega Rally Championship 1995.
Career is Sega Rally 2006’s core with four race types: 1on1 Versus CPU, Race against seven AI controlled cars, Time Attack & Total time series Rally. The Career mode is divided in two steps Amateur and Professional each one with its own “Open”, “Class 1” & “Class 2” series. The “Sega Rally Championship” is only available once the driver has become Professional.

Developer(s): Sega
Publisher(s): Sega
Composer(s): Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Jun Senoue, Hiroshi Kawaguchi,
Kentaro Kobayashi, Takeshi Isozaki, Hideki Naganuma, Richard Jacques
Series: Sega Rally
Platform(s): PlayStation 2
Release: JP: January 12, 2006
Genre(s): Racing game
Mode(s) : Single-player

Source: Wikipedia d.d. 15-11-2021

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