Skoda Fabia Rally Game Chair
You can drive a Mitsubishi World Rally Car in V-Rally 4.In a day and age where the simulation style is taking over, it’s nice to see V-Rally 4 keeping an arcade style feel.In the end, it’s all about entertainment, and V-Rally 4 gives you that.It’s not a simulation game, but who cares! It’s addictive and hard to master, which makes it all the more fun. And after all, how many of us have a state-of-the-art simulator to get the most out of these games? We want to sit on the couch or in our chairs and drive these cars as fast as we can, and boy does V-Rally make it fun.CAR HANDLINGAs mentioned, the handling is not like you’re hopping in a simulator, and it does take some time to get used to the delicate steering inputs required, but once you’ve got on top of it, it’s fun to drive.
Mistakes are easy to come by and the stages are tight and twisty. Rear-wheel drive cars are difficult to master, so it would not be our tip to choose the Lancia 037 on your first stage.EVENTSThe rally events on V-Rally 4 take you to some interesting countries, and not one that has a WRC event (yet). USA, Kenya, Malaysia, Japan and Russia give you a vast range of stages on all surfaces. The challenge, also, includes a number of long stages which are hard to stay concentrated for. Rallycross in V-Rally 4 is extremely fun – particularly in split screenCARSWe’ll stick to the rally cars on this one.
Skoda Fabia Rally Game Chair 1
Citroens (Xsara Kit Car, DS3 R3T, DS3 R5 and DS3 WRC), and Lancias (Fulvia, Stratos, 037, Delta S4 and Delta Integrale) dominate the menus.Both marks of Escort are available, as is the all conquering Skoda Fabia R5 and Volkwagen Polo WRC. The fastest rally car is the Mini John Cooper Works WRC, which almost feels like a rallycross car on rally stages – maybe a little unrealistic, but something for when you’ve mastered the rest of the cars. CAREER MODEThe career mode is a bit clunky, and follows the pattern of other rally games in the fact that you’re winning prize money from day one (if only it were true).After you have a test in a four-wheel drive car, you’ve got to purchase your first car.
Our choice was a Ford Escort Mk1, and we wrung the neck out of it before upgrading to a Lancia Stratos not long after.Sponsors are eager to jump on board and make the most of your fame, which makes it a little easier to climb the ranks.EXTREME-KHANAArguably the most intense game mode is the Extreme-Khana mode, similar to Gymkhana. Armed with a super powerful car, it’s a race against the clock with donuts, jumps and obstacles to get through.Some of the tracks are hard to get your head around, but once you realise that jumping through windows to the next building is completely fine, it all comes together okay.MULTIPLAYERThere’s been a missing dynamic in our eyes in rally games.