#DRIVE Rally PREVIEW
The stylized low-poly arcade game #DRIVE Rally from the developers of Pixel Perfect Dude, sends players to the 90s, the golden era of rally sports, offering to overcome difficult tracks in various corners of the globe. We suggest you get acquainted with the game in a preliminary review.
DRIVE Rally greets the player with a minimalistic interface and a soundtrack in which references to popular racing simulators of the 90s are guessed. There are two game modes available to the player: championships and a fast race. Moreover, the money earned in the championships is proposed to be spent in a fast race, where there is some room for customization, whereas in a career you have to use only the cars and tracks offered by the game.
In the championships, the gamer is accompanied by four teams, each with its own cars and regions available. Benzin Motors are nimble cars and tracks along winding paths laid in forests and Central European cities. Cassol is a purely American destination, with oil carts and races in an area resembling the Grand Canyon. Northern Lights sends the player north to snow-covered tracks somewhere in Finland. And Steel Lotus brings an Asian atmosphere to the game, with narrow roads that meander between palm trees and bamboo thickets.
The cars in the #DRIVE Rally are unlicensed, but the silhouettes of the iconic representatives of the car industry of the 90s are recognizable at first glance. Cars vary in power, speed and handling: some are more active in racing in a straight line, others are more confident in entering turns, others cling better to gravel, and so on.
However, in fact it does not really matter, because we are not looking at a hardcore simulator, but a simple arcade game in which it is not so difficult to get to the finish line first. If you do not touch the fences, for which considerable time penalties arrive, and you will carefully fit into the turns, you should count on a stable occupation of prizes.
The #DRIVE Rally has what is called “atmosphere” – some elusive motivation to take the races one after the other. The game is quite simple and carefree, with an authentic view from the cockpit, beautiful tracks, convenient controls and very good sound. Each race takes no more than a couple of minutes, you don’t have to puzzle over tuning the car, while some realism is still present, and therefore it doesn’t get boring at all.
Now #DRIVE Rally is in early access, and there is not much content in the game yet, and some systems have not been finalized. However, you can pay attention to the game: the developers promise to add more cars, tracks and racers, the ability to customize cars from scratch and customize their appearance. In any case, the decision is yours, but in our opinion #DRIVE Rally is quite a decent option for fans of racing arcades.
