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   From: weaponx013@yahoo.com   
      
   azmun wrote:   
   > On Jul 7, 5:53 am, Kendrick Kerwin Chua  wrote:   
   >> In article ,   
   >> Scott H   wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> It would make an excellent arcade game.  It's a shame the original home   
   >>> version sold something to the tune of 100k cross platform total and   
   >>> resulted in the selling of Sega Racing Studio.   
   >   
   > Hmm, I didn't realise it got relatively poor sales.  Are driving games   
   > just not in demand these days?  Or is everyone just after the Forzas   
   > and Gran Turismos?   
      
   One opinion at the time stated that Rally racing just isn't popular in   
   the States, but the game failed to sell well in Europe as well.  The   
   reviews absolutely trashed SRR for being too "shallow" with "only" 21   
   tracks.   
      
      
   > I guess they were banking on the brand to boost sales?  I do notice   
   > some of the trademarks of the series with the announcer's /   
   > navigator's commentary.   
      
   The way the game looks and plays, I think it was designed from the   
   ground up to be a Sega Rally game.  It really is a beautiful extension   
   of Sega Rally gameplay, with new types of terrain to mess with the   
   traction it extends the original Sega Rally's dynamic of four tire dirt   
   and asphalt physics and powerslides.  It will be interesting to see if   
   Codemasters (who inherited Sega Racing Studio) uses any of these ideas   
   in some new franchise.   
      
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   Scott   
      
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