![]() Perhaps in an effort to challenge Codemasters’ hegemony, or just to make it stand out from the crowd a little, someone decided to shoehorn the word ‘Xtreme’ into the title of this one. The African rally can get a little bit dull, but occasionally you'll come across something interesting - like this wooden bridge, for example. Frankly, we’ve had loads, all with misleadingly similar titles ( Rally Championship, Rally Masters, Pro Rally, Master Rally – I’d better stop before anyone thinks I’m making these up) and certainly more than enough to confuse the gaming press and public alike, most of whom decided to stick with the long-established Colin McRae series. Still, there’s clearly a market for rallying games on the PC, if the sheer number of titles released in the past few years is anything to go by. Watching the highlights on television is bad enough (only suitable for Sunday afternoons when you can’t find the remote), but donning an anorak and standing in the rain for hours on end in the hope that a red blur might shoot past and cover you with muck – well, it’s hard to believe anyone actually does that, really. While rallying is obviously quite exciting for those directly involved, driving at recklessly high speeds through muddy forests and icy wastelands, powersliding through corners and occasionally rolling your car into a ditch, its appeal as a spectator sport is slightly more mysterious. ![]()
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