Network Q RAC Rally Championship

Network Q RAC
Rally Championship
European cover art featuring Subaru Impreza WRC
DeveloperMagnetic Fields
PublisherEuropress
SeriesRally Championship
PlatformMS-DOS
Release1996
GenreRacing
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Network Q RAC Rally Championship[a] is a rally computer game released for MS-DOS in October 1996.[1] It was developed by British studio Magnetic Fields and published by Europress as a sequel to Network Q RAC Rally (1993), the third and final officially licensed game based on the real-life RAC Rally event in Britain.

An expansion pack, The X-Miles, was released around spring 1997. It added 10 new tracks with jumps and tunnels, and an arcade mode.[2] The game received a sequel also released in 1997, called International Rally Championship. Altogether these are grouped as the Rally Championship series.

Game principles

Network Q RAC Rally Championship features 28 stages with various weather conditions. It has a refreshed line of vehicles for the player: Subaru Impreza, Ford Escort RS Cosworth, Renault Mégane, Škoda Felicia, Volkswagen Golf 3 and Proton Wira.[3]

Reception

GameSpot was positive to the game, commending its graphics, visual car damage, and enhanced multiplayer support. PC Zone praised the game and ultimately gave it a "Classic Award".[8]

References

  1. ^ Rally Championship: International Off-Road Racing in North America, Rallye Racing '97 in Germany
  1. ^ "Network Q RAC Rally". PC Zone. No. 42. September 1996. p. 13.
  2. ^ "Rally Championship add-on". PC Zone. No. 50. May 1997. p. 22.
  3. ^ "Network Q RAC Rally". PC Zone. No. 43. October 1996. p. 39.
  4. ^ "Rally Championship for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 25 April 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  5. ^ Poole, Stephen (July 30, 1997). "Rally Championship Review for PC". GameSpot. Archived from the original on December 5, 2003. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  6. ^ Menne, Oliver. "Der Tiger im Tank". PC Games (in German) (11/1996). Computec: 154.
  7. ^ "PC.Games.N050.1996.11". Internet Archive. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  8. ^ a b MacDonald, Duncan (November 1996). "Network Q RAC Rally Championship". PC Zone. No. 44. p. 96. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
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