This article is about the Nintendo 64 video game. For the Game Boy Color video game, see Top Gear Pocket. For the Game Boy Advance video game, see Top Gear Rally (2003 video game).
1997 video game
Top Gear Rally
North American box art
Developer(s)
Boss Game Studios
Publisher(s)
NA: Midway
EU: Kemco
Composer(s)
Barry Leitch
Series
Top Gear
Platform(s)
Nintendo 64
Release
NA: September 30, 1997
EU: November 1997
Genre(s)
Racing
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer
Top Gear Rally is a 1997 racing video game developed by Boss Game Studios and released for the Nintendo 64. A follow-up to Kemco's original Top Gear game, it features a championship mode where a single player must complete six seasons of two to four races, as well as a multiplayer mode where two players may compete against each other via a split-screen display. The game's tracks combine both road and off-road surfaces and can be played in different weather conditions, including night, fog, rain, and snow. Players may customize their car with different tire grips and adjust its suspension stiffness and steering sensitivity. An option that allows players to custom paint their cars is also included.
Top Gear Rally was conceived after Boss created a non-interactive demonstration running on Silicon Graphics workstations that featured two- and four-wheel drive vehicles racing through different driving conditions. The game features a physics engine with a functioning suspension that reacts to a variety of challenging terrain. Although the cars featured in the game are fictitious, they were modeled after real vehicles. The game received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the technical aspects of its graphics and its fluid yet challenging gameplay. Criticism was targeted at its weak sound effects and limited multiplayer mode. In 1999, the game was ported to Microsoft Windows as Boss Rally.
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