Mobil 1 Rally Championship

Mobil 1 Rally Championship[lower-alpha 1] is a rally video game which is part of the Rally Championship series. It is a sequel to International Rally Championship (1997). The game was released for Windows in 1999. PC version was developed by Magnetic Fields and Creative Asylum and published by Actualize (formerly known as Europress). PlayStation version was developed by Atod and HotGen Studios and published by Electronic Arts. The Windows version is notable for stages based on real-life Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland maps. A sequel, Rally Championship Xtreme, was released in 2001.

Mobil 1 Rally Championship
Developer(s)Magnetic Fields
Creative Asylum Limited
Atod, HotGen (PS1)
Publisher(s)Actualize (PC)
Electronic Arts (PS1)
Designer(s)Andrew Morris
Programmer(s)Shaun Southern
Composer(s)Darren Ithell[1]
SeriesRally Championship
Platform(s)Windows, PlayStation
ReleaseWindows
  • EU: 19 November 1999
  • NA: 2 March 2000[2]
PlayStation
  • EU: 11 February 2000
  • NA: 2 March 2000[2]
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single player, Multiplayer

Reception

The PC version received favorable reviews, while the PlayStation version received mixed reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[3][4] Adam Pavlacka of NextGen said that the former version was "not quite the best rally game out there, but it is definitely a contender."[18] Kraig Kujawa of Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine said that the PlayStation version "offers nothing out of the ordinary–everything is just good enough not to get low marks. The sluggish pace of the game and the non-familiarity with this particular race will ruin the game for most racing fans."[19] Edge, however, said of the PC version, "Thoroughly absorbing and rarely anything less than thrilling, Championship is a revelation."[8] Mark Kanarick of AllGame agreed, calling the same PC version "a fun, adrenaline-pumping game that is great to play alone or with others (via split-screen action or through a network). It is the best rally game to come along, and that is saying something."[5]

The PC version was nominated for the "Best Driving Game" award at GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2000 Awards, which went to Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed.[23]

References
  1. full title: Mobil 1 British Rally Championship
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  8. Edge staff (November 1999). "[Mobil 1] Rally Championship (PC)" (PDF). Edge. No. 78. Future Publishing. pp. 70–71. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  9. EGM staff (May 2000). "Mobil 1 Rally Championship (PS)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 130. Ziff Davis.
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  17. Nix, Marc (30 March 2000). "Mobil 1 Rally Championship (PS)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  18. Pavlacka, Adam (April 2000). "[Mobil 1] Rally Championship (PC)". NextGen. No. 64. Imagine Media. p. 94. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  19. Kujawa, Kraig (May 2000). "Mobil 1 Rally Championship". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Vol. 3, no. 8. Ziff Davis. p. 93. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  20. Hicks, Michael (May 2000). "Mobil 1 Rally [Championship]". PC Accelerator. No. 21. Imagine Media. p. 86. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  21. Mahood, Andy (June 2000). "Mobil 1 Rally [Championship]". PC Gamer. Vol. 7, no. 6. Imagine Media. p. 106. Archived from the original on 15 March 2006. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  22. Pratchett, Rhianna; Georgiou, Harry; Holden, Anthony; Woods, Dave (July 2001). "Mobil 1 Rally Championship". PC Zone. No. 104. Future plc. p. 78.
  23. GameSpot staff (5 January 2001). "Best and Worst of 2000 (Best Driving Game Nominees)". GameSpot. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 23 January 2001. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
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