Exo Rally Championship

Quite tough, very good, also I'm very bad but thought I was good for the first few hours. Raced like a little speed demon and won the first cup. Unlocked the SECOND of 4 vehicles, and quickly was humbled. I've always loved the spirit of Rally but never felt the bite until this game. It's very fun, and very good.

[b]Summary:[/b] If you're interested in the hardcore aspect of rally racing in a game, but want to experience it in a fantastical setting, say: on the moon and other planets, try this out. [b]Difficulty:[/b] Rally racing expects much from you. Regardless of difficulty setting, you need to take in account of your rover's weight class, tire type, tire degredation (less grip), speed, and systems damage, all while picking your prefered route through any given course to ensure that you can make it to the finish line alive, ready for the next rally course, and in a decent amount of time. On lower difficulties, you can have unlimited time to scout a course with your Drone, and unlimited restarts mid-race, making this game as forgiving as it can be while still expecting you to improve yourself to the point you can finish a rally course in one go. But if you want more of a rally experience, 100% difficulty takes away your ability to restart a race, and gives you significantly less time to observe the course with your Drone. This makes it so that you are expected to be able to survive a rally course in one go, manage the damage/accidents you experience so that your crew doesn't run out of race regulated time repairing your vehicle in each service point, and that you're familiar with your rover to be confident of when to commit, push, or slowdown to insure you get decent times. While tuning your rovers is a thing in this game, you can get by without touching it. [b]Controls[/b] The prefered way to play this game is with a PC compatable dual stick controller, as that configuration is the easiest to manage your throttle and controling the thrust systems that let you use fuel to shoot high powered gas out from your rover in order to better balance it, save you from mid-air mistakes, or otherwise better control your rover. You can play with a traditional wheel settup, especially with the rover class that does not require use of RCS thrusters, but your problem will be figuring out the controls for the RCS thursters when playing with rovers that have them. Mouse and Keyboard is also usable. [b]Time investment[/b] Minimal to medium. Early courses in this game can each be done within 5 minutes, while the more serious endurance courses can easily surpass 15 minutes. Events only deal with one planet type for their courses, while series go through multiple planets, the equivalent of more or less doing multiple events in one go. And you do not need to finish an entire event/series in one play session, the game saves your progress each time you finish a course. You can progress to having enough experience to unlock the final rover class by completing 1 event and 1 series with the starter rover class, while finishing in first place in professional difficulty. [b]Overall[/b] It's a cool game, though this is more of a self improvement rally racing game than anything, as after unlocking the final rover, what's left for you is getting your skill up to be able to do courses at 100% difficulty or more if you feel confident in your rallying ability, and compete in the daily rally courses or online multiplayer which tends to force you to only have one chance at doing any given course.

Actually, I was determined to learn the unusual controls. So I struggled my way through the tutorial, but the “Donut” maneuver caught my attention. I’m supposed to do a donut maneuver to “clear the way”? After the tutorial, I decided to try Time Trial first. Track, everything’s fine. Then I start driving, and after a short while, I’m actually supposed to do a donut. That was it for me. Such a piece of crap. The motor noise from an electric razor is also unbearable. Refund.

I love this game. You will as well.

Star Trek reference

Very detailed and unique raciong game. I highly reccomend to those looking for a different type of racing game. Do note that this is rally so don't expect mayhem of multiple vehicles. The physics and use of thrusters, as are the unique planets make for some vey creative and fun racing.