Evolution of Rally Games 1988 - 2023
Includes Gameplay From ALL (90+) Rally Racing Video Games
👓 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝟰𝗞/𝟲𝟬𝗳𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗘𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲! 🚗
All the gameplay, recording, thumbnail, and video editing for this video are made by me (Game Evolutions) with added commentary for each game. This is an updated version for 2023.
📌 All Rally Games in the Evolution:
0:00 Lombard RAC Rally (1988) - DOS, Amiga & Atari ST
0:10 Paris Dakar (1990) - DOS
0:20 Toyota Celica GT Rally (1990) - Amiga, CPC, DOS & ZXS
0:32 Carlos Sainz: World Rally Championship (1990) - Amstrad, ZXS, MSX..
0:41 World Rally: Championship (1993) - Arcade
0:52 Network Q RAC Rally (1993) - DOS
1:04 Sega Rally Championship (1994) - Arcade, Saturn, N-Gage...
1:20 World Rally 2: Twin Racing (1995) - Arcade
1:30 Network Q RAC Rally Championship (1996) - DOS
1:43 Rally Challenge (1996) - MS DOS/PC
1:53 World Wide Rally (1997) - PC/DOS
2:01 Top Gear Rally (1997) - Nintendo 64
2:13 Rally Cross (1997) - PlayStation 1
2:25 Dakar '97 (1997) - PlayStation
2:36 V-Rally 97 (1997) - PS1 / PSX
2:49 Screamer Rally (1997) - PC
3:02 International Rally Championship (1997) - PC & PSX
3:14 Gran Turismo (1997) - PS1
3:28 Rally De Africa (1998) - PS1
3:40 Colin McRae Rally (1998) - PC, PS1 & GBC
3:52 Tommi Mäkinen Rally (1998) - PS1
4:05 Rally Cross 2 (1998) - PS1
4:17 Sega Rally 2 (1998) - Arcade, Dreamcast & PC
4:31 Top Gear Rally 2 (1999) - N64
4:43 Gran Turismo 2 (1999) - PS1
4:56 V-Rally 2 (1999) - PS1, PC & DC
5:07 Mobil 1 Rally Championship (1999) - PC & PS1
5:19 Rally De Europe (2000) - PS1
5:32 Rally Challenge 2000 (2000) - N64
5:45 Michelin Rally Masters: Race of Champions (2000) - PSX & PC
5:58 Pro Rally 2001 (2000) - PC
6:09 Colin McRae Rally 2.0 (2000) - PC, PS1, GBA & N-GAGE
6:24 Rally Championship Xtreme (2001) - PC
6:37 Paris-Dakar Rally (2001) - PC, PS2 & Xbox
6:49 World Rally Championship (2001) - PlayStation 2
7:04 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (2001) - PS2
7:17 Rally Trophy (2001) - PC
7:30 WRC: FIA World Rally Championship Arcade (2002) - PS1
7:39 Rally Fusion: Race of Champions (2002) - PS2, Xbox & GC
7:51 Rally Championship (2002) - PS2 & GC
8:03 Pro Rally 2002 (2002) - GC & PS2
8:15 V-Rally 3 (2002) - GC, PS2, GBA, Xbox...
8:28 RalliSport Challenge (2002) - Xbox & PC
8:40 Colin McRae Rally 3 (2002) - Xbox, PS2 & PC
8:53 WRC II Extreme (2002) - PS2
9:05 Dakar 2: The World's Ultimate Rally (2003) - PS2, GC & Xbox
9:18 WRC 3 (2003) - PS2
9:30 Colin McRae Rally 04 (2003) - PS2, Xbox & PC
9:42 Euro Rally Champion (2004) - PC
9:55 Gran Turismo 4 (2004) - PlayStation 2
10:07 Richard Burns Rally (2004) - PS2, PC & Xbox
10:22 WRC 4 (2004) - PS2
10:34 RalliSport Challenge 2 (2004) - Xbox
10:45 Xpand Rally (Xtreme) (2004) - PC
10:58 Colin McRae Rally 2005 (2004) - PC, Xbox, PS2...
11:09 WRC: Rally Evolved (2005) - PS2
11:22 TOCA Race Driver 3 (2006) - PC
11:34 Sega Rally 2006 (2006) - PS2
11:47 Colin McRae: DiRT (2007) - PC, XB360 & PS3
12:01 Sega Rally Revo (2007) - PS3, XB360, PC...
12:13 Baja 1000 (2008) - Wii, PC, PS3, Xbox 360...
12:25 Sega Rally 3 (2008) - Arcade, PS3 & XB360
12:37 Colin McRae: DiRT 2 (2009) - PS3, XB360, PC...
12:50 Gran Turismo 5 (2010) - PS3
13:03 WRC (2010) - PC, PS3, XB360 & 3DS
13:17 DiRT 3 (2011) - PS3, PC, XB360
13:30 WRC 2 (2011) - PS3, PC, XB360
13:43 WRC 3 (2012) - PC, PS3, XB360
13:55 Colin McRae Rally Remaster (2013) - iOS, Android & PC
14:07 Gran Turismo 6 (2013) - PlayStation 3
14:20 WRC 4 (2013) - PC, PS3, XB360 & PS Vita
14:32 DiRT Rally (2015) - PC, PS4 & Xbox One
14:46 WRC 5 (2015) - PC, PS4, XB1...
14:58 Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo (2016) - PC, PS4 & XB1
15:12 WRC 6 (2016) - PC, PS4 & XB1
15:25 Gran Turismo Sport (2017) - PlayStation 4
15:37 WRC 7 (2017) - PC, PS4 & XB1
15:48 DiRT 4 (2017) - PC, PS4 & XB1
16:00 Gravel (2018) - PC, PS4 & XB1
16:13 V-Rally 4 (2018) - PC, PS4, XB1, Switch...
16:25 Dakar 18 (2018) - PC, PS4 & XB1
16:38 Forza Horizon 4 (2018) - PC, XB1...
16:52 WRC 8 (2019) - PC, PS4, XB1 & Switch
17:04 DiRT Rally 2.0 (2018) - PC, PS4 & XB1
17:17 WRC 9 (2020) - PC, PS5, XBS X/S, Switch...
17:30 DiRT 5 (2020) - PC, PS5, XBS X/S...
17:42 Forza Horizon 5 (2021) - PC, XBS X/S...
17:54 WRC 10 (2021) - PC, PS5, XBX X/S...
18:06 Dakar Desert Rally (2022) - PC, PS5, XBS X|S...
18:19 WRC Generations (2022/2023) - PC, PS5, XBS X|S...
18:40 All Rally Games 1988-2023
The game footage from every rally game is focused on driving gameplay both in a 3rd person and 1st person view in different environments like snow, desert, forest, city roads .etc.
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Wrc 2001 on the PS2 demo disc 😍
Dakar 97!
v rally 3 on gameboy
Dirt 3 lol
V-Rally. As part of a year of study, I had put together a product file concerning the game. They were based in Lyon (Infogrames). They had been nice by sending me lots of documents. And the last : WRC 9.
Daaamn Sega Rally was a real game changer !!!!
sega rally was on a wrong console
That step up in graphics was huge
My thoughts exactly! It was years before anything came close to it.
@@abu269 they were like 3 years ahead, and with a sequel could have smash the market but wrong console. just see the gran turismo legacy
@@onboardcc2400 Funny enough, I am a bit of a retro collector and still have a Saturn and Dreamcast among my collection. They were great consoles, just underrated and destroyed by PlayStation sales. But you're right, if Sega Rally was available on other platforms, it would have been a different story.
Looking at this list makes me realise how far ahead of its time Sega Rally was! It was a game changer!
Sega Rally is pretty much the GOAT in my opinion.
I still have the game.
@@RanaRandom Unfortunately I no longer have it in my Saturn collection, but do still have Sega Rally 2 on the the Dreamcast.
@@abu269 GAME OVER YEAHHHHHHHHHH!!!
@@romulus_ 😂😂😂 Classic!
Colin McRae Rally 2 was to rally games what Gran Turismo 2 was to circuit racing games. Just perfection of physics that still stands out.
Yes bro
Aahhh, I remember playing career mode once with the Mini Cooper and it kicked ass all the time!
Physics wise they are arcade games at best and aren't even remotely realistic, especially the Grand Turismo series. CMR2 was fun though, but when Richard Burns Rally came out, speaking as a diehard rally fan it became impossible to go back.
Totally agree. Back when x was go and triggers were gears
I was only 8 when it was released but my dad was obsessed with it and became very good at it. Still remember it vividly. Time flies.
Colin McRae 2 was absolute perfection on ps1 👍
Came here for that, best rallye game ever. We need a remake!
just built me a playseat and hooked up the old g27,, first game i installed was cmr 2. Still holds up today
RBR still the king of rally games to this day
Yes
very much agree
It looks shit. And handling alone does not make a game. Content would be nice.
yes, after 20 years it's still unbeaten, which is sad actually
SEGA RALLY 1995, SEGA RALLY 2, CMR1 to 3 and DiRT Rally 2 are some of the alltime bests.
U nob
try Mobil 1 Rally
Sega Rally Championship was the G.O.A.T. That's when rally game started to change..
2004 Richard Burn Rally still a monster rally game until now
I wonder if any of those newer games are better. Although handling on tarmac was way off.
@@janatlmb2770 People still don’t play with the original handling to this day, they play with modded physics like NGP7 (next generation physics) and it overhauls the handling. Imo modded richard burns rally is better than even dirt rally
The WRC games all look great but sega rally 1 & 2 will always be my favourites.
I still have my Saturn since 96 with a copy of sega rally, despite the poor graphics the fun was there... Great times
@@julianoa5249They weren't poor graphics when it came out. I remember taking my Saturn around to my Playstation fanboy best mate's house and putting Sega Rally on and his jaw dropped.
@@WildMorgan I meant in comparison to the arcade version
@@julianoa5249 Yeah, I guess so, but the Saturn did good with the power it had. Model 2 was a beast. Even today, some of the Model 2 games look ok.
This video is the most complete evolution of a game genre I have ever seen! You did an amazing job!
Collin Mc Rae 2.0 was a crazy good game for it’s time. I remember playing the demo over and over again.
Crazy how dirt 2 2009 slams all of these games, it and its graphics were way ahead of its time.
I love that you show both first and third person views for each game!
Wow its amazing to see how the generation of games get better and better. Rally games was always my thing growing up and still playing them to this day.
Oh my god, first Sega Rally looked very well.
Thanks for overview of rally games. I got hooked on Colin McRae Rally (1998) before attending. an RAC Rally. Brilliant day out. Years ago, in WRC Greece Rally, leaders on board actually allowed other drivers to pass them deliberately ending 3rd not 1st so competitors would be forced to start first the next day, clear the gravel tracks and ruin their tyres before anyone else. True story.
Colin mcrae and the 2.0 along with the sega rally was so far ahead if its time. Loved playing those growing up. Thank you for the most amazing nostalgia trip! Felt amazing seeing them on this list and also just how i remembered them.
I miss Top Gear Rally. This had a mechanism that allowed the player to draw a picture on the body of the car and make it run. There was also the adoption of the body damage expression. Considering the times, I think it was a fairly advanced title.
Saga saturn i paid £400 and had lots of fun playing that in 1999, that game came with it
Colin McRae 2. Still play it on PS2 and it’s still better than any racing game I’ve played on PS5. Better handling, much more sensitivity and even after tens of thousands of races I’m still pushing the limit on times. What a game. Thank you for the vid!
Still?! I thought PS2 had colin mcrae 3? I like Sega Rally 3.
I got Rally Trophy (2001) as a gift from my friend back in primary school. It was hard but I reall enjoyed playing it.
Sega Rally set the benchmark for nearly 20 years.
0:20 Toyota Celica Gt Rally (1991) 5:32 Rally Challenge 2000 (2001) 13:02 WRC (2011) 17:30 DiRT 5 (2021)
Rally Trophy from 2001 holds a special place in my family's heart, my dad still loves to play it to this day
1996 SEGA Rally was my absolute jam back in the day, on the old school arcade racing machines. My Dad and I dumped hundreds of hours into the OG RalliSport Challenge on the Xbox as well. Such a fantastic game for its time, and the sequel was only an improvement with the damage physics added into it.
Rallisport! That game was awesome, Microsoft should bring it back!
I appreciate so much that you demonstrate the different camera settings for each game.
RBR - the best of rally games
0:20 Toyota Celica Gt Rally (1991) 0:52 Network Q RAC Rally (1994) 1:42 Rally Challenge (1997) 4:43 Gran Turismo 2 (2000)
セガラリーでいきなり世界が変わった。 革命です😮
Sega Rally would be the first one I fell in love with, really enjoying WRC Generations atm it's really good
Thanks for your effort. Great timeline of rallye racing games 👍
Sega Rally 94' overcomes all following games until Gran Turismo 97'
What a spectacular game is that first sega rally for its time, I mean look at that in 94, what an impossible job.
My first video game ever was Colin MCrae Rally. That was back in the late 90s. I remember kids talking about the playstation back then so i saved money and bought the PS1 and my first game was Colin Mcrae Rally. I enjoyed the game soo much back then at its time. Back then gaming was so much fun because the PS1 was introducing 3d gaming graphics with so much detail for the first time. I remember visiting an asian friend's home and I saw Tekken 3 for the first time and I really loved it. Another game I fell in love with was a game called Techu Stealth Assasins. Guys you need to understand that the graphics for these games were the best for their time and their gameplays which mattered more to me were mind blowing. I also enjoyed the first Metal Gear Solid, Apocalypse with Bruce Willis, Toca 2 and Final Fantasy. Eventually i left PSX and Console games and went on to Play PC games and thats how I ended up becoming a PC gamer. The reason why I fell in love with PC games was because I became interested in Military Multiplayer shooters. My first multiplayer shooter was Novalogic's Delta force 2. I enjoyed the multiplayer game like crazy. Although the graphics of this game is currently outdated but the gameplay is the best gameplay of all the games i have ever played up till today. All the other modern games like Battlefield and Call of Duty were born out of the classic Delta Forces series. I spent like 4 hours every day playing Delta Force Multiplayers and it was so much fun. It was from this moment that I realized that PC multiplayer shooters were my favorite genre in gaming. As years progressed by I moved from DF2 to Return to Caste Wolfenstein multiplayer. That was also fun. I played wolfenstein until the Release of Battlefield 2. Battlefield 2 was total perfection. I enjoyed the air, land and sea based gaming and played the game for over 7 years. I used to hand out ia a server called Cobra Gaming with the Gulf of Oman Maps which I enjoyed immensely. I didnt like the new Battlefield games very much. I Played Bf2, Bf3, 2142 BF, Bad Company 2 and BF4 but BF2 remained my favorite. The other games like Bf1, BFV and BF2042 were terrible. In My history of gaming, the games I enjoyed the most was Delta Force 2 because of the gameplay (not the graphics which are completely outdated today) and Delta force 2. Great memories. I hope game developers continue to keep games as simple as they were like the good ol' days of gaming.
I've played most of them... Up until somewhere 2000's 😢
International Rally Championship was the game I had. Absolutely loved it. I still remember the cars in each class and how much fun I Indonesia was with the water puddles. Oh yeah and not forgetting the best soundtrack ever. That soundtrack still rocks today.
I went Sega Rally first on the Saturn, then Top Gear Rally on N64, V-Rally 99 N64, V-Rally 2 DC, Colin McCrae 4 XB, Rallisport Challenge 2 XB, TOCA 3 XB, Colin McCrae 5 XB, Colin McCrae Dirt 360, GT5 PS3, Sega Rally 2006 360, Dirt Rally PC, Dirt 2 PC, Dirt 3 PC, Forza Horizon 4 PC, Dirt 4 PC, V-Rally 4 PC, Forza Horizon 5 PC.
Until now a few games managed physics. Most of the had an unreal feeling of flying . Like there are two layers, a static map and a moving object. The first Colin McRae had extraordinary physics, feeling the car on the road and not sliding in the air
Damn, I used to spend tons of money buyinh tokens playing these old time goodies. My all time fave is Outrun 2.
Great list. We plateaued during 2010s. More or less just cosmetic changes now. You can really see why the PS2 was so successful!
Yes This is true. 2010 era games not much diffrent presedent days rally games.
Original Sega Rally was the best untill the sequel. And then, Collin Mc Rae 2 just releases 3 year after that. Graphically Sega Rally 2 holds up till GT3 or WRC. What a legendary series was Sega Rally :)
Rest in peace Ken Block. DIRT will always be my favorite rally game.
Lot of good games here. Lot that I didn't know about, but will definitely check out. Thanks for the list, Rally games are my fav kind of racing game.
RalliSport challenge 2: A masterpiece Collin McRae 3: Perfect
Sega Rally was so ahead of its time!
I am just realised how old I am! 🙈 Thank you! 🙈
Network q rac rally 2 was sooo ahead of its time...untill cmr 2.0.which came out years after. Amazing work.
I remember getting Rally Cross for PS1. The graphics and physics for the time were awesome. I still want an arcade perfect Sega Rally 1
Colin McRae Rally 1 was bloody brilliant! Still looks good fun 👍
God I loved Colin mcrae rally on the ps1! And gran turismo
I love old games! Thanks for the video.
All look like your footage! That's how it should be done. Much appreciation, especially for using Duckstation, high res and wide screen fixes.
Looking at this and remembering what i was doing each of those years...
Woah that’s a lotta chapters
Thsnks for amazing time travel ❤
Fun compilation good work putting it together! Must of taken ages.
11:55 DIRT a huge step forward in rally games history
What an impressive job with the list of games! I just missed R:Racing evolution (PS2, NGC, Xbox) in rally mode
How good was Rally Trophy on PC at the time!
When I got my PlayStation RallyX was the first game I tried out. I was blown away by the suspension. I remember it clearly it was black and white because I still hadn’t set the PAL/NTSC or whatever it was correctly
Wrc Rally evolved is still the shit! It was so good!
It must have taken a long time to collect all these games...Great selection!
International Rally Championship was a thing! Its track creator was amazing!
Colin Mcrae was my first rally game. Great era. GT2 was also a favourite, that blow off valve!! What memories ❤
Your best video yet! I just love rally games!
Once in a while, I dig out my PS1 and play Colin McRae Rally 2. Still fantastic gameplay !
I Still love WRC 1993 one of my favorites
0:44 looks rlly good
The first rally game I remember from this video is Gran Turismo 1. The memory is very weak. It was a neighbor that had this game. I've never been a big fan of these games. But it's always fun to watch these videos about the evolution. Racing games that I like are Mario Kart, F Zero and games like that :)
Very Nice Perfect Game Series Thank You
Excelente te pasaste, todo el historial, increible, gracias
Bro these car games always come up with the best graphics even in older times
Colin McRae Rally was such a revolution.
Screamer Rally was the first rally game I bought at my very young age near 2000 as Bday gift :D
I played Paris Dakar waaaay back when on msdos.
Joguei nessa época! Nostalgia pura!
I remember Lombard RAC. Wow.
WRC 8 and WRC Generations are the best, the most fun rally games!
I think exactly the same.
I'm pretty sure the producer of every WRC (main series) game told the art team "we need you to not stand out in any way whatsoever"
Unfortunately KT lost WRC license to corpo EA. DiRT is now going to be official WRC game. KT likely will continue under V-Rally brand. And if you talking about earlier WRC games - WRC 1 to WRC 4 - those are made by Milestone and continued by Sebastien Loeb Rally EVO (14:58).
@@elksalmon84 yeah don't get me started on that. It's not even EA I'm worried about, it's Codemasters. They haven't managed to code a car 'simulation' yet that actually used the front wheels to turn. They are using that same centre pivot model they had on PS1 it's ridiculous. It's back to RB again for rally fans 🤣
I'm not that kinda rallyguy. When Colling McRay (PS2) came out, I bought it, because the graphics looks so nice, very realistic, many details. Great experience.
the Network Q RAC Rally Championship was incredible in its time. but it required a boosted PC to get it works properly. unfortunately it didn't get any 3DFX patche like Screamer Rally.
It was well playable with some simple Cirrus Logic video card and Pentium 90
@@elksalmon84 I was able to enjoy it fully after upgrading to a Cyrix P133+ with an ET4000 video card.
Nicely done. The early Sega Rally games were miles ahead of everything else at the time!
yep
Great video! Congrats!
That's so Good for the Heart & Soul To Bring Back in Better Times...❤🙏💯👍
Beautiful memories with Screamer Rally...amazing
Man the ps1 sure loved rally racers
You can really see where the hype for rally games died out after the late 2000's. There wasn't even a game released in 2014 whereas in previous years from the late 80's to early 2000's there were up to almost 10 a year.
A history of how to make one's eyes feel like they are burning from overuse of bloom effects
Mobil1 Rally Championship is still one of my favorite rally games...
Michelin Rally Masters was my first. Still amazing to this day.
Just got WRC Generations. Loving the game. Not to mention the graphics. They look really nice on new gen.
En la década de los 90s sega rally le daba más realismo, hoy día en esta nueva era es forza horizont y WR10. Great!
All of Sega's efforts well ahead of their time (until 3 of course no idea what happened there). Even Revo's dirt track deformation in '07 wasn't managed by any other game until spintires in 2014
great video, I also played 4Wheel Thunder on Dreamcast, a very motivating game, and Shox on Ps2
Colin macrae rally will always be king of old school
Mobil 1 Rally Championship was an awesome game. I still have the OG box somewhere.
Good work. Other great rally games were Victory Run (Pc Engine), Championship Rally (NES), Big Run (arcade), Thrash Rally (Neo Geo), Drift Out (arcade) and Neo Drift Out (Neo Geo)
Rally Sport Challenge on the Xbox was the best Rally ever made!
Video next: Evolution for F1 games 👍
I like that idea!