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International Rally Championship

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Not to be confused with Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
International Rally Championship
European Windows cover art
Developer(s)Magnetic Fields (PC)
Europress (PS1)
Publisher(s)
Producer(s)Doug Braisby
Programmer(s)Shaun Southern
Danny Hartley
Artist(s)Andrew Morris
Ian Lewis
Composer(s)Darren Ithell[1]
Dave Sullivan[1]
SeriesRally Championship
Platform(s)Windows, PlayStation
ReleaseWindows
  • UK: September 22, 1997
  • NA: July 2, 2001
PlayStation
  • UK: July 1998*
  • FRA: July 3, 1998
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

International Rally Championship (released on PlayStation as Tommi Mäkinen Rally in UK) is a rally racing video game which is a part of the Rally Championship series. The Windows version was developed by Magnetic Fields and published by Europress, and released on 30 June 1997. The PlayStation version was solely ported and published by Europress.

It is a sequel to the Network Q RAC Rally Championship. It would in turn be succeeded in 1999 by Mobil 1 Rally Championship.

Gameplay

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The game offers 16 new tracks set in various locations around the world and new features, such as Track Editor and playable up to 8 players via LAN.

The featured cars were the Ford Escort, Mitsubishi Lancer, Nissan Almera, Proton Wira, Renault Mégane, Škoda Felicia, Subaru Impreza, Toyota Corolla and Volkswagen Golf.

Reception

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French magazine Génération 4 awarded four star "hit" rating to the game and commended improved graphics over previous title in the series and inclusion of level editor, but criticized availability of only 15 new tracks (in comparison to 30 in Rally Championship).[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "International Rally Championship". Mirsoft – World of game music. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e "International Rally Championship Reviews". MobyGames. Blue Flame Labs. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  3. ^ "International Rally Championship for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  4. ^ Rodriguez, Luc-Santiago (October 1997). "International Rally Championship". Génération 4 (in French). No. 103. Pressimage. pp. 170–172. ISSN 0987-870X.
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