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Finished *art of rally* today! Very fun and beautiful racing game.
Simple but vibrant art style, gorgeous soundtrack and engine sounds. Normally when I play racing games, I turn off the music and turn the sound effects way down, and play with a podcast in the background to keep myself focused (sometimes it can be a useless Zoom lecture instead...). But this game sounds fantastic and so I was willing to play it without any distractions.
It is simpler than other rally games: there is no co-pilot explaining the route, instead you just see what's ahead of you thanks to a birds-eye view camera. There are also no tuning options, but there is a damage model which discourages you from, y'know, damaging your car and driving stupidly, and that's good enough.
The simplicity might make the game a bit repetitive, but I still enjoyed it the whole way through. The physics are really fun (although RWD cars are extremely difficult to drive when using a keyboard...), and there is enough variety between different cars and car classes.
Another *8/10*, this game was a good time. I'm thinking of buying a gamepad and revisiting this game later, among with some other racing games. *Keyboards don't allow for very precise driving, so I imagine /art of rally/ would be more fun with a more proper controller.*