Top Gear Rally 2 - Nintendo 64 Review - Ultra HDMI - HD
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Top Gear Rally 2 is a racing game for the Nintendo 64. It was released in 1999, and is a sequel to Top Gear Rally. Like the original Rally, a related game was released for the Game Boy Color as Top Gear Pocket 2, then retitled Top Gear Rally 2 for its European release.
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Top Gear Rally 2 review on the nintendo 64. Recorded using an Ultra HDMI modded N64 console with an Elgato game capture HD capture card using a real game cartridge.
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i just cried, I remembered those night where i used to play for hours after school, many, many games.
one of my favorite games growing up as a kid! I didn't get to own it though until I got a job and could buy it with my own money 15+ years later
Oooh, I loved this game. I played it for like a straight month : p I had this and Top Gear Rally, I liked both but I defintiely prefered this one. TGR was fun but still felt like a pretty basic N64 racing game. I loved how unique this one was, and I had fun mastering the courses taking as little damage as I could to my car : p
Id totally recommend this game.
This game was absolutely amazing! I think I played nearly every racer on the N64 except maybe for the original. Beetle, Diddy, Mario, Overdrive, Ridge Racer 64, Star Wars, and Wave Race and the Snowboarding ones. Honestly, the ones I didn't care for were the likes of Excitebike/F-Zero with absolutely fake looking vehicles and I think I had issues with their graphics/colors.
I found this to be far superior than Overdrive and this is still one of my top picks for the N64. With the exception of the arcadeyness (what are you expecting, it's on the N64?) this game does everything perfect. Small, tight courses, passenger callouts for turns ahead, starting cars off 5 seconds from each other and it being more of a time trial...? That's everything that rally is! I loved the RPG aspect and being able to control every part of your car. I love that blasting over uncovered railroad tracks at full speed destroys your tires. Was the damage system super punishing? Yes, BUT if you got really good at the game, it didn't matter. As far as the game not holding your hand and telling you what to do, who wants that? Ever play Super Mario Bros.? It didn't need a tutorial. Live. Die. Learn. Live Again.
glad to hear from someone else who prefers this over TGR1!
Having written yesterday a (overly) disagreeing comment on the Top Gear Rally review, I figured I should comment on this one as well for good karma, because I agreed with everything you mentioned.
The sad reality about sequels is a lesson that we all learned the hard way when we were young. Having loved the first TGR, I distinctly remembering gazing at copies of TGR2 at store shelves at the time and feeling very, very tempted to buy it. The cover featured proper licensed cars, and of course that could only mean this game was better than the first.
It took 5 seconds watching the gameplay to know that I would have been tremendously disappointed had I bought it. This is another reminder of how much I enjoy (still today) the first game's physics engine. It's so unique and unlike how other racing games feel that I still yearn for it to this day (and this comes from someone who enjoys Gran Turismo Sport and Forza Motorsport 7. Yes, I'm comparing Top Gear Rally to them).
It has to be praised the amount of features that this game introduced. The driving school feels like something us N64 owners would have appreciated from not having a Gran Turismo equivalent in our system; the cars' sheer possibilities for customisation look amazing; and I confess I've always been a sucker for racing games that feature a random track generator (the dream of unlimited replayability).
But all of this care with detail becomes secondary when the gameplay itself doesn't feel satisfying. Car damage is a good example of this: how rewarding is it to wreck your car by driving over a puddle of water if you can't do anything to avoid it?
And the music department needs to be mentioned: it sounds ghastly, and another downgrade from the first game's soundtrack which, in my opinion, is its most under appreciated element.
theres that brilliant voice i love to hear review games
every time you upload a new video it's a joy to watch it.
I remember that I used to rent this game when I was little and had my N64, I actually loved this game.
Did you ever get around to playing the first one?
1st racing game I ever bought. 0 regrets
Prefer this over TGR1 for sure
Most of what you talked about, like the attention to detail with car damage and drivers tests, I actually found to be pretty cool at the time.
Its cool, but i feel like its too much, i dislike having to pause to change tires and going through main parts of the race and breaking things like in water, but the game feels really good!
Um, did that Suberu have "IM GAY" as a license plate??? O.o
Wow man, surprised you could make that out!
The last letter is clearly a T
@@ignignxkt I hope they make Remaster both of the games Top Gear rally 1 and 2
I LOVED Top Gear Rally! Among my favorite racers on the N64. I remember reading reviews of this game and being disappointed by many of the things you point out here and I never bought it.
My recommendations are revert back into larger courses, higher speeds, and neutral steering drifts. Which is just the original TGR. This game wasn't great but could still be mastered by barreling through the stages without hitting the walls, which feels really good in both games
I remember buying this game back in 2000 just for the "Random Track Generation System" tag that was printed on the box. It really sounded like really cool feature... But boy I was disappointed. As you said, the game damage system was punishing as hell, so I spend most of the time with the arcade mode.
I would love to see more vivid tracks, because most "pieces" used to assemble the courses felt barren and empty. The windmills didn't move, there was no people on the streets or towns... It was very lackluster.
Nevertheless, I played it a lot. I used to select the longest courses and play them while listening to CD's on my boombox. It's was pretty relaxing.
Great review, as always, Glenn. Best wishes!
Top gear rally 1 is much better...
Never played this one, nor have I tried the first. Visually, I think the vehicles look pretty decent for the time. Great vid as always, Glenn.
Wonder what happened to the series. Kemco seems to just do RPG Maker games on mobile now.
I love this game, granted controls are not the best and music is repetitive but having your car break down, taking time to repair the car parts is a great addition. Also, playing team championship great, I used to play with friends all night the championship to get the best cars it was (and still is) a blast
N64 never really gave Rally Cross for the PS1 or Sega Rally for the Saturn a run for their money in this genre of racing. But that's ok, great to see all these titles covered anyway. There's value to be found in these lesser gaming titles because by knowing and analyzing them we can truly appreciate what was achieved in the best games.
lol, TGR 1 is way better than those in every conceivable way. Graphics, driving physics, draw distance, frame rate, customization, etc. As he said TGR 2 is a totally different game from TGR 1.
So many memories playing this game
Hyperbike and Top Gear Rally 1 were the 2 I kept coming back to the most; Top Gear Rally 1 for its paintshop and Hyperbike for the Cudati, the soundtrack and the track-maker. I liked the detailed functional damage in Top Gear Rally 2 but wish it had been put in the first game instead.
Top Gear Overdrive I bought and sold twice; I found it the most arcadey of the lot and had the worst sound effects and soundtrack (although the guitar solo in one of the Grindstone tunes was quite good). Having said that, the cars were the most appealing in real life to me - that's probably why I went back to buy it again, then got bored of it and sold it again.
All in all TGR 2 was just okay for me. I think I'm more of an arcade racer, so while the sim stuff was cool, it was all over my head as a kid. And the damage aspect of this was especially brutal. It wasn't a matter of if, but when was something going to break. Even if you avoided hitting the walls, one of your tires was going to bust at some point lol
What a coincidence i bought this game for my own collection 3 days ago. I played it for an hour and had exactly the same feeling as you that it wasn't clear for me this is an arcade ore a simulation game. I also didn't like the fact that the cars start the race shortly after each other but not together. I think this is a OK game because you can drift quit nice and the nice details in the game you talked about. But if i want simulation i will play world driver championship.
Love your channel, can't wait till the next video.
Yes that could be the reason, maybe the races are simply to short. That's probably the reason the cars breakdown this fast because they want the damage mod to be a part of every race.
Do you ever play games with the UltraHDMI's de-blur feature? I think it makes many games look very nice and eliminates much of that unwanted anti-aliasing.
I'll shamelessly admit that my favourite one is Overdrive - you can't beat that soundtrack, albeit in compressed mono.
+Thanos A. I really dig that soundtrack too
Overdrive was definitely my favorite one too.The soundtrack was awesome.
I haven't played these since I was very young but I totally recall being disappointed it didn't feel like the 1st one.
I think today id enjoy it as I've hopefully improved my driving skills.
The previous Top Gear Rally game was much better for me. And it looked better as well. The desert level from the first game is my favorite looking track of that generation of racing games.
Imgema agree with u bro
Seems like a big step backwards from the original game. Actually like a free Happy Meal game..
I liked the feel of the suspension on the 1st game. This one was stiff and twitchy.
Memories are 15+ years old so may not be accurate.
Awesome video,Keep it up!
You don't have to do the driving school to unlock anything. Its completely optional. And its a good thing since some of the test are really difficult like driving with failure.
Never cared much for this one myself when I rented it. Not a fan of driving sims in general, so that's no surprise. My fave Top Gear on the console was Overdrive, easily (never played Hyperbike though), but mostly, watching these reviews just makes me miss Top Gear and Test Drive (yeah, I know it never was on N64, I still associate it with the era) and other old franchises from back in the day. Gamers today, even with indie titles and "AA" or "Middle tier" options, have so many fewer racing game options :(
I loved the game, but the review was really bizarre at some points of it. It was my very first rally experience back in the days (2001 for me), only years later I found others to challenge my experience as the years passed. I had a few but only Dirt Rally and 2.0 actually made me feel the thing after that. Not everyone enjoyed arcade fun, realistic and tough challenges was a dream to become a simulator. Too bad that I think such tastes still wins over what a real simulation should do. Recently Dirt 5 came out ditching simulation over arcade, it pleases the masses better = sells better.
I love the graphics and car models in this game, it's very smooth and colorful. could be better though. It's a damn shame that this game doesn't have a legitimate single race mode where you can choose any car and track you unlocked to play without worrying about game progression, NFS High Stakes had this problem too, and its what turned me off from it a bit.
great video but I think I had played another game because I think its actually pretty good haha, the management of your car parts and the strategy behind it was pretty fun, the responsiveness of the controllers should be better but I think its good enough and while the start of the game was annoying, when you get the full experience its actually a blast to play. No game of the year by any means but a hidden gem no doubt
Its a game I’d like to try playing with a wheel again
Could you review Excitebike 64 and the two Goemon/Mystical Ninja games that have been released in the west?
great stuff Glenn!
Tires are everything in this game
Come on Glenn, do the MRC review already!!
la primera vez que lo jugue no me convencio era un niño me lo habian regalado y lo termine cambiando por otro juego, ahora que le decidí dar otra oportunidad me doy cuenta que no es un mal , y una vez que uno se acostumbra al modo de juego se puede disfrutar, si es mejor el primer top gear rally, pero este también es bueno.
That draw distance hurt my eyes! But still better than the one in Cruis´n USA :p
I played the original Top Gear Rally to within an inch of its life. I waa annoyed that Overdrive wasn't the sequel I was expecting but did enjoy it.
Therefore, when TGR2 was announced as a true sequel I bought it upon release.
I had such high hopes for it but absolutely hated it. I gave it a fair crack of the whip but didn't enjoy it in the slightest. One of the few N64 games i ever sold. Just seeing that twitchy handling and remembering the too harsh damage system makes me glad i got rid of it!
I used to think if only Boss had made this game...
I hated the game too, being a huge fan of the original.
for me, Overdrive is better than top gear rally 1
looks pretty cool to me. I can deal with the realistic damage, me thinks. Gotta look thru my pile of unprocessed bargain games I've bought recently; not sure if I got this one yet... I think it might be the only rally game I don't have actually
I had this game as a kid and was playing with my father and sister so much memories also with dk64 and nba so much nostalgia
Loved the original TGR but this was definitely a disappointment once I finally got my hands on it a few years after the N64 was off the market.
My biggest disappointment was more that Barry Leitch wasn't brought back for the music :c
Okay, I’ve been struggling for days now trying to get this game to run properly on pj64 3.0.1, I’ve limited the frames so it runs about as fast as it should be, but even with the correct tires for the surface the wheel spin just immensely handicaps me and doesn’t perform like it should. I have the game on console and the wheel spin is manageable and expected, idk if it has to do with the way the emulator renders 2d or 3d models? But any ideas or input would be appreciated.
Also worth mentioning I’ve fiddled with the VI rate to a point where the game runs smoothly and I’m not even sure which options I have or have not checked or unchecked at this point just to get it to the state it’s at now
Sorry I don’t use emulators but hopefully someone here who does may be able to help you
The only Rally game I owned for the N64 was V-Rally which was, Ok-ish . Everything just paled in comparison to Sega Rally at that time though. Playstation had some decent offering but it was definitely not one of the N64's strong points.
Can you play the first one with the new hd catupre capabilities?
The graphics in this one were a major step down from Top Gear Overdrive - a cheaper dev team hired for the job with a different engine obviously - but I have to say the 4 player mode was great fun.
Shit bra I still got this and my N64, used to play it as a 4 year old
Looks like a solid rally driving game buy I agree that including the realistic damage in an arcade racer seems a bit odd. Still, looks like a fun play and I do like the occasional rally racer.
For casual play this is exelent choice due unlimed number of tracks. Then again Top Gear Overdrive wipes the wloor with almost all N64 -racers.
I spend so many time with this game. Its just awsome. So many god memories.
me too my friend
I love games that have damage to encourage clean racing but this game made me hate puddles
me and my friend would spend ages spray painting our own cars in the first one. I loved that feature of the game. We were like 10 years old so yeah my car was equipped with a giant penis
this game looks really great!!
best Racer on 64 is beetle adventure racing! this game is 4 everyone Easy to Play hard to master, After this all cart'S games and xtreme-g's etc...
i was kinda disappointed that topgear 2 did not have the same soundtrack as the first one. also it wasnt as accessibile as the first game.
The handling looks extremely artificial, that bugs me a lot.
I see a lot of love for those but I hated it! Took it back to EB a week later (remember that being a thing?!) This was mainly down to the controls/physics. Even for the time it was so poor.
Perfect for me beat this game many times
Simulation overload is right. Wow.
Nothing from this generation can compete with Sega Rally on Saturn
Darn. I was thinking you'd enjoy this one a lot more after the disappointment of the original. Apparently I was wrong. LOL
Honestly though, as Top Gear Rally was a gateway to some pretty dark places in my life--and frankly it didn't help matters that it felt so damn slow and boring--anything that goes against it is going to feel good in my book, and this sequel looks MUCH better than the original to me. No more of that stupid limitation where you're only racing against one other car at a time, the graphics look a LOT better to me personally, and the gameplay looks a lot faster. Even the idea of vehicle damage kind of interests me.
Anyway, good review. :)
I've never played any of the Top Gear games on the N64
The game was so laggy, literally unplayable.
Hated this game. I loved the original and this felt like a complete different beast. It lost its soul. It controlled like the car had a broom up it's tailpipe, and was really boring and tedius. Every two seconds something breaks. The cars are useless after minor damage.
I bought this on the day of release, took it home played it for about 5 mins, walked back into town & sold it.
Absolutely terrible game.
That’s a shame, I take it you were a big fan of 1 and maybe didn’t know back then that it was a different developer making 2?
@@n64glennplant You hit the nail on the head, I believe in my entire gaming life its one of only a handful of games I sold on very quickly after buying it.
This, Dead Island & the recent Resident Evil 2 remake.
I never could get into dead island either. The re2 remake I played for a few hours and streamed it here on the channel but after that I’ve not playe it since
@@n64glennplant I loved Dying Light which was made by the same people as Dead Island, I thought RE2 remake was a lovely looking game but I found it infuriating to play, went through it once as Leon & then sold it.
Loved RE7, new & interesting.
First
Awful game. I bought it and traded it in, almost in the same breath.
Were you a fan of 1?
N64 Glenn Plant yes I was, mate. Played it to death. Happy memories.
That’s what I expected, it’s quite a departure from 1 but I wasn’t a an of 1 so that’s perhaps why I enjoyed this more
N64 Glenn Plant just saw your GT64 review and agree. Ghastly driving game. One of the very worst.
The Subaru overheated. Idk about y'all but that's as realistic as it'll get lmao
+BadassEFdriver 😂