Please note as of October 2024, the online features for this game will no longer be supported.
Xpand Rally is a breathtaking game that gives you the true to life experience of driving powerful rally cars amidst photorealistic sceneries. Realistic weather effects, rolling hills, and animated scenery all add to game's visual perfection. Xpand Rally also features highly detailed models of modern rally cars and handling physics developed with the help of rally sport professionals which further enhance the realism of driving experience.
Xpand Rally combines the best elements of Rally and Rally Cross racing in one unique gaming experience.
The game offers a career mode based on time trials during both individual races and World Championship Series which will satisfy traditional Rally fans. The Rally Cross fans won't be disappointed either - they can challenge several opponents in head to head racing during competitions based on real and fictitious race events.
Xpand Rally, as the only title on the market, brings the economy factor into a rally game. The player starts with a junk car and competes in races to earn money and acquire upgrades, repair damage, tweak performance and pay the race entry fees.
Along with the tuning-up, the car's condition affects its handling. Due to accurate damage system, it is highly dependent on the player's driving skills. The physical handling model is also influenced by car parts configuration and provides both authentic feel and joy of driving.
The interactive race track surroundings with enhanced game physics and the innovative approach to changing daytime and weather conditions, both influencing the car handling, are other hallmarks of Xpand Rally that distinguish it from other racing games.
For the first time among rally games Xpand Rally includes a complete set of easy-to-use editing tools enabling to create new tracks, cars or even game mods.
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Unfortunately, the game has a fatal flaw: when you approach a turn, if you cut gas/brake AND TURN, the game doesn't read the steering, and you NEED TO GAS to get traction. It doesn't matter if you brake correctly before the turn, it just WON'T turn until you push the throotle. That makes it extremely hard (bc you have to learn it) and weird to control. It doesn't matter if it's a fwd or an awd, it just wont get in the curve unless you push the throotle. At first I thought it was me, as (lets suppose) unexperienced. Then I said, "ok, the game wants me to learn something" and started trying. And then I realized that thrusting while steering is what makes you steer. This made me push and improve my driving a lot, in order to overcome this flaw (preparing the braking, studying the tuning, tracing better,.., really, I improved a lot). Then I supposed that it would happen just with the first cars: as soon as I get an awd I'd play real rally. But no, when I got a seat cordoba it just wont st...
Xpand Rally costs $4.99.
Minimum: Minimum System Requirements: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, P III/AMD Athlon processor with 1.3 GHz, 256 MB RAM, Video card with, 64 MB, DX 8.0 compatible (GeForce 3 or ATI Radeon 9200), Sound card DX 8.0 compatible, 1 GB of free space on hard drive, DirectX 9.0c, 56k Modem (for Internet multiplayer mode)
Xpand Rally is available on Windows PC.
Xpand Rally has 67% positive reviews from 3 players. Metacritic score: 82/100.
Xpand Rally was released on Aug 24, 2006.
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