Richard Burns Rally

Introduction

Richard Burns Rally has finally been released in the European territories. It was released in Australia on September 17th.

A release in the U.S. has not yet been announced, but if you shop online, you can get a copy sent to you from Blackhole Motorsports or GoGamer.

Being very eagerly awaited and anticipated by sim-heads, does it live up to the promise of it being the most “realistic” rally sim experience available on the PC today? Is it indeed “Porno for Petrolheads”, as is stated by PC Gamer on the back of the box?

Yes. It most definately does! And is.

Realism is hard to define for anyone who’s never actually been driving these cars in real life. I haven’t either, but Richard Burns Rally certainly feels “authentic”, which perhaps is a better word than realistic.

This is indeed a Simulation with a capital “S”. I would class it close to the likes of Papyrus sims. That’s how good I find the physics of Richard Burns Rally.

So if you get bored easily, or frustrated by hardcore sims that may feel difficult to the casual gamer, you should probably stop reading now, and go do something else than read the rest of this review.

Still here? I’m glad.

So you like a challenge, just as long as the rewards are sweet? Read on.

Let's start off with the first thing you do when bringing home the sim.