History VideoGame / RallyTrophy

* CreatorProvincialism : To a degree. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the case of Finland, since it's one of the birthplaces of modern rally racing and a staple of many international rally championships. An amsuing PlayingWithATrope version of this occurs with the Russian stages : They're in Russia all right... [[GeniusBonus But judging by the place names and the local enviroment, its very obvious they're all set specifically in]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelia Karelia]], [[TheMoreYouKnow the traditional border region between Russia and Finland.]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome : The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRzEl510QiU intro cutscene theme]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgUdBP6tcBA Replay theme]]. The music tracks of the various stages aren't bad either - Kenya and Sweden have some of the most kickass ones.

->''Ummm... lets change seats... whaddyasay ?''
-->'''your co-driver, after you've plunged your car into another crashfest'''

** CrowningMomentOfFunny : The game's credits [[spoiler: featuring grainy footage of two 1950s-style Formula One toy cars pulled by strings competing on a muddy racing circuit built in someone's back yard]] are... [[StylisticSuck unusual...]] [[NarmCharm to say the least...]]

* EveryCarIsRearWheelDrive : [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] Of all 11 cars, 8 are RWD - and they vary a lot in terms of performance and the amount of skill needed for driving them. It's generally better to start with the more easily accessible [-FWD-]s (the [[BadassNormal SAAB 96]], [[FragileSpeedster Lancia Fulvia]] and [[BadassAdorable Mini Cooper]]) and then gradually accustom yourself with the rear wheel drives. Some [-RWD-]s in the game can be literally sadistically hard to keep on the road along a straight line, with the [[CoolButInefficient Lancia]] [[CrazyAwesome Stratos]] and the 60s version of the [[TheBigGuy Opel Kadett]] being the worst offenders - but it's all justified, since those cars ''[[TruthInTelevision really were that hard to control]]''. Generally speaking, the most stable to drive RWD cars are probably the [[spoiler:Alfa Romeo Giullia and the Ford Cortina]].

** Notable total conversions are the {{Present Day}}-themed ''[[http://www.nogripracing.com/files.php?subcat=16 WRC Mod]]'' and the unofficial FanSequel ''[[http://www.nogripracing.com/files.php?subcat=91 Rally Trophy II]]''.

* XMeetsY : ''GrandPrixLegends'' meets modern rally sims !

* NintendoHard : It says something when one of the reviewers called it the rally cousin of ''GrandPrixLegends''. It's generally considered as having an exceptional damage model and very realistic, yet accessible handling physics [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny (especially for it's time)]]. Many rally racing fans consider it to be the second most hardcore game of the whole genre, right after ''Richard Burns Rally''.

* EveryCarIsRearWheelDrive : [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] Of all 11 cars, 8 are RWD - and they vary a lot in terms of performance and the amount of skill needed for driving them. It's generally better to start with the more easily accessible [-FWD-]s (the [[BadassNormal SAAB 96]], [[FragileSpeedster Lancia Fulvia]] and Mini Cooper) and gradually accustom yourself with the rear wheel drives. Some [-RWD-]s in the game can be literally sadistically hard to keep on the road along a straight line, with the [[CoolButInefficient Lancia]] [[CrazyAwesome Stratos]] and the 60s version of the [[TheBigGuy Opel Kadett]] being the worst offenders - but it's all justified, since those cars ''[[TruthInTelevision really were that hard to control]]''. Generally speaking, the most stable to drive RWD cars are probably the [[spoiler:Alfa Romeo Giullia and the Ford Cortina]].

* EveryCarIsRearWheelDrive : [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] Of all 11 cars, 8 are RWD - and they vary a lot in terms of performance and amount of skill needed to handle. It's generally better to start with the more easily accessible [-FWD-]s (the [[BadassNormal SAAB 96]], [[FragileSpeedster Lancia Fulvia]] and Mini Cooper) and gradually accustom yourself with the rear wheel drives. Some [-RWD-]s in the game can be literally sadistically hard to keep on the road along a straight line, with the [[CoolButInefficient Lancia]] [[CrazyAwesome Stratos]] and the 60s version of the [[TheBigGuy Opel Kadett]] being the worst offenders - but it's all justified, since those cars ''[[TruthInTelevision really were that hard to control]]''. Generally speaking, the most stable to drive RWD cars are probably the [[spoiler:Alfa Romeo Giullia and the Ford Cortina]].

* CreatorProvincialism : To a degree. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the case of Finland, since it's one of the birthplaces of modern rally racing and a staple of many international rally championships. An amsuing PlayingWithATrope version of this occurs with the Russian stages : They're in Russia all right... [[GeniusBonus But judging by the place names and the local enviroment, its very obvious they're all set specifically in]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelia Karelia]], [[GeniusBonus the traditional border region between Russia and Finland.]]

** Well, except [[ImpossiblyCoolCar the two Lancias]], which were among the first purpose-built modern rally cars.

** Well, except the two Lancias, which were among the first purpose-built modern rally cars.

* EveryCarIsRearWheelDrive : Played with. Of all 11 cars, 8 are RWD - and they vary a lot in terms of performance and amount of skill needed to handle. It's generally better to start with the more easily accessible [-FWD-]s (the [[AwesomeYetPractical SAAB 96]], [[FragileSpeedster Lancia Fulvia]] and Mini Cooper) and gradually accustom yourself with the rear wheel drives. Some [-RWD-]s in the game can be literally sadistically hard to keep on the road along a straight line, with the [[CoolButInefficient Lancia]] [[CrazyAwesome Stratos]] and the 60s version of the [[TheBigGuy Opel Kadett]] being the worst offenders - but it's all justified, since those cars ''[[TruthInTelevision really were that hard to control]]''. Generally speaking, the most stable to drive RWD cars are probably the [[spoiler:Alfa Romeo Giullia and the Ford Cortina]].

*** If you do a nearly flawless DrivesLikeCrazy SpeedRun of a stage, your otherwise snarky co-driver will tremblingly exclaim at the finish line :

*** And don't forget his [[{{Narm}} high-pitched overreaction]] when an animal occasionally runs across the road, only a few feet away from the car :

** If you do a nearly flawless DrivesLikeCrazy SpeedRun of a stage, your otherwise snarky co-driver will tremblingly exclaim at the finish line :

** And don't forget his [[{{Narm}} high-pitched overreaction]] when an animal occasionally runs across the road, only a few feet away from the car :

* {{TooCoolToLive Too Cool To Drive}} / CoolButInefficient : The Lancia Stratos ''is this trope''. Has an absurdly powerful motor, absurdly great acceleration, break-neck top speed... [[CripplingOverspecialization but apparently zero grip on anything else than tarmac/asphalt]]...

* NorseByNorsewest : Sweden and Finland, being traiditional rally racing countries, feature in the championship.

* DarkestAfrica : Kenya, a staple of rally games, is the second coutnry in the championship.

* CreatorProvincialism : To a degree. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the case of Finland, since its one of the birthplaces of modern rally racing and a staple of many itnernational rally championships. An amsuing PlayingWithATrope version of this occurs with the Russian stages : They're in Russia all right... [[GeniusBonus But judging by the place names and the local enviroment, its very obvious they're all set specifically in]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelia Karelia]], [[GeniusBonus the traditional border region between Russia and Finland.]]

* GameMod : Racing games traditionally aren't overly modding-friendly (even the ones with huge fan communities), so it's not surprising that RT had relatively little custom-created content. Still, some quality stuff was made back in the day - especially many additional cars, both old and new, and even entire new stages and countries (the Australian maps were among the best).

** Intermeddiate

* EveryCarIsRearWheelDrive : Played with. Of all 11 cars, 8 are RWD - and they vary a lot in terms of performance and amount of skill needed to handle. It's generally better to start with the more easily accessible [-FWDs-] (the [[AwesomeYetPractical SAAB 96]], [[FragileSpeedster Lancia Fulvia]] and Mini Cooper) and gradually accustom yourself with the rear wheel drives. Some [-RWDs-] in the game can be literally sadistically hard to keep on the road along a straight line, with the [[CoolButInefficient Lancia]] [[CrazyAwesome Stratos]] and the 60s version of the [[TheBigGuy Opel Kadett]] being the worst offenders - but it's all justified, since those cars ''[[TruthInTelevision really were that hard to control]]''. Generally speaking, the most stable to drive RWD cars are probably the [[spoiler:Alfa Romeo Giullia and the Ford Cortina]].

* EveryCarIsRearWheelDrive : Played with. Of all 11 cars, 8 are RWD - and they vary a lot in terms of performance and amount of skill needed to handle. It's generally better to start with the more easily accessible [FWD]s (the [[AwesomeYetPractical SAAB 96]], [[FragileSpeedster Lancia Fulvia]] and Mini Cooper) and gradually accustom yourself with the rear wheel drives. Some [RWD]s in the game can be literally sadistically hard to keep on the road along a straight line, with the [[CoolButInefficient Lancia]] [[CrazyAwesome Stratos]] and the 60s version of the [[TheBigGuy Opel Kadett]] being the worst offenders - but it's all justified, since those cars ''[[TruthInTelevision really were that hard to control]]''. Generally speaking, the most stable to drive RWD cars are probably the [[spoiler:Alfa Romeo Giullia and the Ford Cortina]].

* EveryCarIsRearWheelDrive : Played with. Of all 11 cars, 8 are RWD - and they vary a lot in terms of performance and amount of skill needed to handle. It's generally better to start with the more easily accessible FWDs (the [[AwesomeYetPractical SAAB 96]], [[FragileSpeedster Lancia Fulvia]] and Mini Cooper) and gradually accustom yourself with the rear wheel drives. Some RWDs in the game can be literally sadistically hard to keep on the road along a straight line, with the [[CoolButInefficient Lancia]] [[CrazyAwesome Stratos]] and the 60s version of the [[TheBigGuy Opel Kadett]] being the worst offenders - but it's all justified, since those cars ''[[TruthInTelevision really were that hard to control]]''. Generally speaking, the most stable to drive RWD cars are probably the [[spoiler:Alfa Romeo Giullia and the Ford Cortina]].