History VideoGame / RallyTrophy

-->"[[BowelBreakingBricks Waaaay too fast for me...]] [[PottyFailure I gotta change my pants...]]"

* XMeetsY : ''VideoGame/GrandPrixLegends'' meets [[ColinMcRaeRally modern]] [[VideoGame/RichardBurnsRally rally sims]] !

--> ''Three right, two left, caution rocks, straight, tightens, four right, jump...'' [[OhCrap (crash sound)]] ''Aw, my collection of dense sores... [[NeverLiveItDown This is not what I call rally driving...]]''

* NintendoHard : It says something when one reviewer [[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/p_rallytrophy referred to it]] as the rally cousin of ''VideoGame/GrandPrixLegends''. It's generally considered as having an exceptional damage model and very realistic, yet accessible [[SomeDexterityRequired handling physics]] [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny (especially for its time)]]. Many rally racing fans consider it to be the second most hardcore game of the whole genre, right after ''RichardBurnsRally''.

* XMeetsY : ''VideoGame/GrandPrixLegends'' meets [[ColinMcRaeRally modern]] [[RichardBurnsRally rally sims]] !

* SpiritualSuccessor: The first game of Bugbear's later ''{{VideoGame/FlatOut}}'' series inherited much of the physics engine and visual style from ''RallyTrophy'', albeit with many improvements.

* CoolCar : Every damned one of them - and they're all just [[TookALevelInBadass somewhat modified versions]] of [[AwesomeYetPractical ordinary 1960s and 1970s passenger cars]]. Well, except [[ImprobablyCoolCar the two Lancias]], which were among the first purpose-built modern rally cars.

* BetterThanItSoundsVideoGames

The retro atmosphere is also enhanced by [[StylisticSuck grainy]] [[{{Retraux}} and traditional-looking menu screens]], more regionally-themed and lesser known national championships, lots of PlayedForLaughs elements and some genuinely quality folk-rock-esque intrumental music, with a heavy dose of 1960s guitar sound.

* GenreThrowback : To 1960s and 1970s era rally racing. The whole point and theme of the game. With some AffectionateParody thrown in.

--> "[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch Please. Don't. Mow. The Lawn. With. My. Car...]]"

--> [[MostWonderfulSound Sweat, we're in the lead !]]

* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: The Arcade mode offers a simpler, more classic racing challenge, consisting of a multi-lap circuit race against several AI-controlled opponents. Trouble is, while they are all fallible and ''do'' make mistakes, they also have an impressive amount of ArtificialBrilliance (which only rises with the difficulty level you choose) and they won't hesitate for a second [[RammingAlwaysWorks to push you off the road if possible]]. Naturally, [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame you can apply the same trick on them]]. A popular move is to use an opponent's car as a "springboard", [[MagnificentBastard pushing him off the road while avoiding sliding off it like him]]. However, it is often best just to opt for a BadassDriver solution : Evading any crashed opponents and [[DrivesLikeCrazy putting the pedal to the metal]].

* NintendoHard : It says something when one reviewer [[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/p_rallytrophy referred to it]] as the rally cousin of ''VideoGame/GrandPrixLegends''. It's generally considered as having an exceptional damage model and very realistic, yet accessible handling physics [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny (especially for its time)]]. Many rally racing fans consider it to be the second most hardcore game of the whole genre, right after ''RichardBurnsRally''.

* RaceAgainstTheClock: Played straight most of the time, just as in RealLife rally racing and any serious rally game. Hence why you will have to combine highly-skilled handling and a good instinct for accelerating and braking in order to score the best possible times on a particular rally stage. Averted in Arcade mode - as it's name implies, it's a LighterAndSofter take on rallying, where you eschew the setting of new records and listening to pacenotes altogether, and instead go circuit racing with a handful of actual opponents.

* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: The Arcade mode offers a simpler, more classic racing challenge, consisting of a multi-lap circuit race against several AI-controlled opponents. Trouble is, while they are all fallible and make mistakes, they also have an impressive amount of ArtificialBrilliance (which only rises with the difficulty level you choose) and they won't hesitate for a second [[RammingAlwaysWorks to push you off the road if possible]]. Naturally, [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame you can apply the same trick on them]]. A popular move is to use an opponent's car as a "springboard", [[MagnificentBastard pushing him off the road while avoiding sliding off it like him]]. However, it is often best just to opt for a BadassDriver solution : Evading any crashed opponents and [[DrivesLikeCrazy putting the pedal to the metal]].

* WackyRacing: Present a bit in Arcade mode, where you race against a maximum of five opponents on a circuit track for at least three laps. While not outright vehicular combat, every single lap is a genuinely tense and thrilling experience. Standings of racers change easily and once a race starts, it's basically everyone man for himself. Even the background music is faster-paced and sounds a lot wackier than that of the stages in Rally mode.

* MinisculeRocking: Much of the game's soundtrack consists of themes barely longer than a minute or minute and a half. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since most of these themes are designed to run on a loop and provide incidental background music. Most of the time, players hardly even notice the looping, since the songs' ends blend seemlessly into each other.

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] Of all the 11 available cars, 8 are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear-wheel_drive#Rear-wheel-drive_layouts RWD]] and vary a lot in terms of performance and the amount of skill needed for driving them. While switching from one car to another, you'll often have to unlearn or rethink skills you've learned. It's generally better to start with the more easily accessible [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear-wheel_drive#Front-wheel-drive_layouts FWD]] cars (the [[BadassNormal SAAB 96]], [[FragileSpeedster Lancia Fulvia]] and [[BadassAdorable Mini Cooper]]) and then gradually accustom yourself to 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 1960s version of the [[TheBigGuy Opel Kadett]] being [=RWD=] 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]].

The retro atmosphere is also enhanced by grainy and traditional-looking menu screens, more regionally-themed and lesser known national championships, lots of PlayedForLaughs elements and some genuinely quality folk-rock-esque intrumental music, with a heavy dose of 1960s guitar sound.

* GenreThrowback : To 1960s and 1970s era rally racing. The whole point and theme of the game.

''Rally Trophy'' is a rally racing SimulationGame, the commercial debut of Finnish DrivingGame developer Creator/BugbearEntertainment [[note]]better known these days for their BlackComedy demolition derby game series, ''VideoGame/{{FlatOut}}''[[/note]], first published by Jo Wood Productions in autumn 2001. The game was in development since the late 90s and became a surprise hit, with lots of critical acclaim by players and reviewers alike.

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] Of all the 11 available cars, 8 are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear-wheel_drive#Rear-wheel-drive_layouts RWD]] and vary a lot in terms of performance and the amount of skill needed for driving them. While switching from one car to another, you'll often have to unlearn or rethink skills you've learned. It's generally better to start with the more easily accessible [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear-wheel_drive#Front-wheel-drive_layouts FWD]] cars (the [[BadassNormal SAAB 96]], [[FragileSpeedster Lancia Fulvia]] and [[BadassAdorable Mini Cooper]]) and then gradually accustom yourself to 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 1960s 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]].

* MadeOfIron: Massively averted in Rally mode ([[AcceptableBreaksFromReality outside of your engine dying completely]]). Even if you avoid scratching the car's body even once, certain parts of the cars undercarriages will gradually accumulate wear over the course of several stages and will require replacement. On the other hand, the trope is played completely straight in Arcade mode, where you can focus on racing against opponents [[LighterAndSofter without having to worry about any kind of damage]].
* MinisculeRocking: Much of the game's soundtrack consists of songs barely longer than a minute or minute and a half. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since most of these songs are designed to run on a loop and provide incidental background music. Most of the time, players hardly even notice the looping, since the songs' ends blend seemlessly into each other.

* WackyRacing: Present a bit in Arcade mode, where you race against a maximum of five opponents on a circuit track for at least three laps. While not outright vehicular combat, every single lap is a genuinely tense and thrilling experience. Standings of racers change easily and once a race starts, it's basically everyone man for himself. Even the background music plays a lot faster and sounds a lot wackier than on the stages of the Rally mode.

--> "[[Please. Don't. Mow. The Lawn. With. My. Car...]]"

* GenreThrowback : The whole point and theme of the game.
* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels :

*** The difficulty levels also influence which cars, countries and stages you can select.

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

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with.]] Of all the 11 available cars, 8 are [=RWD=] and vary a lot in terms of performance and the amount of skill needed for driving them. While switching from one car to another, you'll often have to unlearn or rethink skills you've learned. It's generally better to start with the more easily accessible [=FWD=] cars (the [[BadassNormal SAAB 96]], [[FragileSpeedster Lancia Fulvia]] and [[BadassAdorable Mini Cooper]]) and then gradually accustom yourself to 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 1960s 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]].

* AceCustom: Each car in the game has a standard rally version and a factory team version. Naturally, the more powerful (and often cooler-looking) factory team version of the car only gets unlocked as you progress through the game.

An archived version of the game's official site can be seen [[http://web.archive.org/web/20050210165316/http://rally.jowood.com/ here]] and its developer site can be seen [[http://web.archive.org/web/20090312062554/http://www.bugbear.fi/rallytrophy/ here]].

An archived version of the game's official site can be seen [[http://web.archive.org/web/20090312062554/http://www.bugbear.fi/rallytrophy/ here]].

The retro atmosphere is also enhanced by grainy and traditional-looking menu screens, more regionally-themed and lesser known national championships, lots of PlayedForLaughs elements and some genuinely quality folk-rock-esque intrumental music, with a heavy dose of 60s guitar sound.

* CoolCar : Every damned one of them - and they're all just [[TookALevelInBadass somewhat modified versions]] of [[AwesomeYetPractical ordinary 60s and 70s passenger cars]]. Well, except [[ImprobablyCoolCar the two Lancias]], which were among the first purpose-built modern rally cars.

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

* InVehicleInvulnerability : Played straight, but with a subversion or two : As your windshield and front lights get damaged, your line of sight diminishes and gets a bit obscured (especially on night stages).

* NorseByNorsewest : Sweden and Finland, being traiditional rally racing countries, feature in the championship. An aversion of this trope, since they're portrayed faithfully and differ quite a bit from each other (it helps that Sweden is the obligatory "snow and winter" country of the championship).

* YodelLand : The fifth and final country in the championship mode is Switzerland.