Sega Rally 2006 Review - The Japanese Exclusive

[@retrobution1262]

Been watching your youtube journey very closely mate, well done and keep up the hard work :) Your my go to Sega man now!

[@SegaLordX]

Appreciate that my friend. Thanks for watching.

[@SetsunaTheFandom]

The saddest thing is that I don't feel like coming across Career Mode playthroughs here. Most, if not all, SR2006 playthroughs are Arcade runs, and I'm hoping someone would make a playthrough of it. One thing about Career Mode though is that how you tune your car. I did have a go at the mode long ago and find out that the part(s) you buy would determine what car class you'll be in, affecting your entry to some of the events, even your starter car can move to a class higher with a better set of parts. That aside, SR2006 is indeed a gem.

[@JewelKnightJess]

A huge shame that this never got international releases because it really looks fab.

[@nima9276]

I know these dudes know a lot more than I do about sales, I just don’t see how this wouldn’t sell enough to turn a profit in the US. Even a limited release. Localization wouldn’t be much of a problem... Sega used to and still do make some puzzling decisions. Very lucky that Sonic prints money. 😅

[@chanhjohnnguyen1867]

Arcade games were dying in America during this era

[@vidlink]

@@chanhjohnnguyen1867: Yes, but this was a game for the PS2, a console not some sort of Arcade Cabinet.

[@nima9276]

@@chanhjohnnguyen1867 ah makes sense. You’re right, all games needed to be big, deep, sometimes over complicated, and have some melodramatic story. Still, this seems deep and content filled enough to be a late PS2 game. Hell sell it for a discount. Bet it’d move units...maybe more in the UK though. Again, I’m just speculating and have no idea. Maybe good numbers showed it’d bomb huge. Hard for me to give Sega the benefit of the doubt sometimes

[@nima9276]

@@vidlink I think he meant arcadey style games, which were kinda being phased out at the time. Don’t let me talk for him tho llol

[@SegaLordX]

Likely it’s relative closeness to the release of the PS3. Sega may have worried it’d get overlooked.

[@miguelroman4294]

Never knew Sega put out an Sega rally 2006 game, this is one of the cool things about your video, i get to learn about great games that i would other wise never get to see!

[@volkte37]

I found this in a game shop in Japan back in 2008 and could not believe it! A PS2 port of the original game! But 2006 itself is pretty good fun. Review pretty much spot on.

[@djernogoldenvideo]

I imported this game last year and have enjoyed it quite a lot. I just couldn't manage to get an event started in career mode but had a lot of fun in the arcade mode. Glad you covered this game SLX!

[@DiegoRuiz1991]

There's a trick for that: · Use your smartphone's camera and Google Translate, you'll be able to translate menus no problem. I've already completed 2 seasons of the career mode like this!

[@Simon-ik1kb]

Awesome review as always. Next Sega Rally Revo. I loved that game on my PSP so much. Just commuting on the bus and flying trough those gorgeous tracks...

[@WalrusFPGA]

I never knew about this entry in the series. Great review here SLX, and thanks for the heads-up on this one!

[@Bristecom]

Man, I def would have bought this game back in the day. I was really into rally at the time. Pretty crazy it didn't come to the US or Europe.

[@nomorenames5568]

And now its fully translated and its just awesome to play

[@billcook4768]

Love the music clip samples you’ve been including in your videos. Thanks.

[@SegaLordX]

Yeah, I was told I was padding my vids with it so there’s more commercials. Can you believe that??

[@greenkoopa]

@@SegaLordX I can believe that, I recently stopped paying for KZbin premium. There was 7 ads on this video

[@Estorium]

@@SegaLordX WTF? Half of what makes these games so awesome are their spectacular OSTs.

[@_TheElMan]

I discovered the 95 game by accident when getting some games for my HDD PS2. It's a fantastic version. I'll be interested in your thoughts on Revo on PSP.

[@krelakuma]

Another fantastic video SLX, always look forward to seeing more content from you.

[@AppleSlipper]

SEGA Rally 2006 also featured a great OST from music composers famous for the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise, such as Jun Senoue, Tomonori Sawada, Naofumi Hataya, Tomoya Ohtani, Richard Jacques and Hideki Naganuma!

[@jiface]

Really enjoying these single game regular reviews, you're killing it dude!

[@SegaLordX]

Thanks man. Glad the format change didn't put you off.

[@jiface]

@@SegaLordX far from it, it really works and must be a much quicker turn around for you. Win-win! Keep it uo

[@SteveBrandon]

It overall looks good for a Playstation 2 rally game but the snow tracks appear a tiny bit beige, as though they need just a little more blue tint.

[@edwest2263]

Looks more like Sega GT than Sega Rally.

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

How so?

[@SEGAHEADDY]

@@RetroGamesBoy78 Probably means that it looks more like a boring, sterile simulation rather than a vibrant arcade game.

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

@@SEGAHEADDY Well i have both and i'd say they barely qualify as simulations at all. Not sure if you're implying that having realism in a game makes it boring but i'd certain argue against that notion.

[@SEGAHEADDY]

@@RetroGamesBoy78 I definitely prefer arcade racers. Give me Hydro Thunder and Sega Rally over Gran Turismo and Collin McCrae any day! Whatever the case, the vibrant arcade visuals found in most Sega arcade franchises was definitely missing in Sega Rally 2006. Then again, 2006 wasn't an arcade game!

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

@@SEGAHEADDY tbf i don't really see to much of a difference in the visuals on the whole. Many arcade games that use real world tracks or tracks that look very close in style. Its often the attention grabbing music, game mechanics, that really sets them apart, oh and the over the top "announcer" that usually grace arcade games. ;-)

[@Redeemartstudios]

This looks like a great episode! Sega rally was always a fun game! I enjoyed this episode so much! Awesome episode SLX!

[@kurtirving643]

Great video as always. Sega Rally 2006 is one of my secret hidden gems. :)

[@Waifu4Life]

480p is not only impressive for the OG SEGA Rally, but for the PS2 itself 😋

[@SonicXXtreme]

Ps2 had 1080i gaming 👀

[@TheL1arL1ar]

@@SonicXXtreme yup I still own tourist trophy for my ps2 and indeed it does do 1080i gameplay.

[@ZinhoMegaman]

@@SonicXXtreme 1080i or, if you consider the actual rendering resolution, 960x540p. The only 6th gen game that renders 1920x1080 interlaced is Dragon's Lair for Xbox classic. Every other 1080i game like GT4, Tourist Trophy, MX vs ATV, Enter the Matrix are not real 1920x1080 but some other resolution upscaled to 1080i. And to render true 1080i on Dragon's Lair is a miracle with just 64MB of RAM. Even the 60+ 720p games on Xbox are some kind of miracle, some even running at full 60fps.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@ZinhoMegaman I swear when you see what the original Xbox especially but also PS2 could do it really puts the current consoles to shame. They gave up on 60fps after that generation and went straight to 30 focusing instead on "graphics".

[@Waifu4Life]

@@SonicXXtreme You missed the joke. The point was that the list of games that support above 480i was pathatic compared to the OG XBOX and GameCube: en.everybodywiki.com/List_of_PlayStation_2_games_with_alternative_display_modes

[@RetroGamerBB]

If I could have 1 wish, it would be that every Sega game released from 2001-2009 would have been on Dreamcast

[@EmpanadaDeCaca]

Excelent review, thank you for getting me to know this game!

[@BeB02090]

No PC port 😭. What a sweet take on a great game! Crispy visuals and sweet sound come on! Another superb video SLX and as always your narration is the icing on the 🍰.

[@BeB02090]

@@jiijijjijiijiij Thanks!! I'm going to look into this.

[@hugo-garcia]

480i is not a problem you can force it to 480p using GSM

[@LucasGonzalezA]

The career mode seems so in depth, that I genuinely wish I could play it. I've never been able to find a patched or translated version.

[@BrasilGT]

Now i need this game.

[@wesleysoupza7446]

Good game, but there's no classic rally cars (celica, lancia, stratos) from the start.I missed that.

[@knightshousegames]

It's a shame that never made it over, it has a lot of visual cues that remind me of Gran Turismo 4, but more arcade-y. I loved that visual style.

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Would love to hear your thoughts on Sega Rally Revo. From footage alone, it looks like an upgrade (i've only played Revo).

[@Gr4yF0x]

Man, I was thinking YESTERDAY about this game.

[@MechaShadow84]

Nice video! I'd like to see your review for SEGA Rally Revo next!

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

I bought this specifically for the Sega Rally bonus disc. I tried to get into the career mode on SR 2006 but the language barrier is just to much trouble to navigate.

[@SegaLordX]

It's definitely a pain. I fiddled with it enough to get started, but there's a lot to digest.

[@austrianniceguy4737]

@@SegaLordX You guys know, that there are Smartphone Kanji translation Apps for Smartphones by just pointing the camera on the text (eg. TV)?

[@adny02]

...but... I remember playing a SEGA Rally demo of a NEW SR game on the Xbox 360. Is this that game? I recall one of their key selling points was the technology of having the terrain change shape depending on how the cars roll over the snow, and dirt. I always wanted to see that tech put to use in other racing games moving forward. Anyways, great video.

[@SegaLordX]

That's Sega Rally Revo.

[@wonderfulwardy]

I'm shocked that you failed to mention the fact that there is no Split-Screen 2-Player Mode.

[@SegaLordX]

I actually intended to. I cut the script to get it down to 12 mins and accidently left it out.

[@LucianTheWorldGamer]

Excellent video as usual. I remember around the same time there was also a PSP Sega Rally game, did you play it?

[@johnhess9443]

Didn't even know about this game and now I really want to try it

[@ringfitmaster3079]

Excellent review now we need to review the Sega Rally games on the GBA & N Gage.

[@Sly2Cooper]

As a fan of arcade racers, I've had great time with Sega Rally Revolution on my PSP. If only I knew about this game. Thank you for the review.

[@bobcharlotte8724]

The presentation is so different, its like they couldn't decide to stay in the arcade roots or chase Colin McCray... just looks so bland... Needs the arcade style poppin colors! Also, the announcer should not be realistic as if heard through a mic, neither of the previous games did so.

[@juanignacioaschura9437]

Colin McRae*

[@vram1974]

A lot of PS2 3D games seem to have that bland look.

[@ShapeyFiend]

Everybody was into desaturated colours in this era. Most of the movies looked like this too.

[@vram1974]

@@ShapeyFiend I thought maybe the PS2s pallet sucked lol. Could've been worse. At least is wasn't N64 muddvision.

[@ShapeyFiend]

​@@vram1974 just read a reddit thread about this and one explanation is colour matching the CG in the early 00's was challenging so they'd just mute the colours in the film to match it instead. Think that trend bled over to videogames to make them look 'gritty and cinematic'.

[@Randomperc]

I will say that there has been a fan project that is in development, It’s made in unity I think, and it looks gorgeous.

[@EliteGamersUnited]

Hey Sega Lord another top notch video. Very rarely do I not know of a games existence, but i did not know of this game's existence. You should talk about Sega Rally Revo for xbox360, that game had phenominal mud/track deformation. Later today my review of Enemy Zero is going up

[@bobfromsoireegames4309]

Never heard of this title. Thanks for a good video

[@bentrion]

I'm from Germany and your are the No1 Sega content creator for me 😍

[@SegaLordX]

Thanks. Glad you enjoy the content.

[@nanoua27]

Damn ! I always thought this was a port of SEGA RALLY REVO (aka the PS3 / Xbox 360), and it include the original arcade version too ? This is Christmas !

[@_justtoomanygames_8857]

Great review👍 been wanting to play this game for ages. Closest I get is downloading the rom which never has worked, guess Ill keep checking ebay.

[@ぢょんすみす-t7b]

Maybe kind of a placebo but when driving through night, change camera to bumper cam help lighting up ahead a bit. I always use chase cam, but when I encountered night stage in Sega Rally 2006, change to bumper cam before my co-driver says "GO".

[@GMdieselman]

I imported the same pack that you have SLX. I actually mainly bought it for the original game port, but 2006 turned out to be a great addition as well. I bought a Japanese PS2 a while ago since there was so much Sega stuff in that library. Have not regretted it once

[@madcommodore]

The problem is if you loved Sega Rally Championship you loved the beautiful Lancia Delta in Martini graphics, if you wanted to drive a Subaru you'd buy Colin McRae 2004, 2005, WRC etc.

[@IronsWorks1990]

Crazy how this never came out in the west considering the popularity of the series particularly in Europe.

[@nerdius8204]

No mention of the visual damage model?

[@SEiMEi_EXiSTS]

GAME OVER YEAAAAAAH

[@cemsengul16]

Is there any fan translated rom for this game online? You know how people make these English patch isos online?

[@budge1972]

Fantastic vid, I want this game now!

[@Hektols]

Sega's 'Japan-exclusivity' vice was not only for it's own consoles...

[@entertainmentwizard2703]

It still shocks me Sega would keep new entries in series like Sega Rally or solid remasters like Nights Into Dreams only on the PS2 and only in Japan!

[@MeanSpiritedDuck]

Great video as usual. Any plans on a video for Sega Rally Revo for the 360?

[@SegaLordX]

Maybe down the road. People seem to like it.

[@paulmann8210]

How about a look into Sega Rally for XB360/PS3. Must have been a Release very close to this one.

[@AngryKurtz86]

Is this compatible with a wheel? Not sure if Force Feedback was a thing back then

[@mrsnippysnoopa8300]

Nice of you to talk about it. I went looking for it the moment i heard about it. Shame i couldn't find the bonus cd. Not a big loss but still.

[@MetroidTeamTRB]

Amazing review! Thanks for sharing all the game info. Subscribed!/+1

[@ginzuemulation9265]

Does it's the real hardware version or the pcsx2 version showed in this video? Thanks great video!

[@Monacomaverick]

When I found out about this package, I knew I had to have it. Sega Rally 2006 has the best handling dynamics. It reminds me of Colin Macrea 2.0, but with an actual sense of speed. This "rally" needs to be re-mastered and translated for other markets as I imported a PS2 just to play it. Sega Rally Championship 1995 is simply icing on the cake, especially in 480p. I felt like Sega gave up on the US market by deciding to not release it here. We got REVO instead. Oof..

[@augustopaiva4421]

A classic is still a classic... Love this era!

[@xj0462]

kinda surprised this never came put in the west, as it seems like a solid racing game. the original sega rally arcade game is a nice bonus, though to me it seems like something that could have fit on the standard version of the game.. whats your opinion on sega rally revolution for the xbox 360 and PS3?

[@SegaLordX]

I enjoyed Revo, but liked this more.

[@binnieb20]

I've played this on an emulator and it's such a shame this was only released in Japan. It's the Sega Rally 3 we all deserve.

[@silentfanatic]

Sega Rally never really did the trick for me, but I also never really gave it a fair shot. This looks like a great game. Unfortunately it seems like racing games don't receive very many fan translations.

[@getinthering7309]

it's in eng on psp

[@maxbuys]

just got a fan translation on romhacking

[@philmason9653]

Shame they moved away from that Lancia Stratos as the cover vehicle. I know Sega doesn't own the design but it's still one of the coolest and most iconic Sega racing cars in my mind. Maybe even tied for #1 along with the Daytona Hornet.

[@CortinasAndClassics]

Looks really good, I had no idea it was on the ps2. Have you reviewed Sega Rally for the 360 & PS3?

[@ItsDeebs]

It does look and run pretty good for a PS2 game. And I can tell by watching you race that the vehicles handle much like the originals. Which was part of what made them great. It would've been a great game to play. But by 2004 I had a well paying job and come mid 2005 I brought a powerful PC to play Half-life 2 & Doom 3 with ease. Abandoning consoles after that. Though I did buy a real cheap second hand PS3 in 2012 just to play Metal Gear Solid 4. Then gave the console to my nephew once I'd finished the game. The only console I still have on the shelf is my original NES that my brother and I got for Christmas 1989 when I was 4.

[@Pegfoxx]

Oh man I have to find this game. The Sega Rally games are my best racing games, I love em lol!

[@PAINNN666]

What about other SR game on ps2 or psp game?

[@666jamie666]

This needs to be updated with an English option onto the switch eshop so we can all get a change to play this great game.

[@rolingthunder8612]

I personally blame the gaming landscape in the US (and to a lesser extent, europe) for this game being stranded in Japan. most of the 7th generation consoles were, at the very least, getting ready to launch, and Us westerners tended to be early adoptors of next gen stuff at the time, so a lot of us were getting ready to leave the ps2 behind (being the target system of the infamous phoenix games didn't help either). In japan however, where arcades still thrive with avengence, clder consoles tend to have a longer shelf life and most people don't rush out to take the plunge (atari2600 notwithstanding) (this is the reason megaman and bass on the super famicom exists, after all). for me this early adoption ended during the current generation-the switch and 3ds are the only 8th gen systems I have since the others are too damn expensive, mutch to the ammuzement of Dave Ramzy.

[@GenesHand]

Do you know if it works with the Gran Turismo 4 Logitech Steering Wheel?

[@w.w.7469]

Dude I just got a copy of Sega Championship 1995 the 2006 was missing I just wanted to know if you could unlock the Stratos with the body model in this version . Googling the subject has not given me any conclusive answer.

[@samghost13]

I really need a time machine this gets me near to my Heart. I Loved the Sega Rally Arcade and Console Games. Oh good old times... So i have to get this one to. That Sega Magic

[@raikoh05]

Is there a guide to understanding the menus?

[@SegaLordX]

I honestly don’t know. I’ve never searched for one.

[@RalonsoF1]

Wasn't there any cockpit view from in car?

[@SegaLordX]

There is one, yes.

[@tailsprower9542]

This looks neat, and ps1 version for the ps2, im sold

[@anthonyrausch5708]

Once I get to heaven; this “WILL BE” in my collection……

[@emeraldmillenia8719]

What about Sega Rally 3 and Sega Rally Revo?

[@gouravchakraborty9801]

Have you played Sega Rally Revo?

[@SegaLordX]

I have. Good game.

[@jacklo325]

Are you telling me there is a countdown clock, even in the career mode?

[@chrisgardiner2215]

Yo SLX what do you think about the Arcade 1up Out Run cabinet? I heard OUTRUNNERS will be included (I know how you love the arcade version of that game)

[@SegaLordX]

It's am awesome looking kit, but $500 puts it out of what I'm willing to pay for it.

[@paulj5336]

It's visuals hold up well.

[@Jinx_Skeel]

still waiting for my Wardner review

[@neozeed1984]

Any chance this works with the Logitech wheels? Especially the bonus port of the original.

[@SegaLordX]

Works with the GT Force and the GT Force Pro.

[@ParinyaTeerakasemsuk]

There's an English patch now 🎉

[@SFJPMoonGames]

Hi mate, this was available in the UK as I had it.

[@SegaLordX]

Never seen or heard of a UK version. You sure it was imported?

[@SFJPMoonGames]

@@SegaLordX Got me thinking now lol, definitely on PS2 not sure had 2016 in title though?? I'll ask my brother lol. Love all your videos by the way.

[@gilbercastillo689]

I didn't know this game existed, I thought I had all the Sega Rallies except for this one.

[@mattnova18]

Is there any other way to play the original? [Other than saturn and arcade]

[@LouisTheSEGANerd]

Both games work really well with Logitech FFB wheels as well :)

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Long medium right

[@MyFriendlyPup]

My only console is a DC

[@keeper7keys2003]

How different is Sega Rally Revo from Sega Rally 2006? (Excluding graphics of course)

[@Aragorn7884]

Two video suggestions: *Project Justice* and *Skies of Arcadia* ?

[@CHMernerner]

sega rally 2021 when

[@possiblybooger]

I bought this for the original Sega Rally. Haven’t played it yet. Might give it a go...

[@vomination]

what? How could I have missed this one?