International Rally Championship

1997 video game

EU: Europress
NA: Interplay / THQ

Producer(s)Doug BraisbyProgrammer(s)Shaun Southern
Danny HartleyArtist(s)Andrew Morris
Ian LewisComposer(s)Darren Ithell^[1]
Dave Sullivan^[1]SeriesRally ChampionshipPlatform(s)Windows, PlayStationReleaseWindows

UK: September 22, 1997
NA: July 2, 2001

PlayStation

UK: July 1998*
FRA: July 3, 1998

Genre(s)RacingMode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

International Rally Championship (released on PlayStation as Tommi Mäkinen Rally in UK) is a rally racing video game which is a part of the Rally Championship series. The Windows version was developed by Magnetic Fields and published by Europress, and released on 30 June 1997. The PlayStation version was solely ported and published by Europress.

It is a sequel to the Network Q RAC Rally Championship. It would in turn be succeeded in 1999 by Mobil 1 Rally Championship.

Gameplay

The game offers 16 new tracks set in various locations around the world and new features, such as Track Editor and playable up to 8 players via LAN.

The featured cars were the Ford Escort, Mitsubishi Lancer, Nissan Almera, Proton Wira, Renault Mégane, Škoda Felicia, Subaru Impreza, Toyota Corolla and Volkswagen Golf.

Reception

Review scores
Publication	Score
GameStar	69%^[2]
PC Games (DE)	86%^[2]
PC PowerPlay	79%^[2]
PC Zone	84%^[3]
CD-Action	8/10^[2]
Power Unlimited	74/100 (PS1)^[2]

French magazine Génération 4 awarded four star "hit" rating to the game and commended improved graphics over previous title in the series and inclusion of level editor, but criticized availability of only 15 new tracks (in comparison to 30 in Rally Championship).^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "International Rally Championship". Mirsoft – World of game music. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "International Rally Championship Reviews". MobyGames. Blue Flame Labs. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ "International Rally Championship for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ Rodriguez, Luc-Santiago (October 1997). "International Rally Championship". Génération 4 (in French). No. 103. Pressimage. pp. 170–172. ISSN 0987-870X.