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Pro Rally for Nintendo GameCube
Pro Rally for Nintendo GameCube is a rally game in which you drive on tarmac, gravel and snow-covered roads. You take the wheel of officially licensed cars from manufacturers including Subaru, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Peugeot and Audi. During a stage, your co-driver gives instructions about the corners ahead. You choose your braking point, steer the car through the bend and try to carry speed onto the next straight.
The game includes twenty cars and 48 rally stages in various countries, including Sweden, England, Italy and Argentina. Rain, snow and fog change what you can see along the way. Before starting the professional competition, you work through the driving school challenges. You then progress through different rally classes. Damage is tracked for individual car components, and you can have repairs carried out between stages.
Alongside rally events against the clock, there are other ways to race. Arcade puts several cars on the same course at once, making your opponents’ positions important too. Two players can race each other locally on a split screen. Pro Rally asks you to pay attention to the edge of the road on every run: stray too far from the course and the game puts you back, costing you time.
Region and language
Our Nintendo GameCube games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Pro Rally for Nintendo GameCube includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Pro Rally
Ubisoft brought Pro Rally to Nintendo GameCube in 2002. The game was developed by Ubisoft Barcelona and belongs to the same rally series as Pro Rally 2001 for PC. On PlayStation 2, the sequel appeared as Pro Rally 2002; the GameCube release received the shorter name Pro Rally. The move brought its combination of licensed cars, international stages and a driving school to Nintendo’s console.
In its announcement for Nintendo GameCube, Ubisoft highlighted the twenty cars, 48 stages and varied weather conditions. The manufacturers’ names made the cars recognisable, while the routes took the driving across different surfaces. The game offered both championships and more direct arcade races. Split-screen play also featured in its presentation: two players could race each other on the same console without using a second system or a network connection.
Pro Rally arrived early in the range of rally games for Nintendo GameCube. Rally Championship and V-Rally 3 were among the games that appeared on the console afterwards. This gave players different options for improving their times on unpaved roads. Pro Rally retained its own structure, with driving school tests before the professional competition and separate races featuring several cars at once. That combination shows how the game tried to include both stage driving and direct competition in one rally package.
Similar games for Nintendo GameCube
V-Rally 3 also lets you drive rally cars over different surfaces. For Nintendo GameCube, the handling and the width of the routes were adjusted compared with the earlier PlayStation 2 version. Pro Rally’s progression emphasises driving school tests and rally classes. In both games, a stage is about reading corners and keeping lost time to a minimum.
Rally Championship combines licensed rally cars with changing weather and damage that is also visible on the bodywork. Pro Rally tracks damaged components through icons, without the same visible deformation of the car. Both ask you to balance your pace against the risk of a collision, especially when a narrow road leaves little room for corrections.
Dakar 2: The World's Ultimate Rally expands off-road racing with trucks and motorcycles alongside cars. Its routes also pass through deserts and places along the Dakar rally. Pro Rally concentrates on rally cars and individual stages. In both, you look for a workable line through difficult terrain, but the vehicles and the structure of the journey differ.
4x4 Evo 2 uses off-road vehicles and pickups that you can buy and upgrade with parts during a career. This gives building up your vehicle a larger role. Pro Rally has you enter events in rally cars and repair damage between stages. The similarity lies in driving over rough surfaces and assessing the road ahead.
Smuggler's Run: Warzones places off-road vehicles in large areas with smuggling missions. Your route is linked to your destination and the opponents trying to stop you. Pro Rally guides you along a set rally course, where every mistake can cost seconds. Both require attention to terrain and speed, but give your driving a different purpose.
