Description
Shift it into high gear in one of the most realistic games of any kind to hit the N64. Already something of a legend, TOP GEAR RALLY allows you to choose from one of four high-octane modes: Time Attack, Practice, Arcade, and Championship. Time Attack pits you against your own best time, while Practice and Arcade modes allow you to take your choice from nine different vehicles and race in a number of weather conditions. Championship mode, the game's crown jewel, has you racing through six seasons (of two to four races apiece), and gives you control of everything, right down to your camera angle. You'll start in 20th place in each of these races, playing catch-up as you try to prove your mettle. You can customize your transmission, tires, steering, and even your paint job! The physics of TOP GEAR RALLY are so studied, they often become painful; a crash is really going to feel like a crash. With nine different cars to choose from, five intense tracks, and ultra-detailed 3D action, it's no wonder this game spawned so many sequels and knockoffs.
Alternate Colors
To change the color of your vehicle, highlight any car, then hold L and R
and all four C buttons and press UP or DOWN. Pressing UP will make
your car white, and DOWN will make it black.
Bonus Cars
To access the bonus cars you need to all six seasons (Spring, Summer,
Fall, Winter, Expert and Professional) for the years shown. Finishing the
first year grants you the MILK TRUCK.
After the second year you'll be the proud owner of a HELMET CAR.
In the third year you earn the CUPRA CAR glowing bow on wheels.
And last but not least, in the fourth year you gain the BEACHBALL CAR.
Chrome Plating
Finish the fifth year (all six seasons, including Spring, Summer, Fall,
Winter, Expert and Professional), and a new "easter egg" will allow you
to change your car textures to "mirror." Simply click the lower C-Button
when on the car selection screen, and you can race as a chromed car.
Looks best in replays.
Easter Egg
Start the game and hold down all four C-Buttons, and a date will appear
on the title screen. This is the official completion date for Top Gear Rally.
Shortcuts
At the first corner take the right hand road, NOT THE TUNNEL. The road
is a much easier and hence faster turn.
After the first natural tunnel you go through you'll find a break in the
guardrail on your right. Go though this break and continue straight across a
beach (along the water) for this shortcut.
After you re-enter from the beach, turn left, right, left and before you finish
the next right you'll notice a break in the stone wall on your left (you shoul
dbe able to see a light house in front of you). Turn through the break and
stay to the left on the grass so that you are running beside a stone wall.
This will lead you to the end of the short cut.
JUNGLE:
After you start the race, stay to the right hand sid eof the road. During the
first turn you'll see a hut on the right. Just after the hut is a hidden short cut.
Hit the brakes and turn right.
After this short cut you'll notice a left turn sign, followed by a right turn
sign. You'll then enter a long left hand turn that has many left turn arrows
and has a stone wall on the right. When you are almost finished this turn
you'll notice some grass covering part of the wall, drive up this onto a
grassy hill. After you pass the point of tree on the hill, turn right and
continue on the grass, otherwise you'll jump straight off the hill and into a
wall on the other side of the track!
DESERT:
After you leave the city you'll see a house on the right hand side of the
road. SLOW DOWN and turn onto the grass before the house and follow
the tire marks. They'll lead you through the short cut. This is a difficult
short cut. You might want to skip this one until you've learned to control
the cars better.
After travelling through a valley, you'll have a choice between a high and
low road. Take the low road to your left and put the petal to the floor. The
high road has some sharp turns in it, but the load road is one long
sweeping left handers.
MOUNTAIN:
Eventually you'll come to a dirt road. After about 4-5 sharp turns you'll
notice a sign high on the right hand side of your screen that shows you that
a "Y" intersection is coming up. Turn right, and slow down. Take the a left
at the "Y" and go down the "Jacked up Road." Careful! If you go to fast
you'll definately be in trouble!
STRIP MINE:
Soon after you start the race there will be a fork in the road, go to the right
and head straight, soon you will see an open mine shaft, go in it and hug
the right wall, there will be a ramp that you can jump off and onto a higher
mine shaft.
When you are about halfway through the strip mine course, you will se a
house with a dirt parking lot, stay to the right and you will go upon a
narrow dirt road with a jump on it, go off the ramp and stay as far to the
right as you can, you will be on a road that would have been blocked off if
you didn't jump over it. by taking those short cuts, you can almost garuntee
1st or 2nd place.
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