The cars skid quite easily and as I said, it is about maintaining control by being soft on the gas, point braking in the right place, and at the right times meeting the skid early by tilting the front tires in the opposite direction that the car wants to go, counter-steering and balancing the car's weight with the throttle. The driving experience is as simple as the layout itself. Everything is done with the help of the arrow keys and space (which acts as a brake) and it is therefore possible to drive with just one hand and stuff candy in your face with the other. It sometimes reminds me of the old NES classic RC Pro-Am, Super Off-Road, the Amiga classic Super Cars 2, or why not my personal 16-bit favourite, Micro Machines II: Turbo Tournament. It doesn't feel like you're going very fast, not at all, but that is also the point.Īs a player, I have time to react, plan and, since Funselektor Labs ignored the pace notes and instead placed the camera 50 meters up in the air above the car, visibility is very good. The turns should be taken before they have even begun, if you want to be fast, it is important to drive tight and the slightest mistake means that you naturally lose precious time.
It's all about investment into corners, as early as possible, and about moderating your speed in relation to these investments. And here, the Absolute Drift developers Funselektor Labs have really managed to find a unique and distinctive feel that isn't really reminiscent of much else in today's gaming climate.Īrt of Rally intends to dissect rally as a sport down to the bone, down to the core itself. There are few games in this genre that are as soothing as Art of Rally can be, even though in the end it's about going as fast as you possibly can on gravel, ice, snow and asphalt with an old '80s rally icon from the idiotically wonderful Group B. I drive with my keyboard, as I did 25 years ago, using only one hand and falling into the rather slow game tempo in an almost hypnotic way as if my brain was connected directly to the computer. There is something meditative about how the extremely stylistic Art of Rally portrays rally as a sport.
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