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@nilcam literally tap the brake, steer and get on the accelerator, that's all there is to it, then adjust your angle as you slide. We are currently submitting a patch which will have handbrake as an option and manual gears too.

@SPM They are totally different games, the handling on RRO is more arcade like and suited to top down racing, RR3 is full simulation. I enjoy both games for different reasons. When playing RR3 with the helicopter camera, it feels completely different to RRO.

@HolyGeez03 It made it into the description, I need to change it for the patch as Switch is 60fps only
@OorWullie See above.
@nmanifold £4.99 $6.99 €5.99 I think ! It was a while since I set them up!!

Thanks for the review, on the whole pretty solid and the screenshots look nice, It sounds like you really enjoyed the game!

Just to clarify:

`Even at its highest graphical setting, however, Rush Rally Origins still makes some pretty severe compromises.`

• This review refers to the particles in a race with 5 other cars on track. This is fixed in a patch currently in LotCheck, (soon to be released). This essentially balances the particles across all racers to ensure that it delivers a smooth 60fps @ 1080p during the race, and looks more balanced, I'm not sure i'd call it a severe compromise though, but it was what was necessary to keep the gameplay at 60fps.
• We believe that a good racing game has to run at a smooth 60fps.
• Small details too - have you noticed how you can smash the cars up and that they take visual damage?!

`Once you've mastered the controls, the rest of the experience can feel a bit repetitive`

• Each car should feel and handle differently, especially when you upgrade them to different classes, When you upgrade the cars to A class they are extremely hard to tame on these narrow roads!

`easygoing arcade driving experience.`

• This is the first time anyone has called Rush Rally easygoing! We tried to make it pick up and play whilst keeping that real physical feel to the cars, a balance between sim and arcade feel.

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for taking the time to play it!

@twztid13 Thanks! So I'm all about making "proper" games regardless of what device they are on, I can't stand the classic "mobile like" experiences that you speak of either! With Rush Rally I tried to prove that full racing games can work on mobiles and tablet, and succeeded, Both Rush Rally 3 and Rush Rally Origins are also suited to the Switch, I've just chosen to keep them priced the same as I don't believe in hiking the price just because it is on a console! Anyway give Origins a blast when it comes out and I'd be keen to hear what you think!

Hopefully Nintendo Life will have a preview/review of Rush Rally Origins some time soon

Best leave this thread to Art of Rally stuff now, I don't want to steal their promotion time from them here

@olut Thanks, Of course I don't mind! I'm not sure what is next to be honest, there are lots of ideas being thrown about!

If you like RR3, certainly pick up Rush Rally Origins, it is slightly more arcade like, but still has that Rush Rally 3 feel!

@twztid13 I'm releasing Rush Rally Origins on Switch on the 19th August at $6.99. Are you saying the cheap price tag puts you off buying it, even though all the RR series have such good praise? I've basically priced it exactly the same as the mobile version because I believe it is unfair to hike the price on switch because it is a "proper console" when it is exactly the same game!!! I want people to have a great priced premium product whatever their device!!

@dugan ` Please tell me there is some sort of adjustable difficulty levels?`

• Hopefully it should be challenging for the experts, but easy enough to progress for begninners. That's my plan

@sixrings `What are you targeting for frame rate `

• All models currently run 60fps at their native resolution, graphics are scalable as before (TV Mode is set to Ultra 1080p, Handheld High 720p)

@Tryffel `Mayby it could be distributed by limited run games?`

• Thanks for this, maybe it is worth looking into, I'd love nothing more than to have a physical copy myself too, just to sit on my shelf! I've not heard of these so will give them a look.

@SpringDivorce `Sonic Transformed is one of the best Kart racers of all time`

• Other than the Rush Rally series, Sonic Transformed is one of the only games I've played a lot of after spending hours making it, in fact my kids love playing it, and I worked on it before they were born! One of my favourites games to work on too, having the chance to basically create 3 completely different physics models form scratch in one game was great fun.
• I keep toying with the idea of making a Rush game on water too...

@Ventilator `car physics in ColinMC Rae and other racing games in the past.

• Yup, I handled all the physics and animation systems on Sonic Racing Transformed, Code on Moto Gp/F1 etc etc, I've even worked on F1 simulators for certain F1 teams too

@Tryffel `Will there be a physical realese also?`

• Unfortunately not, I'd love to do this, but as I'm on my own, I can't really afford to buy a huge shipment of physical copies and then have them sitting around in my house I'll look into it again to see what the minimum batch and cost would be though as I'm now curious!

@Rich10 - `Nice to see the dev pop in here to answer questions`

-Thanks, I think most people who have played the Rush Rally series know how much I interact with the communtiry, in fact half the features in RR3 were suggested by the players! As long as you have a great experience playing my games, I'm happy!

@Imerion - 'Way too many games in this genre focus on overly simplistic graphics'

• Agreed, I also find that the physics model used in this genre is always too simplified and can feel a bit life less. Of course with the Rush Rally series, one thing you know you will certainly get is a really good physics model to go with the game!

@Imerion - 'The only thing making me hesitant, for both games actually, is the lack of local multiplayer.'

Understood, I'm hoping to work on how this can be done with 4 players on 1 switch after launch. Until then it has the ability to race other ghosts from the leaderboards, which is still very competitive.

@SpringDivorce - 'it reminds me of the old Neo Geo racers with gorgeous graphics.'

Exactly as I wanted it to be, it should bring back all the good memories of Neo Drift Out

@nmanifold ' Rush Rally 3 is one of the best racing games on Switch,'

Thanks, Origins is not intended to replace Rush Rally 3, it is to play along side it, it is a different beast all together There will be another RR3 update after the launch of Origins too, which will have the updated engine and visuals in it.

@Ghost_of_Hasashi - 'These are the kind of games that are good to watch, just not good to play but that's just me.'

• This has been my exact thought for the last 15 years, This one shouldn't disappoint, the handling will be like nothing you have experienced before from this camera view, this has basically been my dream from day 1 of the Rush Rally series, to create a top down racer that is as good as those from the 8/16 bit days.

@dewokkel Indeed I am! I gave the cars an overhaul back in March, I have another large update coming soon too with better interiors so it should make it even better

Also latest version is much better in the menus system with the game pad.

@2ndFlush, You beat me to it!!! Rumble is now active, the online crash issue has also been fixed!

Coming in the next few months is a load more tracks and cars (plus I've spent the week on a HD update for the cars to make them look as good as other games on this platform!)

Thanks, rumble coming in a patch in January.

@Emceehamster thanks! This is my point, it has all the effects you'd expect at 1080p at 60fps, saying it is gamecube level is pretty much the only thing I disagree with on the review (for starters this looks better than any WiiU game too which was the last gen, and some developers don't even attempt 1080p with AA! ) , the game is jam packed with content! Anyway glad you all are enjoying it, I'll be updating it more in the new year!! Thanks!

Thanks again all, it seems most of you realise the quality of this game!

@sixrings, not at all, I'm saying you need to realise that the graphics are not everything in a game and that having a 60fps racer with blur/vegetation/trees/shadows/great physics/deformation/weather/etc all at real-time is a rarity, and here you have one. Most other developers go for graphics and end up with a mess of game it seems, the switch is a low end device and devs get themselves in a pickle trying to push it with stuff it cannot do!! The reason grid looks so good is because it is pretty simple when you look at it, doesn't need 100s of trees next to the track all casting shadows etc etc!!!

I guess I'm saying they are not really comparable, and the ones that are (wrc8 and vrally4) I'll let you be the judge!

@SuperWeird it's not really as bad as gamecube level, I think they are exaggerating which is a bit unfair! It looks pretty neat, but I think they elude to the fact it may be missing the AAA effects! (it has real time reflections at 60hz!!)

(Remember that modern mobile is also much more powerful than a switch which is 6 year old mobile technology underneath too!)

Thanks, all these comments much appreciated! Any suggestions feel free to mail them to [email protected]!

@SwitchedOn_Games thanks! Happy new year Paul! (and all)!

@Olliemar28 thanks! I'm happy with what you have said too! I'm here to answer any queries though as well if people are umming and arrring about whether they should get it or not!

@Agramonte this is super polished! It is certainly not a slapped up title! It has taken 9 years to get this far!!

At the moment no way of doing this, but I'm actually working on a new feature with the next update to allow choice of this anyway.

I've just re read the review, I'm shocked it doesn't mention all the online leaderboard support and the fact you can download every ghost for every track and play against it. Also no mention of the 12 mile usa track!

Grid/wrc/vrally have none of this!

@ToneDeath thanks, I actually wanted it out about a month ago but it slipped as it failed a few things at Nintendo that I needed to fix!

My next plan is more tracks and more cars coming in the first quarter of 2020 I've just started the update pack!

I have to say I agree with you on v rally (I also find the same with wrc). I'd rather have a consistent looking and performing game, than something that just mutates as you play it!!

Once you get to the R class in this game, I think it is just 100 percent fun!!

@ChromaticDracula thanks! Goto the options - game and then set difficultly to extreme! You'll hopefully find it a challenge! On the default "dynamic" difficulty it balances based on your skill! I think as you play it, you'll realise it is frantic when you play with R class cars and the graphics will zoom past!! The main issue rally games have is 100's of trees and shadowing with them, which other games don't have to render! (grid has lots of run off etc etc so can spend render time on nice crowds instead!)

@brookie yes you can play top down! This is how the original Rush Rally started so it can never be removed!!

Great review, yes the graphics are missing the "smoke and mirrors" but what other games have real-time reflections and mirrors whilst playing at 60fps @ 1080p with rain/lightning, headlights, deformation all going at once! I tried to make the feeling of speed and overall feel/experience the best it can be, which I haven't had from any other racer yet! Wrc 8 may have more pretty stuff but the look to me is terrible, it still ends up dropping frames and resolution and doesn't even attempt mirror/reflections!

Completely agree about menu navigation, I'll be working on this in the new year!

I would agree that the others racing games seem half-baked (with the exception of Grid, which is good , however for me I've never enjoyed the feel of the cars in Grid, it looks nicer than it plays!).

I spent a lot of time making Rush Rally feel and play how I would expect a racer to play, 99% of people seem to love it on the other platforms, but there are a few who just don't get it and constantly say "Colin McRae is better etc etc", I used to love Colin McRae but since playing it again recently, it really has not aged well, and the handling is awful!

I have also spent a lot of time trying to replicate the feel of speed, this game draws ALOT of trees, and with trees come nice shadows on the road. Rallying is all about having lots of close stuff fly past, because of this, I'd say my environments are not as "polished" as the likes of Grid, but then they don't have to draw 1000's trees at a time! One thing with VRally that winds me up is the look of the shadow on the road, you can see where it is drawing all time!

@xxx128 given what other players have said about this on other platforms then you can still skip that beat!

@sixrings Well that is a question, the Switch is quite old tech compared to the iPad Pro so I'm not sure you can compare them! However FYI I've set it up so you can configure tv mode and handheld mode with different graphics options. tv mode supports 1080p @ 60hz with pretty much everything maxed out just like the iPad pro (including anti-aliasing), handheld is 720p @ 60hz with a few options lowered. Of course if you want handheld to be less graphics to save battery that is an option too!

@datamonkey product of 9 years work! this last one was about 2-3 years though! I have written all the tech and engine myself too for all platforms!

@WiltonRoots Thanks No problem, I'll probably stay active on here anyway as it is one of the Nintendo official sites.

@KitsuneNight Thanks, WRC 8 is made by the same people as V-Rally 4, I hope they haven't just given v-rally 4 a re skin! TBH not too worried about the competition as I haven't seen any live footage of WRC 8 yet and it is super expensive.

@KitsuneNight The higher the price the better the game ! Seriously though, it will be reasonably priced given the work that has gone in to it. It certainly plays better than the other Rally games I've played on Switch so far, but then I'm biased

@Precinct1313 Thanks, if anyone wants to do a little research they will find that I am very active in the Rush Rally 3 gamer community, and all comments are usually taken on board. In fact the Live events system was designed by about 10 of the hard core players!!

@sixrings OK so the reply is that Switch to Switch LAN comunication is actually OK without internet, but I would have to do some trickery to support this method! Basically supporting other platforms is a security risk so I have to verify the users over the internet to pass their requirements. I'll put it on my todo list anyway if it is important to you!

@PhilKenSebben Much appreicated, the more love it gets, the better it will get too, I am always working on this to make it better for you all!

@sixrings All I know is that I needed to get official Nintendo approval for wireless LAN play. It is probably because I allow communication with other devices other than Switch, which is why I had to conform to this requirement. I can probably patch it at a later date to allow LAN play with Switch to Switch without the internet, I'll send them an email anyway and ask!

@xxMPJxx Thanks, always tough to please everyone, I like to let the game do the talking.

@sixrings Yup. One issue though (and this goes for all Switch games) is that you both still have to have an internet connection, even when playing on a LAN. This is a Nintendo requirement to pass. It is also cross-platform so you can play against other devices.

@sixrings that is a big question! Switch users will have access to Live Events with out paying for an IAP, in fact I have "planned" some more content which will likely be free on Switch when ready, but IAP on mobile. I can also tell you that it will be much less than half the price of v-rally 4 too.

Hey all,

I'll try and clear a few things up for you to help you all out.

I've written tech for other companies and worked on games such as F1/Dirt/MotoGP and event F1 motions simulators for an F1 team. My aim has always been to make this one of the best rally sims available for handheld devices. If you do a little research you'll already find that this game has been praised for its controls across the globe, as have some of my other games for other companies!

Controls are FULLY remappable, so you can setup an analogue stick accelerator if you like.

This game is not easy, it is a full sim, you will need to brake for corners, this is not an arcade thrash racer. Every track has a leaderboard and your best ghost is uploaded to the leaderboards, you can race against against any other persons ghost to try and beat them.

I've spent 9 years to date on this title, it has always been about how the game plays, so if it doesn't play well for you, I will want to know why!!

[Oh and it already has put some AAA devs to shame on other platforms ]

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