Richard Burns Rally: Difference between revisions

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* [[In Vehicle Invulnerability]] : Both played straight and mildly subverted. You can't kill yourself, but if your car crashes particularly hard, [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|you and your co-driver will become alarmed, yelp, groan and wave your hands a bit for a few seconds]]. Sure, you can't die or injure yourself, but at least [[Rule of Funny|you get an appropriate reaction]] from your crew.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Hoo boy...firmly on the hard end of realism. The roads are usualy quite narrow, handling physics are portrayed down to minute details, speed is not always of the essence and the countdown to the stage only uses voice acting and [[NPC]] gestures instead of visual icons. Still, it's rather easy to play if you have a bit of patience, fast reflexes and some basic experience with other rally games. It's generally better to play with a driving wheel, but more skilled players can easily drive stage after stage via the keyboard.
* [[Author Existence Failure|Patron Existence Failure]]: Burns was diagnosed with a brain tumor sometime in 2003. Even though he underwent therapy and occasionally took part in some rally events, [[Tear Jerker|he eventually died at a young age]], [[wikipedia:Richard Burns#Death|on the 25th of November 2005]]. ''[[Top Gear]]'' then [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|gave him a touching tribute]] on the 4th of December.
** [[Iron Woobie|It takes some pretty massive balls to cheerfully collaborate on a game project while you're seriously ill.]]
** Is it a curse, that every [[Colin McRae Rally|famous rally driver with a game named after him]] dies soon after it achieves critical success ?
* [[Some Dexterity Required]]: Finesse of the wheel and pedals is a MUST if you wish to push a rally car to the limit. Act too rough with any of them and you'll lose control of the car-with disasterous results.
* [[Subsystem Damage]]