Improved Sega Rally version with an extra circuit and refined settings. Best version of the game available on Saturn. If you must choose between the two, take this one. The arcade rally reference on the console.
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Racing1 player3+
Split screen
Description
Enhanced version of Sega Rally Championship with an additional circuit and exclusive content. Published by Sega, released in Japan in 1996. The two original circuits plus a third new track exclusive to Japan, refined driving physics, time trial and versus modes, optimized visuals. Enhanced Japanese edition of the legendary Sega AM3 rally game.
Sega Rally Championship Plus review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Sunlit off-road tracks, sprayed dirt and a sense of speed: the game unfurls a rally arcade of delightful readability and liveliness. The bold colours and the fluidity of the scrolling overflow with energy. This visual direction, dynamic and polished, stood as a benchmark of racing on the console.
Energetic and supercharged, the music blends rock and electro into an arcade groove that matches the mud and the slides of the rallies. The nervy, rousing themes spike the adrenaline of every bend, punctuated by the famous co-driver's calls. This infectious sonic punch remains inseparable from the game's immediate fun.
Gameplay
"Masterful"
Feeling the car change grip as it shifts from tarmac to dirt then gravel founds a driving style all about transfer and anticipation. The constant drift, generous and readable, delivers immediate sensations and a delicious learning curve. The content is thin, but this arcade handling feel, at once demanding and gleeful, remains a benchmark of rally racing.
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Feeling tarmac give way to dirt and gravel, countering the drift and taking each bend by feel: this arcade rally makes shifting grip the heart of its fun. The sense of controlled slide and the merciless countdown deliver an exhilarating tension. Snappy, immediate and timeless, one of the greatest racing games of its generation.
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Taming the oversteer on dirt, snow and tarmac while scraping every last second turns each course into a challenge you want to redo to nail your ideal line. The enriched options and the score to beat revive the session. The content stays limited, but this off-road driving of rare precision keeps an immediate and lasting pull.
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾0,39 GB📅22/11/1996
Published by Sega
Sega Rally Championship Plus (Saturn) price, value & rarity
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
Q1 damagedQ6 completeQ10 new
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Collector interest
Original Japanese Saturn edition of Sega Rally Championship Plus, distributed by Sega in November 1996, an augmented version of the Western run with Plus circuits exclusive to the Saturn Japan printing. Sega Japan run was short, jewel case with intact obi marked Plus, and the additional content's singularity on the Saturn Rally market makes a clean complete with obi copy a targeted archive object for AM3 and Sega Saturn completists isolating the Plus version from the Western Made in EU version. Sought after.
Is Sega Rally Championship Plus still worth playing in 2026?
A Saturn adaptation of the famous Sega arcade rally, Sega Rally Championship offers a rally race of exceptional technical fluidity with four iconic circuits and exhilarating drift system. The sunny art direction faithful to arcade, multiplayer mode and speed sensation make it an absolute arcade rally reference on Saturn. The Plus and Netlink Edition versions enrich the experience. For anyone fond of Sega arcade races, an absolutely essential recommendation today still truly here indeed.
