For the game "Dakar Rally", the famous American game magazine "Game Pass" has this evaluation.

"Need for Speed 1 from KTT on PC is undoubtedly the most comprehensive racing game out there. And "Ridge Racing" on the PS platform has no competitors on the TV game platform for almost a whole year. Now, Dragon's Dakar Rally stands out, and this tough guy is the third racing game masterpiece, and it's a high-quality work, and its professionalism and authenticity are unquestionable, and we rate it as a golden palace! ”

In addition, Jiang Shaoyun took the public relations department to find the official magazine of the World Rally Championship "Rally-world", and made a special visit to the Lancia team, which won the third place in the 1995 WRC, hoping that the WRC professional drivers would personally evaluate and play the game.

The top two were not interviewed because the champion was Subaru and the runner-up was Toyota, and these two Japanese companies should not have much affection for the Dragon game, let alone cooperate with the game promotion.

This time, it was the top professional racers who tried the game in person, and it was the Dakar Rally that was evaluated through the eyes of a professional outsider like the WRC, as the saying goes, the importance of this interview magazine of "Rally-world" quickly aroused the interest of fans and racing game fans around the world!

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Lancia Racing is an Italian Fiat brand, which won the WRC championship for six consecutive years from 1987 to 1992, and even earlier, Lancia was also an absolute powerhouse in the WRC.

James White is the number one star driver of the Lancia team. He drives a Delta-Integrale, which looks a bit like a Volkswagen Golf. Parking in the fleet maintenance room at the Automotive School in the small town of St. Paul, California.

Yang Yun was fortunately not here, and he transferred directly to Minnesota in Los Angeles. parted ways with Jiang Shaoyun and others.

If he saw this car, he would definitely exclaim: "Isn't this just a Beverly 988 + Alto + Golf combined grocery shopping cart!" ”

While it's a small car, it's not for grocery shopping, and the extra rear wing and exaggerated body paint make it clear that it's a rally car with a true pedigree!

The energy contained in the body of this small car is terrifying, with a 16-valve 2.0-liter turbocharged engine, four-wheel drive, 5500 rpm and 200 horsepower per minute, and 0-100km acceleration can be completed in 5.5 seconds. The top speed of 220km/h is not as good as that supercar, but this performance in the WRC rally is no longer resisted by very few cars!

When James faced Jiang Shaoyun, he proudly introduced: "Have you ever heard of a sentence? WRC-is-for-boys，GroupB-was-for-men！ Lancia is a monster! The 550 hp Lancia S4 has also participated in Group B! Even the Audi A1, 100 km/h in 2.7 seconds will lose to us! ”

Jiang Shaoyun did not refute, people do have proud capital, even if they have not won the WRC championship for several years. Group B was also cancelled, but Lancia is also the team with the most championships in motorsport history, only to lose to Japanese cars such as Toyota and Subaru in recent years.

But "Rally-world" reporter Paris half-jokingly said: "GroupB was canceled because of S4......"

James was visibly stunned, but he didn't care. That was eight years ago, and the S4 wasn't his Delta-Integrale, he was just bragging about the team's record.

After the bragging. James began to prepare for the trial game, and the editor of the magazine recorded every word he said. Because his evaluation is very important, everyone dare not underestimate it.

After running the game. Cheerful African music is accompanied by the mesmerizing roar of engines, as if an African lion is chasing a herd of antelopes, while a variety of cars follow the sound of a gravel track.

Patterns of a large number of participating cars slid quickly across the screen, and eventually the words LongGame and Dakar Rally 1 appeared in the middle of the screen, and James noticed that there were four game options.

Jiang Shaoyun introduced on the side: "The first is the story mode, the player plays a professional racing driver, ready to participate in the 1996 Dakar Rally, he has to complete all the pre-race preparations, from modifying the car, pulling sponsors, looking for a vehicle leader, recruiting logistics personnel, etc., and finally completing the race with difficulty, which is a complete whole process." ”

This is the most common mode, and this is where the Dakar Rally begins.

"The second is the Classic Track Challenge mode, where players can choose any of the sprint races to complete the race. You can choose from 10 different brands of different cars, participate in different tracks, and race against different competitors. This option has a multiplayer mode that can be played online. ”

This is also a common way to play racing games, infinitely familiar with the track, drive different vehicles, feel a variety of different speeds and the number of vehicles, and then race with your friends to see who runs faster and who plays better.

"The third is the Vehicle Honor Room and the Tuning Center, where you can see all your achievements, such as winning a sprint race, or staying above 150 km/h for 10 minutes in a row, and share your game experience with the rest of the world."

At this point, James was clearly interested: "How to share it with players around the world?" Can I make my face appear here? ”

Jiang Shaoyun said with a smile: "Of course not, this needs to be connected to the Internet, otherwise it is impossible to share information, and the function of the game is not so powerful for the time being." This feature is now available, but now the conditions for sharing are not mature, so even if you are online, you can only see the score leaderboard and your own ranking! ”

This mechanism requires access to the wèn dragon number jù library, and then it is displayed with a special external program, which can see simple basic information such as the shape of other people's vehicles, spray paintings, and top records.

The last option is, of course, the game design team, music settings, button settings, help system, exit and other comprehensive functions, James listened to the introduction, and chose the story mode.

Longteng's consistent feature, the opening is a CG animation, the protagonist is a blonde and blue-eyed European boy, who can choose his own name, by default as Sabine, which is also in honor of the rally founder Zeli Sabine, which is also authorized by the organizing committee.

The Dakar Rally is different from the WRC, the former can be participated by any car, amateur can also be used, and assembly cars are also allowed, while the WRC requires production cars from various car manufacturers.

So in the game, James couldn't help but laugh when he saw that Sabine was still worried about funds, and had to lobby a number of other companies to seek sponsorship, and after getting the sponsorship fee, the participating vehicles would have to be modified.

"Oh, poor boy! Jiang, the back cover of this game box is the Chinese team, I know the level of China's automobile industry, is it difficult for your drivers to pull sponsorship? Did you finish the whole run? ”

Jiang Shaoyun laughed: "James, Paris, you may not know much about the current situation in China, because CBS and ABC TV stations do not have comprehensive coverage of China. China does have a domestic team to participate in the competition this time, the sponsor is our Longteng company, and the logistics support team is also set up at our own expense, and finally won 72 places, and the whole course was completed, and the team was not left behind! ”

James couldn't help but look back and said in surprise: "The level of China's domestic cars is so high? Oh, I'm sorry, although 72 is nothing, but what I do know is that in the Dakar Rally, many Japanese or American cars could not complete the race, and there were quite a few people who quit, and it was a very good result to be able to persevere and finish the race! ”

Jiang Shaoyun said proudly: "Although Chinese cars started late and have low technology, this is the first time we have tried to challenge the Dakar Rally, and we will participate in it every year in the future!" To tell you the truth, all the live data of this game was recorded and captured by our Great Wall Dragon team! ”

GreatWall, Long, these two words were recorded in the interview book, reporter Paris heart slightly moved, if China's auto industry can develop as rapidly as the game industry, it will be a super huge car consumer market, their magazine, will face a huge opportunity.

James no longer cares about the car industry on the other side of the world, and he wants to try out what the game really has in terms of professional tuning, and how to exchange limited funds for the best tuning.

He chose the Mitsubishi team's Pajero, customizing the logo name or typing the name of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on a soft keyboard.

Jiang Shaoyun asked curiously: "Why don't you choose Lancia's team logo spray painting?" ”

James replied: "The Dakar Rally is not Lancia's forte, do you have this car?" ”

Jiang Shaoyun smiled awkwardly: "No...... We're loyal to the actual schedule, but the Mitsubishi team is so strong, James, isn't it a bit ...... for you to do this?"

James laughed: "I'll try the feel first!" Then hand over your Great Wall car to me, and I'll take care of it! ”

That's what I'm waiting for!

Jiang Shaoyun is very happy, the private goods in this game are Great Wall Motors, among the ten racing cars, 3 Japanese cars, 2 American cars, and 4 European cars, Yang Yun crammed the Great Wall Motors into it, which surprised everyone, and caused a round of controversy in the R&D department!

The Mitsubishi Pajero has a score of 95, the Citroen ZX has a score of 94, the Peugeot 206 has a score of 92, BMW, Nissan, Toyota, GM and other vehicles have a score of between 90 and 80 points, and the Great Wall pickup truck has a comprehensive strength rating of 60 points.

So James will play the Great Wall Motors in Hell mode later, which makes everyone look forward to it! (To be continued......)