Sega Rally 2 (Arcade)

Sega Rally 2 follows on from the 1995 classic with the renewed Model 3 hardware, a car roster more than double the size of the one of the previous game (in which the famous Delta HF Integrale and Celica GT-Four ST205 pair returns, hidden behind a set of all but weird unlock criteria) and an all-new selection of tracks. It received home ports of often said to be controversial quality to Windows and the Dreamcast in 1999, adding a whole slew of bonus content.

Also, GAME OVER YEAH!

Unused Sounds#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Investigate more. There are a few exclamations (e.g. a longer "finish!", "congratulations!", "Sega Rally 2!", "beautiful!", "concentrate!", "perfect!", "well done!", two recordings of "wow!") and many turn instructions that I suspect are unused. There's also a ton of complete instructions strung together from the direction sound clips that are not used in any of the arcade tracks, though these will be a pain to rip and might not be all that interesting anyway.

Sound effects are present in ICs 22 and 24 (as 11 KHz raw audio, conveniently in alphabetical order!), and there are a fair few that are not used in gameplay. Some of these would later be used in the home versions of the game.

Regional Differences#

The attract sequence song "Go! Go! Sega Rally" has (a rather cheesy set of) vocals in the Japanese version of the game, while the overseas version uses the instrumental version (named "Go! Go! Sega Rally-INST" by the sound test in the home ports) used on the Riviera track on all versions. The vocal version remains in the ROM of the Western version, rendering it unused.

Go! Go! Sega Rally (Japanese)

Go! Go! Sega Rally-INST (Western)

In addition, in the Japanese version of the game, when the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and Toyota Corolla are shown prominently on the screen, the names of Japanese Asia-Pacific Rally Championship drivers Yoshihiro Kataoka and Yoshio Fujimoto are shown below the name of their respective cars.

Revisional Differences#

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The original version of the game (then exclusive to the Deluxe cabinet) features different liveries on two cars, both based on the 1997 WRC season: the Ford Escort has its orange, white and dark blue Repsol livery, while the Toyota Corolla lacks its MoviStar branding on the front bumper and fenders. The paint jobs were changed to their more well-known Ford/Valvoline and MoviStar-branded versions, respectively, with a ROM update introduced with the twin type cabinet, to correspond to the new liveries in the then-current season.

Sound Test Oddity#

For some odd reason, "Big Sur", the high score screen music, is present twice in the BGM section, even more interestingly both times as BM_RESULT.