After releasing a demo on consoles on December 24, Bandai Namco and Milestone are back on PC with a new trial version of Sebastien Loeb Rally Evo. We have to say we hadn't been convinced by the gameplay after trying the game on PS4 but this time it felt much better with a controller. The visuals are quite realistic, though they're clearly not going to blow your mind. Only problem, the framerate seems to be all over the place, despite what the Steam FPS counter indicates (constant 60 fps). To make things even weirder, the replay is a lot smoother than the actual gameplay, which is why we could only capture footage in replay mode. Do not expect great driving, it was our second attempt and the game is pretty demanding.
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Anyways, tracks look really well made, looks like a real rally road/event.
Does this handle as well as Dirt Rally? Can play that for hours. Hows it compare?
Co-drivers voice is quite poor, the music is embarrassingly bad, and audio on a whole is average.
Frame rate also tanks. I can run Dirt Rally maxed out at 4K with 8xAA with literally a solid 60FPS on all tracks. But with Sebastien Loeb Rally at the same resolution (4K) but lower AA (4x instead of 8x) frame rates drop as low as 35-40FPS with the inside car camera... strange. Can mostly hit 60FPS with other camera views, but still has random frame drops occasionally. Lacks polish overall. It doesn't really look any better than DR either so no excuse for the frame rate.
Seems the consoles struggle with frame rate too.
Professional pilots don't have music on when they drive, you should understand that most sim racing fans don't need/want music. Now the best is to be given the choice, which most racing games do. Sound effects only are clearly not boring though, not for real car enthusiasts.
As for this demo. It's pretty poor, sound is crap, handling subpar and graphics a mixed bag.
For good fun racing on PS4, get Driveclub. So much fun with long and varied tracks and sweet weather conditions. If you only want rally. Wait till dirt rally hits consoles.
So. Cringe. Worthy.
Yes, I was being inoric, and no, this game is not a simulator.