It is very clear that this is made by people who love rally – and they really want you to love it too. This is particularly the case when you turn the corner and open up on a beautiful African sunset, or slide through a frozen lake as snow falls all around you and it all looks like a pretty painted canvas. Then, you combine that with the short, humorous bits of rally history the game offers (including a wonderful array of fictional car names that sound ‘almost exactly quite unlike’ their real-world counterparts) – and you can’t help but feel charmed by it. And no matter what platform you play it on, the visuals are a big plus. It’s such an arty take on the genre that you just don’t see very often. Pretty pop-inįirst and foremost, this game looks very interesting.

Unfortunately, the seemingly inferior Switch experience combined with what I found to be a rather unenjoyable take on car handling meant I found it more frustrating than fun. The game will likely have some very passionate fans, especially if you play it on other platforms. And yet, that’s what the small Canadian development team, Funselektor, was offering – a chilled-looking, stylised love letter to the rally experience. Beautiful blankets of pastel colours are not something you usually expect when you think about a rally focused game. Undoubtedly like many others, I was first drawn (if you’ll mind the pun) to the Art Of Rally thanks to its visuals.

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