Experience the Thrill: Rally Arcade Classics Review on Steam – Get Ready to Race!

by Jim Smale · Published February 12, 2025 · Updated February 12, 2025

Dive into our Rally Arcade Classics Review and experience the thrill of arcade rally racing at its finest. Whether you’re a veteran craving a nostalgic ride or a newcomer eager for high-octane fun, this game delivers with its stunning graphics, responsive controls, and diverse gameplay modes. Join us as we explore the highs and lows of this rally racing gem. Ready to rev your engines? Keep reading to discover why Rally Arcade Classics stands out in the racing genre.

Rally Arcade Classics Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
5.28GB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Graphics settings – resolution, game quality, fps max, terrain detail, draw distance, details distance, shadow distance, depth of field, and anti-aliasing.
Five driving views.
Rally racing gameplay.
Five events – tour, arcade, rally, Chrono, and events.
Licenses – you need to complete and earn licenses to unlock the events.
Six licenses to earn – C, B, A, A2, S, and S2.
Each license has ten events and you can earn Bronze, Silver, or Gold trophies in each.
A full 3D game world.
Online leaderboards for each event and license event.
Ghosts can be turned on and off for your previous attempts including in the license events.
Official looking cars and classic cars like Peugeot 205, Ford Focus, Volkswagen GTI, and many more.
Different times of day events and weather like rain.
Each car drives differently and weather really affects handling.
The game has really tight responsive controls.
Fast loading times.
Four different race types – time attack, Vs, drift, and race.
Your co-driver speaks and shows corner direction and severity with a color-coded system.
Earn cash from events to buy new cars.
The cars all have unique stays and basic color options.
A race bar at the top of the screen shows race progress and changes to green or red to indicate if you are in front or behind the target time.
You can replay events.
Fantastic track designs.
The game plays and feels really good and is just as good as any Dirt rally game.
It has a handy next event or next license button to cut down on menu surfing.
Your car gets dirty as you race, dents appear and race tracks are left behind.
Earn stars in events to unlock more events.
Arcade mode is the same car in all racing events and winning them unlocks and rewards you with the racing version of the car.
Drifting is so much fun.
Chroninlets you pick the race location, type, time of day, etc.
Rally mode has three eras of cars 70s, 80s, and 90s.
Three rally mode difficulties that dictate Ai difficulty and how many stages you race. Easy, medium, and hard.
Events is a random time attacks, vs, or drift events that change daily and have their own leaderboards.
The game feels like a AAA rally game.

Rally Arcade Classics Review Cons:

No events are unlocked at the start.
You cannot remap or even view the controls.
No way to change the metrics used so it’s stuck at kmh.
Most complaints are purely cosmetic.
No Colourblind support.
You don’t have a dial and instead, it’s just a simple rev bar.
There is no official licensing, this is an FYI more than anything else.
The game doesn’t have anything in terms of customisation like liveries, colors, and number plates.
No actual online racing only leaderboards.
Needs more event locations and cars.