GTI Club: Rally Côte D'Azur (PS3) - Let's Play 1001 Games - Episode 625
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I'm Gaming Jay: Youtube gamer, let's player, fan of retro games, and determined optimist... Join me in this series while I try out EACH of the video games in the book 1001 VIDEO GAMES YOU MUST PLAY BEFORE YOU DIE, before I die. The game review for each game will focus on the question of whether you MUST play this game before you die. But to be honest, the game review parts are just for fun, and are not meant to be definitive, in depth reviews; this series is more about the YouTube gamer journey itself. From Mario games to the Halo series, from arcade games to Commodore 64, PC games to the NES and Sega Genesis, Playstation to the Xbox, let's play those classic retro games that we grew up with, have fond memories of, or heard of but never got a chance to try! And with that said, the game review for today is...
GTI Club+: Rally Côte d'Azur
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTI_Club%2B:_Rally_C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur
GTI Club+: Rally Côte d'Azur is the PlayStation 3 racing game by Konami. The arcade version itself is a remake of the original GTI Club released in 1996.
GTI Club+ was ported in HD by Sumo Digital, a Foundation 9 Entertainment affiliate, and was released through the European PlayStation Store on 4 December 2008,[1] and the North American Store on 15 January 2009,[2] and the Japan Store on 25 February 2010. As of 2012, it is no longer available for purchase due to license expiration.
A first trailer was unveiled at the Leipzig Game Convention 2008.[3] The video was followed by a playable demo on 27 November.
This enhanced version is rendered in 720p and runs at 60fps. It supports Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and the original BGM has been remixed by Atjazz.
Compared with the arcade version, GTI Club+ adds a solo mode, an eight-player online multiplayer mode (Race and Time Bomb modes) instead of four-player, an online rankings leaderboard and is compatible with the PlayStation Eye which allows players to see themselves during playtime. Voice chat is also possible through the PlayStation Eye or Bluetooth headset. It also supports motion sensor steering through Sixaxis, rumble through DualShock 3 and PlayStation Network Trophies feature.
The arcade version contains four circuits: France, England, Italy and USA. This home version has only one out of the box, France, hence the title. The GTI Club+ official website claimed some new circuits to be available during 2009.
The Rally Côte d'Azur (a.k.a. France Course) consists in fictitious urban and harbour areas located in the Côte d'azur, also known as French Riviera. Road signs clearly hint at Monaco's Monte Carlo (Musée océanographique, parking Louis II, parking Square Gastaud) with references to nearby French cities of Menton (Port Garavan), Antibes, Digne and Nice.
Solo mode consists of four circuits named Easy, Medium, Hard and Free Run. Easy is a 3-lap course within a small area. Medium adds traffic and new sections to the Easy course. Hard is a 5-lap reverse version of the Medium course. Free Run is a traffic-free Time Attack version of Medium course.
Playable vehicles are the original 1996 GTI Club's four licensed European superminis from the '80s, namely the Morris Mini Cooper 1275S (Mk1), Renault 5 Alpine Turbo (A5/R122B), Volkswagen Golf GTi (Mk1), Autobianchi A112 Abarth plus the Lancia Delta HF 4WD. All of which are taken from the Supermini Festa! version.
A car customisation feature allows painting, horn selection as well as the use of stickers and decals. Alternative car versions are unlockable by winning races. Easy difficulty unlocks a Police colour scheme for the car the race was won in and said scheme is reminiscent of the livery of the police force of the country the car was made in (i.e. "Police", "Polizia" or "Polizei", though the Renault has a "Polizia" livery instead of the French "Police" for some reasons). Medium difficulty unlocks Taxi schemes for the cars. These Police and Taxi versions cannot be customized though.
An hidden vehicle called Toy Dog is unlocked when beating the Hard difficulty. This extra racer consists of a German Shepherd Dog-shaped wooden rocking dog.