#DRIVE Rally Reviews
DRIVE Rally is a well produced, fun rally experience. It’s imperfect but there’s plenty of time for tweaks before the full release in 2025. With a unique artistic style, arcade style handling, four charismatic co-pilots and a plethora of stages, there’s more than enough on offer for both beginners and rally veterans alike to enjoy in this early access release.
#DRIVE Rally by Pixel Perfect Dude delivers a fun arcade-style rally experience with electrifying music and easy to understand controls. It also features four maps taken from the following countries: Germany, the U.S., Finland, and SE Asia. Players can unlock and customize cars as they progress through championships, and the game runs smoothly even on low-end setups. While it offers an enjoyable ride, repetitive gameplay and out-of-sync audio cues (with no minimap) can make navigating tricky after a few hours.
#DRIVE Rally delivers on its intentions to be a fun, arcade rally racer. You can quickly get into a race if you are short on time or are just looking for something less demanding than a more realistic rally racer.
Outside the co-drivers, I enjoyed my time with Drive Rally. While the career mode is bare bones, the actual rally driving is wonderful. It strikes a balance between being approachable and having the depth to keep you playing and improving. Well worth a look if you miss the glory days of 90s era rally games.
Undemanding car races will suffice for less experienced racers, but they certainly won't inspire much enthusiasm. There are several shortcomings, including the weaker driving model.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
It's all very disappointing because every facet of #DRIVE Rally is something that really could've been something special had it been thought through or fleshed out more than it was. The only strength is the game's presentation and art style, but when the remainder of the package is an arcade-style rally game that has no progression and a series of rough edges, it becomes impossible to want to keep playing for very long.
The #DRIVE Rally impresses with its graphics and driving model, but disappoints with its lack of depth. It's a game for younger players or for a short session - 15 minutes and that's enough. Beautiful, but rather empty. With interesting music, but still problems with engaging content. On paper it looks impressive, in practice it still needs refinement. However, mainly only 5 people worked on the game, and despite everything it should be appreciated for many aspects.
Review in Polish | Read full review
For those willing to accept a more technical and spartan presentation, #DRIVE Rally will have racers drifting into a good time.
#DRIVE Rally offers an enjoyable arcade racing experience, featuring easy controls and stable technical performance. Despite the limited game modes, it remains a solid choice for those seeking a light, fast-paced experience without complications, successfully delivering the fun it sets out to provide.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Again, it’s not that #Drive Rally is a bad game; it’s just yet another arcadey rally game. What disappointed me the most was the fact that the original #Drive felt unique enough back then. Removing the auto runner aspects from the game, and just making it feel like yet another indie racer inspired by Sega Rally just made it look like everybody else.
#DRIVE Rally is a nifty game that doesn’t provide much content, but you get polished and quality time with good physics and a linear championship schedule. The game doesn’t give much hassle in terms of playing, and you can easily breeze through it if you are competent with arcade racers.
#DRIVE Rally is a little gem. User-friendly, stylish, immediate and entertaining, it perfectly embodies the qualities that made racing games famous a couple of decades ago. The magic of rally and offroad driving is condensed into a product that is still an embrional project, but promises plenty of growth in the months to come.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Nostalgia is just the starting point for a game that is distinctly unique from its inspirations, but with room for improvement if it really wants to be an excellent arcade racer.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
#DRIVE Rally is for those who love to set best times on online leaderboards. The game offers a solid racing experience with a good sense of speed. Outside of time trails, there’s little else in the way of goals and there’s limited customization. The talkative navigators, while an interesting idea, I feel will find themselves muted fast by most players. And those looking for a proper rally experience, be it arcade or otherwise, best look elsewhere.
#Drive Rally puts you right in the driver’s seat, giving you a taste of what it was like to be a rally driver in the 90s, racing across some of the most challenging terrains imaginable. The game is all about speed and precision, as you navigate your rally car up and down twisting roads and rough paths while maintaining complete control. #Drive Rally captures the essence of 90s-era rally racing in a compact yet powerful experience. The question is: do you have what it takes to become a rally legend?