Current Events > Hmm, Gravel seems like it might be good for those craving an arcade racer

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@chill02
http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/02/12/gravel-wants-to-revive-arcade-off-road-racing

I had been kinda skeptical about it until reading this. It comes out at the end of the month.

Gravel will arrive with over 50 genuine off-road vehicles, ranging from classic and modern rally cars, hulking American trophy trucks, Dakar-style SUVs and pick-ups, and more. Porsche is in with the Paris-Dakar winning rally-spec 959, which is the first time Ive seen this car in a racing game since EAs cult off-roader Shox way back in 2002. Toyota is in, too as is Volkswagen (worth a mention considering the cooperation of each isnt necessarily a given these days).

There's a behind the scenes video there where they go over the styles of racing and the "story," which feels like Forza Horizon 1 in that it has fictional characters for you to try and beat.
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hmm, I'm cautiously optimistic about this one. it's hard for me to say no to offroad racing.
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They also mentioned having at least one real-world rallycross circuit, which is neat in that you don't normally get that with arcade handling

I haven't seen a full car list, but came across this
https://www.gtplanet.net/gravel-season-pass-will-feature-five-dlc-packs-free-cars-coming/

Milestone has announced two free cars for Gravel players, both of which will be available within a month of the games launch.

Up first is the Bowler Bulldog. An unholy combination of old Land Rover Defender, supercharged Jaguar V8, and serious off-road upgrades, the Bulldog is an appropriately-named vehicle. It will become available March 7.

Two weeks later, players will be able to get their hands on the Acciona. Whats that, you say? According to the official site, its the only zero-emissions vehicle to ever complete the Dakar. Apparently the vehicles full name is Acciona 100% Ecopowered but were fine with shortening it too.

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I mean, their games are not as polished as the DiRT ones, but I'll take whatever I can get at this point. Not many new racing games out there.
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Also I came across a very useful niche site

http://www.igcd.net/game.php?id=1000012467
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oh yeah, that site is neat to find out if a game has a specific car you want
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also

gravel

dirt


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