¢THE BLACK AND RED¢¢¢POWER DRIVE RALLY¢¢Reviewed by Stuart Murray¢¢¢ This is the Jaguar version of Super Sprint, the multi-player coin-op that had you racing cars around a selection of two dimensional tracks.¢¢ The presentation of Power Drive Rally is excellent with detailed, colourful graphics and the usual driving sound effects. A cool bonus is the digitized speech giving navigator calls as to the degree of the next turn or the length of the approaching straight. The road layout is mid-size with only small sections of the track visible on the screen at any one time (unlike in Super Sprint which showed the full track). This makes for challenging gameplay as you cannot see what's coming up. You must rely on the calls of your navigator! There are different backgrounds, weather conditions, etc but essentially it's the same game with each level. Oh, apart from the odd skill test which has you driving around cones, reversing into garages, etc. Another cool touch.¢¢ Sounds great huh? Well, it's not really. Like so many Jaguar titles, Power Drive Rally feels rushed. There simply isn't enough to keep you interested for more than a few hours. I completed the 30+ tracks over a couple of gaming sessions.¢¢ The power-ups you collect on the tracks do very little. There are no super add-ons such as turbo boosters, rockets, etc. All you get to do is change your car a couple of times.¢¢ The major disappointment is the lack of a split-screen 2-player version. This is an absolute disgrace, especially considering the power of the Jag!!!¢¢ Power Drive Rally could have been good, very good. However, it remains half finished and needs more tracks, better use of power-ups and, of course, a split-screen 2-player game. Don't get me wrong, what there is of it is good fun and worth the ten pounds I paid for it. Just don't buy it at full price unless you're a racing freak with money to burn.¢
