International Rally Championship

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International Rally Championship
Developer(s)	Magnetic Fields (PC) Europress (PSX)
Publisher(s)	Europress Interplay Entertainment & THQ (NA)
Designer(s)	Andrew Morris
Composer(s)	Darren Ithell Dave Sullivan
Series	Championship
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
Release	Windows UK: September 22, 1997 JP: October 17, 1997 BR: 1997 NA: July 2, 2001 PlayStation UK: July 1998* FRA: July 3, 1998
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

International Rally Championship (released on PSX as Tommi Mäkinen Rally in UK) is a rally racing video game which is a part of the Rally Championship series. The Windows version was developed by Magnetic Fields and published by Interplay Entertainment and THQ, and released on 30 June 1997. The PlayStation version was solely ported and published by Europress.

It is a sequel to the Network Q RAC Rally Championship. It would in turn be succeeded in 1999 by Mobil 1 Rally Championship.

It offers 16 new tracks set in various locations around the world and new features, such as Track Editor and playable up to 8 players via LAN.

The featured cars were the Ford Escort, Mitsubishi Lancer, Nissan Almera, Proton Wira, Renault Megane, Škoda Felicia, Subaru Impreza, Toyota Corolla and Volkswagen Golf.

Music[]

The soundtrack for International Rally Championship was composed by Darren Ithell and Dave Sullivan.^[1]

Reception[]

French magazine Génération 4 awarded four star "hit" rating to the game and commended improved graphics over previous title in the series and inclusion of level editor, but criticized availability of only 15 new tracks (in comparison to 30 in Rally Championship).^[3]

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