Rallisport Challenge is like four different rally games in one. There are a total of 41 tracks spread across 12 different environments, and each environment is the setting for one of four unique rally types. There are the traditional rally races, wherein you race against the clock throughout a series of checkpoints; ice racing, which involves competing against three other opponents on icy, slippery roads; hill climbs, which are similar to rally races except that your overall objective is to scale a mountain as fast as possible; and rally cross events, which are circuit-based races against other drivers on tracks that have several different types of terrain, like mud, gravel, or asphalt.

Adding to this driving experience are the game's amazing graphics. Nothing brings a game to life quite like great visuals, and Rallisport Challenge definitely delivers in this respect.

Rallisport Challenge is the best-looking driving game currently available on the PC--the game has no clipping plane to speak of, the lighting is subtle, and the vegetation is incredibly realistic. The cars themselves are also modeled with an eye for detail, and they reflect the sun and their environments realistically without looking like they're made of chrome.

What's left is to see what Colin McRae Rally 3.0 can do .