They've got the right man, at the very least. Rally games have often attached themselves to the big personalities of the sport - be it Richard Burns lending his name to Warthog Games' outstanding 2005 simulator, or Colin McRae to Codemasters' popular and often excellent series - yet none of those stars ever enjoyed quite the success of Sébastien Loeb, the French maestro who romped to nine world titles in as many years. His is a name synonymous with success.
Sébastien Loeb Rally Evo, a broad assortment of off-road disciplines, marks a return of sorts to four dirt-caked wheels for Milestone, the small Italian developer more noted for its two-wheel exploits, and who held stewardship of the official WRC games for a quick-fire succession of competent if forgettable games. It's not quite a triumphant comeback, even if it is quite possibly Milestone's best off-road game to date.
You can tell this one benefited from a little more time in development than Milestone's somewhat limited run on the WRC series, games patched together like a wheezing rally car in between each year's big release: Rally Evo enjoys the most comprehensive feature set, not only of Milestone's previous games but of any of its peers, taking advantage of Loeb's broad career to reach far and wide. There's Rallycross in the streets of downtown Los Angeles, time trials up the treacherous slopes of Pikes Peak and jaunts across some of the finest stages of the World Rally Championship itself.
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