Dakar 4×4

Dakar 4×4 description

The races on SUVs from the French developer, dedicated to the famous rally "Paris-Dakar" held in 1978 (but since 2009, alas, transferred to the territory of South America due to the increased political instability in West African countries). In the version for IBM PC is a huge rarity returned to humanity only at the end of may 2018.

About the game you can say not so much. Prospect review - first-person; no choice of routes, vehicle positions at the start and other things not provided; to determine allowed only with the level of complexity (of the three available, this parameter probably depends on the skill of the opponents), this is dedicated to the first menu. The second should turn to apply (through "Enter") to all three of his points: by default, the highlighted top - "Vivres": we need to press "+" on the numeric keypad, in order to buy himself food (preferably before a possible maximum of 64 units); then use the "down arrow" down to "Pieces Detac.", - this option is being highlighted, if you press the same "+" to get hold of spare parts in case of possible unforeseen situations (of affordable high given our previous action with food - 86 units); finished with the preparatory part, go to the "Suite" that provides access to directly gameplay. Just in case verify that you can do without spare parts, and even without food, but in the latter case, long you will not pass.

We always start the last of the six parties - that is, forced to skip ahead (and then catch) the five opponents. To start navigating, you want to put the first gear on the gearbox (using "1") and then hold down the "upper arrow" - but only for a little while, then it is better to let go. Almost immediately after the "gas" Dan, we should start to shift gears to gain more or less decent speed to go first to second, then to third and then to fourth; no reverse gear, but neutral is (accessed by pressing "0"), but to use it not necessary.

In the right part of the screen is a schematic map of the route; the yellow dots are the cars of your opponents, the red - our. In fact, the task - to overtake rivals and reach the finish line first (or at least just get to it). To do this, it should be noted, is not so simple - primarily because the food supply is consumed relatively quickly, and as soon as their number reaches 14, the game process somehow automatically terminated. In other words, you need to go all the time, at least relatively (and better really) fast, because the slow movement of food disappear almost at the very beginning.

In Dakar 4x4 there is a certain realism: the roadbed (rendered, of course, rather arbitrary) there are plenty of twists and turns, left and right, smooth and not very in the last and in rare cases and generally on a level road, the car can start to skid. In case of contact with the side begin to consume parts, and if the player is too long can not "steer", then the game ends. Naturally, in such a situation is generally better not to go, or time by switching transmission to a lower, if saw in front of him appeared a sharp turn, or just having mastered the controls (in fact, many unpleasant places can go at the fourth speed, if you adapt), but if that happened, then it would be harder to press the arrow key opposite the side of the road, which we took out. Please note: it is pushing, and pinching, - in the latter case, nothing good will come; the same, incidentally, applies to overcome the "higher" the transfer problem areas: if you use the side arrows at the same time neat and quickly, to avoid the threat is quite real.

The greatest difficulty represents the overtaking rivals; keep track of the time soon you can at the above map, which is noticeable as a red dot approaching one of yellow. As soon as the screen begins to loom another jeep that it is possible - depending on both the skill of the player, and, unfortunately, from circumstances, three scenario: successful bypass (in this case, the "defeated" party for a few seconds will appear in your rear view mirror); conflict - generating trouble (in the form of a simultaneous reduction in the number of parts and the spot involving beginning of a new start from this point, and always with acceleration from first gear, which means a loss of time) for some reason only you; finally, and that is, apparently, exactly what a coincidence, - "smash" your opponent off the track, leading to his actual disqualification and not causing you any discomfort (the author of the description was able to achieve this only once).

From the perspective of Dakar 4x4 graphics in General, not too pleasing, but also does not cause the slightest rejection (if you consider it oldhamers eye): almost completely static (not counting pop-up sometimes because the edges of the screen cloud) a background in desert style; faded, but fine model cars; any special visual effects - but they are not particularly necessary, because this is simply no time to be distracted. Much more depressing is the total monotony, and even to some extent "sadness" is happening because, essentially, it all depends on the frequency or keystroke, or even from the omnipotent theory of probability. The verdict - never a perfect score, but its still quite fun, and also very rare on a planetary scale. So still recommended read.

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Source: Archive.org