Xtreme Rally, known as Off Beat Racer! (オフビートレーサー!) in Japan, is a 3D off-road racing game developed and released by SNK for Hyper Neo Geo 64 hardware on May 13, 1998, it also is the last racing game released for the platform.
Just like Roads Edge, each track features loops on both endpoints, causing a two-way road that can lead to head-on collisions. Up to four cabinets can be linked up for multiplayer support.
Overview[]
Game modes include a Trial mode to play just one track or Championship mode to race all 3 tracks. The tracks include a South America through jungle and mountains in Brazil, an Asia track that takes place in Hong Kong, and a Europe track that takes place in Rome, Italy. Each of the tracks have several short cuts and alternative routes like Roads Edge.
unlike Roads Edge, there are now 8 different types of vehicles to choose from, ranging from easy, normal, hard to very hard. The vehicles either have a gas engine or a diesel engine, and most have a 4 speed transmission, with the very hard machines getting 5-speed transmissions. which dictates how they handle, accelerate, and how high their top speed is. The player can select the vehicle color and transmission type, either manual or automatic. During the game the player can switch between view types, either a behind the car view or a first person type view from the hood of the car. The BGM change feature also makes a return, but the 2 and 3 BGM buttons are now used for the 2 "generic" songs. while the 1st button is for the courses theme.
Cheats[]
Construction Vehicles: Hold the brake pedal at the vehicle select screen, and hit BGM 1, 2, 3, 4, depending on the type of machine, the construction vehicle will change as indicated on the left of the text for the type of machine. there is no first person view for the construction vehicles.