The Making Of: Sega Rally Championship 1995

Edge: Sega Rally is to Saturn what Namco’s Ridge Racer is to PlayStation. With both games representing the apex of arcade-to-home racing conversions in their time, they demonstrate excellence in the trade both companies know best: the arcade fix. Perhaps an even more telling link between the titles is the fact that Kenji Sasaki, director of Sega Rally, was one of the key members of the original Ridge Racer team – and Namco itself.

Sasaki, CEO of Sega Rosso, looks back on Sega Rally with fondness, "We were determined to develop an arcade racing game with a difference. But with Ridge Racer and Daytona USA on the market we had to find another take on the genre. We were after something in vogue in terms of motorsport racing and as we were keen on great engine sounds, cool cars and great sensations – the obvious choice was rally."