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“RalliSport Challenge 2” Fact Sheet
August 2003

Title: “RalliSport Challenge 2”

Publisher: Microsoft® Game Studios

Developer: Digital Illusions CE

Brand: XSN Sports™

Format: DVD for the Xbox® video game system, Xbox Live™-enabled

Pricing: $49.99 (U.S.) estimated retail price

Availability: Spring 2004

Product
Overview: “RalliSport Challenge 2” is the highly anticipated second installment in the critically acclaimed “RalliSport Challenge” franchise and the first racing title in the XSN Sports brand. After spending over a year in the garage, “RalliSport Challenge 2” has emerged with more than just a new paint job. “RalliSport Challenge 2” confronts gamers with several new features, including a new graphics engine, online play through the Xbox Live™ service, the ability to set up leagues and tournaments using XSNsports.com, new race modes, and more cars and tracks.

RalliSport Challenge 2 combines all of the action of the various rally sports into one game. RalliSport Challenge 2 embodies the energy, passion, and thrill of rally racing - it’s about living on the edge and white-knuckled racing that only rally racing can deliver.

Key Features:

• Intense Competition. “RalliSport Challenge 2” is the first racing title in the new XSN Sports brand. XSN Sports games let you compete in the first truly virtual sports league for your Xbox. Now you can easily set up a rally league on XSNsports.com, take out your rival over Xbox Live, and track up-to-date stats on your PC throughout your own rally season. All XSN Sports games bring the power of the Xbox and PC together for the first time through XSNsports.com, so you are always plugged into the competition.

• Off-road racing the way it should be. RalliSport will feature 5 unique rally sports, including the new Crossover duel that test a driver’s skill and stomach for danger with extreme speeds on tracks that could send even the best driver on a collision course with disaster. From broken windows to missing hoods, RalliSport Challenge 2 features an updated graphics engine with realistic vehicle physics complete with damage modeling and performance degradation to test a driver’s mettle.

• Start your engines. RalliSport will feature more than 40 of the most challenging rally cars including the infamous group B cars that were banned because of uncontrollable horsepower. Gamers will be able to make minor modifications to each car to meet the challenge of each track.

• Track the Weather. Featuring nearly double the tracks of the original, race on different tracks from Australia, the frozen Nordic and the Pacific Northwest and variable weather conditions including rain, snow and fog. RalliSport Challenge 2 will test every driving skill you think you have and some you don’t even know were physically possible. RalliSport also features new camera angles that focus on spectacular crashes, and interactive environments including breakaway signs, moving rocks, and new splash and rain effects.