''V-Rally'' is a

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series originally developed and published by

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. It debuted in 1997 with the release of the eponymous game for the

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console.

History

''V-Rally'' is a

series created by the French interactive entertainment company

. It debuted in 1997 with the release of the eponymous game for the

console, which was critically and commercially successful in Europe. Eden Studios, a company that evolved from the Infogrames team that developed the original game, would subsequently develop the sequels '' V-Rally 2'' in 1999 and '' V-Rally 3'' in 2002. As of December 2001, the ''V-Rally'' series had sold four million units worldwide according to ''

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''. Conversely, ''

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'' reported that it had sold almost 5 million units by October 1999. In 2017, the series' 20th anniversary was celebrated, with Eden showing an image gallery of its favourite

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cars. A fourth game, '' V-Rally 4'', was developed by Kylotonn and published by Bigben Interactive in 2018. The game was directed by Alain Jarniou, who had previously worked on the

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version of ''V-Rally 3'' as a second programmer.

Games

* ''

V-Rally ''V-Rally'' is a racing video game series originally developed and published by Infogrames. It debuted in 1997 with the release of V-Rally (video game), the eponymous game for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation console. History ''V-Rally'' ...

'' (1997) * '' V-Rally 2'' (1999) * '' V-Rally 3'' (2002) * '' V-Rally 4'' (2018)

References

External links

* {{V-Rally Nacon franchises Rally racing video games Video game franchises Video game franchises introduced in 1997