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<h2>Overview</h2><figure data-align="right" data-size="small" data-img-src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/0/221/1242539-sr1.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-1242539" data-ratio="0.75" data-width="320" data-embed-type="image" style="width: 320px"><a class="fluid-height" style="padding-bottom:75.0%" href="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/0/221/1242539-sr1.jpg" data-ref-id="1300-1242539"><img alt="No Caption Provided" src="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/0/221/1242539-sr1.jpg" srcset="https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/0/221/1242539-sr1.jpg 320w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" data-width="320"></a></figure><p>Sega Rally Championship, also known as <em>Sega Rally Championship 1995</em>, is a <a href="/rally/3015-2611/" data-ref-id="3015-2611">rally racing</a> game developed by <a href="/sega-am3-rd-division/3010-1830/" data-ref-id="3010-1830">Sega's AM3 division</a> and released by <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/sega/3010-62/" data-ref-id="3010-62">Sega</a> for <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/arcade/3045-84/" data-ref-id="3045-84">arcades</a> (using their <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/sega-model-2/3015-9409/" data-ref-id="3015-9409">Model 2</a> hardware) on January 1995.</p><p>Based on the sport of rally racing, Sega Rally Championship is unique for its more accurate simulation of multiple track surfaces. It also features the point-to-point single-lap system of traditional rally racing, four courses (one of which is a bonus track), and its use of licensed rally cars (with players driving either the <a href="/lancia-delta-integrale/3055-4737/" data-ref-id="3055-4737">Lancia Delta HF Integrale</a> or the <a href="/toyota-celica-gt-four/3055-4035/" data-ref-id="3055-4035">Toyota Celica GT-Four</a>). It later received <a href="/sega-rally/3025-446/" data-ref-id="3025-446">multiple sequels</a>, including the direct 1998 sequel <a href="/sega-rally-2/3030-16191/" data-ref-id="3030-16191">Sega Rally 2</a>.</p><p>The game was later ported by Sega's CS division to the <a href="/saturn/3045-42/" data-ref-id="3045-42">Sega Saturn</a> in Japan and North America on December 28, 1995, with a later European release on January 24, 1996. Although it is less graphically intensive as the arcade version, it features a replay system, car tuning, a bonus hidden car (the <a href="/lancia-stratos/3055-4038/" data-ref-id="3055-4038">Lancia Stratos HF</a>), and two-player split-screen multiplayer. This version later received two region-specific re-releases: <em>Sega Rally Championship Plus</em> (released in Japan on September 26, 1996) and <em>Sega Rally Championship: NetLink Edition</em> (released in North America on August 5, 1997). Both re-releases feature <a href="/online/3015-559/" data-ref-id="3015-559">online multiplayer</a> support (with XBAND for the Plus version and NetLink for the NetLink Edition). The Saturn version was also used as the basis for the <a href="/pc/3045-94/" data-ref-id="3045-94">PC</a> port on January 1997 (titled <em>Sega Rally Championship PC</em> in Japan).</p><p>The game was later ported to the <a href="/playstation-2/3045-19/" data-ref-id="3045-19">PlayStation 2</a> in 2006 as a special bundle with Japanese versions of <a href="/sega-rally-2006/3030-28040/" data-ref-id="3030-28040">Sega Rally 2006</a>. Two mobile games (one for the <a href="/game-boy-advance/3045-4/" data-ref-id="3045-4">Game Boy Advance</a> and one for the <a href="/n-gage/3045-34/" data-ref-id="3045-34">Nokia N-Gage</a>) were released with the name, but they are ports of <a href="/sega-rally-2/3030-16191/" data-ref-id="3030-16191">Sega Rally 2</a>.</p><p>A special version of this game, <em>Sega Rally: Special Stage</em>, was released in 1996 as an attraction at Sega's Joypolis venues. It features a full-scale car controller (modelled after the Celica).</p><h2>Courses</h2><ol><li>Desert Stage</li><li>Forest Stage</li><li>Mountain Stage</li><li>Lakeside Stage (only available as a bonus course if the player ends the championship in first place)</li></ol>