"Faire quelque chose de dangereux avec style est un art..."


art of rally est une expérience stylisée inspirée par l'âge d'or du rallye, par le créateur d' Absolute Drift.

Disputez des épreuves à travers le monde en traversant des environnements colorés, en vue de dessus. Battez-vous pour la première place du classement lors de challenges quotidiens et hebdomadaires. Maitriserez vous l'art du rallye ?

Revivez l'âge d'or du rallye dans le mode carrière, en parcourant 60 spéciales de la Finlande à la Sardaigne, en passant par la Norvège, le Japon et l'Allemagne.

Prenez le volant de votre engin favori, des années 60 aux années 80, ou parmi les monstres des groupes B, S et A.

Des aides à la conduite pour les débutants au mode de conduite expert qui donnera du fil à retordre aux plus chevronnés, tous les joueurs peuvent rejoindre la piste en utilisant leurs techniques de pilotage favorites : appel / contre-appel, contre braquage, pied gauche et autres talons pointe.

Laisser votre nom en haut des classements lors des épreuves quotidiennes et hebdomadaires.

Partagez vos talents de pilotes ou simplement vos paysages favoris en utilisant les mode photo et replay intégrés.

Update 1.5.8 (February 14th, 2025)

Improvements

• Performance optimizations (that could result in less dropped frames and improve microstutter)

Fixes

• Fixed white halos around hashtag text under cars and paint and wash gate titles in MacOS
• Driving over bridges in Karura and embankments in Franzenheim no longer causes damage
• Driving over distance markers (10, 20, etc.) in Lammpi no longer damages the car

Update 1.5.7 (October 14th, 2024)

improvements

• updated controller support to resolve misc issues and improve compatibility in Linux and MacOS

fixes

• completing a stage in the weekly event now correctly adds +1 event to car stats instead of +2
• fixed replay car not waiting for 5 second OOB penalty
• fixed issues causing replay car and ghost car during a replay to go out of sync by multiple seconds (can still happen after watching the replay multiple times)
• fixed the rotary kei front lights issue in car selection screen

Update 1.5.5 (May 21st, 2024)

fixes

• fixed unable to scroll down in custom rally stage selection in certain cases
• fixed unable to scroll up in main menu in certain cases
• das hammer v3 livery now loads correctly when the car is unlocked in career

Update 1.5.4 (April 6th, 2024)

fixes

• numpad Enter key now works in game
• fixed custom livery issues for the rotary kei and das maestro
• fixed custom livery template issues for das maestro (creators need to update their custom liveries for das maestro)

Update 1.5.3 (February 21st, 2024)

fixes

• fixed a performance issue when playing in offline mode
• fixed ghost selection not remembered between pre-stage and post-finish menus
• fixed other misc issues with ghost selection in menus
• fixed misc issues related to browsing the leaderboards

Update 1.5.2 (January 25th, 2024)

improvements

• DLC cars no longer appear in leaderboard as unknown car
• DLC ghosts show the DLC car even when DLC is not owned

fixes

• fixed an issue where players were unable to progress in career mode
• fixed an issue where the current ghost selection could change after a stage restart
• fixed an issue where players were stuck in car selection or loading screens
• fixed a spot in Kanto Mountains (Japan freeroam) where the car would respawn under the road
• fixed an issue where car stats were incorrectly recorded in the GOG version
• fixed localization issues with hud menu option
• fixed UI issue in repair screen when using French localization
• vibration no longer continues in post-finish menu
• fixed an issue where changing language in pre-stage menu could break the menu
• fixed issues caused by loading multiple stages in succession with custom ghost selected

Update 1.5.1 (January 2nd, 2024)

improvements

• updated credits
• improved overall leaderboard connectivity

fixes

• fixed a bug that caused rank percentages to sometimes not show on leaderboards
• fixed a bug that caused incorrect rank percentages on leaderboards
• fixed an issue with blurry car wheels rendering through car bodies
• fixed an bug where damage wasn’t saved correctly between stages
• fixed an issue with certain world best leaderboard entries would cause errors
• fixed an issue where car stats wouldn’t count up correctly
• fixed a bug that caused high memory usage resulting in a crash when the player has a large amount of custom liveries
• fixed the two australia DLC song names being switched
• fixed an issue where the world best ghost option would not display
• fixed custom liveries not reloading at runtime
• fixed capture button in photo mode for controllers
• fixed some issues with selecting ghosts over a multi stage rally

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Update 1.5.0 (November 15th, 2023)

improvements

• performance improvements for long sessions and when multi-tasking (e.g. alt+tab)
• stability improvements for vegetation renderer indirect
• framerate is no longer capped at 230 fps
• custom rallies can have 12 stages
• windows on some houses and boats glow at night
• unlocked songs remain unlocked after resetting collectibles
• last visited free roam stage is remembered
• various improvements to ghost selection
• added “total time” to stage post-finish menu in multiple stage rallies
• career and custom rally overall results now support times longer than 1 hour (single stage results still cap at 59.59.999)
• free roam views are easier to activate and can be activated by holding the button while passing through the trigger area
• added extra checks for unlocking freeroam stages and some achievements
• improved controller button glyphs position in enter/exit View prompts

fixes

• prevented tires from clipping through road on some stages
• prevented various bugs that could be triggered by a terminal damage crash
• fixed various issues with saving and loading rally progress and car condition
• various fixes to ghost selection in menus and leaderboard interaction
• fixed a bug where some ghosts show the wrong vehicle (may not apply retroactively to existing ghosts)
• retired AI now remains retired even after resuming saved rally
• best time in post-finish menu shows correct locally saved best time when offline or when privacy policy is declined
• recover car near finish gates no longer triggers multiple time penalties
• skidmarks are cleared when entering free roam views and when recovering car
• fixed issues with vehicle placement in free roam views
• fixed il gorilla e1 wheel texture issues when changing liveries
• fixed issues with wheel texture on some ghosts (e.g. le 504, the fujin, little monkey)
• camera effects no longer remain active outside photo mode during a replay
• controller vibration stops after restarting stage or recovering car
• player selected audio settings are reapplied after disconnecting headphones / earbuds
• fixed missing camera shutter sound in GOG Linux build
• fixed a bug causing screenshot names to use a 12-hour format in rare cases
• fixed guardrail collider in farschewiler
• fixed reset zone and prop issues in lake nakuru
• fixed house texture issues in norway and kenya
• reduced water foam under bridges on some stages
• fixed rare leaderboard UI issue in post-finish menu
• fixed rare terminal damage UI issue in post-finish menu
• fixed issues with fonts for Chinese, Japanese and Korean (incl. rendering on Steam Deck)
• retired leaderboard entries can no longer be used as custom ghosts
• rich presence fixes for Discord
• dynamic resolution option removed for Vulkan, as it’s not supported

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Update 1.4.4a (October 5th, 2023)

improvements

• improved dualshock/dualsense support

fixes

• fixed an issue causing players to get stuck in the post finish menu

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Update 1.4.4 (August 14th, 2023)

improvements

• lowered time penalty for AI drivers on heavy damage setting
• improved lower and middle bracket AI driver times to be more consistent and competitive

fixes

• fixed various exploits
• fixed an issue where the game would lock up when quitting
• fixed the missing “infinite” camera rotation option

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Update 1.4.3 (June 23rd, 2023)

improvements

• jumps and landings are now more predictable and manageable
• prioritise online leaderboard ghosts before loading local ghosts
• added and improved camera rotation options
• improved switching between vegetation renderer options
• added save game backups to help alleviate some save game issues

fixes

• fixed issues with haapajärvi local ghosts
• fixed volumetric lighting rendering issues on franzenheim
• fixed oreng valley -r finish gate
• fixed tears and terrain clipping on sardinia freeroam
• fixed rocks with no colliders on karura
• fixed invisible vegetation on some NVIDIA cards when running DX12
• fixed the front left wheel of das speedvan being too large

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Update 1.4.2b (January 28th, 2023)

• fixed an error causing a weekly event mismatch
• updated our input plugin to help alleviate some M1 OSX controller issues

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Update 1.4.2 (November 22nd, 2022)

improvements

• fixed a flooded log
• improved terminal damage post stage UX

fixes

• fixed a leaderboard exploit
• fixed high landing damage on bridges
• fixed flickering food stands
• fixed credits not rolling correctly
• fixed a floating bridge in sardinia
• fixed an incorrect description for il gorilla 4s
• fixed a double penalty zone

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Update v 1.3.5a (30 June 2022)

improvements

• custom livery iterations can now be viewed by exiting the car select screen and then returning to it

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Update v 1.3.5 (14 June 2022)

improvements

• updated Unity engine version
• improved some erroneous Chinese (Simplified) localisations in photo mode
• various collision and prop fixes
• filled a gap on kvannkjosen that the car could get stuck in

fixes

• fixed an issue where repeatedly switching custom liveries could cause a memory leak
• fixed an issue where the car could roll away from the starting line if the game was left running
• fixed an issue with screenshots not working when running the game through Vulkan
• fixed an issue where car damage could persist between game modes
• fixed some minor UI alignment/scaling issues
• fixed issues with selecting different ghost types
• fixed an issue where two player cars could spawn on stage start
• fixed an issue where the car could spawn in the air on stage start
• fixed an issue where friends times could not be seen
• various minor codes fixes and improvements

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Update v 1.3.4 (1 March 2022)

improvements

• improved the controller graphic shown on first boot
• minor improvements and fixes for Apple Silicon users

fixes

• fixed an issue where damage was not correctly carried over between stages
• fixed an issue where excessive bloom and volumetric lighting could occur during a stage
• fixed an issue where the recover penalty could apply twice
• fixed an issue where custom liveries could cause a memory leak
• fixed misaligned wheels on the esky v2 and the il cavallo 308
• fixed various crowd members not dodging the car
• fixed certain road markers not behaving correctly
• fixed a graphical bug on race load
• fixed misplaced reset zones
• fixed gaps in finish gates
• fixed props and crowds that float or clip into the ground
• fixed some localisation terms
• fixed an issue with duplicate leaderboard names
• fixed issues with rich presence
• fixed an issue where the car could spawn floating in the air

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Update v 1.3.2 (16 September 2021)

fixes

• Fixed various exploits

improvements

• Reduce wear and tear damage across all damage levels
• Vegetation system optimisations
• Add filter tags to indicate online status of leaderboards

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Update v 1.3.0 (12 August 2021)

features

• 6 new rally stages in Kenya: mount kenya, karura, homa bay, ndere island, lake baringo, lake nakuru
• 1 new freeroam location
• 4 new cars: gazelle, the king of africa, das 559, the hyena
• added dx12 in the game launch options

improvements

• changed road marker behavior to not get react with car after being hit
• dynamic resolution scaling when running the game in DX12, which has shown performance improvements
• changed car group trailers codec for better compatibility across different operating systems
• added an error message when accessing online events having not accepted the privacy policy
• prevent online events from being hidden on connection error
• added progress bar to the videoplayer

fixes

• fixed RALLY letters updating incorrectly on freeroam loading screen
• fixed floating house in Sardinia4
• fixed AI driver using Group S car in Group B
• fixed a bug where pressing the skip song button during the splash screen would play a song at full volume even when volume was set to 0%
• fixed online events ranking text not responding to dark mode
• fixed bug where driving around the finish line could get the player reset to a position beyond the finish line
• fixed a section of road in mount asama that incorrectly treated the car as if it was off road
• fixed stage time on stage over screen reading as zero on terminal damage
• fixed cozzie sr71 drawing drawing incorrect transmission particles (was set to AWD, should have been RWD)
• fixed guard rail collider on mount asama
• fixed freeze at end of stage
• fixed ghosts to correctly spawn
• fixed a bug where car cleaning would (visually) become undone on a quick restart
• fixed offline times not being taken into account for post stage best time
• fixed a bug where the post stage restart button could be pressed infinitely
• fixed road markers not responding to slow collisions with car

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Update v1.2 (18 June 2021)

features

• huge re-design of the UI and also dark mode and UI scaling
• cross-platform leaderboards with downloadable ghosts of anyone you see on the leaderboard
• car physics body collider is less bouncy
• lowered the maximum torque rpm for all cars.
• raised the rev limit for group 2 cars and vans.
• updated baseline ai times
• rain ai times use faster times from the wet leaderboards

improvements

• optimized grass shader
• optimized vegetation cutout shader
• lighting for all times-of-day have only one light instead of multiple lights for better performance.
• stages now use ambient light from the skybox instead of a gradient, which gives equal or better lighting to the previous multiple directional lights and also doesn't tint the dust/smoke blue.
• updated localization for new terms and also fixed some existing terms
• road bumps have been toned down as they were throwing the car at high speeds

fixes

• dirtiness should now be correctly carried over from each stage.
• fix hammer v3 light position
• fix hammer v3 red livery
• fog lighting doesn't cast shadows and they weren't noticeable before anyways, which gives a performance boost
• fixed class video compatibility issues
• fixed missing transmission sfx on some cars
• time attack last played settings now load correctly
• possible fix for changing song during a race causing a skip in gameplay
• fix bug where using photo mode after changing language mid race could lead to a crash
• fix for controller vibration issues with multiple controllers plugged in
• fix screen fades not working correctly on super wide monitors
• fix bug where one weather type would be applied to all stages of the same name in custom rally

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Update v1.1.2b (27 April 2021)

improvements

• wear and tear damage on the severe setting has been halved

fixes

• fix tree in haybale on Noormarkku
• fix flags in ground on Noormarkku
• fix rock on road on Noormarkku
• fix das eibenhammer headlight position
• fixe achievement progress not updating

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Update v1.1.2 (23 April 2021)

features

• added group videos that have been unlocked by the player to extras menu.
• added new class unlock sequence in career mode for more hype!
• damage is added to the car after every stage according to the damage setting and stage distance.
• cars on wet stages are shinier and wetter looking. dirt will also look muddier and a bit more diffuse on dry stages.

improvements

• crowd system should now respond correctly to change in settings.
• reorganized extras menu
• increased car livery texture size from 1024x1024 to 2048x2048 which makes them much clearer
• made the new group 4 heritage cars smaller.
• on car chooser menu, keep car rotation between car selections
• ai gets more damage after every stage according to the player's damage setting
• baked water material to be more performant

fixes

• added missing side mirrors and wind wipers to the original
• fix bug where replay ui could remain on screen after exiting replay
• fix bug where button mashing 'submit' after restarting race from pause menu would result in continuously restarting
• fix bug where the hidden photomode hud would display after taking a screenshot when it should remain hidden
• fix grass visible through prop car on villacidro
• fix sign always knocked on vestpollen
• fix explosive pole on nasu highland
• fix incorrect fence colliders on nikko
• fix bug where simulator achievement could be awarded without the player finishing in first place
• fix ghosts not functioning correctly on haapajarvi
• fix issues with removing files from screenshot folder
• fixed a Finland road having weird bumps
• mac case-sensitive save fixes
• ghost corruption fix
• volumetric lighting fix for mac
• photo mode effects fix
• fixed a floating jump arch on normarkku

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Update v1.1.1 (28 January 2021)

improvements

• odometer stats now include driving in freeroam, terminal damage finishes and restarted stages
• changed the method of recording odometer stats
• add link to screenshot folder from 'extras' menu

fixes

• fix a bug where the song playlist order could get mixed up
• fix a bug where the game hitching could trigger a waypoint reset
• fix a bug where skidmarks could behave weirdly when reseting stage midway through a skid
• fix a bug where the stage progress bar wasn't cleared immediately on stage reset
• fix a bug where the car could roll forward after a stage restart
• fix a ghost toggle bug where ghost would be disabled after exiting photomode
• fix a ghost toggle bug where ghost would be disabled after exiting photomode and then resetting / quick reset
• fix a bug where the fade to black screen after the stage intro cinematic could be extended indefinitely through button mashing
• fix some explosive road markers in franzenheim
• fix a bug where stage restart could be called multiple times
• fix low hanging powerlines in mertesdorf
• fix powerlines not being visible when viewed against the sky
• fix flags in rocks on tsumagoi
• fix a bug where your displayed time could be rounded differently to your leaderboard time
• fix to Das Uberwhip and Esky v2 livery templates

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Update v1.0.5c (10 November 2020)

features

• offline personal best time functionality

improvements

• optimize vegetation system to do less combining, faster rendering and deallocation of vegetation. this could range from no noticeable difference to quite a significant boost in fps and lower jitter.
• lowered the collider of the t22 so the wheels don't clip on harsh jump landings
• some code optimizations
• enable running the application in background when not in focus

fixes

• fix bug where 'barely keeping it together' achievement was being awarded even on terminal damage stage completes
• parking lot achievement no longer awarded before all cars are unlocked
• fix bug where the car would keep some momentum after resetting.
• fix typos in credits
• fixed: when a xbox one controller disconnects abruptly there was a massive lagspike in the game, we have improved upon that so it happens less likely, but our hands are tied to an issue in xinput.
• potential fix for a bug that prevents players from finishing a stage by resetting them to the last waypoint when they cross the finish line
• fix bug where screenshake would happen after a stage restart or offroad reset
• fix bug where the car would keep some momentum after resetting.
• fix incorrect reporting of stages won in custom mode
• fix incorrect reporting of stages won in career mode
• "groundhog day" bug
• fix bug where loading a season in progress would place you in the wrong rally and stage

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Update v1.0.4 (12 October 2020)

improvements

• skip song and previous song buttons changed to comma and period on keyboard
• Players can now skip the keybinding overlay after the introduction
• headlight shadows are darker now and use less sampling so they're better on performance too.

fixes

• Fixed: logging truck liveries had reversed bonus liveries.
• Kvannkjosen boats on frozen lake have colliders now
• fixed: holzerath haybales at one intersection were a little bouncy