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Cheats & Modifications

It might be a short game with its identity deeply rooted in the arcades, but that doesn't deprive it from having a ton of secrets, and some modifications along with it that will definitely help you out on making your experience that much better!

Cheats

Alternate variants for some cars

Steps to follow:

  1. Go into the car selection process
  2. Highlight your car of choice
  3. Before pressing Enter to select the car, hold down the Page Up button until the gear select screen shows up

Notes:

The following table describes which cars do have an alternate variant and which ones are:

Original
 Unlock
Subaru Impreza (GD) (WRC - 1999)
 Subaru Impreza (GD) (WRC - 1998)
Toyota Corolla (E110) (WRC - 1998)
 Toyota Corolla (E110) (APRC - 1998)
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI (CP9A) (WRC - 1999)
 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V (CP9A) (WRC - 1998)
Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST-185) (WRC - 1993)
 Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST-185) (WRC - 1992)
Lancia Stratos HF Stradale (Tipo 829) (WRC - 1977)
 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale (Tipo 829) (WRC - 1975)
 
Unlock all cars (except Kerolla WRC)

Steps to follow:

  1. Go to the "Press Enter to Start" screen
  2. Type in the following code: iwanttodriveallcars

Notes:

You will hear a sound when the code has been entered correctly.

Unlock all years in the 10 Year Championship

Steps to follow:

  1. Go to the "Press Enter to Start" screen
  2. Type in the following code: iwanttoplayallyears

Notes:

You will hear a sound when the code has been entered correctly.

Unlock everything (minus the Kerolla WRC) and mark as completed all years in the 10 Year Championship

Steps to follow:

  1. Go to the "Press Enter to Start" screen
  2. Type in the following code: ilovesegarally2andsega

Notes:

You will hear a sound when the code has been entered correctly.

Unlock Kerolla WRC

Steps to follow:

  1. Go to the "Press Enter to Start" screen
  2. Type in the following code: kerokerokerokerokero

Notes:

You will hear a sound when the code has been entered correctly.

Modifications

Play with Ford Escort

Like the Windows version, the Dreamcast port of the arcade game offers some exclusive cars, like the Ford Escort (and this one in particular is only present in the japanese version, making it more rare). Well now, it is possible to play with the car in its glory on the best version of the game!

Steps to follow:

  1. Copy the mod's contents inside the root folder of the game

Notes:

The mod at the moment only covers the model, reflections, and car's logo and manufacturer during the car selection screen. Since it is implemented in-game by replacing the Kerolla WRC car, the car's shadow is the one given for the Kerolla WRC, alongside the car name during races and replays.

Remove SafeDisc protection

Disc swaps are pretty much gone by today's standards. But Sega Rally 2 wasn't released when that was the case, and sadly the original crack done by CiFE is considered lost media (pretty wild considering that it is a scene crack!). So, in order to avoid having to deal with mounting the second CD, here is what you have to do.

Prerequisites:

  • Any hex editor

Steps to follow:

  1. Open with the hex editor the file called SEGA RALLY 2.exe
  2. Change the following bytes in the offset 000269C0:
Byte
 Old value
 New value
06
 0F
 90
07
 8C
 90
08
 3C
 90
09
 FF
 90
0A
 FF
 90
0B
 FF
 90

     3. Change the following bytes in the offset 00026B60:

Byte
 Old value
 New value
08
 E8
 90
09
 55
 90
0A
 11
 90
0B
 06
 90
0C
 00
 90

Notes:

This patch only works for the original European and American releases of the game, so it will not work for the Spanish release (the Japanese one is not confirmed to include SafeDisc as DRM).

Restore the music

Again, we are dealing with another issue caused by this being a really old game. Now we are talking about restoring the capabilities of playing the music, which was done by streaming the audio from the second CD. Nowadays, the API that supports said feature has been made incompatible since the NT kernel was released by Microsoft (Windows XP if we look only into their consumer line of products). Luckily, there are several programs that can help us out in solving this issue.

Prerequisites:

  • An audio rip of the second CD of the game, where all files must follow the naming structure of TrackXX, where XX stands for the track number
  • DxWnd

Steps to follow:

  1. Create a folder called Music at the root path of your game's installation folder
  2. Put the CD rip inside said folder
  3. Open DxWnd, and select the menu called Options, and then Extended mode
  4. Once that's done, now add the executable called SEGA RALLY 2.exe onto the list of games for the program
  5. Now open the menu that configures its options, and modify the Path: option to the file called LAUNCH.exe from the game
  6. From the same menu, select the submenu called CDAudio
  7. After that, select the option Use audio files
  8. Save the configuration

Notes:

While it is true that exists a program called _inmm.dll, which it is definitely easier to use, its latest build doesn't work for Sega Rally 2, not to mention that it latest version it is dated from 2006, while DxWnd is a much more capable program that is actively maintained. There is also a program called ogg-winmm, but sadly only supports ogg files, which is a lossy codec.

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