Разработчик: Milestone S.r.l.
Описание
GRAVEL: THE ULTIMATE OFF-ROAD EXPERIENCE!
Gravel is the ultimate off-road experience. The most extreme racing game that will let you try out amazing stunts in the wildest places on the planet!
Pure fun, spectacular scenery and no-holds barred competition where each race will turn into a memorable battle!
Take part in the wildest show on the Gravel Channel web TV, travel around the world to discover the wide variety of environments and be amazed by the visually impressive quality!
Enjoy four different disciplines – Cross Country, Wild Rush, Stadium and Speed cross – to live the driving experience with the most extreme vehicles on any type of terrain.
MAIN FEATURES
A COMPLETE OFF-ROAD EXPERIENCE
Take a tour around the world to discover the range of extreme and wild environments that will offer you a fully off-road experience.
There are four disciplines where you can compete with the most powerful cars.
- Cross Country: Huge areas with different layouts, perfect for competing in checkpoint races in the most evocative landscapes. Run through a waterfall with the aurora borealis as backdrop or try the right grip in the largest deserts in the world.
- Wild Rush: The wildest locations where you can compete in lap races. Unique environments with natural obstacles that will force you to race your way through the slopes of a mountain, on paradise islands, and through masses of debris and quarry rocks.
- Speed Cross: Races set in the most beautiful tracks in the world. Real-world tracks, from Europe to America, where you can show your skills in incredible jumps and chicanes.
- Stadium: Real and fictional arenas, full of jumps and spectacular layouts!
FUN AND REWARDING
Fun and excitement are the main rules!
Gravel is adrenaline, pure fun, spectacle.
The game's physics is accessible and immediate and allows you to express all your driving skills and boldness during each competition.
Hair-raising bends, tussles, extreme jumps and treacherous terrain for an always different and increasingly dangerous gameplay experience.
There are many offline and online game modes that let you compete against human opponents!
ON AIR ON GRAVEL CHANNEL
Meet the off-road Masters and find your way on the wildest show on TV at Gravel Channel!
Six episodes broadcast from the most extreme and wildest corners of the planet to win the title of World Champion.
The Masters of the several disciplines in the game will challenge you in head-to-head races to determine who really is the best. And when the championship is over, the challenge is still not complete: take part in the final race to become an Off-Road Master. Only after beating the current titleholder you can step on the podium and raise the cup to the sky!
So turn on the TV and enjoy the first episode!
Поддерживаемые языки: english, french, italian, german, spanish - spain, portuguese - brazil, japanese
Системные требования
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 64-Bit or later
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2500, AMD FX-8100 or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 with 2 GB VRAM or more / AMD Radeon HD 7950 with 2 GB VRAM or more
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 15 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 64-Bit or later
- Processor: Intel Core i7-2600, AMD FX-8350 or equivalent
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 with 4 GB VRAM or more | AMD Radeon R9 380 with 4 GB VRAM or more
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 15 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible
Mac
- OS: Mac OS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or better
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Metal 2 compatible with 4GB VRAM
- Storage: 15 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 or later, SteamOS 2.0
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K; AMD FX-6350 or equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel Core i5-2500K; AMD FX-6350 or equivalent
- Storage: 15 GB available space
- Additional Notes: AMD - mesa 18.1 or better / Nvidia - nvidia 390.48 or better / Intel Graphics are unsupported
Отзывы пользователей
A very "OK" game.
Literally nothing particularly exceptional.
You'll get a much better driving experience in Forza Horizon, Dirt Rally 2.0, or any of the official WRC games, but if you're bored of those then this can be fun to mess around in.
I would absolutely wait for a sale and would definitely not pay more than $10.
I'm a really punctual person. Being late is an ick for me so I plan journeys and arrangements carefully and with contingency, and also drive really fast to make sure I don't get behind the target time. It means I'm normally the first there, maybe by a while but hey, that's what a Kindle and glasses of water are for, no?
So I was really annoyed to be so late to this game - several YEARS late. I do love a good racing game and especially Rally games generally. so I do not know how I kept putting off playing this, and I did miss out, it's really really good, and fun, and easy to get into and just....play.
Let's get into the meat: it's not meant to be AAA standards but even many years later it looks really good and plays really nicely today, extremely pick-up-able and pretty much bulletproof - clearly pro devs making a game with heart and requisite talent. Nor is it a simulation game to be clear, although don't let you think that makes it sloppy in the physics area. It is instead a seriously made Arcade rally racer but with accurate, predictable physics and driving mechanics.
I'd most liken it to GRID but for rallying - in structure too. But instead of the slightly twee story stuff you get occasional boss battles who mark your progression. These bosses are excellently portrayed in FMVs that look exactly like the intro to your favourite sports match with the character striking poses as their bio is read - love that! I don't even know if they're real racers or actors or what, but they really pop.
The rallying is great fun - arcadey like I said but clearly with a lot of knowledge about driving mechanics on mud, sand, tarmac, jungle, ice. The structure is nicely progressive with a series of races in order as you improve your standings in each event, and obviously you win new cars and liveries on the way based on your successes. I played with the DLC which just slots into the standard progression nicely (and gives you a leg-up to get extra stars to more easily qualify for the late-game events) And although it's not hard generally, some stages can throw you a curveball so my IRL overspeed driving tactic to never be late works here!
Being so tardy I missed the Multiplayer so it's rare to find someone to race with, but if you have buddies to invite it works well still.
A really enjoyable rally racer with plenty of content and a big thumbs up, And if you're reading this now then like me, you're late. Which means you'll be able to bag it super-cheap especially on sale!
The uneeded difficulty spikes for no reason can fuck off. As can the fact you hit a random twig or a renegade pixel of a tiny rock bringing you to a sudden stop. Also crashes randomly. Very unfun
The TLDR version of Gravel is it is a criminally underrated off-road racing game that you can get for literally 1.99 if you wait for a sale, despite in my opinion it being worth the full price of admission.
Compared to Dirt Rally, it errs much more on the arcade side of the spectrum in terms of how accessible it is to play. Compared to Dirt 5, though, it is much more sim feeling, as the game still gives you the opportunity to tweak suspension, ride height, roll bar stiffness, shock rebound stiffness, etc. The game even gives you descriptors of what to expect tweaking those settings to actually do to the cars, which is nice.
Each car feels very different from each other as well. The handling is generally very fun. It's easy to learn, but there is depth there for those who want to increase the difficulty exactly to their liking.
If you're familiar with the Forza Horizon or Motorsport series, Gravel has similar difficulty options that if you turn things like Traction Control, Anti-lock Braking, Stability Control, Brake Assist, Steering Assist, the Racing Line on or off, you'll receive a slight percentage boost to the amount of EXP you earn from races, making it take less or more time to unlock the loads of cars and liveries available.
The layout of the game is very straight forward. The career mode is a series of events in chronological order. You need to complete certain parameters to unlock the next section of the career mode. Races earn you Stars, and usually you just need a certain amount of them to unlock the next section. There are special races also that allow you to race against Rival characters, and Gravel has super cheesy live action movies that tell a bit about this Rival racer and their motivations. It won't blow your mind but for a racing game to include something like this is honestly a fun touch. I love cheese so it was a neat inclusion.
The handling of the game, unlike Milestone's own Hot Wheels Unleashed, is actually really fun and very predictable. The cars all feel different from one another and tweaking the suspension, brakes, etc, all make them feel even more different, which is really cool.
The game also has wheel support, and I recently got a Logitech G29. I have to say that out of the box, the settings for Gravel work amazingly well. I am honestly blown away at how convincing this game is to play with a wheel. It is SO MUCH FUN.
The actual events in the career are quite varied. There are traditional point to point rallies, rally cross, and elimination style events, and a few other neat inclusions I won't spoil.
Ultimately it is nothing that has not been done before, and the presentation is not particularly world shattering. However I have a lot of respect for a game that clearly had a budget, likely stuck to said budget, and used that budget to make the cars really fun to drive, make the tracks quite good to look at and fun to drive on, and ultimately put it all in a package that amounts to more than the sum of its parts.
Gravel is an excellent racing game and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who enjoys off-road racing, rally, or racing games in general (to be honest). It's not going to change your world, but what it does it does very well.
The inclusion of split screen racing WOULD have been nice. But there are weekly challenges which do give the game some replayability past the career mode. 8/10 for me. Great game, go buy it.
Class racing game.
A bargain for the price
linux version crashes on start, much sad
good game
Positives:
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Physics and controls feel solid and are surprisingly fun at all speeds even slow turns, for sure heavily on the arcade side of things.+
Opponent AI is rather solid and plays rather fair, they tend not to ram you and even if do clip you you don't usually spin out of control, it's also hard to cheese them/spin them out of control without losing too much speed yourself.+
To 100% the Campaign even with all DLC takes about 12 hours, which is good as means game doesn't over-extend past welcome or force a long grind on you, you can skip many races if desire. Game length feels right for a more simple-yet-fun racing game.+
Has a PGR style Kudos system for high speeds/drifts/jumps etc that actually works quite well and can often near double reward XP per race. (small tip if grinding liveries, final will be for level 99, is in the 1st Special Episode do the 1st race and rack up a x3 combo through drifts and jumps for ~50,000 points x 2 each race)+
Smash-up races, where you have to aim at green arrow signs and avoid red X signs, are surprisingly unique and better than Milestones Ctrl C + Ctrl V they did from Codemaster's Dirt 2 2009 for WRC 3 with the events to smash point barriers.+
Ice and Fire DLC is where track design and visuals peak and it's actually great, if base game is a 7.5/10 round it up .5 to 8/10 for that DLC alone. Colorado DLC stages are long so may get old but also good.+
Loads fast (on SATA SSD) and most menus/screens can be skipped instantly, you'll spend most of your time playing rather than in menus despite how fairly short most races are.Neutrals:
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Many camera options but none are ideal, sometimes seeing the track ahead is tricky due to the camera being too low (most views) or it's too close to the vehicle.*
Base game track design is quite solid with some stage reuse from Sebastian Leob Rally 2016 though rarely exceptional, DLC tracks are notably better (Ice and Fire especially). Ice and Fire and Colorado are the 2 DLC with unique new tracks, both are worth - other DLC can be ignored if want to save as much money as possible.*
Whole game feels like a good tech demo, like the devs looked at PGR/Split-Second/Motorstorm/Dirt and went "yeah we want a bit of all that but in Unreal Engine 4" - it struggles with identity and reaching the peaks of the aforementioned games. In fact this game feels like if Codemaster's Dirt 2 (2009, not the 2019 one) got a direct sequel by a different developer - at least from memory it's been a while.*
Another racing game that does that difficulty 'thing' of you get +1% or +3% etc XP for changing difficulty and assists, to such an extent it's so meager playing on max difficulty with all assists off will get you less XP as you wont be able to go slower to rack up Combos for bonus XP as easily. Very pointless, either should have been more extreme scaling or locked bonuses per difficulty settings.*
2 non-skip-able cut-scenes (campaign intro end outro) and rest are skip-able, campaign is set up a bit like Split/Second or NFS Most Wanted 2005 with episodes and rivals per episode, cheesy but you can mostly ignore.Negatives:
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Ugly as sin, even by Unreal Engine 4 standards this is a very blurry game with low resolution textures and very off colour-grading. Add to that max settings even for 2018 are very meager so max draw distance/textures ect are all very low. It's designed for use with Anti-Aliasing, if you don't turn it on expect many stray pixels and heavy rasterisated-dithering patterns, but with it on expect heavy image blur, there's no happy-medium (though FXAA-high is probably the best balance). If you hate Vaseline-smearing turn off "motion effect"(blur) and TAA.-
Oddly CPU heavy, likely due to Unreal Engine 4, can stutter on 1st few races in each new location and have surprisingly high CPU usage - though I am using a meager CPU even for 2018 (i5 4460, 4 Core 3.2Ghz == 60-80% usage by this game).-
Pretty poor menus for non-campaign races, every time you want to change track in time trial for example it boots you back to the main menu and there's little indication on track selection what track is what.-
Typical visual bugs I've seen from other Milestone UE4 games: sometimes parts of vehicles visuals fail to load seemingly at random such as lights just missing on stage load. Not sure a 'bug' but some lights in night races also have very short draw distance so will pop-in very abruptly.In conclusion despite this game screaming it's the most 6 or 7/10 game you've ever seen it's actually better than that, closer to an 8 for sure. that said it is quite short and even with DLC slightly content anemic. I would say worth full price... but when it's on sale for 90% off SO often I can't recommend you buy it any other time, but when it's on sale go for it.
its very fun for a arcade sim like game. play in first driver. it's the most enjoyable and challenging ,especially for beginners. Get it on sale the special edition. you get all the dlc's. It's worth it.
I would recommend this game if you're looking for a casual arcade racing game and it's on sale. I like that you can turn off that annoying cheesy commentator. He gets really old, really fast.
Ladys and gentlemans the steering wheel is not working here too, Milestone software house is officially shit for me.
This game is fire
A competently made racing game that plays well, but doesn't leave much lasting impression once you've done completing the campaign.
I got this on a sale, had a blast through it i miss the old days of simple good racing games like Gravel
Absolutely recommended
15 hours is all it took to finish
Basic racing game but on dirt and sand.
Just one of the best arcade racers there is. AI is a bit ropey at times, but it still looks and plays great. They just don't make games like this anymore, which is a shame.
Pretty good and underrated arcade racer.
30 mins in, and ive refunded it. Its just not any good even for 3quid. I wouldnt go back. Some games show their age and this is showing its age. Imagine sega rally 4 but its been offloaded to a dev that hasnt played sega rally just watched some videos.
Technically its ok to look at, but pick up one of the dirt games on the cheap instead. your thank me.
Fans of arcade racing, especially those of Motostorm Pacific Rift, should have this. 10/10
Yes
If you ever miss SEGA RALLY from the ps3 days and want something as close to it and with maybe a little extra ? then look no further than this game.
Just keep in mind, the game has 0 charm and 0 character, little to no music except that one track that sounds like the guy is saying ''half and half'' and that's it.
Add to it that the game only shines in the long semi open sprints and the arenas are the worst, the circuits are not fun and the atrocious XO checkpoints are the worst.
The game could be a lot better if they just focused on the better racing parts, the ''nes/snes offroad'' stages are horrible and feels like filler.
My advice ? only pick it up on sale, got mine for %90 and it was a steal.
Nore good nore terrible, wouldn't reccomed to play it though since there are tons of good racing games out there
I picked this up on sale recently for $5 with the DLC. I love it! None of that open world garbage. Just good old racing.
Some bullet points:
- beautiful visuals and environments (for an indie, of course)
- fun race tracks, excellent design, different tracks in the same map
- variations to tracks include time of day, weather, and of course car type
- mini-game tracks
- visual dirt and wear builds up on the car throughout the race
- excellent camera angles to drive in (seen in most games but they have several views)
- excellent race camera replay - photo mode in replay
These are early impressions after a few hours. I dunno if I'll update this post later for more details.
worth playing on sale. unexpectedly great arcade fun
Good game very arcade style play.
Hidden Gem of a Game, From $20 to Free this game is worth it.
Pro's:
-Drives like a very low grip and more arcade Dirt Rally
-Music Choice is Great
-The Maps are Epic and I get some Acceleracers Vibes
-Lots of Cars
-Lots of Driver assists if you need them
-You can battle the AI drivers they aren't just solid Bricks
-Unlocking and Leveling Up is a Breeze
-You can drive over the competition
-Did I mention the Maps are some of the Best most interesting maps I've driven on in a driving game?
-You can Race Military vehicles
-Free DLC cars
Con's:
-The game is strangely too quiet, even on maxed volume
-The intro cut scene is long and Unskippable
-There is no Gear UI element so in 3rd person you'll just have to remember what gear your in, and in First person hope you car has a readout
-The Physics once a car leaves the ground are wonky
-The Narrator lacks the Energy the rest of the game oozes
Overall this game is Fun as Hell Just get it and play some races with your friends if nothing else.
Score: 7/10
Visuals: 0.5
Presentation: 1
Bugs: 0.5
Stability: 1
Story: 0
Characters: 0
Driving feel: 1
Steering Responsiveness: 1
Tracks: 1
Cars: 1
Good fun!!!
For $5 this game is easily worth
Pros:
-Handling in this game feels good for an arcade offroad racer and with all the assists off still feels mostly easy to handle.
-The game in general is pretty easy if you've played racing games before
-The meh graphics could be a pro for those on lower end pcs. With a 3060 and a i5-11600kf I get 120-144fps with max graphics settings
-This Game can often be bought for around $5 for the deluxe version
-The total size on disk with all dlc is just over 15gbs which isn't bad
-The load times are also pretty good on an SSD, but I haven't tried plaing the game on a normal HDD
Cons:
-As said above graphics aren't the best. Textures are lower quality, view distance pop in is kind of bad. I think overall the game still looks pretty good, especially with hdr, there are issues with some the hdr coloring at least on my monitor where some colors will look off, car models look pretty plasticy and have somewhat of a toy car look, and there's a pretty annoying vignette that acts as dirt/water/snow hitting your screen, but often the color of the vignette won't match the terrain color and can be pretty distracting while racing
-The AI can rubberband a lot but it's not too bad.
TL/DR: If you want a racing game where you can relax while playing and can buy on discount, def worth
there is no way to exit this game? honestly, are they joking? I spent 2 bucks for this, and sure, I don't expect it to be perfect, but how dumb are these devs? you don't put an option to exit the game?
From my hundreds of hours of playing this game on Xbox, I've gotta say that this is an absolutely phenomenal arcade racer, and in general one of the best racing games on the market nowadays. The driving physics, tracks and car selection are amazing, and with the amount of content that game has, including the dlc, I promise that you'll never get bored of it. The graphics are not necessarily mind blowing, but at the end of day, the game still looks great. Absolute no-brainer to pick this game up when it's on sale, it's basically 5 bucks for the base game and all dlc, which will give you many hours of fun.
yes
Good fun arcade racer, get it on sale
very fun
very arcade
not working on Linux
Very decent dirt racing game, at its best moments there’s a feeling of Sega Rally to it. Graphics are good and very much enjoyed some of the car choices that were outside what you’d normally see, like the Vauxhall Astra. Career mode could be a little longer but outside of that it’s a very fun game that’s worth a look.
Great rally game. One of the only rally games I enjoyed playing
the game has great graphics, good playability, tons of different cars. Approved
fun realistic rally game
Thought there was only gravel but there is sand, dirt, and cars too!! Far exceeded my expectations 10/10
Warning! I am playing this game on a Steam Deck. Which means that any issue I describe could stem from running the game on a Linux device.
On the topic of that, use Proton 7G3.0 or something to make the game work. I am not very good with Software. But I did get it to work through the Steam OS, I think somewhere in the Steam OS settings or at the launch page. So check up on that on the internet on what you need for it to run if you run this game on Linux/Steam Deck. (I couldn't find a tutorial, and my brain being as it is, I forgot how I got it working back in March 2024.)
I will start off negative, so keep reading please: (My apologies for the length but it's worth it)
Cons:
- AI will ALWAYS be faster than you going uphil and through water.
- Sometimes AI difficulty spikes (or becomes significantly easier) even if you haven't change their difficulty. Requiring you to restart and turn it one down.
- Traction Control OFF, is in fact not Traction Control OFF (or at least, I get the feeling it is that way. I often find myself wanting wheelspin through a corner in an AWD and the game just doesn't always allow it imo.)
- Jumps. On a jump, the car visibly and noticebly straightens out on its own. So for those wanting to angle your car up for the next corner, you're screwed…
- And landings… Landings, mainly big ones, are a lootbox at times. I've had numerous incidents where I landed and simply barrelrolled into oblivion, or bounced etc...
- Audio/sound design. This could be a Linux-port issue but especially at the start, redlining your engine sounds awful to say the least. Some engines sound bad in general but even the ones who sound nice (for example the DLC car Toyo Tires Tank) sound downright awful on the starting line...
- Music. Now I am not asking for Licensed music and such. But the menu music eventually becomes a nag, with it's higher pitch at the start. A few more songs for the menu would have been nice.
- The Race Announcer... On the DLC playlist Fire&Ice, you race in Alaska for every event. But The Race Announcer only has ONE line per location! Even post race he only has one or two lines to say, EVERY TIME! So, you might want to turn him down or off entirely. Especially after the Fire&Ice playlist.
- At times, significant performance issues on Linux. Overall it is running fine (between 30 and 50 FPS) but I have had events where I had SEVERE slowdowns (10FPS) either once or multiple times in that event. Even after restarting the event, or even pausing and waiting a while, the slowdowns happen, but at a different time during the event.
- Interesting car choices. For example, why do they have a Fiat/Lancia/etc. and Mitsubishi license (Which have been notirious for being picky in what games they appear) when they don't have other well known and also/more fan favourite rally car builders such as Audi, MG, Peugeot etc.
- Dark menu enviroment, can hardly see the rear of the vehicles.
- Extra headlights/rallylights/foglights. They are always on the every car which is an eyesore (Dirt 5 has the same bloody issue). But they could do a bit more on the night stages...
- Target game mode, just preference, though not a massive dealbreaker compared to other issues. On the other hand, it does require you to drive with more brains and reaction time than outright b0lls which is a welcome change of pace.
And now for the positives so they remain in your head better.
Pros:
- Past the quirks, a really fun Arcade Rally racer to play through. Definetly worth your time if you've loved older rally games like Colin McRae, Rallisport Challenge, Motorstorm etc.
- Do buy it on sale with ALL paid DLC, they are worth it.
- Not grindy, but maybe because I have the paid DLC which give you 3 eventlists right after the first one. If you've done them all it will rocket you to lvl 26 or so when you get to the first 'Bad Guy'.
- Cool FREE DLC vehicles. Especially the Porsche 959 Rally which is the only AWD car in it's category so definetly worth taking.
- Interesting car choices, in a good way this time. Like for example the afore mentioned Toyo Tires tank (Armored Operations DLC), an Opel D-Kadett, a Toyota 222D and the Lancia ECV. You rarely see those machines in games. But overall many and enough cars you actually want to drive (aside the RWD ones in classes where AWD is also a thing) and likely have never driven before in any other game. Which slightly deminishes the 'loss' of 'more notable' entries mentioned earlier.
- Decent handling characteristics. Understeery from the get-go yes, but you can actually TUNE the suspension and drivetrain to change that. Way better than Dirt 5 imo. (A game that has the same suddenly OP AI and always OP AI in RWD cars and NO VEHICLE TUNING... leaving you stuck with cars that only want to go straight)
- Good liveries. Nearly all cars have a 'Gravel Colour palet' livery, but, they have been designed beautifully. No sponsors and such on all but the first livery you get for the car.
- And if you know your liveries you know exactly that some liveries were used at some point irl, which is a great nod to real racing.
- Lovely Visuals and effects
- Lovely locations, and a lot of lesser used ones too.
- Vibe (Though there isn't much story aside it being a TV Broadcast or something.)
Do I like the game, absolutely. Like I quickly snuck in the Pros, sale.
A 5.5 out of 10 with the Linux issues I experience. But looking past those, a 6.8 out of 10.
No car physics, no graphics, no performance.
Dirt 5 is a mediocre game. But this one is even worse.
beautiful beautiful game, fun, great graphics, diverse,a top rancing game
A great, very underrated arcade racing game. SO cool for a casual stroll in high speed.
Was having fun until the mandatory race that is so dark I can't see the track at full brightness. WHY?!?!?!?!
Дополнительная информация
Разработчик | Milestone S.r.l. |
Платформы | Windows, Mac, Linux |
Ограничение возраста | Нет |
Дата релиза | 20.01.2025 |
Metacritic | 62 |
Отзывы пользователей | 77% положительных (461) |