In fact if you wanted to compare V-Rally to anything look to Sega's Rally along with Sony's Rally Cross as a couple of the primary influencers on V-Rally.
Last year Sony's GameBreaker sported small, sprite-based players that moved about the field so fast it seemed more like a flea circus than a football game.
All hell brakes loose on this mission-based combat driving game when the player witnesses the murder of his wife and daughter by a fanatical cult called the Disciples of Lazarus.
It's the number 1 golf franchise in the world and on pretty much every modern gaming system. But just because it's on every system does not necessarily equate to greatness.