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Colin McRae Rally 04 (2003)

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Description

Colin McRae is no longer with Ford and Nicky Grist is no longer Colin’s co-driver. Things have moved on in the rally-driving world, as they have with this, the fourth title in the series. This time the player is in the vehicle of their choice.

While the game features improved graphics over the older titles in the series the biggest improvement is the handling in the game, which is now based on real-world physics. Where the previous titles’ handling of the cars made use of one pivot point, the new physics engine has four pivot points, each wheel interacting independently of the others.

There are four championships modes: 2WD, 4WD, Group B and Expert. 2WD is for beginners. 4WD is the next step up, offering an intermediate challenge. Group B features cars from the ’80s that were banned in 1986, as they were unrestricted and capable of extreme acceleration. And finally, Expert is for those that finish 4WD in advanced mode, upon which they are presented with Expert mode where one drives with cockpit view only, and with the highest damage setting.

There are 8 national rallies in which to race, including USA, Australia, UK, Finland, Japan and Greece. There are also over 20 cars to unlock, including the Team Ford Transit van.

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Alternate Titles

  • «科林麦克雷拉力04» — Simplified Chinese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

  • Automobile: Audi Quattro
  • Automobile: Ford Focus
  • Automobile: Ford Puma
  • Automobile: Ford RS200
  • Automobile: Lancia 037
  • Automobile: Lancia Delta
  • Automobile: Mitsubishi Lancer
  • Automobile: Peugeot 205
  • Automobile: Peugeot 206
  • Automobile: Subaru Impreza
  • Automobile: Volkswagen Golf
  • Colin McRae Rally / DiRT Rally series
  • Licensed title: Athletes
  • PlayStation 2 Platinum Range releases
  • Xbox Classics releases

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Critic Reviews

Imperium Gier PlayStation 2 Sep 15, 2003 9.4 out of 10 94
X-Power Xbox Sep 19, 2003 9 out of 10 90
Gamers Europe PlayStation 2 Dec 02, 2003 9 out of 10 90
PSW (Playstation World Magazine UK) PlayStation 2 Aug, 2003 9 out of 10 90
PC Zone Benelux Windows Apr, 2004 90 out of 100 90
FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network Xbox Jun 14, 2004 89 out of 100 89
4Players. de Xbox Sep 27, 2003 89 out of 100 89
GameSpot Xbox Mar 10, 2004 8.8 out of 10 88
Gameguru Mania Windows May 01, 2004 78 out of 100 78
Games TM Xbox Sep 11, 2003 7 out of 10 70

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Development

Six by Nine Studios handled the PC port, but faced a lack of access to the entire source code base of the Xbox version to optimise the game for the PC platform. Therefore, they focused on the weather and particle effects. By splitting the loops for the weather, they added snow and rain effects which seemed to appear both close and further away. The PC version therefore has a more realistic weather system.

Related Web Sites

  • Codemasters — Colin McRae Rally 04 (Codemasters’ Official site)
  • IGCD Internet Game Cars Database (Game page on IGCD, a database that tries to archive vehicles found in video games.)

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Colin McRae Rally 04 – Video game high scores and fast times – cyberscore.me.uk

Australia 7 charts

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2:44.35 		2022-08-25 33 submissions

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2:22. 66 		2022-09-02 29 submissions

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3:17.87 		2022-09-04 29 submissions

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3:54.75 		2022-08-31 27 submissions

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2:42. 74 		2022-09-02 30 submissions

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2:32 		2022-05-06 24 submissions

Super Special Stage

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1:33.04 		2022-09-05 26 submissions
Finland 6 charts

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2:19. 54 		2022-04-30 25 submissions

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1:46.39 		2022-08-29 28 submissions

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3:42.54 		2022-05-10 29 submissions

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2:38. 38 		2022-04-25 24 submissions

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2:02.96 		2022-05-16 26 submissions

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2:38.3 		2022-08-25 28 submissions
Greece 6 charts

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2:25. 12 		2022-05-10 31 submissions

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2:51.22 		2022-05-10 29 submissions

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2:29.02 		2022-05-01 29 submissions

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2:55. 54 		2022-05-05 30 submissions

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2:52.5 		2022-04-27 28 submissions

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2:38.98 		2022-05-08 27 submissions
Japan 6 charts

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2:55. 08 		2022-04-24 33 submissions

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2:55.8 		2022-05-16 28 submissions

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3:21.42 		2022-05-10 26 submissions

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3:17. 96 		2022-08-30 25 submissions

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2:37.84 		2022-05-10 23 submissions

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3:10.75 		2022-04-28 22 submissions
Spain 6 charts

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2:48. 5 		2022-05-08 35 submissions

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2:28.22 		2022-05-09 36 submissions

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2:22.46 		2022-05-09 34 submissions

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2:25. 98 		2022-05-09 29 submissions

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2:32.9 		2022-08-29 33 submissions

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2:38.97 		2022-08-25 33 submissions
Sweden 7 charts

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1:52. 58 		2022-05-10 29 submissions

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2:16.14 		2022-05-10 23 submissions

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1:49. 24 		2022-05-10 23 submissions

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2:12.5 		2022-05-10 23 submissions

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1:55.36 		2022-05-10 25 submissions

Super Special Stage

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1:11. 47 		2022-05-10 27 submissions
UK 7 charts

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2:46.1 		2022-05-10 32 submissions

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2:49. 12 		2022-05-10 29 submissions

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2:13.22 		2022-05-10 29 submissions

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2:42.71 		2022-08-25 29 submissions

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2:02. 43 		2022-05-03 30 submissions

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2:24.61 		2022-05-22 29 submissions

Super Special Stage

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1:17.51 		2022-09-02 28 submissions
USA 7 charts

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2:26. 04 		2022-05-10 29 submissions

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2:49.67 		2022-05-10 30 submissions

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2:38.14 		2022-05-08 33 submissions

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2:16. 04 		2022-08-25 29 submissions

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2:19.44 		2022-08-29 29 submissions

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3:14.6 		2022-05-10 25 submissions

Super Special Stage

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1:15. 08 		2022-05-06 28 submissions

Champion

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52 submissions /
4,340.67 CSP
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Game information

Charts Players Subs RPC
52 87 1,473 28.33
52 87 1,473 28.33
52 87 1,473 28.33

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Colin McRae Rally 04 / Articles / Newslab.Ru

Developer: Codemasters
Publisher: Codemasters
Genre: rally racing simulator clever Eric Berne. It seems to us, unshakably confident in our arch-significance and primacy, that WE are playing games. Alas, as disappointing as this may be for many, it is now quite clear that games are playing us. nine0005

Another misconception: a person is truly free at the moment of choice. Perhaps it was so before, but now this point is also under strong pressure from the forces of from the other side of the counter. The games choose you. They are very rarely wrong, and therefore it is almost impossible for a notorious RTS lover to become the head of a virtual exchange, a digital chess player to drive a young man on a skateboard over balusters, and a modest admirer of turn-based strategies to participate in rally races. And yet games are bought not only by fans of their genres, it is common for everyone to make mistakes. nine0005

Colin McRae’s fourth installation of rally racing «from himself» continues to appeal to people who don’t mind hitting a cross-country car race. As in the previous parts, you will not be alone in the fight against inanimate nature (this means the track and um .. car), but you won’t have to push your opponent into the ditch, you just need to go through the track as soon as possible.

The authors managed to find a compromise between realism and playability. On the one hand, the policy «Wait-and-show-NFS» does not work here; on the other hand, the beginner, who is not without apperception, picks up the main patterns during the first «quick» run. And they are unusual: did you think games were fun? From the very first 50 meters of the track it becomes clear: you have to work. nine0005

But what about the thrill of speed? Where are the intricacies of the plot? Why are there no videos? What, in the end, they create motivation for the passage of the game? If such questions visit your mind, then the game still made a mistake in choosing, because the most interesting thing happens in the imagination of the player. So it was in «Zorka», «Elite», «Halo» … — isn’t it funny that the main object of game idolatry — graphics — still plays a secondary role?

Graphics… realistic. Perhaps, I will leave the prefix “photo-” for later, until the advent of graphics accelerators that will not be embarrassed when anisotropic filtering and full-screen anti-aliasing are turned on. But since all this will not be soon, and besides, it will be very expensive at first after a long time, but now I will say: realistic, realistic, damn it! When the camera flies around the car before and after the race, you rub your knees in annoyance — they are again bruised by a dropped jaw. How well-developed models and textures: both new and worn-out parts of the car are almost tangible. Landscapes are much more modest. Some maps are designed in such a way that it becomes clear: this corner is just a collection of triangles covered with a medium indistinct texture. True, this does not happen often, and the theater of military operations against the elements, as a rule, has the most serious impression on the driver’s visual receptors. nine0005

Even more impressive than the video is the sound. It is the noises, all this rustling, scratching, tapping of decorations on the body from the outside and buzzing, hissing, itching, moaning of damaged mechanisms inside, the measured tapping of rain that create a unique atmosphere in which you plunge more and more with each race. The game is addictive, and we consider it our duty to inform the public about this.

Your humble servant began to play with more than a mournful expression on his face, but soon he was worried for completely different reasons. Due to the lack of time to fully repair the car between stages, due to the fact that it was not possible to test technological innovations and, as a result, get them for personal use, due to the fact that in Spain the tracks are so narrow, and in Sweden — so slippery. Due to the fact that it is impossible to cut corners and also (just a little bit) because of the spectators who do not give in to panic at the rapid approach of a racing car . .. In a word, the game can literally turn an indifferent spectator into an enthusiastic participant in just an hour. Mass converting could well be helped by the finally appearing multi-user mode, but the success of CMR04 in local networks seems unlikely to me. nine0005

To recap. A very high-quality, interesting and gambling game, for Those Who Understand, moderately friendly and calm to those who are not yet. It plays well on the keyboard, although the steering wheel is, of course, preferable. And in the minimum requirements it is necessary to write down «remarkable patience of the player.» No other way.

System requirements:
Minimum: 1 GHz processor, 256 MB memory, 3D video card with 32 megabytes of memory
Recommended: 1.4 GHz processor, 512 MB Creative Audigy 1 or 2, rudder type manipulator
Real: Athlon XP 1700+, 512 MB, GeForce 4 TI4200 128 MB

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    • Colin McRae Rally 04 includes 8 single and multiplayer game modes. Players will have the option to start a 2WD or 4WD championship in any vehicle. In addition, they will be able to form their own rallies, consisting of jumps, straights or hills.

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