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Colin McRae Rally

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Colin McRae Rally
Colin McRae Rally cover
Developers
Codemasters
Release dates
Windows July 15, 1998
Colin McRae Rally on Wikipedia
Colin McRae Rally 1998
Colin McRae Rally 2.0 2000
Colin McRae Rally 3 2003
Colin McRae Rally 04 2004
Colin McRae Rally 2005 2004
Colin McRae: DiRT 2007
Colin McRae: DiRT 2 2009
DiRT 3 2011
DiRT Showdown 2012
Colin McRae Rally (2014) 2014
DiRT Rally 2015
DiRT 4 2017
DiRT Rally 2.0 2019
DIRT 5 2020

For the 2014 game, see Colin McRae Rally (2014).

Key points

Needs unofficial patches to run on modern operating systems.
Resolution only goes up to 800x600.
Has some issues on Windows 7 and later. See the fixed issues and unresolved issues sections below.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
Demo is available

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.5 is the latest version

Unofficial

CMRONW2K by Krister Brus makes the game compatible with Windows 2000 and XP
kFYatek's Unofficial Windows 7 Patch makes the game compatible with Windows 7 and later

Skip intro videos

You can skip the intro by launching the game from <path-to-game>\rally.exe.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location

Video settings

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Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Direct IP only
Online play
Dial-up only

Issues fixed

Game occasionally crashes when loading a stage on Windows 7 and later

Instructions

Game crashes when loading a stage on Windows 8 and later

Instructions

Intro videos have sound playing but no image on Windows 7 or later

Instructions

The service menu before the stage starts is very laggy on Windows 8 and later

Instructions

Issues unresolved

3D elements on the menus don't show properly on Windows 7 or later

When using the dgVoodoo2 wrapper the intro videos for the Rally School courses have sound but no image when the game runs in fullscreen

Make sure the Alt-Enter shortcut is not disabled in dgVoodoo2's settings so you can switch to windowed mode when you want to see those videos

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6.0 compatible

References