Colin McRae Rally (PC)

These days, even this game's sequel, the irritatingly-monikered "Colin McRae 2.0" is out on budget and quite playable on the sort of PCs you can pick up for the price of a couple of jars of lemon curd and an empty crisp packet. The original CMR is so old it's down the post office signing on for its free TV licence, and it's over a year since anyone wrote an op here about it - but that doesn't mean it's a waste of a fiver. In fact, it's better put together than quite a few much newer driving games I could think of. Colin McRae Rally is one of those games that occupy the middle ground between all-out simulation (insert obligatory ...  Read the complete review

I bought Colin McRae Rally after playing a demo of the game on a friends PC. When I got the game home and tried to play it on my computer I was a bit disappointed to find that despite having a Pentium 266 and a Voodoo Banshee graphics card the game was too jerky to play unless I switched off every graphical feature available and the game resembled something you'd have played on your Super Nintendo ten years earlier. Six months later I upgraded my PC to a Celeron 400 and the game finally came alive. One of the first things that strikes you about driving in Colin McRae Rally is that it's so realistic you start whincing out loud every time you crash. ...  Read the complete review

Colin McRae Rally has often been praised for its good graphics, and also the realistic and testing handling of the car, which creates a much more enjoyable game. Also, the many different stages have greated good longetivity, and the in-car spoken directions are claimed to be very lifelike. Now, as its sequel comes out, and this game is available on budget, surely it is a worthwhile investment? The answer is yes and no. All of the above is true. However there are other problems. On the recommended install, it took me 6 minutes to actually start the stage, which then only lasted for 4 minutes. I then had to wait another 2 minutes ...  Read the complete review

Colin Mcrae Rally is the best rally driving available on the PC to date. It is totally addictive, relatively realistic, and one of the most playable games on the PC. It even has a driving school, which actually challenges players at the advanced levels, as opposed to other games, whose idea of learning is doing a practise lap or going round one bend then you are an expert. The only drawback of the game is that you have to have completed both beginner and advanced competitions, before you can practise in all of the cars, and also that the cars are separated in terms of ability which is quite annoying. Apart from those niggles, it is second to none in terms of ...  Read the complete review

I have never played such a realistic racing game in my gaming life. The game has all the cars found on the rally champinship including the auesome Subaru Impreza. Before you actually begin the championship I advise you to try out the training course were you take a number of tests which gives you a chance to get used to the cars handling, this includes things such as driving around a small circuit, driving in and out of cones etc. Once you have done this you are ready for the championship which includes all the stages found in the real world rally championship. The handling of the cars is so realistic and as you change surfaces the tyres react ...  Read the complete review