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Colin McRae Rally 04

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6.0 User Score:

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Game Info

Publisher: Codemasters

Developer: Codemasters

Genre(s): Racing, Driving

Players: 8

ESRB Rating: RP (Rating Pending)

Release Date: March 30, 2004

Summary

Features up to 8 single and multiplayer game modes including new 2WD normal/advanced, 4WD normal/advanced, Group B modes, Expert and rallies. Drive any car from the start in the Open Championship Mode and compete in a full rally season or specialise in a four or two wheel drive championship. Create customised rallies. Put together your favourite or themed stages such as straights, jumps or hills, which can be compiled, saved and played at any time. Different levels of damage linked to difficulty settings - adapt your playing style as you progress through difficulty levels. Forty-eight tracks and four shakedown stages through eight countries including UK, Australia, Finland, Japan and the USA. Over twenty incredibly detailed vehicles constructed with improved physics and handling giving even more control, including Citroen Xsara, Mitsubishi EVO 7 and Subaru Impreza. [Codemasters]

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What The Critics Said

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Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)

On one side, beautiful graphics, superb notes, great handling and sexually arousing Group B driving. On the other, inconsistent obstacles, inauthentic modern cars, a confused brand and a small evolutionary step means that, to many, it quivers towards Yet Another Rally Game. [PC Gamer UK]

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ActionTrip

Thankfully the development team also reduced certain impractical elements from CMR 3 such as excessive spinning on tarmac and asphalt. It's no biggie, but it feels a bit more realistic and straightforward, that's all.

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GameSpot

The PC version's equally excellent driving gameplay, better graphics, and added, competitive online mode make the game every bit worth purchasing.

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Computer and Video Games

Once upon a time there was a boy called Colin who liked cars. He liked them so much that when he grew up he drove them at high speed under strict competition conditions. Perhaps driven by rage at his unfortunate choice of name, he drove so fast that he was crowned Champion of the World.

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PC Format

Slick, with better handling but seen-it-all-before gameplay.

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GamerArchive

Graphical flair, addictive gameplay, and a variety of multiplayer modes that will attract a whole new group of gamers see’s Colin McRae Rally 04 on the PC as one that we can all recommended with great pleasure.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 6.0 (out of 10) based on 15 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Liam M. gave it a10:
Trust me! This game is not that bad at all! Infact it's perfect in every way! The graphics are great, The value was good, You have Colin McRae as your Co-driver and It feels like you're in for an adventure. Although this game was 4 years ago, go get it now!

Chris S. gave it a 9:
If you enjoy the motorsport known as rallying, then you should enjoy this game. The graphics impressed me; the swaying blades of grass and tree branches, the light reflected off the Japanese asphalt, the rain drops sliding across the windshield, and the cars themselves are all beautifully rendered. The distant backdrops however are quite poorly done. The car handling is as good if not better than any rally game I've played. Why Codemasters refuses to show us the cracked windscreen from the cockpit view baffles me. The replay is well done, however the car movements appear at times unatural. One more point, I think a poor job was done conveying the sensory impact of hitting bumps and flying over road dips while driving from the cockpit viewpoint. One gets almost no sense that their car has just taken flight or landed with a thud. This was something that was captured almost perfectly in Warthog's Rally Cahampionship Extreme.

D. D. gave it a 2:
This game is stupid!!! nothing new, the models are awful, nothing original or near one.

Justin H. gave it a 10:
Superb Job On Colin McRae Rally 04! Awesome graphics!!!!!! i give it a 10-10 !!!!!!!!!

UndrGrnd gave it a 9:
It's not perfect, but it's one of the best racing games ever on PC. I find it unbeleavable that some guys rate this game with 0 or 1.

Donnie Brasco gave it a 1:
Elgman, please grow up. This is not a racing game, it's a poor arcade with completely unrealistic physical model and extremely poor graphic. It is a shame to see another old famous title go down the console drain after NFS... :(

ElgMan SoHo gave it a 10:
Hey crap Head and barf brain please dont make more reviews, it smells of teens. Its the best racing game on pc, always been. So it must be a 10 (and i must give it to add to the score, after those to)

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