Colin McRae Rally 2005

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  • Summary: The all-new Career Challenge is the steering wheel-gripping heart of Colin McRae Rally 2005 and has players hurtling through over 20 different classes of rally events including Challenges, Cups, SuperCups, Shields and Championships, earning the right to compete against the very best.The all-new Career Challenge is the steering wheel-gripping heart of Colin McRae Rally 2005 and has players hurtling through over 20 different classes of rally events including Challenges, Cups, SuperCups, Shields and Championships, earning the right to compete against the very best. Offering real progression and the most diverse selection of rally cars to choose from, drivers will be pummeled through a staggering 300+ stages driving cars from 4-wheel drive, 2-wheel drive, 4-wheel Classics, Super 2-wheel, Rear Wheel, Distinctive and 4x4 classics. Beyond the Career Challenge, there’s even more adrenaline-fuelled rally gaming with the title’s 4WD Championship, Rally, Stages and Online gaming modes. Also features the new bonnet-cam and an improved chase cam gives a real sensation of speed and undulation. Enhanced damage and scenery visuals include new individual damage models for every car and should you crash into a tree, it’ll shudder and even drop leaves. 30+ featured cars include the Volkswagen Golf MK5, Toyota Celica GT-FOUR, Lancia Stratos, Alfa Romeo 147 GTA, Alfetta GTV Turbodelta, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII, Peugeot 206, 205 T16 Evo2 and the distinctive VW Beetle RSi. 9 international locations (new German rally joins events through UK, Sweden, USA, Finland, Australia, Spain, Greece, and Japan), in Rally game mode, each with 8 stages. Large, animated spectator crowds cheer you on through the stages. [Codemasters]… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Play Magazine
    91
    One of the best-looking and certainly best-playing rally games ever. You will be astounded by the car models and amaze to the incredibly realistic way they take damage, right down to paint being flicked off. [Nov 2004, p.56]
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  2. IGN
    91
    It requires a distinct sense of focus. And once you delve into it and get the feel of the game, you'll feel yourself riding along with a particular sense of rhythm and with a distinct sense of flow that is unlike any other game I've played.
  3. GameSpy
    90
    My wish list for future iterations includes night racing, variable per-stage weather, working in-car gauges, and crowds that aren't 2D pancakes, but I can't say I've played a more satisfying racing game all year.
  4. Computer Games Magazine
    80
    Simulation fans won't go wild for it, but this is perfect for everyone else to go fast through the countryside. [Jan 2005, p.72]
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  5. PC Format
    80
    Glossy, engrossing, and still fun, but just not nearly as essential as it used to be.
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  6. Computer and Video Games
    80
    The difference would appear to be in the detail, and it's not merely cosmetic, with a new hard steer function lessening the reliance on the handbrake.
  7. Edge Magazine
    60
    The fifth in the Colin McRae series is still a fine game if - and here's the major caveat - you didn't play last year's update. Those who did will get more fun out of playing spot the difference. [Nov 2004, p.107]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 4 out of 18
  1. JayC.
    Oct 18, 2004
    10
    Great game. The single best thing about it is the sound - so detailed, finely honed. Engines roar, collisions smack and debris tinkles. Great game. The single best thing about it is the sound - so detailed, finely honed. Engines roar, collisions smack and debris tinkles. Clearly Codies toiled long and hard over this stuff. … Expand
  2. RohithB.
    Oct 18, 2005
    10
    Awesome Game. Watching the replays feels like i'm watching the WRC highlights on TV. And for those of you who feel that RICHARD BURNS Awesome Game. Watching the replays feels like i'm watching the WRC highlights on TV. And for those of you who feel that RICHARD BURNS CRAP has good physics then you should just bang a rock and see what happens. The car just flips up into the air and turns maybe a HUNDRED times before falling. As for graphics, its CMR05 PC all the way. It beats all the competition on any platform.… Expand
  4. The_D4RknesS
    Jul 2, 2022
    10
    this game is so good so well worked that for me it only loses to dirt 2....
  5. gold
    Jun 13, 2021
    8
    Интерфейс стал хуже. Стал бесяще.
    Итог: 8/10
  6. Cz3rw0ny
    Feb 17, 2021
    7
    I think that CMR4 was slightly better. The graphics were good, but simple the gameplay did not keep me engaged for as long as the previous part.
  7. dandalis
    Jan 2, 2020
    6
    15 years later CMrae Rally 05 is still a pretty decent rally game.

    Physics are alright, but with some issues. There are a few stages in    15 years later CMrae Rally 05 is still a pretty decent rally game.

    Physics are alright, but with some issues. There are a few stages in locations like Spain, Greece where suspension goes haywaire and starts glitching out, no matter your setup, it feels like youre lacking ground clearance, even if you max it out on your setup. Overall handling has decent weight behind it and the sense of speed, once youre up to it, is really good, often even somewhat terryfying, but very satisfying indeed. Weather, time of day options offer variety, however there is an issue with wet weather, in the sense game doesnt make it clear what kind of a wet weather it is before racing. Heavy, light, just wet road ? So you have to make a guess when choosing which wet weather tires to use. Also all tires use same texture model, a nit pick, but annoying still.

    There arent that many locations, but youre provided with decent amount of stages in each of them. Stages are very well detailed, for a 2004 game atleast, and offer good diversity in their road type design and are fun to race on. Cars are also pretty well detailed for the time period of the game's release. Sound design however is quite sub par across the picture. Car selection is quite adequate. Car damage simulation can be a mixed bag.

    If youre looking at older rally games to try out, dont be afraid to give this one a shot.    … Expand
  8. chis
    Dec 28, 2004
    2
    sure this game has good graphics but the physics engine sux crap! the car seems to float off the ground and turn at the slightest touch! evensure this game has good graphics but the physics engine sux crap! the car seems to float off the ground and turn at the slightest touch! even on tarmac the car slides uncontrollable not from side to side, but like IT WUZ SPINNING AROUND FROM ONE POINT IN THE CENTER! AWFUL GAME=( O WELL DIDNT WASTE NE MONEY DOWNLOADED IT OFF OF ULTIMA =p
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#28 Best PC Game of 2004
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#48 Most Discussed PC Game of 2004
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