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Colin McRae Rally and more recently; Dirt, is a racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters. Colin McRae Rally and Dirt 2 have since been developed and published for Mac OS X by Feral Interactive. Started in 1998, the franchise has been a critical and commercial success and is generally acknowledged as a pioneer of realistic rally sports racing games. The series is named after the World Rally Championship driver Colin McRae, who provided technical advice during development. Despite McRae's death in September 2007, Codemasters retained the use of his name on their rally games until the release of Dirt 3, where the moniker was dropped.
The games
Titles in the Colin McRae Rally series
Title Release Windows Mac OS X 1998 Windows N/A 5th Gen 6th Gen 7th Gen Handheld Developer Publisher Notes
Colin McRae Rally Colin McRae Rally 2.0 Colin McRae Rally 3 Colin McRae Rally 04
PlayStation
N/A
N/A
GBC
Codemasters
Codemasters
2000
Windows
N/A
PlayStation
N/A
GBA
Codemasters
Codemasters
2002
Windows
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Codemasters
Codemasters
2003
Windows
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Codemasters
Codemasters
2
Windows Mac OS X PS2, Xbox N-Gage, PSP Codemasters Codemasters Mac OS X version 2007 by Feral Interactive
Colin McRae Rally 2005/Mac Colin McRae: Dirt Colin McRae: Dirt 2
2004
N/A
N/A
2007
Windows
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Codemasters
Codemasters
2009
Windows Mac OS X
N/A
N/A
Codemasters* *details for platforms in main article. Mac OS X version 2011 by Feral Interactive Codemasters
Dirt 3
2011
N/A
Codemasters Southam
Dirt: Showdown
2012
Windows
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Codemasters Southam
Codemasters
Dirt 3
Dirt 3 was announced in early 2010 and released on 24 May 2011, but the Colin McRae name was not used in the title.
Dirt: Showdown
Dirt: Showdown, an "arcade-style spin-off", was announced on 11 December 2011. Released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in May 2012.
Awards
The success of the Colin McRae Rally games resulted in Guinness World Records awarding the series 6 world records in the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2008. These records include, "Fastest Physics Engine in a Racing Game", "Most Camera Views in a Racing Game", and "Most Complex Audio in a Racing Game". Colin McRae: Dirt can have 96 active sound effects per car at any given time, and with 16,121 different audio samples featured in game, there are 1,005,772,154,467,879,035,136 different combinations of sounds that can occur. Also, DiRT 3 appears in the Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2012 for the most realistic crash in a racing game.
References
[1] - COLIN McRAE THE RALLY. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.19. 30 June 2006. [2] UK Playstation sales chart, April 2000, published in Official UK PlayStation Magazine issue 57 [3] UK Playstation sales chart, September 2000, published in Official UK PlayStation Magazine issue 62 [4] - 2. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.24. 30 June 2006. [5] http:/ / www. bafta. org/ site/ webdav/ shared/ import/ gameswinners2003-present. pdf
External links
Macintosh version game developers site (http://www.robosoftin.com/games/colinmcraerallymac. html)Wikipedia:Link rot
License
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