Colin McRae Rally 04
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Developers | |
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Codemasters | |
Windows | Six by Nine |
Publishers | |
Codemasters | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 2, 2004[1][2] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Racing, Simulation |
Vehicles | Automobile, Off-roading |
Art styles | Realistic |
Series | Colin McRae Rally |
⤏ Go to series page | |
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 |
Warnings
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
Availability
- No longer available due to licensing reasons.[3]
- Demo is available. SP version, MP version
Essential improvements
- The latest official patch for the international release is 1.01, available on Patches-Scrolls.
- The Czech-exclusive 1.02 patch is available on Patches-Scrolls.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Codemasters\Colin McRae Rally 04[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>[Note 2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Use Racer_S's Camera Hack | ||
Windowed | Use DxWnd in DirectX9 | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
Edit game registry keys[4] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Unable to pause game with controller. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Up to 7.1[5] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 4[6] can be restored with DSOAL. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | Czech retail release only. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Polish retail release only. | |||
Russian | Fan translation, download. | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | |||
LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 | GameSpy services have been shut down;[7] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
VR support
Devices | State | Notes | |
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TrackIR | Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 750 MHz AMD Athlon 750 MHz |
Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM | ATI Radeon 8xxx Nvidia GeForce 3 |
Notes
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Most Anticipated PC Games of 2004 - IGN
- ↑ Colin McRae Rally 4 demo up - GameSpot
- ↑ Verified by User:Mars icecream on 2016-11-25
- Email received from Codemasters customer service.
- ↑ Colin McRae Rally 04 | WSGF
- ↑ Colin McRae Rally 04 - SoundBlaster.com
- ↑ EAX Featured Game: Colin McRae Rally 04 - SoundBlaster.com (retrieved)
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology