Colin McRae Rally 04

Colin McRae Rally 04

Developers
	Codemasters
Windows	Six by Nine
Publishers
	Codemasters
Czechia, Poland	CD Projekt
Italy	FX Interactive
Re-release	Sold Out Software
Release dates
Windows	April 2, 2004
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

Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 5 DRM disc check in original Codemasters release and in Sold Out Software re-release.
Retail		Re-releases from Codemasters (The Games Collection Rerelease with 1.00 exe version), CD Projekt and FX Interactive.

No longer available due to licensing reasons.

Demo is available. SP version, MP version

Essential improvements

The latest official patch for the international release is 1.01, available on Patches-Scrolls. Re-releases from CD Projekt and FX Interactive are pre-patched to that version.

The Czech-exclusive 1.02 patch is available on Patches-Scrolls.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Codemasters\Colin McRae Rally 04

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>

Video

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
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
Go to the game's registry location Adjust Width and Height values (make sure to be in decimal mode) Widescreen is Vert-.

Use widescreen fix

This fix requires game to be patched to version 1.01. Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and extract the archive. Open the MS\x86 folder, copy D3D9.dll and paste it into the <path-to-game> where the cmr4.exe is. Run dgVoodooCpl.exe. Click on "Add" and choose the installation folder. Go to the DirectX tab. Set the resolution from the list. Disable "dgVoodoo Watermark". Optional: Configure other settings. Click OK. Download AuToMaNiAk005's widescreen fix Choose preferred level of widescreen and aspect ratio and unpack choosed folder. Backup <path-to-game>\fonts\ folder if needed, also backup cmr4.exe. Copy the contents of the choosed folder of fix into installation folder and overwrite files. Run pasted exe for patching cmr4.exe. Notes The aforementioned widescreen fix (15:9, 16:9, 16:10, 21:9 and 25:16 aspect ratios are supported) is divided into three levels: Low - basic widescreen fix, which corrects 3D image, but leaves HUD stretched; Medium - fixes width of the HUD elements at the bottom right, but slightly corrupts service area; High - adjusts width of almost all HUD elements, but besides the distorted service area, it decreases the text quality, because the fonts textures had to be narrowed. Also, the font textures come from ENG/GER/FRA/ITA/SPA version and may not function correctly with other language versions.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
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

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 4 can be restored with DSOAL.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Czech retail release only.
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, download.
Italian
Polish				Polish retail release only.
Russian				Fan translation, download.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4
LAN play		8
Online play		8	GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.

VR support

Devices	State	Notes
TrackIR		Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z.

Issues unresolved

• PC version lacks dynamic music themes change in menus. It's working only in Singleplayer Demo, both Multiplayer Demo and finished game (both 1.0 and 1.01 versions) hasn't this feature, despite music files weren't changed from Singleplayer Demo. Probably, it's some bug in game executable, that was made very late in development.

Issues fixed

Vsync setting not applied

The Vsync option doesn't take effect until I exit the game and open it again.

Other information

Enable advanced particle system

This should be available only when using an Intel Pentium 4 CPU with Hyper-Threading

Launch the game with FORCEHT parameter

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy

Peugeot 206 OMV Rally Team Livery

A special OMV Rally Team-branded edition of the game has been distributed in Czechia as a competition prize. A Bonus CD includes multiple photos from real-life rally stages, biographies of OMV RT members, and a custom livery for Peugeot 206.

Install Peugeot 206 RT Livery
Download Peugeot 206 OMV Rally Team livery. Unpack the files to <path-to-game> and overwrite when prompted.

System requirements

Windows
	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