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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

General information

Official website (retrieved)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM disc check.
Retail		The Sold Out Software release and Polish/Russian version

No longer available due to licensing reasons.^[1]

Demo is available

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use replacement files
Use the Colin McRae Rally 2.0 Skip Intro.

Patches

Latest official patch 1.09 is available at www.patches-scrolls.de and soggi.org.

Patch 1.11 also exists, but it doesn't seem to be available for download anywhere.^[2] The Sold Out Software re-release and russian version appears to be based on the 1.11 patch.

SilentPatch

Based on Patch 1.11

Adds support for widescreen and other aspect ratios including windowed and borderless modes

Improves compatibility with modern systems

How to install^{[citation needed]}
Extract all files to `<path-to-game>`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Configuration\^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\gamesave\^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\pps\^{[Note 1]}

Video

Advanced Graphics settings.

Detail settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Stretched by default. Install SilentPatch
Multi-monitor		Stretched by default. Install SilentPatch
Ultra-widescreen		Stretched by default. Install SilentPatch
4K Ultra HD		Use dgVoodoo 2 and SilentPatch.
Field of view (FOV)	Install SilentPatch. Can be further adjusted in `SPCMR2.ini`.
Windowed	Install SilentPatch
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Install SilentPatch
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Mipmap option in Advanced Graphics Can be further improved by forcing it through GPU control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Use dgVoodoo 2.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Controls settings.

Remap settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		After setting up controls manually all menus can be navigated
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		Saturation is adjusted with the left and right arrow keys. Deadzone is adjusted with the left and right arrow keys while holding SHIFT.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		DirectInput vibration
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	8	Hot seat
LAN play	8
Online play

Issues fixed

Fullscreen border on Windows 8 and later

Install compatibility fixes^[3]

Download and install the Windows ADK with the Application Compatibility Tools.
Run the Compatibility Administrator (32-bit).
On the left side, rename New Database to CMR2Fix.
Right-click it and create new application fix.
Choose a name and the file location (CMR2.exe).
Click on Next twice.
Enable the ForceDisplayMode and ForceSimpleWindow compatibilty fixes.
Click on Next and Finish.
Select CMR2Fix and save it as a new file.
Right-click on CMR2Fix and install.

Huge FPS drops on modern systems

Using dgVoodoo 2 wrapper

Download dgVoodoo wrapper from here.
Unpack the wrapper on your computer.
Copy contents of the MS folder in dgVoodoo folder to the root folder of Colin McRae Rally 2.0.
Open dgVoodooCpl.exe.
Click Add and select the game folder and click Choose folder.
On DirectX section tick a checkbox with "Disable and passthru to real DirectX".
Click Apply, then OK, and lastly exit the program.
Run the game from the executable and change the settings in-game.

Setting the Environment Map setting from Cubic to Bump or Standard should give the biggest speedup

Lowering in-game Draw Distance also seems to lower the impact on performance

These issues might be resolved by enabling "Always Use 3d Clock" or equivalent in your vendor's GPU overclock utility.^{[citation needed]}

DDrawCompat may help in preventing the FPS drops.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium MMX 233 MHz	Intel Pentium III 500 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	150 MB	250 MB
Video card (GPU)	8 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible	32 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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

↑ Verified by User:Mars icecream on 2016-11-25
Email received from Codemasters customer service.
↑ WineHQ - Colin McRae Rally 2.0
↑ Colin McRae Rally 2.0 - Patching the game for modern standards — Codemasters Forums

[gamedir-3] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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).

[1] Verified by User:Mars icecream on 2016-11-25
Email received from Codemasters customer service.

[2] WineHQ - Colin McRae Rally 2.0

[4] Colin McRae Rally 2.0 - Patching the game for modern standards — Codemasters Forums

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@@ Line 84: / Line 84: @@
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     = incomplete
 |widescreen resolution      = hackable
-|widescreen resolution notes= Stretched by default. Install [[#SilentPatch|SilentPatch]]
+|widescreen resolution notes= {{Term|Stretched}} by default. Install [[#SilentPatch|SilentPatch]]
 |multimonitor               = hackable
-|multimonitor notes         = Stretched by default. Install [[#SilentPatch|SilentPatch]]
+|multimonitor notes         = {{Term|Stretched}} by default. Install [[#SilentPatch|SilentPatch]]
 |ultrawidescreen            = hackable
-|ultrawidescreen notes      = Stretched by default. Install [[#SilentPatch|SilentPatch]]
+|ultrawidescreen notes      = {{Term|Stretched}} by default. Install [[#SilentPatch|SilentPatch]]
 |4k ultra hd                = hackable
-|4k ultra hd notes          = Use dgVoodoo2 and [[#SilentPatch|SilentPatch]].
+|4k ultra hd notes          = Use [[dgVoodoo 2]] and [[#SilentPatch|SilentPatch]].
 |fov                        = hackable
 |fov notes                  = Install [[#SilentPatch|SilentPatch]]. Can be further adjusted in <code>SPCMR2.ini</code>.
@@ Line 100: / Line 100: @@
 |anisotropic notes          = Mipmap option in Advanced Graphics<br /> Can be further improved by forcing it through GPU control panel.
 |antialiasing               = hackable
-|antialiasing notes         = Use dgVoodoo2.
+|antialiasing notes         = Use [[dgVoodoo 2]].
 |vsync                      = always on
 |vsync notes                =

Developers

	Codemasters
Release dates
Windows	December 5, 2000
Taxonomy
Genres	Racing
Series	Colin McRae Rally