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Colin McRae Rally 2005

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Colin McRae Rally 2005
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Developers
Codemasters
Windows Six by Nine
macOS (OS X) Robosoft Technologies
Publishers
Codemasters
OS X Feral Interactive
Release dates
Windows September 27, 2004
macOS (OS X) October 26, 2007
Reception
Metacritic 83
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Warnings

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).
StarForce DRM does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected releases).
The macOS (OS X) release of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
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Key points

Released on OS X as Colin McRae Rally Mac.
OS X release is a universal binary.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 StarForce 3.4.49.1 DRM[Note 1]. Some Polish copies have no DRM.
Windows
Retail
DRM details are not known
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com (unavailable)
DRM-free
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).
No longer available due to licensing reasons.[5][6]
Demo is available. SP version, MP version

Essential improvements

Patches

v1.1 Patch adds new features. A other location (with also the changelog).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SG\[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Local retail version only.
Russian
Local retail version only.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Split-screen.
LAN play
Online play
GameSpy services have been shut down;[7] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Compatibility problems

Running the game in Windows XP (Service Pack 3) compatibility mode may help if it will not run normally.
Compatibility mode[citation needed]
  1. Go to the game shortcut properties.
  2. On the Compatibility tab, set compatibility mode to Windows XP (Service Pack 3).
  3. Click OK and try running the game again.

Other information

Enable advanced particle system

This should be available only when using an Intel Pentium 4 CPU with Hyper-Threading[8]
Launch the game with FORCEHT parameter[9]

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) 98ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
Intel Pentium III		AMD Athlon 2.0 GHz
Intel Pentium 4
System memory (RAM) 256 MB512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 3 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon 8xxx
Nvidia GeForce 3
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.4
Processor (CPU) PowerPC G5
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ Version 3.4.49.1 of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  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