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'''General information'''
 
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==Availability==
 
==Availability==

Revision as of 10:59, 25 July 2021

Colin McRae Rally 3
Colin McRae Rally 3 cover
Developers
Codemasters
Windows Six by Nine
Publishers
Codemasters
Release dates
Windows June 13, 2003
Colin McRae Rally 3 on MobyGames
Colin McRae Rally 3 on Wikipedia

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 4 DRM disc check
Windows
No longer available due to licensing reasons.[1]
Demo is available

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Codemasters\Colin McRae Rally 3\[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\CMR3[Note 2]

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Hor+ widescreen with stretched HUD[2]
  1. Download and extract dgVoodoo 2.
  2. Open the folder in which you extracted dgVoodoo, and copy D3D9.dll from the MS\x86\ folder to the game folder.
  3. Run dgVoodoo and add the game folder to the list.
  4. Go to the DirectX tab, and set your resolution.
  5. Uncheck the "dgVoodoo Watermark" option if you don't want to see the dgVoodoo logo.
  6. Apply the changes.
  7. Open Rally_3PC.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
  8. Press Ctrl+F, go to the "Hex-values" tab, and paste 51680000803F in the text field.
  9. Replace the 0000803F value with:
    • 0E475A3F for 25:16 screens
    • 5555553F for 16:10 screens
    • CDCC4C3F for 15:9 screens
    • 0000403F for 16:9 screens
    • 0000103F for 21:9 screens
    • 0000C03E for 32:9 screens
  10. Press Ctrl+F, and search for 461C0000803F.
  11. Replace 0000803F with the same value you used in the previous step.
  12. If you'd like to set the tachometer to the proper width, see the full widescreen tutorial.

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.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 750 MHz
AMD Athlon 750 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3.5 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9 Compatible

Notes

  1. Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.
  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

  1. Verified by User:Mars icecream on 2016-11-25
    Email received from Codemasters customer service.
  2. Colin McRae Rally 3 - Widescreen Tutorial (NEW) - YouTube