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Warnings

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


⤏ 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

General information

Colin McRae Rally and DiRT Wiki

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 4 DRM disc check

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

Set in registry^[2]
Go to `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Codemasters\Colin McRae Rally 3` Change the `Height` and `Width` values in Decimal mode.

Widescreen fix (32-bit)^[3]

Download and install Cheat Engine.
Run the game and minimize it.
Run Cheat Engine and open the Rally3_PC.exe process.
Change "Value type" to "String" and type 640x480x32.
Click on "First Scan".
Click on the result and press Ctrl+B.
Replace the 80020000E001 value with:
- 00050000D002 for 1280x720
- 000500000003 for 1280x768
- 000500002003 for 1280x800
- 000500000004 for 1280x1024
- 560500000003 for 1366x768
- A00500008403 for 1440x900
- 400600008403 for 1600x900
- 400600000004 for 1600x1024
- 900600001A04 for 1680x1050
- 800700003804 for 1920x1080
- 80070000B004 for 1920x1200
- More values available here
Go back to the game and set 640x480x32 resolution.

'Notes

When you run the game next time, the resolution will remain but the color depth will be set back to 16-bit, so you'll have to do this process after every launch if you want to play this game at 32-bit color depth.

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	Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9 Compatible

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

↑ Verified by User:Mars icecream on 2016-11-25
Email received from Codemasters customer service.
↑ Colin McRae Rally 3 | WSGF
↑ Colin McRae Rally 3 - 32-bit Widescreen Tutorial - YouTube - last accessed on 2017-03-20

[HKLM-2] Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.

[gamedir-3] 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.

[4] Colin McRae Rally 3 | WSGF

[5] Colin McRae Rally 3 - 32-bit Widescreen Tutorial - YouTube - last accessed on 2017-03-20

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Developers

	Codemasters
Release dates
Windows	June 13, 2003