Colin McRae Rally 2.0

Colin McRae Rally 2.0

Developers
	Codemasters
Publishers
	Codemasters
Re-release	Sold Out Software
Russia	Buka Entertainment
Release dates
Windows	December 5, 2000
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

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.

Demo is available

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

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

Patches

The 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. The Sold Out Software re-release and Polish/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

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Configuration\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\gamesave\ <path-to-game>\pps\

Video

Advanced Graphics settings.

Detail settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Stretched. Install SilentPatch
Multi-monitor			Stretched. Install SilentPatch
Ultra-widescreen			Stretched. 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

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		DirectInput vibration
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

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

Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

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

Issues fixed

Fullscreen border on Windows 8 and later

Install compatibility fixes

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 in General tab and select the game folder. Go to DirectX tab and make sure 'Disable and passthru to real DirectX' is left unchecked and 'Output API' is 'Best available one'. For 'Videocard' select GeForce4 Ti 4800 with 'VRAM' of 256 MB For 'Texturing>Filtering' select Force anisotropic 16x Uncheck 'dgVoodoo Watermark' Click Apply, then OK, and lastly exit the program. Run the game from it's 'CMR2.exe' executable and change the settings in-game. Resolutions greater than 1920*1080 should now be available and forcing Vsync or Max framerate in graphics driver software should also work. Avoid forcing MSAA through dgVoodoo and have the graphics card driver software force FXAA instead.

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

Low quality cars models and textures in multiplayer and arcade mode

Mod using original high quality car assets and replaces their low quality counterparts.

Use CMR2 HQ Cars mod
Download ZIP file containing the files of high quality cars models and textures here. Backup your original <path-to-game>\Game\Cars\ folder. Copy the contents of the Cars folder of ZIP file into Game\Cars and ovewrite files.

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