Colin McRae Rally

by Feral Interactive

Product Features

• 300 stages of competition
• 20 event classes
• Multiple challenges, supercups and championships
• Variety of car classes
• Online multiplayer up to 8 people

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EIP1B6
• Item Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 7, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,486 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #9 in Video Games > Mac Games > Racing & Flying

Product Description

Platform: Mac

Colin McRae Rally Mac is the most complete and rewarding racing experience for the Macintosh. Choose from a wide assortment of cars and prepare to be pummelled through a staggering 300+ race tracks featuring unparalleled detail and visual splendour. Incredible detail: An individual damage model for each car - right down to paintwork scratches and a dazed visual effect as you recover from a crash! Panels and components are deformable and can be removed in a realistic manner, showing the mechanical components of the car in extreme detail. The bonnet cam is present for all those who like to gaze down over a pristine engine cover, or the painstakingly detailed under-bonnet engine models. The core of the game is the non-linear, multi-discipline Career Challenge. Start out in the lower leagues of club rallying and learn your craft As well as the Career challenge, you'll be able to jump straight into a 4WD championship, take on a single rally or individual stage, and then take on the world in online rallies with up to 8 players.in over 20 different classes of rally events. Drive the most diverse selection of cars through more than 300 tracks in 9 worldwide locations. 9 international locations (new German rally joins events through UK, Sweden, USA, Finland, Australia, Spain, Greece, and Japan) in Rally game mode, each with 8 stages and variable weather conditions. Large, animated spectator crowds cheer you on through the stages. Each stage features interactive scenery, so if you push too hard and hit a tree, you'll see it shudder from the impact and drop leaves from the branches.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars solid fun rally racer, December 12, 2007

By 

Tim (Seattle) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Colin McRae Rally (CD-ROM)

This is one of the most beautiful racers for the mac platform. With DAMAGE! the latest gran turismo doesn't have realistic damage to the cars when they crash. I'm not talking just dented body panels either. The glass breaks bumpers crumple and FALL OFF. Doors can be smashed in and RIPPED OFF. Hood and trunk fly up and can be TORN FROM THE HINGES. The tires can be ripped to shreds and you can drive on the metal rims and sparks fly! Transmissions get toasted, engine overheats. The graphics are absolutely beautiful. With one exception being the spectators on the side of the road. Statics unmoving fans line the streets in some areas. They should have left the people out. The cars are tricky to handle, and they each handle very differently. I havn't got any vehicles to drift yet, my favorite feature from ridge racer. This game is absolutely awesome. If you get tired of racing you can have fun smashing your car to bits and watching the pieces fly off!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the wait and then some!, February 4, 2008

By 

choiceweb0pen0 (Lafayette, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Colin McRae Rally (CD-ROM)

The current low star rating for Colin McRae Rally Mac is incredibly misleading when one is more about the long time it took to port this game and the other for the fact that this game won't run on all macs. Nearly every Mac gamer had to problems when Apple switched to Intel processors, though this game doesn't require one. Further, graphic intensive games such as this one require large amounts of graphic and CPU horsepower. Laptops often lack both of these because of size and power supply constraints.


Anyway, as someone that has been waiting for a great racing game on the Mac, I feel like CMR has met this challenge in a way that few previous mac racing games have managed to do. For example Ford Racing 2, has great graphics, but very poor control, which might stem from needing a steering wheel or game pad to play. However just by comparison CMR can be played with a keyboard, at least early on. I started with just a keyboard, but purchased a Mad Katz USB gamepad and it does make this game that much easier to use.

I agree with the earlier reviewer, the damage modeling is fantastic, the way each scrape and wreck affects the appearance of your car. It also affects the driving as various internal part of the car are damaged. There is also strategy in adjusting your car before each race for the weather and the road terrain, all of which can make a huge difference in your time. Each vehicle handles differently as well depending on if it's 2WD, 4WD, as well as it's size etc. In some later races, parts of rallies are back to back meaning that you have to makes some tough decisions on what tire to use and also on what parts of the car to repair before the next race. While it is fun to see your car get battered, it can slow you down, especially if this battered car has to go through another course segment.

I was annoyed initially with the testing challenges players are required to complete in order to get a better engine, damper, brakes, etc. but after lots of practice, it is possible to get the upgrades, though some cars it is easier than others. For example to get better shock dampers for a particular car, players have to drive as fast as possible yet also in some cases poorly, to abuse the shocks as the test requires in the time period.

Except for racing against a ghost car in the challenge mode, you will only race the clock. Many of the tracks have routes that are too narrow to pass etc on, so it would be difficult to race against actual cars, though I wouldn't mind the option. I also wouldn't mind being able to change the color of my car etc, like some racing games offer. I'm about halfway through the career mode and feel that this game is well worth $40 and will offer many more hours of game play. I haven't tried the online muliplayer, but hope to soon. Thanks Feral for sticking with this game.

This computer ran well on my 20" iMac with a 2.4 Ghz intel core due processor, a 256 MB Graphic card, and 1 GB memory.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Colin McRae Rally, Mac, June 4, 2008

By 

P. Brooks - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Colin McRae Rally (CD-ROM)

The game overall is very good, crisp graphics and gameplay is very nice. The only problem I had with it is that career mode gets a little tedious but other than that I think the game is a must if you're looking for a good game for your mac.

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