Colin McRae Rally 04

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Colin McRae Rally 04
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Developer(s) Codemasters
Publisher(s) Codemasters
Series Colin McRae Rally
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • EU: 19 September 2003
Xbox
  • EU: 19 September 2003
  • NA: 4 March 2004
Microsoft Windows
  • EU: 2 April 2004
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Colin McRae Rally 04 is a racing video game developed and published by Codemasters for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows.

Contents

Gameplay

There are six championships to complete in the game. There are 4 classes of cars: 4WD, 2WD, Group B and Bonus. The bonus class are cars that are not usually raced in rallies. These cars are only here for extra pleasure. The game has rally tracks in 8 countries with a total of 52 stages.

Unlike in the previous three games, this game has no official WRC team license. All of the cars' liveries are either fictitious or taken from championships other than the WRC. Nicky Grist is replaced by Derek Ringer as the primary co-driver voice in the game, though Grist's voice set is still accessible via game settings.

Reception

The game was met with positive reception; it has a score of 86% and 87 out of 100 for the PC version, [1] [4] 86% and 84 out of 100 for the Xbox version, [3] [6] and 85% and 83 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version according to GameRankings and Metacritic. [2] [5] It was nominated for GameSpot's annual "Best Budget Game" award, which went to ESPN NFL 2K5 . [23]

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