Colin McRae Rally 2.0

Colin McRae Rally 2.0
Developer(s) Codemasters
Spellbound (GBA)
Publisher(s)
Composer(s)

Jonathan Colling (PC)

Allister Brimble (GBA)
Series Colin McRae Rally
Platform(s) PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance
Release PlayStation
  • EU: 7 July 2000
  • NA: 5 December 2000
Microsoft Windows
  • EU: 8 December 2000
  • NA: 13 February 2001
Game Boy Advance
  • EU: 4 October 2002
  • NA: 8 October 2002
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Colin McRae Rally 2.0 (styled as colin | mcrae | rally | 2.0) is a racing video game developed and published by Codemasters for PlayStation, Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Advance.

Description

Gameplay screenshot showing the Ford Focus RS WRC as driven by McRae in the 2000 World Rally Championship season.

It is the second game in the Colin McRae Rally series, featuring the works-entered cars and rallies of the 2000 World Rally Championship. The game has three difficulty levels, namely Novice, Intermediate and Expert. As with the previous game, Colin McRae Rally 2.0 lets players take part in rallying events set in various special stages across the world, and employs a number of cars featured in the 2000 World Rally Championship, such as the Ford Focus RS WRC and Subaru Impreza GC.

New features include Arcade mode, with direct head-to-head competition against AI drivers or another player, improved graphics with more detailed vehicle models and interiors, and a cleaner and more minimalist menu system, which would be retained for the rest of the series until the release of Dirt 2 in 2009. Nicky Grist, whom at the time was the co-driver for McRae in 2000, reprises his role from the first game, who would remain until the release of Colin McRae: Dirt in 2007; Grist later returned to voice as himself in Dirt 4 in 2017.

Reception

Colin McRae Rally 2.0 received a "Gold" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),[1] indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[2]

Colin McRae Rally 2.0 received positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PlayStation version 88.82% based on 25 reviews and 90/100 based on 13 reviews,[3][4] the Microsoft Windows version 86.56% based on 18 reviews and 83/100 based on 14 reviews[5][6] and the Game Boy Advance version 82.50% based on 12 reviews and 80/100 based on 8 reviews.[7][8]

In their April 2001 issue, PC Gamer praised the game for its graphics, physics and damage modeling, as well as its many gameplay options.[9] However, they criticized the short rally stages, the high difficulty, and most vehicles and tracks being locked until beating certain levels.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "ELSPA Sales Awards: Gold". Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association. Archived from the original on March 19, 2009.
  2. ↑ Caoili, Eric (November 26, 2008). "ELSPA: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Reach Diamond Status In UK". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Colin McRae Rally 2.0 for PlayStation". GameRankings. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Colin McRae Rally 2.0 for PlayStation Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Colin McRae Rally 2.0 for PC". GameRankings. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Colin McRae Rally 2.0 for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Colin McRae Rally 2.0 for Game Boy Advance". GameRankings. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Colin McRae Rally 2.0 for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  9. 1 2 Mahood, Anthony (April 2001), "Colin McRae Rally 2", PC Gamer (US ed.), Brisbane, California: Imagine Media, vol. 8 no. 4, p. 85


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