
For the 2014 game, see Colin McRae Rally (2014).
Colin McRae Rally| Developers | 
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| Release dates | 
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| Windows | July 15, 1998 | 

- 2Essential improvements
 - 3Game data
 - 4Video settings
 - 7Network
 - 8Issues unresolved
 - 9Issues fixed
 - 10Other information
 
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| ⤏ 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 | 
Key points
-  Needs unofficial patches to run on modern operating systems.
 -  Has some issues on Windows 7 and later. See the fixed issues and unresolved issues sections below.
 
General information
- Colin McRae Rally and DiRT Wiki
 
Availability[edit]
-  No longer available due to licensing reasons.[1]
 -  Demo is available
 
Essential improvements[edit]
Patches[edit]
-  Latest official patch 1.5 (EU/US) and patch 1.4 (IT) are available at www.patches-scrolls.de and soggi.org.
 
Unofficial[edit]
- CMRONW2K by Krister Brus makes the game compatible with Windows 2000 and XP.
 - kFYatek's Unofficial Windows 7 Patch makes the game compatible with Windows 7 and later.
 
Skip intro videos[edit]
You can skip the intro by launching the game from <path-to-game>rally.exe.
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
Save game data location[edit]
| System | Location | 
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| Windows  | <path-to-game>save[Note 1] | 
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Video settings[edit]
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | 
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| Widescreen resolution |  See Widescreen resolution. | 
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| Multi-monitor | 
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| Ultra-widescreen |  See Widescreen resolution. | 
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| 4K Ultra HD | 
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| Field of view (FOV) | 
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| Windowed | Use Alt+↵ Enter to toggle. | 
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| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Borderless Gaming doesn't seem to work | 
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| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Can be forced through driver control. | 
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| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Can be forced through driver control or through dgVoodoo2. | 
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Can be forced through driver control or through dgVoodoo2. | 
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| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Turn Motion Smoothing off in the settings to disable the 30 FPS cap. Disabling Turn Motion Smoothing will make the camera wobble. Frame rate is capped at 111 FPS. | 
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Widescreen resolution[edit]
| Widescreen fix[2] | 
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- If the Windows 7 patch is installed, uninstall it by installing Patch 1.5.
 - Download and extract dgVoodoo anywhere.
 - Open the 
MS folder and copy its content to the game folder. - Run 
dgVoodooSetup.exe. - Click 'Add' and set the game folder.
 - Set 'Scaling mode' to 'Stretched'.
 - Go to 'DirectX' tab.
 - Select your resolution and uncheck the 'dgVoodoo Watermark' option.
 - Apply your changes.
 - Open 
Rally.exe with a hex editor such as HxD. - Press Ctrl+F, change the 'Datatype' option to 'Hex-values' and paste 
FF000080BF in the text field. - Replace the 
000080BF value with:000070BF for 5:4000096BF for 25:16C5719CBF for 16:100000A0BF for 15:9ABAAAABF for 16:9398EE3BF for ~21:9
  - If you can't edit the file because of no permissions, right-click 
Rally.exe, click on Properties and uncheck 'Read only'. - Press Ctrl+F, change the 'Datatype' option to 'Hex-values' and paste 
00000040 in the text field. - Replace the 
00000040 value with:0000F03F for 5:400001640 for 25:16C5711C40 for 16:1000002040 for 15:9ABAA2A40 for 16:9398E6340 for ~21:9
  - Save your changes.
 - Right-click 
Rally.exe, click on Properties, go to the 'Compatibility' tab and select 'Windows 98 / Windows Me'. 
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Input settings[edit]
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes | 
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| Remapping | 
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| Mouse acceleration | 
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| Mouse sensitivity | 
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| Mouse input in menus | 
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| Mouse Y-axis inversion | 
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| Controller | 
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| Controller support | DirectInput controllers only | 
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| Full controller support | 
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| Controller remapping | DirectInput controllers only | 
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| Controller sensitivity | 
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| Controller Y-axis inversion | 
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| Additional information | 
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| Button prompts | 
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| Controller hotplugging | 
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| Haptic feedback | 
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| Simultaneous controller+KB/M | 
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Audio settings[edit]
| Audio feature | State | Notes | 
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| Separate volume controls | 
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| Surround sound | 
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| Subtitles | 
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| Closed captions | 
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| Mute on focus lost | 
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Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | 
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| Local play | 
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| LAN play | Direct IP only | 
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| Online play | Dial-up only | 
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Issues unresolved[edit]
When using the dgVoodoo2 wrapper the intro videos for the Rally School courses have sound but no image when the game runs in fullscreen[edit]
-  Make sure the Alt+↵ Enter shortcut is not disabled in dgVoodoo2's settings so you can switch to windowed mode when you want to see those videos
 
Issues fixed[edit]
3D elements on the menus don't show properly on Windows 7 or later[edit]
- Use Windows 7 Unnoficial Patch https://web.archive.org/web/20150401005453/http://kfyatek-dev.jogger.pl/2011/09/25/colin-mcrae-rally-1-unofficial-windows-7-patch/
 
Twitchy screen and sudden top-down camera view for a short period of time.[edit]
| Set Motion smoothness to 'ON'[citation needed] | 
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Game occasionally crashes when loading a stage on Windows 7 and later[edit]
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| Use the dgVoodoo2 wrapper[citation needed] | 
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- Download dgVoodoo2, copy dgVoodooSetup.exe and the contents of the MS folder into the 
<path-to-game> folder - Run dgVoodooSetup.exe, select DirectX, uncheck dgVoodoo Watermark (and change some settings if you want to force antialiasing and VSync)
 - Run the game
 
 Notes -  If you use dgVoodoo2 and play the game in fullscreen mode the Rally School videos may not play properly so make sure the Alt+↵ Enter shortcut is not disabled in dgVoodoo2's settings so you can switch between fullscreen and windowed when needed
 
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Game crashes when loading a stage on Windows 8 and later[edit]

| Start the game in Windows 7 compatibility mode[citation needed] | 
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- Right-click 
<path-to-game>game.exe. - From the dropdown menu, select 
Properties. - Once the window is open, select the 
Compatibility tab. - Check the box next to 
Run the program in compatibility mode for. - From the dropdown menu, select 
Windows 7. - Repeat the process for 
<path-to-game>rally.exe. 
 Notes -  Make sure you have the Unofficial Windows 7 patch installed
 
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Intro videos have sound playing but no image on Windows 7 or later[edit]
| Add compatibility for old Indeo codecs[citation needed] | 
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- Open a 'command prompt' by typing cmd on search and,using a right click, select 'Run as Administrator'
 - (32bit users can skip this step) Type 
cd %WINDIR%SysWOW64 and press ↵ Enter. - Type 
regsvr32 ir50_32.dll and press ↵ Enter. 
 Notes -  Repeat the process but type 
regsvr32 /u ir50_32.dll to undo what you have done -  Alternatively you can use these bat files(make sure you run them as the administrator)
 
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The service menu before the stage starts is very laggy on Windows 8 and later[edit]
| Use the dgVoodoo2 wrapper[citation needed] | 
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- Download dgVoodoo2, copy dgVoodooSetup.exe and the contents of the MS folder into the 
<path-to-game> folder - Run dgVoodooSetup.exe, select DirectX, uncheck dgVoodoo Watermark (and change some settings if you want to force antialiasing and VSync)
 - Run the game
 
 Notes -  If you use dgVoodoo2 and play the game in fullscreen mode the Rally School videos may not play properly so make sure the Alt+↵ Enter shortcut is not disabled in dgVoodoo2's settings so you can switch between fullscreen and windowed when needed
 
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Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes | 
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| Direct3D | 6 | 
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System requirements[edit]
| Windows | 
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| Minimum | Recommended | 
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| Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | 
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| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz  | Intel Pentium 200 MHz | 
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| System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB | 
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| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 MB | 
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| Video card (GPU) |  2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.0 compatible |  4 MB of VRAM | 
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Notes
- ↑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
Colin Mcrae Rally 3
- ↑Verified by User:Mars icecream on 2016-11-25
- Email received from Codemasters customer service.
 
 - ↑Colin McRae Rally - HD/Widescreen Tutorial (NEW) - YouTube - last accessed on 2017-02-03