For the 2014 game, see Colin McRae Rally (2014).
Colin McRae RallyDevelopers |
---|
Release dates |
---|
Windows | July 15, 1998 |
- 2Essential improvements
- 3Game data
- 4Video settings
- 7Network
- 8Issues unresolved
- 9Issues fixed
- 10Other information
|
Colin McRae Rally 2005 patch Win64 patch. Colin McRae Rally 04; Colin McRae Rally 2005., 7, 8 or 10 then make sure to run the trainer with Administrator rights and when needed in Windows XP or Windows 98. Colin McRae Rally, free and safe download. Windows XP; Latest version: 2005 Singleplayer Last month's downloads: 221. 64: Others: DirectX 9. Colin McRae Rally 2005 Patch 1.1 Nov 11 2014 Patch 2 comments. This is the patch 1.1 for Colin McRae 2005. I upload it because it is more and more difficult to find it on the internet. This release addresses a handful.
⤏ 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 |
---|
Windows | <path-to-game>save[Note 1] |
---|
Video settings[edit]
Graphics feature | State | Notes |
---|
Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. |
---|
Multi-monitor |
---|
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. |
---|
4K Ultra HD |
---|
Field of view (FOV) |
---|
Windowed | Use Alt+↵ Enter to toggle. |
---|
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Borderless Gaming doesn't seem to work |
---|
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Can be forced through driver control. |
---|
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Can be forced through driver control or through dgVoodoo2. |
---|
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Can be forced through driver control or through dgVoodoo2. |
---|
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. |
---|
Widescreen resolution[edit]
Widescreen fix[2] |
---|
- 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'.
|
Input settings[edit]
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|
Remapping |
---|
Mouse acceleration |
---|
Mouse sensitivity |
---|
Mouse input in menus |
---|
Mouse Y-axis inversion |
---|
Controller |
---|
Controller support | DirectInput controllers only |
---|
Full controller support |
---|
Controller remapping | DirectInput controllers only |
---|
Controller sensitivity |
---|
Controller Y-axis inversion |
---|
Colin Mcrae Rally 2005 Download
Additional information |
---|
Button prompts |
---|
Controller hotplugging |
---|
Haptic feedback |
---|
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
---|
Audio settings[edit]
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|
Separate volume controls |
---|
Surround sound |
---|
Subtitles |
---|
Closed captions |
---|
Mute on focus lost |
---|
Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|
Local play |
---|
LAN play | Direct IP only |
---|
Online play | Dial-up only |
---|
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] |
---|
Game occasionally crashes when loading a stage on Windows 7 and later[edit]
Colin Mcrae Rally Pc
Use the dgVoodoo2 wrapper[citation needed] |
---|
- 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
|
Game crashes when loading a stage on Windows 8 and later[edit]
Start the game in Windows 7 compatibility mode[citation needed] |
---|
- 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
|
Intro videos have sound playing but no image on Windows 7 or later[edit]
Add compatibility for old Indeo codecs[citation needed] |
---|
- 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)
|
The service menu before the stage starts is very laggy on Windows 8 and later[edit]
Use the dgVoodoo2 wrapper[citation needed] |
---|
- 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
|
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|
Direct3D | 6 |
---|
System requirements[edit]
Windows |
---|
Minimum | Recommended |
---|
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 |
---|
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium 200 MHz |
---|
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
---|
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 MB |
---|
Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.0 compatible | 4 MB of VRAM |
---|
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