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Colin McRae Rally
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| Part No: | B000EIP1B6 |
| Manufacturer: | Feral Interactive |
| MFG Part: | 273 |
| Customer Rating: | 3.5 / 5.0 |
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- 300 stages of competition
- 20 event classes
- Multiple challenges, supercups and championships
- Variety of car classes
- Online multiplayer up to 8 people
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 (if things are going well) or the painstakingly detailed under-bonnet engine models (if they aren't).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 in over 20 different classes of rally events. Drive the most diverse selection of cars through more than 300 tracks in 9 worldwide locations.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.30+ featured cars include the Volkswagen Golf MK5 Toyota Celica GT-FOUR Lancia Stratos Alfa Romeo 147 GTA Alfetta GTV Turbodelta Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Peugeot 206 205 T16 Evo2 and the distinctive VW Beetle RSi!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 (or when to be more accurate) you'll see it shudder from the impact and drop leaves from the branches.Colin McRae Rally Mac - the most realistic knuckle-clenching ride this side of a super-charged Subaru.System
| Screaming engine, lush landscapes | 2009-12-23 | 5 / 5 |
| This Mac version of Colin McRae Rally was announced, uh, almost 2 years before the release. I need not say more in that regard: simply not good enough. And by the time I finally received it, "Dirt" had been released for PC.
A few fine race games have been brought to the Mac platform, and I loved 4x4 Evolution 2 and Ford Racing 2. Both I returned to again and again, they were SPEED pure and simple, dizzying jumps and landscapes whizzing by. Lovely intoxicating stuff. And I never could resist going for the record again or discovering which was the faster car.
Colin McRae had been very popular on other platforms, and I longed for it.
Storming along at 1440*900 on a 2 GHz G5 iMac is definitely my thing. Graphics are smooth and very detailed when needed - you really do not need the ultimate when most surroundings are seen in short flashes only, and if you notice any lack in details you can only blame your lack of speed - and the landscapes are deep, wide and pretty. It is NOT an easy game, it is not NOT pure arcade. Restarting a track for the Nth time can be terribly frustrating but also very rewarding when you finally get it right. Driving a car at max speed by keyboard can be done, and the feel is surprisingly precise.
It is quite an experience hurling yourself down a mountainside in Japan, sliding noisily into one tight hairpin bend after another in the pouring rain, a short desperate dash along the valley floor, and then up-up-up again turning and twisting wildly. I would never have thought it possible that I could multitask so madly: staring fixedly at the track in front of me, at the edge of my vision an arrow tells me what's in store for me 2-3 corners ahead, listening to my co-driver's running commentary and warnings through the roaring engine and the constant jolting and crashing noises, reacting to events and tapping the keys in the right order. Micro-managing suspension, tyres and gear ratio etc is very important and half the fun; the smallest of adjustments is worth 10 seconds and the difference between miserable defeat and triumphant win.
An oddity however is that my sister's son - AND his dad - are convinced that the object and intention of the game is to smash the cars, thoroughly and completely. Philistines.
I bought the MOMO steering wheel for the occasion, more than a year before the release of Colin McRae was pushed back yet again. Unfortunately the two combined are not quite perfect: the game only reacts when the wheel is turned all over to max resulting in the car careening wildly. I suppose it is adjustable, perhaps.
The most frustrating aspect of the game is "career mode". You start low and aim for the big boys. I have arrived at the final championship races and must sadly realise that I seem to have reached my limit: it is no fun finishing a track on a high of adrenaline and accomplishment, and being pretty pleased about it too until I'm shown to be 15th and last, 20-30 seconds behind the winner. Particularly upsetting is after lots of restarts somehow finally completing a track in an acceptable time, and immediately - no possibility of saving first or checking the suspension - being placed on the starting line again for race 2 .......and crashing out hopelessly in no time at all. I very deliberately and carefully quit the game after that. I'm not 13 years old anymore, alas.
Above all it is about speed and realism. Wheeee, it's fast and furious; you almost feel every single stone and pebble in your spine. Wonderful noisy stuff, especially from a Bumper View.
But you won't make me admit it was worth waiting for.
(Mimimum specs a 1.6 GHz Power PC, no Intel needed)
Latest: I did it! I did it! Those final races of 17 and 38 tracks respectively, and the Mitsubishi Lancer it was that had what it took, to my surprise. Weeks of toil and disappointments driving Subaru, Ford and Peugeot etc all of which on some tracks had serious disadvantages. The Lancer at first felt too nervous and lively, but gained with experience. Advanced Difficulty is something else though ....quite.
A new 2.66 GHz Intel Mac: I can play the game at a ferocious 1280x800 with no problem at all, the game responding immediately to every key. Cars are faster and more controllable than ever. Yummy! Adapting the MOMO wheel is somewhat easier, but I still cannot get it quite right.
Just in: I won the final 38 track Championship on Advanced. Cars quite simply feel more responsive on an Intel iMac. I am very close to wishing for an Expert Level, unthought of on a G5.
Had to buy a Playstation 3 in order to play "colin macrae: Dirt". An Extraordinarily fine game. I got the fine "Toca 3" for Mac too of course, as well as "Grid" for PS3. But the latter should more fittingly be named "No grip". A disappointment, or rather it is too difficult for me.
"Colin McRae Rally Mac" has been decidedly overtaken by the latest racing games on PC and console. But I find the game to be OK in Snow Leopard 10.6.1 and as such the obvious choice for Mac, it being the only one really. |
| Another Mac port gone wrong | 2008-09-02 | 1 / 5 |
| Thought I would finally get a decent rally game on the Mac and was totally disappointed. While everything looks good the steering is absolutely unusable. The dead zone just does not set correctly so you have to throw the wheel back and forth to get any sort of response. This surprises me since the Ford Racing works so well.
I see from other reviews and chat forums that this is a common "feature". Emailed support twice with no response.
Definitely would not recommend this until a patch is released. Then I am sure things will be as promised. |
| Colin McRae Rally, Mac | 2008-06-04 | 4 / 5 |
| | 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. |
| Plenty O Fun | 2008-05-29 | 4 / 5 |
| This is a pretty fun driving game.
Good graphics. Cars and conditions all vary.
Well worth buying. |
| Worth the wait and then some! | 2008-02-04 | 4 / 5 |
| 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. |
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