His technical knowledge of rally car racing gave the creators an insight few other game-makers had.Īs the second game in the series, Colin McRae Rally 2 was released in June of 2000, and it was a hit nearly overnight thanks to the preceding popularity of the original. Not only is his name on the game, but he worked closely with its creators to instill a deeper sense of realism to the game. The series is named for Colin McRae, one of the former winners of the World Rally Championship.
It is hard to deny that this game was the turning point that helped bring realism to the world of such racing games. This demo version of the software gives the player a glimpse into the full game, and as one of the games in the long series of more than 10 games that helped shape how the series would play out, it represented a distinct shift toward realistic rally car racing games. The Colin McRae racing game series was hugely successful when it first launched in 1998 with Colin McRae Rally, and Colin McRae Rally 2 is the sequel to that first game that redefined an entire genre of racing games.
