Just picked up Colin McRae Rally the other day! I have been itching for another Rally car game since Rallysport was released!

The menus on the game are very plain and boring. They have a single race mode, an multiplayer race mode and championship mode.

The single and multiplayer mode are pretty strait forward. The biggest problem is that when you pick a track it just has its name, you cannot see the track layout until you actually select it and load the game....a big downfall if you ask me!!!! There is no music in the game, just the dude telling you where the turns are. No custom soundtrack option either.

The championship mode is really cool. You start out with one car, you then get to setup and test your car before you take off. There are usually 3 races per day. So any damage you take will appear in the next race until you finish the day, which is really cool. My first time racing I wrecked so much that nothing was really left of my car but its frame and it had a nasty pull to the left. Once you finish a race the next one starts off where ever you left off. In other words if you were 10 secounds out of first you would have to wait 10 secs before you could take off in the next race. After a couple day event your total time is taken and who ever has the smallest time wins the event. Very cool... You win upgrades depending on what place you finish overall.

The graphics are very well done, though they arn't as good as Rallysport the added extras will not make you notice the shortcommings. There are definatly some things I like about this game better then RallySport, one being the realtime car damage. You can loose just about everything on your car (bumpers, glass, hoods, lights, etc. ). It is really cool blazing down the track slamming into trees and having your bumper dragging behind you barely attached. I remember one race my car was on its last race for the day, it was so messed up neither of the doors would stay closed so each time I took a corner they would swing open and shut!!! Very cool! The cars have dirt show up on them as you get further along in the race. Playing 2 player mode the dust cloud you kick up is huge! It is very hard to see when behind someone! Very realistic.

The tracks are have tons more stuff to wreck into. There are really dense areas where you have to master the slide to get around. I remeber taking a wrong turn, flying though a dense forest comming back to the track and cutting some time off! Very cool. The game dosn't restart your car like it does on Rallysport. The only times it will restart you if you take a wrong turn and go a fair amount out of the way.

The handling on the car is a little tricky to get used to. you have to master letting off the gas to pull out of a slide. Seems a bit sluggish until you get it down, then it actually quite effective!

Overall I am in love with this game, if you loved RallySport GET THIS GAME! Definatly worth your time! Any more questions let me know!