Colin McRae Rally 2.0

Codemasters · released 2000 · discussed in 944 posts, 1998-2007 · overall tone mixed

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2000-12-08 Colin McRae Rally 2.0 was released for the PC. thread post

Key threads

Rally Trophy demo physics: realistic or too forgiving? 2001-10-30 · 36 posts
A poster asked why the Rally Trophy demo's Mini never rolled over, prompting a long debate about the demo's physics. Many praised its feel as the best rally handling yet, while others thought the centre of gravity was too low and compared it with Rally Championship 2000, Rally Masters and Colin McRae Rally 2. The thread widened into whether the group overpraises 'old car' sims like GPL, with David G Fisher arguing the community is biased toward historic racing and others rejecting that.
Colin McRae Rally 2 PC release and impressions 2000-12-07 · 21 posts
Jay J announced that Colin McRae Rally 2.0 was coming to PC on 8 December 2000. Early players confirmed a cockpit view and praised the handling and force feedback, while Andre Warringa found it too arcade-like compared with Rally Championship 2000. Several users reported lockups on Voodoo3 cards.
Best modern rally sim for the PC 2001-11-29 · 27 posts
Asked for the best rally sim, posters split between Rally Masters for physics, Rally Championship 2000 for authentic stages despite weak physics, Rally Trophy for good physics on historic cars, and Colin McRae Rally 2 for fun. Rally Championship Xtreme was criticised for a large steering dead zone, with DXTweak suggested as a workaround that did not work on XP. Posters also explained why most rally games use fictional stages.
Settings and mods for Mobil 1 Rally Championship 2001-02-26 · 26 posts
Jagg sought mod sites and physics settings for Mobil 1 Rally Championship, and Marc Collins shared realism-oriented config settings. Posters compared it with Colin McRae Rally 2, finding RC more sim-like but with narrow-looking roads and oddly effective brakes, and pointed to a configuration manager tool.
Joystick versus wheel for Colin McRae Rally 2 2001-09-03 · 23 posts
Kris asked whether a steering wheel would be better than a joystick for Colin McRae Rally 2, thinking joysticks only gave on/off steering. Replies explained that modern analogue joysticks are proportional but less precise than a wheel, which most recommended for immersion. Side banter concerned ymenard's wreck at a LAN event and whether F1 drivers could steer with a joystick.
Colin McRae Rally 2 compared with Mobil 1 Rally Championship 2001-02-18 · 23 posts
A user asked how Colin McRae Rally 2 compares with Mobil 1 Rally Championship. Respondents described CMR2 as a cross between arcade and sim with excellent car detail, while some considered Rally Championship (RC2000 in Europe) the better simulation. Later posts dealt with CMR2 stuttering, with DMA settings suggested as a fix.
What do rally co-driver pace-note numbers mean? 2001-10-19 · 23 posts
Tom Pabst asked whether the numbers in Rally Trophy's co-driver calls refer to gears. Replies explained that the numbers describe corner severity, along with calls like tightens, opens and don't cut, though there was disagreement over whether higher numbers mean sharper or faster corners. Posters noted that Colin McRae's games use gear numbers because McRae and Nicky Grist use that system.
Colin McRae Rally 2's limited damage model 2001-03-10 · 20 posts
A user found Colin McRae Rally 2's damage model nearly non-existent. Others explained damage is cumulative and must be enabled, noted rally games are forgiving because players leave the road so often, and recommended Mobil 1 Rally Championship, whose damage can be tuned.
Will Colin McRae Rally 2.0 have a cockpit view? 2000-11-18 · 20 posts
David Cook worried that no Colin McRae Rally 2.0 screenshots showed a cockpit view. Others noted Codemasters was working on a head-cam and that the PlayStation movie showed one, and it was later confirmed the game had a cockpit view. Users debated the value of cockpit versus bonnet views.

Busiest threads

Colin McRae Rally 2 PC release and impressions (13 posts about it)
How many racing sims do you have installed? (11 posts about it)
CMR 2 demo and game (10 posts about it)
best rally game??? (9 posts about it)
Confused about CMR2 (7 posts about it)
CMR2 Any good? (7 posts about it)
How to learn to drive in CMR 2? (6 posts about it)
Colin McRae Rally 2.0 - Should I buy now and will it play on XP? (6 posts about it)
Ferrari force feedback problems with Colin Mcrae 2.0 (6 posts about it)
CMR2 (6 posts about it)
Which racing game has the best graphics? (6 posts about it)
CMR2 - Any sign or projected dates for a patch (6 posts about it)
Colin McRae Rally 2.0 review (6 posts about it)
Best rally sim? (6 posts about it)
CMR2 Causes error in kernel32.dll (6 posts about it)

Sentiment by year

Each post that discussed the sim was rated from −2 (very negative) to +2 (very positive).

Year	Posts	Positive	Negative	Tone
1998	6	1	0	mixed (+0.17)
1999	31	8	2	mixed (+0.16)
2000	204	50	41	mixed (+0.13)
2001	402	106	75	mixed (+0.13)
2002	187	46	43	mixed (+0.04)
2003	83	31	7	positive (+0.39)
2004	30	13	3	positive (+0.47)
2007	1	0	0	mixed (+0.00)