Is Colin Mcrae Rally out yet ... and other questions

Hi, Is CMR out in North America yet ? I tried the demo, it's pretty good. Thought I had some problems running it with the latest dx6 V2 driver (go back to dx5 V2 driver fixed it), and the max resolution is only 800x600. Also, I am using MSFFPro joystick, is there a way to set up the control so that I can use my throttle (z-axis) to accelerate/brake...I don't like push the stick forward/backward to accelerate/brake. The interface looks very bad (compared to the slick interface in NFS3), is the full game gets improved ? And highlights in full-version ? Night/rain condition ? Will the day of time change (and hence the background/or even weather change) in the full version ? THanks

No, Last time I spole to Codies, they said before the end of the year .>Also, I am using In the full game, yes, I'm not sure which demo you are using though. My demo would let me use keys only. Again, I don't know what demo you are using, but the proper game menus seem slick enough for me The full game features night, rain, storm, snow etc. You can't switch headlights on as in NFS3, they come on at the beginning of a dark stage. The time of day doesn't change during driving, each stage averages 3 minutes and not too much can happen! If the stage starts wet, it can stop raining and start again, but clouds stay the same colour etc. The stages have a set weather and time, but you can get a hack from my site (see below) that lets you customise practically everything! Here: http://members.aol.com/mcraerally/ Cheers! Keith Quinton. The Colin McRae Rally Players Zone http://over.to/cmrally *********************************** Web - http://over.to/cmrally ICQ# - 2896088 ***********************************

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> Hi, > Is CMR out in North America yet ? > I tried the demo, it's pretty good. Thought I had some problems > running it with the latest dx6 V2 driver (go back to dx5 V2 driver > fixed it), and the max resolution is only 800x600. Also, I am using > MSFFPro joystick, is there a way to set up the control so that I > can use my throttle (z-axis) to accelerate/brake...I don't like push > the stick forward/backward to accelerate/brake.

Well, using the 3Dfx V2 DX6 drivers, CMR comes out all white. I had to switch back to my reference drivers(DX5). CMR can use joysticks, tho I use the keyboard. As for acceleration/braking u can assign them to buttons, but I didn't explore the posibility of using the throttle(ie slider?). I don't think u can assign speed to the Z-axis... Yeah, nice... u get this circular thing which u rotate to get each option and at the centre u get an animated pic. Menu navigation, I think is similar to NFS3(only played it abit on a friend's pc) or Redline Racer. Weather and time conditions are fixed on a particular track, so u can't go like Monster Truck Madness and set rain and night on track X.... However, u have 4x6 + 4x7 tracks, plus I believe 2 bonus rallys(or was it stages). It's exactly as the API rally in real life. Tommi Makkinen is missing tho.. :-) I reside in Australia, and I was playing the Australia rally, and one time I went, "Hey didn't I see that on tv?"... Bad thing tho, it has some "console" features, eg u can only do single rallys or stage time trials after u play the championship and log a time. ie if u've never played a particular stage or rally in championship mode, u can't play them in Single Rally or Time Trial. Not that bad really, but naturally(unless u're good!) the 1st championship u play, don't expect to place 1st! There's also a driving school with Novice, Intermediate and Expert levels, and 4 more cars(of 8) to be unlocked when u place 1st in the Intermediate Championship... The best parts about CMR are the awesome sound effects and the LARGE number of tracks, ie 52!!! With each stage lasting about 2-4 minutes, this game will last a LONG time.... -- Slasher Arcana -- Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum