Colin McRae Rally 3 is the third installment in the series. This was the first Colin McRae game released for the PlayStation 2, as well as the Xbox. A GameCube version was announced but it was cancelled. It uses an autosave feature.
Gameplay[]
Each Rally takes place during two days with three Special Stages each, and a final Super Special Stage at the end of the second day. There are service areas between the two days (meaning 3 special stages, then a service area, other 3 special stages, last service area, and then super special stage 7 (night)). It is not possible to manually repair the damage of the car. It is calculated and repaired automatically. Also the setup of the car is most of the times already adjusted to the stages conditions.
The championship takes place over three years (2002, 2003, 2004), with the difficulty increasing each year, as you race to try and become the Sparco Rally Champion in Colin McRae's Ford Focus RS WRC '02. Six rallies take place each season.
Vehicles[]
4WD[]
- Ford Focus RS WRC '02 - 300bhp
- Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII - 290bhp
- Subaru Impreza WRX (44S) - 288bhp
FWD[]
- Citroën Xsara Kit Car - 290bhp
- Citroën Saxo Kit Car - 210bhp
- MG ZR Rally Car - 204bhp
- Ford Puma Rally Car - 200bhp
- Fiat Punto Rally Car - 215bhp
Group B[]
- Lancia 037 - 325bhp
- MG Metro 6R4 - 380bhp
- Ford RS200 - 420bhp
Extra cars[]
- Ford Focus RS WRC '01 - 300bhp
- Citroën Xsara Road Car - 300bhp
- Mitsubishi Pajero - 191bhp
- Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII RS II - 290bhp
- Subaru Impreza WRX (44S) Road Car - 288bhp
- Subaru Impreza 22B STI - 288bhp
- Ford Focus RS Road Car - 215bhp
- Ford WRC Replica Transit Van - 215bhp
- Citroën 2CV Sahara - 120bhp
- Jet Fighter - 2120 bhp
- Hovercraft - 750 bhp
- Battle Tank - 1050 bhp
- Baja Buggy - 100 bhp
Winning each rally during the championship unlocks the following:
Normal Difficulty :
Australia Rally 1st place - Citroën Saxo Kit Car,
Spain Rally 1st place - Subaru Impreza WRX 44S Road Car,
Finland Rally 1st place - Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VII RS II,
USA Rally 1st place - Citroën Xsara Road Car (FWD),
Japan Rally 1st place - Subaru Impreza 22B STI,
Sweden Rally 1st place - Ford Focus RS WRC '01 and MG Metro 6R4.
Hard Difficulty :
UK Rally 1st place - Citroën 2CV Sahara,
Sweden Rally 1st place - Mitsubishi Pajero (4WD) and Lancia 037.
Very Hard Difficulty :
Greece Rally 1st place - Ford Focus RS Road Car,
Sweden Rally 1st place - Ford Transit Replica Rally Van and Ford RS200.
Locations[]
There are eight countries:
- Sweden (snow)
- Japan (wet tarmac)
- UK (wet tarmac/gravel and mud)
- Finland (gravel)
- Spain (dry concrete/tarmac)
- Australia (dry loose pea gravel)
- USA (gravel and dusty tarmac)
- Greece (dry rough gravel)
Trivia[]
- Notably, this is the first game in which the Peugeot 206 is completely absent.
- The Subaru Impreza WRX was modelled, including the license plate, from the car belonging to John Griffin, who helped with some of the research for the game. He still owns the car as of 2008.
- The car featured on the front cover of the game was the Ford Focus WRC '02 (EK 51 HXZ) from the 2002 Rallye de Catalunya.
- All cars except the Citroën 2CV Sahara have a 6-speed gearbox.
