Intro
Colin McRae Rally 2005. Of all the other rally games I've played, definitely the best! I have
spend many hours playing CMR2005. More than Network Q RAC Rally Championship (DOS), where it
all started for me, and more than Mobil 1 Rally Championship and yet even more than Colin
McRae 04. The constant search for a challenge and "the satisfaction of being quicker than
someone else" (Colin McRae), that's what keeps me going. You can easily
say I'm a bit of a rally fanatic.
I've always used the keyboard to get myself to the finish. Some years ago when I was still
playing Mobil 1 Rally Championship, I once borrowed the steering wheel from my neighbour
though. I was actually doing pretty good with that thing. It was a lot of fun. Maybe I'll
buy a steering wheel once myself.
My Colin-McRae-Rally-adventure started with Colin McRae Rally 4. I've never played CMR 1, 2 or 3.
The first time I played CMR04, I didn't like it at all and I even uninstalled it. Since I was
completely used to the steering sensitivity of Mobil 1 Rally Championship I really had to get
used to CMR04. A couple of months later I thought I'd give it another try and with succes this
time. CMR04 I enjoyed quite a lot. Especially the multiplayer part, since this was my first
rally game online.
I've been around with CMR2005 from the beginning and I still enjoy every minute of it. Compared
to CMR04 the surface in CMR04 feels like driving on ice, but at the same time I miss the online
chatbox in CMR04 a lot. I still don't understand why CodeMasters removed it.
Somewhere around march 2007 I started shifting gears manually. This radically changed my driving
style and my whole experience of playing rally games all together. First I was worried yet even
more buttons would be too much to handle, but eventually it worked out very well. It actually
gave me more control over the car and of course now I could accelerate much quicker than before!
I discovered the true potential of the Alfa Romeo 147 GTA and the Lancia Stratos this way. Before
I changed to manually shifting, I couldn't handle the Lancia Stratos at all!
As a true competitor I liked the competition on gametimesonline.com, and later on bhmotorsports.com,
very much. With a special program you could upload your fastest stage times to this site and
compare them to people all over the world. In 2006 this sadly came to an end. In 2007 I started
hosting my own record chart just for fun. After a couple of months OldreefDK and Birger.DK joined the
game, but when the rest joined up it became a real competition! Enjoy!
Car Specifications
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Peugeot 206 |
Citroën Xsara |
Ford Focus |
Alfa Romeo 147 GTA |
Lancia Stratos |
Capacity |
1998cc |
1998cc |
1998cc |
3179cc |
2418cc |
Layout |
Inline 4 |
Inline 4 |
Inline 4 |
V6 |
V6 |
Valves |
16 |
16 |
16 |
24 |
24 |
Aspiration |
Turbo |
Turbo |
Turbo |
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Power |
300 BHP |
310 BHP |
300 BHP |
250 BHP |
280 BHP |
Transmission |
4WD |
4WD |
4WD |
FWD |
RWD |
Weight |
1230 kg |
1230 kg |
1230 kg |
1360 kg |
980 kg |
Drivers
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CoRoNe NL |
OldreefDK |
Birger.DK |
Lenormand |
OnTheEdge |
Andry |
Real Name |
Reino |
Werner |
Birger |
Paul |
Tony |
Andrea |
Age |
26 |
55 |
44 |
44 |
40 |
29 |
Location |
Oldeholtwolde (The Netherlands) |
København (Denmark) |
Ålesund (Norway) |
La Montagne (Réunion) |
Crook Town (United Kingdom) |
Rome (Italy) |
Car |
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Controller |
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Gearbox |
manual |
manual |
manual |
manual |
manual |
manual |
My Keyboard Setup (manual gearbox)
My Personal Records ('clean racing')
Overall time |
2h:51m:30.23s |
Overall time |
3h:00m:23.36s |
Overall time |
2h:59m:33.72s |
4WD Competition Charts ('clean racing')
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ESP |
1) | Lenormand | 17:50.85 |
2) | CoRoNe NL | 17:53.45 |
3) | OldreefDK | 18:18.55 |
4) | Birger.DK | 18:20.39 |
5) | Andry | 18:34.35 |
6) | OnTheEdge | 18:37.09 |
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UK |
1) | CoRoNe NL | 18:19.73 |
2) | Lenormand | 18:31.66 |
3) | OldreefDK | 18:35.26 |
4) | Birger.DK | 18:36.98 |
5) | Andry | 18:57.36 |
6) | OnTheEdge | 19:05.50 |
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GRC |
1) | CoRoNe NL | 17:59.16 |
2) | Birger.DK | 18:07.64 |
3) | OldreefDK | 18:11.93 |
4) | Lenormand | 18:12.79 |
5) | Andry | 18:43.34 |
6) | OnTheEdge | 19:02.82 |
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USA |
1) | CoRoNe NL | 21:04.50 |
2) | Birger.DK | 21:15.73 |
3) | Lenormand | 21:18.33 |
4) | OldreefDK | 21:25.00 |
5) | Andry | 21:42.99 |
6) | OnTheEdge | 21:59.88 |
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JPN |
1) | CoRoNe NL | 23:32.94 |
2) | Lenormand | 23:37.84 |
3) | OldreefDK | 23:49.95 |
4) | Birger.DK | 23:57.37 |
5) | Andry | 24:13.88 |
6) | OnTheEdge | 24:33.40 |
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SWE |
1) | Lenormand | 17:34.95 |
2) | CoRoNe NL | 17:35.03 |
3) | OldreefDK | 17:56.77 |
4) | Birger.DK | 17:57.21 |
5) | Andry | 18:20.01 |
6) | OnTheEdge | 18:49.84 |
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AUS |
1) | CoRoNe NL | 17:46.13 |
2) | Lenormand | 17:55.19 |
3) | Birger.DK | 18:08.21 |
4) | OldreefDK | 18:19.41 |
5) | Andry | 18:35.68 |
6) | OnTheEdge | 18:37.20 |
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FIN |
1) | CoRoNe NL | 17:50.67 |
2) | Lenormand | 17:59.40 |
3) | Birger.DK | 18:12.31 |
4) | OldreefDK | 18:29.32 |
5) | OnTheEdge | 18:45.98 |
6) | Andry | 18:48.52 |
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GER |
1) | Lenormand | 19:24.98 |
2) | CoRoNe NL | 19:28.62 |
4) | Birger.DK | 19:42.64 |
3) | OldreefDK | 19:42.71 |
5) | OnTheEdge | 20:06.12 |
6) | Andry | 20:06.57 |
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TOTAL |
1) | CoRoNe NL | 2:51:30.23 |
2) | Lenormand | 2:52.25.99 |
3) | Birger.DK | 2:54:18.48 |
4) | OldreefDK | 2:54:48.90 |
5) | Andry | 2:58:02.70 |
6) | OnTheEdge | 2:59:37.83 |
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My CMR2005 Videos (most of my videos you can also watch in lower quality on my Youtube channel)
"CoRoNe's CMR2005 video soundtracks"-Youtube playlist <-- For all you metal fans! \m/
Stage | Car | Time | Online | Other drivers |
Audio Track | Date | Size |
UK1 | 147GTA | 2:00.17 | Yes | Birger.DK, SUPER bel and Nic GR |
Symphony X | 06-05-2008 | 34.9MB |
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AUS2 | Focus | 2:22.06 | Yes | Birger.DK, Nic GR and SUPER bel |
Symphony X | 06-05-2008 | 35.6MB |
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USA7 | 147GTA | 2:26.04 | Yes | Birger.DK, Nic GR and QRS-NL |
Shadow Gallery | 06-05-2008 | 40.1MB |
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JPN7 | 147GTA | 2:54.64 | Yes | Birger.DK, SUPER bel and Leonsjo |
Shadow Gallery | 06-05-2008 | 73.3MB |
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JPN4 | P206 | 3:00.82 | Yes | Glam, APaglia and Djon rus |
Apocalyptica | 07-05-2008 | 76.6MB |
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ESP8 | P206 | 2:02.49 | Yes | Birger.DK and Lenormand |
Apocalyptica | 08-05-2008 | 51.7MB |
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USA6 | P206 | 2:43.93 | Yes | OldreefDK and Birger.DK |
Apocalyptica | 10-05-2008 | 45.6MB |
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GRC2 | 147GTA | 2:11.53 | Yes | Djon rus, Glam and sami |
Finntroll | 12-05-2008 | 57.1MB |
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UK1 | MG6R4 | 1:44.28 | No | - |
Dark Moor | 14-05-2008 | 33.3MB |
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ESP3* | 147GTA | 2:25.78 | No | - |
Gamma Ray | 15-05-2008 | 57.3MB |
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AUS4* | 147GTA | 2:21.94 | No | - |
1) Royal Hunt 2) game sounds | 20-05-2008 | 29.6MB |
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FIN2* | 147GTA | 2:43.75 | No | - |
1) Korpiklaani 2) game sounds | 24-05-2008 | 41.8MB |
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USA6* | 147GTA | 2:43.91 | No | - |
1) Sonata Arctica 2) game sounds | 25-05-2008 | 33.8MB |
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SWE7* | 147GTA | 1:53.79 | No | - |
1) Stratovarius 2) game sounds | 05-06-2008 | 42.4MB |
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JPN8* | 147GTA | 3:20.06 | No | - |
1) Edenbridge 2) game sounds | 08-06-2008 | 78.9MB |
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UK4 | P206 | 2:41.40 | Yes | Birger.DK, APaglia and Glam |
Firewind | 11-06-2008 | 41.9MB |
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GER7 | 147GTA | 2:17.40 | No | - |
1) Last Tribe 2) game sounds | 26-06-2008 | 37.0MB |
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GRC4 | 147GTA | 2:35.48 | No | - |
1) Warmen 2) game sounds | 03-07-2008 | 54.5MB |
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FIN7 | P206 | 2:26.40 | Yes | APaglia, M Mouton and Nic GR |
Ayreon | 03-07-2008 | 49.6MB |
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JPN2 | P206 | 3:05.99 | Yes | Birger.DK and Lenormand |
Dreamtide | 15-07-2008 | 75.6MB |
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GER3 | P206 | 2:34.81 | Yes | APaglia, foobar and Birger.DK |
Royal Hunt | 06-08-2008 | 34.0MB |
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ESP5 | 147GTA | 2:38.71 | Yes | Birger.DK, APaglia and Djon rus |
Stratovarius | 12-08-2008 | 80.0MB |
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AUS1* | P206 | 2:34.90 | No | - |
1) Avantasia 2) game sounds | 14-08-2008 | 45.9MB |
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UK7* | P206 | 2:20.22 | No | - |
1) Nightwish 2) game sounds | 19-08-2008 | 33.2MB |
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USA5 | P206 | 2:31.44 | No | - |
1) Dream Theater 2) game sounds | 20-08-2008 | 32.9MB |
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FIN4* | P206 | 1:58.15 | No | - |
1) Adagio 2) game sounds | 06-09-2008 | 31.5MB |
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JPN3 | P206 | 2:47.56 | No | - |
1) Rhapsody of Fire 2) game sounds | 11-09-2008 | 72.9MB |
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JPN3 | P206 | 2:47.56 | No | (640x480-version) |
1) Rhapsody of Fire 2) game sounds | 11-09-2008 | 142.3MB |
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UK5 | "PoloGTI" | 2:21.81 | Yes | Andry, Zebbb.BEL and sami |
Falconer | 16-01-2009 | 41.0MB |
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CMR2005_UK5_PoloGTI_online14.mkv is a tribute to "cmr5game", the creator of this modified VW Polo. It's a 4WD GTI version with 300HP and can be found
here. Of course changing car specifications is considered cheating. That's why this was a one time deal for me. |
ESP4 | LStrat | 2:08.56 | No | - |
1) Masterplan 2) game sounds | 12-04-2009 | 75.9MB |
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UK6* | LStrat | 2:10.23 | No | - |
1) Freedom Call 2) game sounds | 19-04-2009 | 24.4MB |
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JPNSS* | P206 | 1:07.46 | No | - |
1) Warmen 2) game sounds | 11-05-2009 | 20.8MB |
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FIN8 | LStrat | 2:27.32 | No | - |
1) Angra 2) game sounds | 15-06-2009 | 63.0MB |
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JPN7 | LStrat | 2:50.20 | Yes | OldreefDK, foobar and Birger.DK |
1) Hammerfall 2) game sounds | 28-11-2009 | 83.9MB |
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AUS3 | LStrat | 2:21.68 | No | - |
1) Inner Visions 2) game sounds | 09-03-2010 | 26.5MB |
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AUS3 | LStrat | 2:21.68 | No | (640x480-version) |
1) Inner Visions 2) game sounds | 09-03-2010 | 55.1MB |
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GER5 | P206 | 2:24.09 | Yes | Lenormand, A.Paglia and OldreefDK |
1) Edguy 2) game sounds | 09-05-2010 | 77.8MB |
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USASS | P206 | 1:12.60 | No | (on special request) |
game sounds | 20-05-2010 | 25.6MB |
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SWESS | LStrat | 1:27.52 | No | (widescreen sample; 640x360) |
game sounds | 03-06-2010 | 29.7MB |
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GRC7 | P206 | 2:25.63 | Yes | Birger.DK, A.Paglia and Andry |
1) Silent Force 2) game sounds | 06-09-2010 | 67.1MB |
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JPN4 | LStrat | 3:02.97 | Yes | OldreefDK, OnTheEdge and Birger.DK |
1) Eden's Curse 2) game sounds | 06-09-2010 | 131.7MB |
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SWE2* | LStrat | 2:05.43 | No | - |
1) Keldian 2) game sounds | 01-11-2010 | 70.7MB |
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JPN1* | P205 | 2:34.74 | No | - |
1) DragonForce 2) game sounds | 01-03-2011 | 145.0MB |
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* video recording of the replay of a stage.
My other rally-related videos
File | Description | Length |
Date | Size |
Paradigit ELE Rally 2008 Compilation (Reino).mkv | Dutch Rally. First release; chronological scenes | 14:48 | 10-06-2008 | 143.7MB |
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Paradigit ELE Rally 2008 Compilation v2 (Reino).mkv | Dutch Rally. Second release; mixed shots with intro and outro | 13:35 | 01-09-2008 | 132.0MB |
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CMR2005_JPN3_P206_024756_the-making-of.mkv | A step by step tutorial on how I made my CMR2005 JPN3 video | 29:53 | 25-10-2008 | 44.2MB |
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CMR2005 Videos of others
Stage | Car | Time | Online | Driver |
Other drivers | Audio Track | Date | Size |
JPN5 | MG6R4 | 2:25.58 | No | Sevius NL | - |
game sounds | 16-04-2008 | 40.0MB |
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ESP2 | Xsara | 2:13.67 | Yes | Sevius NL | OldreefDK, SUPER bel and Birger.DK |
Darude | 21-04-2008 | 40.4MB |
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UK1 | Focus | 1:51.25 | Yes | OnTheEdge | Lenormand and Happo.Fin |
- | 19-05-2008 | 17.9MB |
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UK1 | Focus | 1:49.87 | No | Lenormand | - |
game sounds | 20-06-2008 | 29.0MB |
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FIN4 | Impreza | 2:08.97 | Yes | Glam | OldreefDK and SUPER bel |
game sounds | 29-06-2008 | 69.3MB |
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ESP2 | Focus | 2:10.79 | No | Lenormand | - |
game sounds | 06-07-2008 | 34.0MB |
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ESP7 | Focus | 1:59.08 | No | Lenormand | - |
game sounds | 09-07-2008 | 32.1MB |
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GER4 | Focus | 1:55.41 | No | Lenormand | - |
game sounds | 14-07-2008 | 30.4MB |
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USA6 | Focus | 2:46.32 | Yes | APaglia | Birger.DK, Sevius NL and OnTheEdge |
Hermetica | 28-07-2008 | 83.8MB |
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SWE6 | Focus | 2:09.48 | Yes | APaglia | Happo.Fin, Birger.DK and Sevius NL |
Hermetica | 28-07-2008 | 64.0MB |
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SWE8* | Focus | 2:00.80 | No | Lenormand | - |
game sounds | 06-08-2008 | 30.3MB |
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GER2* | Focus | 2:09.44 | No | APaglia | - |
game sounds | 02-09-2008 | 20.8MB |
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UK8* | Focus | 2:35.79 | No | APaglia | - |
Metallica | 05-09-2008 | 27.6MB |
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SWE6* | Focus | 1:57.04 | No | Lenormand | - |
game sounds | 08-09-2008 | 29.8MB |
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UK7* | Focus | 2:19.56 | No | APaglia | - |
game sounds | 15-09-2008 | 61.7MB |
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AUS1* | Focus | 2:34.76 | No | APaglia | - |
game sounds | 13-10-2008 | 97.5MB |
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FIN8 | Focus | 2:22.99 | Yes | APaglia | Lenormand, sami and Birger.DK |
Pearl Jam | 13-10-2008 | 136.3MB |
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FIN5 | Focus | 2:14.91 | No | APaglia | - |
La Trampa | 13-10-2008 | 97.6MB |
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ESP3 | Impreza | 2:35.62 | Yes | Andry (Glam) | CoRoNe NL, APaglia and Lenormand |
game sounds | 13-10-2008 | 33.6MB |
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FIN7* | Focus | 2:16.99 | No | APaglia | - |
Mago de Oz | 14-10-2008 | 75.2MB |
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USA5 | P205 | 2:34.84 | Yes | Andry (Glam) | MagMarPo |
game sounds | 22-10-2008 | 33.2MB |
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UK3 | Impreza | 2:16.99 | Yes | Andry (Glam) | APaglia, OnTheEdge and QRS-NL |
game sounds | 22-10-2008 | 48.3MB |
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UK1 | P205 | 1:46.43 | No | Andry (Glam) | - |
game sounds | 24-10-2008 | 25.1MB |
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ESP5 | Xsara | 2:29.47 | Yes | APaglia | Birger.DK, Happo.Fin and CoRoNe NL |
La Trampa | 14-11-2008 | 215.9MB |
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GER8* | Focus | 2:31.68 | No | APaglia | - |
game sounds | 14-12-2008 | 115.9MB |
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UK1* | Focus | 1:47.39 | No | APaglia | - |
game sounds | 21-12-2008 | 106.0MB |
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USA2 | Lancer | 2:53.67 | Yes | APaglia | Happo.Fin, Birger.DK and Mercedes. |
Hermetica | 24-12-2008 | 123.3MB |
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ESP2 | Focus | 2:07.92 | No | APaglia | - |
game sounds | 06-01-2009 | 172.9MB |
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SWE7* | Focus | 1:48.00 | No | Lenormand | - |
game sounds | 07-02-2009 | 27.3MB |
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JPN3 | Xsara | 2:49.56 | Yes | OldreefDK | CoRoNe NL, A. Paglia and Andry |
1) Sort Sol 2) game sounds | 05-09-2010 | 122.3MB |
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JPN4 | Xsara | 2:54.57 | No | RotoR | - |
unknown | 13-04-2011 | 182.7MB |
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ESP6 | Focus | 2:35.19 | No | TokyMada | - |
game sounds | 18-02-2012 | 89.4MB |
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ESP1 | Xsara | 2:21.91 | No | TokyMada | - |
game sounds | 28-02-2012 | 80.1MB |
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* video recording of the replay of a stage.
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Bold personal records / videos are new. |
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Video Archive |
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Video Support (information about how to watch my videos)
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If you can't download a certain video anymore, please contact me so I can reupload. |
Widescreen Setup
I don't own a widescreen monitor myself, but I have noticed that some of my friends who do, despite having selected a widescreen
resolution, are still playing on a 4:3 aspect ratio. Or in other words; the image is stretched.
Although it's a hidden feature, Colin McRae Rally 2005 does in fact have widescreen support out of the box! However, only an
aspect ratio of 16:9 is supported, so people with a 16:10 widescreen monitor will still experience a slightly stretched image.
If you don't know the aspect ratio of your monitor, simply look up your resolution in the following table:
4:3 | 16:9 | 16:10 |
1024x768 | 1024x576 | 1024x640 |
1152x864 | 1152x648 | 1152x720 |
1280x960 | 1280x720 | 1280x800 |
1400x1050 | 1366x768 | 1440x900 |
1600x1200 | 1600x900 | 1680x1050 |
1920x1440 | 1920x1080 | 1920x1200 |
If you have a widescreen monitor, right-click on the Colin McRae Rally 2005 shortcut on your desktop and select "Properties".
Go to the "Shortcut"-tab and put "widescreendisplay" behind the target (mind the space!).
(Optionally you can also put "novideo" behind the target. By doing so intro movies are skipped.)
Now you should experience a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.
To change the resolution --> ingame Options, Graphics, Advanced Options.
To change the aspect ratio --> shortcut-command "widescreendisplay" for 16:9.
Mouse-over for undesirable situations
I've also made a 16:9 widescreen sample video. Go to My CMR2005 Videos and download the one from 03-06-2010.
Online Gameplay
First of all, if you're about to host your own CMR2005 server online and you're behind a modem/router,
you need to open up UDP network port 30002! Otherwise no one can enter your server!
Beneath you see a screenshot of the configuration panel of my modem/router. The section to forward network ports to my IP
address is called "Virtual Server" here, but it's very well possible within your modem/router's configuration panel it's called "Port forwarding" or something else.
You also need to enter your network/local IP address. To find out, right-mouse-click on your network-connection, click "Status" and go to the "Support"-tab.
Another way to find out is to go to the Start-menu, click "Run...", type "cmd" and type "ipconfig" in the DOS-window. As you can see, my IP address is 10.0.0.5.
OldreefDK, Birger.DK and myself are hosting a CMR2005 server too from time to time and everyone is welcome,
BUT we do have some rules:
- Cheaters and people cutting corners or using railings to gain an unfair advantage will be kicked.
(Nikakis couldn't have explained it any better: "how to get kicked for sure" (Thanks Nikakis!)
- People who don't make it to the finish within the 30sec will be kicked to make room for other drivers (only if the server is full). And please don't bother me and other fast drivers by rejoining the whole time,
but rather use this opportunity to get some racing skills by driving Time Trial!
- Idle people will be kicked (people who show no activity within one minute tops).
- People using insulting/offending names will be kicked.
- I'm not responsible for OldreefDK's or Birger.DK's kicking policy! :P
We will always set up a variety of rallies/stages with a mixture of weather types. We will never set up a stage twice in a row!
See you ingame ;)
Links
  Codemasters forum - Colin McRae Rally and DIRT
  Colin Mcrae PC-Game Fansite - Colin Mcrae Rally 2005
  Youtube: CoRoNe, OldreefDK,
Lenormand, Len0rmand,
A.Paglia, FURIOUS
  Since bhmotorsports.com (CMR2005 related downloads) went offline some years ago, I'm being asked if I could upload some
  of the car textures I'm using in my videos. I took the liberty to upload all the car textures I once downloaded from bhmotorsports.
  Have fun!
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