Colin McRae Rally 2.0

There are hundreds of driving games out there, but only a few really have the quality to make you feel like you are part of the game. Colin McRae Rally 2.0 is a game that allows you too take your throbbing £350,000 four-wheel drive beast into a tree. The Cars, the detail, the sounds, all make this game, one of the best games around. If you have a new computer, and you want to see how good your computer is, then buy this game, it is nearly the only car game that will actually push a GeForce 2 Ultra to its limits. This game is a must for young and old people alike. There is one thing, this game is best played with a steering wheel or some kind of game pad.

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Graphics: Colin McRae Rally 2.0 has a vast array of graphics options; this game would run on a 200Mhz Pentium with 64Mb of ram in the box, and a voodoo3 graphics card. The quality of the game with that configuration does not warrant the £30 to buy the game, if you have a 300Mhz Pentium II or lower; I see no point in buying the new game, as it will feel like the old version all over again. Using a Pentium III is really vital if you want to run the game with high graphics. As ever, using a GeForce based card will make so much difference. If you can get the resolution up high enough, (2048 by 1536, is the best) the cars look almost show room real. I have many car games, Midtown Madness 1& 2, Grand Prix 3, Need For Speed, to name a few, but none of those really push my graphics card. If there are people out there who love games and have a beast of a machine, Pentium III 1Ghz or above, with 256mb Ram or above with a GeForce 2 Ultra, you can play the game in glorious 32bit at a resolution of 2048 by 1536 (you will need a good monitor for this).