Colin McRae Rally 2.0 roars onto PC this November.

Redefining the defining moment for rally games, Codemasters’ console chart-dominating rally game Colin McRae Rally 2.0 is being turbo charged for a PC CD-ROM launch in November.

Delivering heart-racing rally action, Colin McRae Rally 2.0 has already been a massive hit on PlayStation since its launch in June. It was the summer’s hottest property and now Codemasters is extending the original design of Colin McRae Rally 2.0 to include network and online play for PC gamers. 

Acclaimed as the most breathtaking, exhilarating rally racing experience ever, the game has exceptional heritage: the original title achieved global sales in excess of 1.7 million units, a number one chart placing in 26 countries, and a top 5 chart position in Japan. 

Starring McRae’s Ford Focus as one of the 12 rally cars accurately recreated in the game, Colin McRae Rally 2.0 delivers all the speed, all the thrills and looks and feels better than ever imaginable.

In addition to the high-end rally driving action and unparalleled car handling the brand is famous for, Colin McRae Rally 2.0 introduces a riotous arcade game mode. The arcade mode has all the power of a simulator yet has the multi-player challenge of a coin-op game. Offering 6 cars racing head-to-head over 8 unique looped circuits, it delivers an all-out, all-action rough and ready race.

Colin McRae Rally 2.0 wows with jaw-dropping visuals and combines incredibly detailed car and scenery graphics to deliver exhilarating rally courses across the world. Drive hard, contend with the constantly changing weather and take the cars to the edge of control; but go over the edge and you’ll soon discover the out-of-control damage effects.

Spoilers can crack, the back bumper can break off from one corner so that it drags along the ground, windscreens shatter... Created with close attention to detail, all the effects add greatly to the realism of the game. 

It’s man and machine against the elements – weather effects vary throughout each track and are randomly generated, appropriate to each country. Race a country and you’ll experience one set of weather conditions, race it again and experience another completely different set of conditions.

Colin McRae Rally 2.0 offers players five dynamic camera angles to view the action from, including the in-car driver’s “Head Cam” view which, with its constant jogging, simulates the relentless – often unforgiving – road surface’s effect on the car with dramatic effect.

With 40 people working on the game, Codemasters guarantees gamers the drive of their life with Colin McRae Rally 2.0, coming Christmas 2000 on PC. 

KEY GAMEPLAY ELEMENTS

•	Stunning graphics engine, immaculate car handling.
•	8 global rally venues, including new countries & all new stages.
•	Entirely separate Arcade game, 6 cars on unique circuits.
•	4WD cars including the new Focus and a classic series.
•	Incredibly smart front end, plus weather forecasting.
•	Dynamic action replays with cameraman direction.
•	Neural Net Artificial Intelligence for opponent drivers.
•	Refined damage & car deformation graphics / physics system.
•	32-bit environment textures (PC exclusive).
•	Network (LAN) / Online play (PC exclusive).

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| Notes to Editors:
Established in 1986, Codemasters is a leading developer and publisher of best-selling interactive entertainment products for a global audience on current and future gaming platforms and channels. This has been quite a year for Codemasters. The company is the winner of Queen’s Award For Enterprise in the Innovation category and was featured in the Sunday Times’ Fast Track taking the number two position for the highest annual profit growth at 118.97%. Furthermore, the Central Region’s Entrepreneur of The Year 2000 awards saw David Darling, Founder and Chief Executive of Codemasters, scoop both the “Overall Entrepreneur of the Year” and “Young Entrepreneur Of The Year” awards. Codemasters’ genre-leading brands include Colin McRae Rally, Touring Cars, Micro Machines/Maniacs, and LMA Manager. With an annual turnover in excess of $100 million, the company is headquartered in Southam, Warwickshire, UK where it employs over 400 staff, and maintains European operations in Germany, France, Spain, Benelux and plans to set up operations in Scandinavia. The company entered the US publishing market in 1999 and has an online gaming US-based development facility in Oakhurst, CA. More information about the company and its products is available online at www.codemasters.com.