Colin McRae Rally 2005

Intro Drivers Car Specifications My Personal Records My Keyboard Setup 4WD Competition Charts
My CMR2005 Videos My other rally-related videos CMR2005 Videos of others Online Gameplay Widescreen Setup Links

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 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!

Drivers

CoRoNe NL OldreefDK Birger.DK Lenormand OnTheEdge Andry

Real Name Reino Werner Birger Paul Tony Andrea

Age 25 54 44 44 40 29

Location Oldeholtwolde
(The Netherlands) København
(Denmark) Ålesund
(Norway) La Montagne
(Réunion) Crook Town
(United Kingdom) Rome
(Italy)

Car

Controller

Gearbox manual manual manual manual manual manual

Car Specifications

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 - -

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

My Personal Records ('clean racing')

Peugeot 206 ESP UK GRC USA JPN SWE AUS FIN GER

Stage 1 2:22.26 1:47.91 2:21.39 2:53.66 2:41.51 1:46.11 2:34.90 2:01.03 2:36.70

Stage 2 2:09.11 2:06.46 1:56.15 2:50.83 2:58.59 2:02.36 2:12.11 2:36.70 2:09.19

Stage 3 2:17.98 2:33.02 2:11.13 2:17.75 2:47.56 2:04.35 2:14.58 2:24.24 2:29.75

Stage 4 2:04.50 2:37.11 2:27.07 2:19.11 2:54.27 2:31.46 2:15.75 1:58.15 1:55.31

Stage 5 2:27.44 2:14.46 2:09.07 2:31.44 2:23.66 2:01.79 2:11.07 2:12.83 2:17.58

Stage 6 2:38.34 2:04.44 2:26.87 2:36.91 2:49.23 1:56.34 1:46.38 2:07.99 2:01.39

Stage 7 1:56.87 2:20.22 2:21.18 2:07.63 2:41.27 1:49.83 2:17.87 2:14.67 2:12.47

Stage 8 1:56.95 2:36.11 2:06.30 2:15.58 3:09.39 2:02.61 2:13.47 2:15.06 2:32.61

Super Special 1:11.59 1:07.46 1:20.18 1:13.62

Rally time 17:53.45 18:19.73 17:59.16 21:04.50 23:32.94 17:35.03 17:46.13 17:50.67 19:28.62

Overall time 2h:51m:30.23s

Alfa Romeo 147 GTA ESP UK GRC USA JPN SWE AUS FIN GER

Stage 1 2:30.51 1:55.62 2:27.55 3:04.19 2:50.30 1:53.34 2:41.79 2:07.43 2:45.83

Stage 2 2:14.55 2:14.66 2:00.06 2:59.24 3:09.43 2:07.99 2:18.24 2:43.75 2:16.98

Stage 3 2:25.59 2:39.20 2:15.83 2:26.63 2:57.67 2:12.67 2:20.55 2:29.95 2:39.62

Stage 4 2:09.11 2:45.23 2:35.48 2:23.31 3:02.79 2:41.75 2:21.94 2:03.87 1:59.87

Stage 5 2:34.31 2:21.46 2:17.34 2:36.75 2:31.63 2:09.62 2:17.72 2:20.43 2:26.58

Stage 6 2:43.35 2:11.94 2:32.22 2:43.91 2:58.70 2:03.23 1:51.95 2:13.92 2:09.90

Stage 7 2:02.69 2:27.31 2:27.75 2:15.27 2:50.07 1:53.79 2:21.11 2:22.23 2:17.40

Stage 8 2:04.31 2:43.07 2:14.98 2:22.87 3:20.06 2:07.09 2:16.66 2:25.91 2:42.28

Super Special 1:15.90 1:12.23 1:25.99 1:16.91

Rally time 18:44.42 19:18.49 18:51.21 22:08.07 24:52.88 18:35.47 18:29.96 18:47.49 20:35.37

Overall time 3h:00m:23.36s

Lancia Stratos ESP UK GRC USA JPN SWE AUS FIN GER

Stage 1 2:27.34 1:52.75 2:28.27 3:04.02 2:50.39 1:53.08 2:40.35 2:06.36 2:44.38

Stage 2 2:14.15 2:14.67 2:02.99 2:58.83 3:07.91 2:07.79 2:19.43 2:46.11 2:15.16

Stage 3 2:26.46 2:40.47 2:18.91 2:24.67 2:51.95 2:09.84 2:21.68 2:31.68 2:37.39

Stage 4 2:08.83 2:45.98 2:37.59 2:23.34 3:01.32 2:41.66 2:22.03 2:06.44 1:59.70

Stage 5 2:34.04 2:21.37 2:16.03 2:37.35 2:28.35 2:08.95 2:15.03 2:23.96 2:21.34

Stage 6 2:47.50 2:09.03 2:35.19 2:42.72 2:55.30 2:04.19 1:52.95 2:15.76 2:07.58

Stage 7 2:02.15 2:28.23 2:28.92 2:14.91 2:47.91 1:54.55 2:24.76 2:22.92 2:19.47

Stage 8 2:01.35 2:45.19 2:14.10 2:22.55 3:18.94 2:07.38 2:17.03 2:24.25 2:42.18

Super Special 1:14.58 1:15.53 1:26.23 1:16.78

Rally time 18:41.55 19:17.69 19:02.00 22:02.97 24:37.60 18:33.67 18:33.26 18:57.48 20:23.98

Overall time 3h:00m:10.20s

My Keyboard Setup (manual gearbox)

4WD Competition Charts ('clean racing')

ESP

1) Lenormand 17:52.85

2) CoRoNe NL 17:53.45

3) OldreefDK 18:19.05

4) Birger.DK 18:20.70

5) Andry 18:36.58

6) OnTheEdge 18:40.83

UK

1) CoRoNe NL 18:19.73

2) Lenormand 18:31.66

3) OldreefDK 18:37.32

4) Birger.DK 18:39.23

5) Andry 18:58.73

6) OnTheEdge 19:07.62

GRC

1) CoRoNe NL 17:59.16

2) Birger.DK 18:07.89

3) Lenormand 18:12.79

4) OldreefDK 18:13.38

5) Andry 18:45.63

6) OnTheEdge 19:05.24

USA

1) CoRoNe NL 21:04.50

2) Birger.DK 21:17.76

3) Lenormand 21:18.33

4) OldreefDK 21:25.48

5) Andry 21:48.97

6) OnTheEdge 22:01.60

JPN

1) CoRoNe NL 23:32.94

2) Lenormand 23:39.14

3) OldreefDK 23:52.97

4) Birger.DK 24:01.44

5) Andry 24:20.13

6) OnTheEdge 24:36.76

SWE

1) Lenormand 17:34.95

2) CoRoNe NL 17:35.03

3) OldreefDK 17:57.09

4) Birger.DK 18:00.03

5) Andry 18:21.25

6) OnTheEdge 18:53.77

AUS

1) CoRoNe NL 17:46.13

2) Lenormand 17:58.92

3) Birger.DK 18:12.45

4) OldreefDK 18:22.37

5) OnTheEdge 18:38.61

6) Andry 18:39.86

FIN

1) CoRoNe NL 17:50.67

2) Lenormand 18:03.08

3) Birger.DK 18:18.83

4) OldreefDK 18:29.78

5) OnTheEdge 18:46.57

6) Andry 18:49.08

GER

1) Lenormand 19:24.98

2) CoRoNe NL 19:28.62

3) OldreefDK 19:43.53

4) Birger.DK 19:46.84

5) OnTheEdge 20:06.12

6) Andry 20:12.07

TOTAL

1) CoRoNe NL 2:51:30.23

2) Lenormand 2:52.46.18

3) Birger.DK 2:54:45.17

4) OldreefDK 2:55:00.97

5) Andry 2:58:32.30

6) OnTheEdge 2:59:57.12

My CMR2005 Videos (most of my videos you can also watch in lower quality on Youtube)

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

AUS2 Focus 2:22.06 Yes Birger.DK, Nic GR and SUPER bel Symphony X 06-05-2008 35.6MB

USA7 147GTA 2:26.04 Yes Birger.DK, Nic GR and QRS-NL Shadow Gallery 06-05-2008 40.1MB

JPN7 147GTA 2:54.64 Yes Birger.DK, SUPER bel and Leonsjo Shadow Gallery 06-05-2008 73.3MB

JPN4 P206 3:00.82 Yes Glam, APaglia and Djon rus Apocalyptica 07-05-2008 76.6MB

ESP8 P206 2:02.49 Yes Birger.DK and Lenormand Apocalyptica 08-05-2008 51.7MB

USA6 P206 2:43.93 Yes OldreefDK and Birger.DK Apocalyptica 10-05-2008 45.6MB

GRC2 147GTA 2:11.53 Yes Djon rus, Glam and sami Finntroll 12-05-2008 57.1MB

UK1 MG6R4 1:44.28 No - Dark Moor 14-05-2008 33.3MB

ESP3* 147GTA 2:25.78 No - Gamma Ray 15-05-2008 57.3MB

AUS4* 147GTA 2:21.94 No - 1) Royal Hunt
2) game sounds 20-05-2008 29.6MB

FIN2* 147GTA 2:43.75 No - 1) Korpiklaani
2) game sounds 24-05-2008 41.8MB

USA6* 147GTA 2:43.91 No - 1) Sonata Arctica
2) game sounds 25-05-2008 33.8MB

SWE7* 147GTA 1:53.79 No - 1) Stratovarius
2) game sounds 05-06-2008 42.4MB

JPN8* 147GTA 3:20.06 No - 1) Edenbridge
2) game sounds 08-06-2008 78.9MB

UK4 P206 2:41.40 Yes Birger.DK, APaglia and Glam Firewind 11-06-2008 41.9MB

GER7 147GTA 2:17.40 No - 1) Last Tribe
2) game sounds 26-06-2008 37.0MB

GRC4 147GTA 2:35.48 No - 1) Warmen
2) game sounds 03-07-2008 54.5MB

FIN7 P206 2:26.40 Yes APaglia, M Mouton and Nic GR Ayreon 03-07-2008 49.6MB

JPN2 P206 3:05.99 Yes Birger.DK and Lenormand Dreamtide 15-07-2008 75.6MB

GER3 P206 2:34.81 Yes APaglia, foobar and Birger.DK Royal Hunt 06-08-2008 34.0MB

ESP5 147GTA 2:38.71 Yes Birger.DK, APaglia and Djon rus Stratovarius 12-08-2008 80.0MB

AUS1* P206 2:34.90 No - 1) Avantasia
2) game sounds 14-08-2008 45.9MB

UK7* P206 2:20.22 No - 1) Nightwish
2) game sounds 19-08-2008 33.2MB

USA5 P206 2:31.44 No - 1) Dream Theater
2) game sounds 20-08-2008 32.9MB

FIN4* P206 1:58.15 No - 1) Adagio
2) game sounds 06-09-2008 31.5MB

JPN3 P206 2:47.56 No - 1) Rhapsody of Fire
2) game sounds 11-09-2008 72.9MB

JPN3 P206 2:47.56 No (640x480-version) 1) Rhapsody of Fire
2) game sounds 11-09-2008 142.3MB

UK5 "PoloGTI" 2:21.81 Yes Andry, Zebbb.BEL and sami Falconer 16-01-2009 41.0MB

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

UK6* LStrat 2:10.23 No - 1) Freedom Call
2) game sounds 19-04-2009 24.4MB

JPNSS* P206 1:07.46 No - 1) Warmen
2) game sounds 11-05-2009 20.8MB

FIN8 LStrat 2:27.32 No - 1) Angra
2) game sounds 15-06-2009 63.0MB

JPN7 LStrat 2:50.20 Yes OldreefDK, foobar and Birger.DK 1) Hammerfall
2) game sounds 28-11-2009 83.9MB

AUS3 LStrat 2:21.68 No - 1) Inner Visions
2) game sounds 09-03-2010 26.5MB

AUS3 LStrat 2:21.68 No (640x480-version) 1) Inner Visions
2) game sounds 09-03-2010 55.1MB

GER5 P206 2:24.09 Yes Lenormand, A.Paglia and OldreefDK 1) Edguy
2) game sounds 09-05-2010 77.8MB

USASS P206 1:12.60 No (on special request) game sounds 20-05-2010 25.6MB

SWESS LStrat 1:27.52 No (widescreen sample; 640x360) game sounds 03-06-2010 29.7MB

* 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

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

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

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

ESP2 Xsara 2:13.67 Yes Sevius NL OldreefDK, SUPER bel
and Birger.DK Darude 21-04-2008 40.4MB

UK1 Focus 1:51.25 Yes OnTheEdge Lenormand and Happo.Fin - 19-05-2008 17.9MB

UK1 Focus 1:49.87 No Lenormand - game sounds 20-06-2008 29.0MB

FIN4 Impreza 2:08.97 Yes Glam OldreefDK and SUPER bel game sounds 29-06-2008 69.3MB

ESP2 Focus 2:10.79 No Lenormand - game sounds 06-07-2008 34.0MB

ESP7 Focus 1:59.08 No Lenormand - game sounds 09-07-2008 32.1MB

GER4 Focus 1:55.41 No Lenormand - game sounds 14-07-2008 30.4MB

USA6 Focus 2:46.32 Yes APaglia Birger.DK, Sevius NL and OnTheEdge Hermetica 28-07-2008 83.8MB

SWE6 Focus 2:09.48 Yes APaglia Happo.Fin, Birger.DK and Sevius NL Hermetica 28-07-2008 64.0MB

SWE8* Focus 2:00.80 No Lenormand - game sounds 06-08-2008 30.3MB

GER2* Focus 2:09.44 No APaglia - game sounds 02-09-2008 20.8MB

UK8* Focus 2:35.79 No APaglia - Metallica 05-09-2008 27.6MB

SWE6* Focus 1:57.04 No Lenormand - game sounds 08-09-2008 29.8MB

UK7* Focus 2:19.56 No APaglia - game sounds 15-09-2008 61.7MB

AUS1* Focus 2:34.76 No APaglia - game sounds 13-10-2008 97.5MB

FIN8 Focus 2:22.99 Yes APaglia Lenormand, sami and Birger.DK Pearl Jam 13-10-2008 136.3MB

FIN5 Focus 2:14.91 No APaglia - La Trampa 13-10-2008 97.6MB

ESP3 Impreza 2:35.62 Yes Andry (Glam) CoRoNe NL, APaglia and Lenormand game sounds 13-10-2008 33.6MB

FIN7* Focus 2:16.99 No APaglia - Mago de Oz 14-10-2008 75.2MB

USA5 P205 2:34.84 Yes Andry (Glam) MagMarPo game sounds 22-10-2008 33.2MB

UK3 Impreza 2:16.99 Yes Andry (Glam) APaglia, OnTheEdge and QRS-NL game sounds 22-10-2008 48.3MB

UK1 P205 1:46.43 No Andry (Glam) - game sounds 24-10-2008 25.1MB

ESP5 Xsara 2:29.47 Yes APaglia Birger.DK, Happo.Fin and CoRoNe NL La Trampa 14-11-2008 215.9MB

GER8* Focus 2:31.68 No APaglia - game sounds 14-12-2008 115.9MB

UK1* Focus 1:47.39 No APaglia - game sounds 21-12-2008 106.0MB

USA2 Lancer 2:53.67 Yes APaglia Happo.Fin, Birger.DK and Mercedes. Hermetica 24-12-2008 123.3MB

ESP2 Focus 2:07.92 No APaglia - game sounds 06-01-2009 172.9MB

SWE7* Focus 1:48.00 No Lenormand - game sounds 07-02-2009 27.3MB

* video recording of the replay of a stage.

• Bold personal records / videos are new.

• Video Archive
• Video Support (information about how to watch my videos)

• If you can't download a certain video anymore, please contact me so I can upload it once more.

Online Gameplay

First of all, if you're about to host your own CMR2005 server online and you're behind a router,
you need to open up UDP network port 30002! Otherwise no one can join your server!

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.
We're always putting up a variety of rallies/stages with a mixture of weather types (we'll never put up a stage twice in a row!)
See you ingame ;)

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 has in fact widescreen support out of the box!
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. That way you won't encounter any intro videos anymore.)
Now you should experience a widescreen resolution with a widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio.

Mouse-over for 16:9 aspect ratio

I've also made a widescreen sample video. Go to My CMR2005 Videos and download the one from 03-06-2010.

Links

• Codemasters forum - Colin McRae Rally and DIRT
• Colin Mcrae PC-Game Fansite - Colin Mcrae Rally 2005
• Blackhole Motorsports - Colin McRae Rally 2005 downloads
• Youtube: Lenormand, Len0rmand, A.Paglia, FURIOUS