New cars, new co-driver and a new season, Colin McRae Rally 04 returns with all the gameplay you've come to expect from a Colin McRae title however this time it's souped-up to the max.

Test your rally skills as you battle it out in the snow, sand, gravel and mud to win the rally championship. Now you're in control - chose the team, the car and the championship which includes forty-eight stages plus four shakedown stages across the eight countries from UK and Finland, to Australia and the USA. Each international rally is designed in stunning detail to capture the dramatic environments and conditions to each course. Pick out your car from over twenty vehicles featured throughout the game, including 4-Wheel drive Citroen Xsara, Mitsubishi EVO 7 and the Subaru Impreza. 2-Wheel drive cars such as the Ford Puma and the Fiat Punto are also included alongside classic cars and bonus vehicles. Constructed in exquisite detail with the spot-on physics and handling, each car makes each driving experience unique. The high end simulation approach to the cars is beautifully balanced with the games exclusive rally stages, each designed by the hand to deliver the perfect rallying gaming experience.

Colin McRae Rally 04 offers you the opportunity to test out car parts to provide your team with new advantageous technology. The tests take place in different countries and are each specifically designed around the technology you are testing. Take part in a rolling test to unlock new engine or the suspension test to unlock new springs.
Maximising the rally gaming experience that tests both cars and your rally skills, Colin McRae Rally 04 is set to be the rally event of the year.

KEY FEATURES

• Technology Tests: 6 new mini games which represent the rally drivers importance, commitment and close involvement in developing a better rally car for the manufacturer. Intra-Rally events enable new technology to enhance the car's performance
  
  
• New Game Modes: 8 key game modes (as opposed to CMR3's 2), including new 2WD and Classics modes, new a 4WD mode, in which you can compete in any of the 4WD cars available. Also there is an expert level for the true hard core drivers and a Custom Rally feature, whereby you can select some of the pre-set rallies such as Gravel-fest and Jumps, or build you own 6 stage rallies from any of your favourite stages throughout the world (subject to progression)
  
  
• Improved handling and physics even greater realism in handling will see you involved in more sideways action, and many new improved surface parameters will add to the experience
  
  
• 23 cars, 48 stages plus 8 shakedown stages across 8 countries: UK, Australia, Sweden, USA, Finland, Japan, Greece and Spain
  
  
• 13,000 Polygons in the car models make them the most detailed in game rally cars ever
  
  
• Awesome graphic effects including animated objects in the environment, including grass, trees and crowds, increased texture resolution for more realistic graphics, more enhanced particle effects and even more car damage