![]() ![]() This third effort marks the transition to the PS2/Xbox generation, and although a fan of racing games and a PS2 owner during this period, I never got around to the series on console. The McRae series was the undisputed king of console rallying during the original PlayStation era, and this success translated well to the PC, although it did come up against significantly stronger opposition from titles not released on console that were free to make use of the PC’s extra processing power. ![]() I bet Brian Lara’s never played his cricket games though.Ĭontact with any signs of life are rare. Last time, your correspondent did Mr McRae a disservice by implying that this was indeed the nature of his relationship with the series of games bearing his name, and in fact I soon learned (shortly after the sad news of his death, which gave me even more cause to regret the flippant tone taken) that he did in fact have some hands-on involvement during development, and provided valuable feedback to the programming team. Occasionally a contractually-obliged quote would be attributed to the big name in question (“It’s just like the real thing!” or something similar) but most of the time the name, a picture, and perhaps an autograph for the box would be sufficient. Thinking about it now, gaming endorsements from a single named celebrity seem like a relic of the 80s and 90s, and it does seem like an odd way to promote a product, particularly as (back then) the person in question was extremely unlikely to know about or have any interest in games at all. ![]() Still, the truth is, we haven’t even scratched the surface in terms of our coverage on FFG, and to date we’ve only looked at one entry from the flagship Colin McRae series, some years ago now. I recently bought a new external hard drive and I must admit to thinking that the purchase wouldn’t perhaps have been necessary if I didn’t insist upon keeping quite such an extensive archive of bland and largely identical screen grabs from various 00s rally games on my existing storage devices. Put wind turbines in your game, and I’ll take a screenshot of them, guaranteed. ![]()
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