Finish Colin McRae Rally 04

A co-driver reading pace notes ahead of the corner, and an Impreza sideways through a Corsican forest.

An arcade mode that finally puts a rival on the stage beside you, over the championship the first game shipped with.

The first Colin McRae on the Xbox, rebuilt for the PlayStation 2 generation around a Ford Focus.

A damage model that scratches the paint before it bends the panels, and a career that promotes you between championships.

One car, one stage, no assists and a rally school to teach the handbrake; still patched by its community.

The series moves to the Xbox 360 and opens out from pure rally into hillclimbs, rallycross and trucks.

Codemasters drop the festival and go back to long stages, real damage and a repair budget between them.

Your Stage: a pair of sliders generate a rally stage nobody has ever driven, then the co-driver reads its notes.