Both McRae and Sainz were released by frustrated Ford bosses, and moved to Citroen where they were outshone by a young Sebastien Loeb.
In 2002, further wins in Greece and Kenya made him the first driver to reach 25 WRC victories, but they would be his last. McRae was leading the final round in Wales when he cut a fast right-hander and rolled, ending his hopes on the spot. McRae’s best chance of a second WRC title came in 2001 in a ‘Battle of Britain’ against Englishman Richard Burns.
He won Greece’s gruelling Acropolis Rally five times and also conquered Kenya’s Safari Rally, firstly in 1997 and then most impressively in 1999, when he gave the Focus its maiden win in just its third event on the toughest rally of them all. At the end of 1998, McRae left Subaru for Ford and a multi-million-pound deal to drive the new Focus World Rally Car.įor a driver with a reputation for panel damage, McRae developed a surprising mechanical sympathy that allowed him to win the very rallies that were considered most incompatible with his flat-out style. Continued crashes didn’t help, and led Richards to replace his co-driver Derek Ringer with Nicky Grist. In the following years he struggled to repeat that success, however, as Tommi Makinen and Mitsubishi stormed to four consecutive titles. It was this commitment that would earn McRae legions of fans all over the world. On the fastest roads in rallying, he rolled his Legacy into the overgrowth on two separate occasions, yet somehow carried on to finish in eighth. Second place on the snow of Sweden was an incredible start for McRae, but it was his adventures on Rally Finland that cemented his reputation for pushing the limits. If he didn’t already see the same likeness in McRae, he would by the end of the season. In his previous life as a co-driver, Richards had guided Vatanen to the WRC crown in 1981, and knew as well as anyone about the Finn’s all-or-nothing approach behind the wheel. Richards decided his young Scotsman was ready for more World Rally Championship outings in 1992 and paired him in Subaru’s line-up with Ari Vatanen. In 1991, he dominated the British Rally Championship and even led the RAC outright for a few stages. It was an impressive run to sixth place in a Ford Sierra on the RAC Rally in 1990 – complete with three stage wins – that earned McRae his big break and a phone-call from David Richards, the boss of Prodrive and the Subaru rally programme. By then, Colin was already making a name for himself in the junior ranks. This will give you the 4 extra cars at the tail end of car select.Colin McRae picked up the motorsport bug from his father Jimmy, who only started rallying as a hobby at the age of 31 but became incredibly successful, winning the last of five British titles in 1988. When asked to enter you're name, type in "shoeboxes". Wobbly Car To make your car in rally or time trail wobble like the cars in Ridge Racer 64, type "MAGFLOAT" as your name.
Nicky Grist as the driver To have Nicky Grist as the driver, type "BACKSEAT" as your name in time trial or rally mode Unlock all cars Type "SHOEBOXES" as your name to unlock all the cars in the game. just at the corner, where the fence starts there is a gap and drive through and you are out in the open and away from the track.
In the fifth track of Australia type in the code "diddycars" and after the jumps which are after the train track there will be a fence which will come in and then run along the side of the road. If you go down them then the car will stop and the lights will go off, then a beam of light will flash on to the car and lift it in to the air.
Nightrider - Race in the dark plus you will notice that some of the blocked of roads are now open. Kitcar - Gives you a turbo boost (press SELECT when the green bar is full)įorklift - Rear wheel steer Trolley - Gives your car 4 wheel steering Heliumnick - Co-driver has a squeky voiceĭirectorcut - Allows you to play with replay Type you'r name as OPENROADS then a voice will say 'chat code enabled'. | Submitted by XManĮnter one of the following when asked to enter your name: