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Colin McRae Rally 3

You are given 3 seasons to win the world rally championship, racing the Ford Focus RS RWC. In each season there are 8 competitions, staged in Australia, the USA, England, Sweden, Japan, Greece and Finland…

84 25 October 2002

Colin McRae Rally 3 is a racing developed by Codemasters Southam, released 25 October 2002 on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 9.5 hrs to finish.

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What Colin McRae Rally 3 is

Colin McRae Rally 3 is a racing game developed by Codemasters Southam and released in 2002. It was published by Codemasters. It is available on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Colin McRae Rally 3 is a 2002 racing video game developed and published by Codemasters for Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows. It features rally cars from the 2002 World Rally Championship. Both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions were supposed to be released in North America on 10 December 2002, but their releases were delayed a few times before the latter version was settled for February 2003, and the former version for April. A GameCube version was also announced, but was never released.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Colin McRae series

Colin McRae Rally 3 is the fifth of 41 entries we hold in the Colin McRae series. The next entry was Colin McRae Rally 04 in 2003. Its critic score of 84 is 7 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Dirt 3 at 86.

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How it was received

Colin McRae Rally 3 holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 16 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 9.5 hrs.

What it launched against

Colin McRae Rally 3 launched on 25 October 2002, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, TimeSplitters 2 and Age of Mythology. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, TimeSplitters 2, Age of Mythology.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Colin McRae Rally 3 — frequently asked questions

When did Colin McRae Rally 3 come out?
Colin McRae Rally 3 was released on 25 October 2002 for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
How long does it take to beat Colin McRae Rally 3?
The main story of Colin McRae Rally 3 takes around 9.5 hrs, or 6 hrs for 100% completion.

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