Colin McRae Rally/Trivia


  • Author Existence Failure : Colin McRae died in a serious helicopter crash in September 2007. A tribute video in DiRT 2 was made in his memory.
  • Bad Export for You: In an interesting inversion of the NTSC-is-better convention with console games, the American and Japanese releases of 2.0 ran a bit slower than its PAL counterpart. Besides the speed difference, Nicky Grist's co-driving and narration was replaced by retired NASCAR driver and racing announcer Ned Jarrett.
  • Cast the Expert: Colin and Nicky lent their expertise throughout the games, while Nicky did serve as the default co-driver for most of the series. Colin's previous co-driver Derek Ringer replaced Grist as the default co-driver in 04 (likely due to a series of disagreements between Colin and Nicky in 2002 which led to their split from their collaboration) but Nicky's voice set is still available in the game as an option.
  • Non-Actor Vehicle: A number of gamers first heard of McRae from the video game series, especially in America where some thought that Colin was, in Nicky Grist's words, a "fictitious Scottish character".[1] Colin did lend his voice in the first game's tutorial section, but it left a lot to be desired as he was more of a sportsman than an actor; Colin basically left all of the voice acting to his co-drivers later on, instead mostly serving as the brand ambassador and technical consultant.
  • Same Language Dub: As mentioned above, Ned Jarrett filled in for Nicky Grist in the American release of 2.0.
  • What Could Have Been: A Dreamcast version of 2.0 was in development but was cancelled when the firm pulled out of Dreamcast development in late 2000.
  1. ↑ Given rally racing being far less popular in the States, this isn't surprising.
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