Rally for real with Colin McRae Rally 3 and the most detailed car ever created for a video game.
November 8 2001: The Ford Focus RS World Rally Car for Codemasters Colin McRae Rally 3 is set to be the most detailed and authentic driving machine ever recreated for a video game.
Tipped as one of the most wanted games of 2002, Colin McRae Rally 3s development team is eyeing a level of visual detail that surpasses any other racer. It will provide a breathtaking sense of being on and off the road in a fully weighted and authentically functioning Focus WRC.
Rallying is a thoroughly immersive and tense motorsport and this level of car detail is designed to bring players even closer to the whole experience, as Rick Nath, Associate Producer for the title, explains:
Graphically, the in-game Ford Focus RS WRC will be over 16 times more detailed than the model in Colin McRae Rally 2.0. The polygon count for the Focus model is up to a staggering 13,000, as compared to about 800 for the previous game.
Working at this level means well be effectively giving players a real Focus to rally, making the gameplay intensely richer. We can fully detail the cars interior, its engine bays, and the chassis detail. Were also working on suspension, and a more realistic damage engine with opening and detachable panels, doors, tailgates, bonnets, bumpers, and windows.
The recreation of the Focus in game is not just limited to the vehicles body parts both McRae and co-driver Nicky Grist are fully animated and react to every movement of the car. They will sway under cornering, pitch forward under breaking and Nicky will even grab hold of the roll cage to steady himself in a collision. McRae operates the cars controls realistically, using the pedals as well as steering and changing gear or using the handbrake.
As well as looking good, Colin McRae Rally 3 will capture the sense of being part of a professional rally team thanks to the close working relationship Codemasters has formed with Ford Racing. Making use of their vast expertise and passion for the sport, Codemasters has unparalleled access and is working directly with the key members of the team responsible for the Ford Focus RS WRC.
The games team are being given exclusive access-all-areas privileges during the 2001 World Rally Championship and to the Ford Racing HQ in Cockermouth to gain a complete insight of getting a car through a stage and winning the rally.
Detailed information and data from rally car technicians is being used to redefine the in-game car physics. These improvements will be seen in the game in the overall handling, the changes to the performance for different set-ups and how damage will effect various parts and car control.
Colin McRae Rally 3 is currently in development at Codemasters and is due to appear in >Q3 2002< with specific gaming formats to be announced.
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