Juha Kankkunen by then lost the title to Mäkinen. Kankkunen stayed with Ford for the 1998 season with Belgian driver Bruno Thiry as his new teammate, after Sainz had opted to re-join Toyota. Ford was already moving resources into developing the new Ford Focus WRC and the team's last year with the Escort WRC was winless. Kankkunen drove the car on the podium on seven occasions, and both Ford and Kankkunen finished fourth in their respective championships. For the 1999 season, Ford signed the Subaru World Rally Team star Colin McRae and Kankkunen moved to replace him at Subaru. Kankkunen's first year
Colin McRae Rally 2.0 April 2001 issue, PC Gamer praised the game for its graphics, physics and damage modeling, as well as its many gameplay options. However, they criticized the short rally stages, the high difficulty, and most vehicles and tracks being locked until beating certain levels. Colin McRae Rally 2.0 Colin McRae Rally 2.0 (styled as colin | mcrae | rally | 2.0) is a racing video game developed and published by Codemasters for PlayStation, Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Advance. It is the second game in the "Colin McRae Rally" series, featuring the works-entered cars and rallies of the 2000 World Rally