Colin McRae season, it was McRae who had to look elsewhere for 2004. David Richards, McRae's former boss at Subaru, who had by now taken over WRC's commercial rights holders ISC and worried that the loss of a character like McRae would damage his ability to market the sport, set about trying to help McRae find a drive for 2004. McRae was unable to find a team, and for the first time in over ten years he would not be competing in the World Rally Championship. As the only other potential alternative suitors, Subaru instead eventually chose Mikko Hirvonen to partner Petter
WRC 3 event despite withdrawing from the championship in real life towards the end of the season. All 14 rallies from the official 2003 WRC calendar appear on the game. The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, "Famitsu" gave it a score of one eight, one nine, one seven, and one eight for a total of 32 out of 40. In the UK, "Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine" said that the game challenged Colin McRae, and listed it in their top 100 games. WRC 3 WRC 3 is a racing video game developed by Evolution