Colin McRae the standings in either 1996 or 1997, on both occasions behind Finland and Mitsubishi Ralliart's Tommi Mäkinen. He helped Subaru complete their run of three consecutive manufacturers' titles during this time. In what would turn out to be his final season with the team, in 1998 he won three more rallies and placed third in the standings, as well as winning the Race of Champions in Gran Canaria, the Canary Islands. After several years of varying success, McRae switched to the M-Sport-run Ford factory team for 1999, driving the new Ford Focus rally car. The deal saw McRae earning six
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