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
Colin McRae: Dirt Johnny, and two other people who were family friends of the McRaes. In response to the death and after an agreement was made with the McRae family, Codemasters withdrew a major advertising campaign for the PlayStation 3 version of "Colin McRae: Dirt". "Colin McRae: Dirt" was met with positive reception. It currently has a score of 84% and 84 out of 100 for the PC version, 84% and 83 out of 100 for the Xbox 360 version, and 83% and 83 out of 100 for the PlayStation 3 version according to GameRankings and Metacritic. 500,000 copies were sold worldwide in