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 24 May 2011, but the "Colin McRae" name was not used in the title. "Dirt: Showdown", an "arcade-style spin-off", was announced on 11 December 2011. Released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in May 2012. The 2013 game "Colin McRae Rally" shares the same name of the 1998 release but the game's content and driving model are taken directly from the 2000 title "Colin McRae Rally 2.0". This version was released on iOS in 2013 and ported to Windows, OS X and Android in 2014. "Dirt Rally" is a racing video game focused on rallying. It was announced