Colin McRae Rally games until the release of "Dirt 3", where the moniker was dropped. The McRae name was however used in the 2013 mobile game. "Colin McRae Rally", the first title in the series, was released for the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows platforms in January 1998 in the United Kingdom and in September 1999 in the United States. The game featured real cars and drivers from the 1998 World Rally Championship season. Colin McRae's Subaru Impreza was featured on the game's cover. In Novice mode there are only 3 stages per rally, each followed by a Service Area, making it easier to
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