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 2.0 to voice as himself in "Dirt 4" in 2017. "Colin McRae Rally 2.0" received a "Gold" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom. "Colin McRae Rally 2.0" received positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PlayStation version 88.82% based on 25 reviews and 90/100 based on 13 reviews, the Microsoft Windows version 86.56% based on 18 reviews and 83/100 based on 14 reviews and the Game Boy Advance version 82.50% based on 12 reviews and 80/100 based on 8 reviews. In their