Colin McRae: Dirt has received largely positive reviews, IGN UK and U.S. awarding it a 9.0 and a 8.4, respectively. It has also received 9.0 from Official Xbox Magazine, 8.3 from GameSpot for the Xbox 360 and PC versions and 8.5 for the PlayStation 3 version, and 8 from Edge

Edge (magazine)

Edge is a multi-format computer and video game magazine published by Future Publishing in the United Kingdom. It is known for its industry contacts, editorial stance, distinctive anonymous third-person writing style, yearly awards and longevity....

. 500,000 copies were sold worldwide in the first week of release.

The game was selected as part of Gaming Target

Gaming Target

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's year-end "52 Games We'll Still Be Playing From 2007" list.

Demo

A playable game demo was released on Xbox Live Marketplace

Xbox Live Marketplace

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 on 24 May 2007. The demo for PC was released on the same date. The demo contains 3 tracks and 3 race types to try out.

The PC demo also included an online multiplayer mode. The Xbox demo was also included in the August 2007 demo disc from Official Xbox Magazine

Official Xbox Magazine

Official Xbox Magazine is a monthly video game magazine which started in November 2001 around the launch of the original Xbox. A preview issue was released for E3 2001, with another preview issue for November 2001. The magazine is bundled with a disc that includes game demos, preview videos and...

.

A demo was also released for the PlayStation 3 on 16 August 2007 on the PlayStation Store

PlayStation Store

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, it features three tracks; rally, raceway and dirt.

External links

• Colin McRae: Dirt official site
• Colin McRae official site
• Interview with Simon Goodwin of Codemasters, who developed the audio engine