Colin McRae Rally 2005 Plus
Colin McRae Rally 2005 Plus is a PSP racing game released in 2005 developed by Codemasters. It centers on vehicle control, route judgment, and speed and overtaking management, with controls and information arranged around the directional pad, single analog nub, shoulder and face buttons, with a camera or another accessory only where required.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.8 / 10
About this game
Colin McRae Rally 2005 Plus is a PSP racing game centered on vehicle control, route judgment, and speed and overtaking management. Tracks raise pressure through corners, rivals, and time targets, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Speed, track boundaries, and vehicle feedback determine driving readability, while the portable widescreen, UMD streaming, compressed audio, and handheld-scale interface need to preserve targets, text, and action readability. The genre-specific limitation is that visibility, collisions, steering precision, wheel support, or loading can limit consistency. Platform conditions also include single-nub camera control, UMD loading and noise, Memory Stick saves, battery life, regional language, ad hoc requirements, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Colin McRae is a racing series rooted in rally driving: listen to pace notes, judge changing road surfaces and carry speed through difficult bends. Its DiRT-era games broaden the action with other off-road events, while keeping car control at the heart of the challenge.
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AI review
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Rich portable rallying with distracting original-PSP ghosting.
Colin McRae Rally 2005 Plus on PSP serves both a five-minute stage run and a longer championship. A direct handheld review describes cars responding convincingly to surfaces and weather, with handling forgiving enough to begin learning yet demanding enough to reward a cleaner line. Championships unlock cars, tuning options and further stages across varied countries, giving repeated time attacks a purpose beyond the clock alone. It is not a complete simulation, nor a wholly new roster compared with the previous home version. More importantly, fast tree-lined roads show pronounced ghosting and jerkiness on the reviewed PSP display, making some narrow corners harder to read just when precision matters. That is a release-and-hardware-specific observation, not a claim about emulation or every later screen. The score concerns the 2005 Plus edition, not the N-Gage or Xbox games with similar names. It is a compelling portable rally option for patient time-trial players who can tolerate the original display’s blur.
Strengths
- Varied handling, flexible sessions and worthwhile unlocks.
Weaknesses
- Fast wooded stages blur and some roster details feel old.
Who it is for: Rally fans who enjoy improving lines over repeated short runs.
Play notes: Ghosting refers to the period PSP display, not modern emulation.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension The PSP edition supports quick races as well as sustained progression. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Varied surfaces and readable handling make faster runs rewarding. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Varied racing scenery is undercut by ghosting on tree-lined PSP stages. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension PSP display ghosting can obscure narrow-road decisions at speed. | Reviewed | 6.9 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Codemasters
- Publisher
- InterchannelSix by Nine
- Release date
- 2005
- Platforms
- PlayStation Portable
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Racing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Solo-friendlyFirst PersonLong-term ProgressionThird PersonDriving and RacingFast-pacedCollection-rich3D GraphicsReplayablePlayer versus Player
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single playerMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- Third personFirst person
Release editions
- PlayStation PortableWorldwide2005
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Sources
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