: While rally remained the core, the game introduced categories like Rallycross , Hillclimb (including the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb), CORR (Championship Off-Road Racing), and Rally Raid .
: It was highly praised by critics, holding a Metacritic score of around 83-84% across all platforms. Revisiting Colin McRae: DiRT!
: June 15, 2007 (PC and Xbox 360); September 2007 (PS3).
: The game debuted the "Neon" engine (co-developed with Sony), which brought a major leap in physics, audio, and visual fidelity compared to its predecessors. This engine later evolved into the famous EGO engine used for subsequent Dirt and F1 titles.
