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Codemasters returns to rally competition with Colin McRae Rally 04™ and the gear-grinding action is more intense than ever! Features all the gameplay you've come to expect from a Colin McRae title and then souped up to the max. More game modes, immersive EAX® 4.0 ADVANCED HD™ environmental audio, beautifully detailed graphics and adrenaline-surging mud'n'metal rallying combine to ram home a driving experience like no other game.

Colin McRae Rally 04 is the first game to feature a revolutionary technique for super-realistic acoustic simulation using Creative Labs' EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD audio. As you drive along the course, the game's EAX® audio system analyses the nearby landscape, producing realistic crowd and ambient sound effects, alongside the acclaimed engine sounds.

Maximizing the rally gaming experience that tests both the cars and the player's rallying skills, Colin McRae Rally 04 is set to be the rally event of the year!

Discover more about the stunning EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD-enhanced audio in Colin McRae Rally 04.

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From the subtlest "ping" of your engine to the scream of the tyres on the gravel, EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD* will ensure that Colin McRae Rally 04 is the most intense rally experience ever!

EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD Multi-Environments™ are used to simulate sound reflections from all around you.

EAX 4.0 Environmental Filtering™ can simulate sound energy bouncing off almost any type of material. Sound reflected from a stone wall inches from your wing mirror will sound very different to the acoustics generated by a rolling fields or distant snowdrifts.

EAX 4.0 Environment Panning™ means that sound reflections are accurately panned in 3D, so gamers with surround sound speaker systems will hear these acoustics in breathtaking surround sound.

* EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD features not available on USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX