History Trivia / ColinMcRaeRally

* BadExportForYou: In an inversion of the NTSC-is-superior convention with console games, the North American release of ''Colin [=McRae=] Rally 2.0'' for the original UsefulNotes/PlayStation were somewhat watered down compared to their PAL counterparts, where not only that it was a touch slower, Nicky Grist's co-driving and narration was replaced by the retired {{UsefulNotes/NASCAR}} driver and racing announcer Ned Jarrett.

* SameLanguageDub: Nicky Grist's co-driving and narration was replaced by racing driver Ned Jarrett in the NTSC UsefulNotes/PlayStation release of ''2.0''.

* SameLanguageDub: Nicky's co-driving and narration was replaced by an unknown voice actor in the NTSC UsefulNotes/PlayStation release of ''2.0''.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Colin [=McRae=] [[TearJerker died in a serious helicopter crash]] in September 2007.

* BadExportForYou: In an inversion of the NTSC-is-superior convention with console games, the North American release of ''Colin [=McRae=] Rally 2.0'' for the original UsefulNotes/PlayStation were somewhat watered down compared to their PAL counterparts, where not only that it was a touch slower, Nicky Grist's co-driving and narration was replaced with an unknown voice actor with an American accent.

* CastTheExpert: Besides [[CaptainObvious Colin himself]], who served as the series' technical advisor, co-drivers Nicky Grist and Derek Ringer lent their voices and likenesses in the games. Grist was absent in the ''VideoGame/DiRT'' games, but later reprised his role in ''[=DiRT=] 4''.[[note]]His pacenote lines from previous titles were reused in the mobile remake of the first two games. In [=DiRT 4=] Jen Horsey was the default co-driver in the original release, but Nicky was eventually made as the starting co-driver in later patches by popular demand.[[/note]]

* BadExportForYou: In an inversion of the NTSC-is-superior convention with console games, the North American release of ''Colin [=McRae=] Rally 2.0'' for the original UsefulNotes/PlayStation were somewhat watered down compared to their PAL counterparts. It's even more egregious on the second game where not only that it was a touch slower, Nicky Grist's co-driving and narration was replaced with an unknown voice actor with an American accent.

* CastTheExpert: Besides [[CaptainObvious Colin himself]], who served as the series' technical advisor, co-drivers Nicky Grist and Derek Ringer lent their voices and likenesses in the games. Grist was absent in the ''VideoGame/DiRT'' games, but later reprised his role in ''[=DiRT=] 4''.[[note]]His pacenote lines from previous titles were reused in the mobile remake of the first two games.[[/note]]

* BadExportForYou: In an inversion of the NTSC-is-superior convention with console games, North American releases of the first two ''VideoGame/ColinMcRaeRally'' titles for the original UsefulNotes/PlayStation were somewhat watered down compared to their PAL counterparts. It's even more egregrious on the second game where not only that it was a touch slower, Nicky Grist's co-driving and narration was replaced with an unknown voice actor with an American accent.

* NonActorVehicle: A number of [=McRae=] fans first knew him from the video game series. Some of them didn't realise that Colin was in fact a real person at all![[note]]Given rallying being not as popular in North America as it is in Europe, this doesn't come as a surprise.[[/note]] Colin's voice acting left a lot to be desired for his near-monotone delivery in the Rally School levels. Grist's pace notes were a wee less so, but not to the level that he does in RealLife. This improved over time, though.

* SameLanguageDub: Nicky's co-driving and narration was replaced by an unknown voice actor in the NTSC UsefulNotes/PlayStation release.

* CastTheExpert: Besides [[CaptainObvious Colin himself]], who served as the series' technical advisor, co-drivers Nicky Grist and Derek Ringer lent their voices and likenesses in the games. Grist was absent in the ''VideoGame/DiRT'' games, but later reprised his role in ''[=DiRT=] 4''.[[note]]His pacenote lines were reused in the mobile remake of the first two games.[[/note]]

* PromotedFanboy: Sébastien Loeb and Sébastien Ogier reportedly played the games prior to their careers as professional rally drivers.

* NonActorVehicle: A number of [=McRae=] fans first knew him from the video game series. Some of them didn't realise that Colin was in fact a real person at all![[note]]Given rallying being not as popular in North America as it is in Europe, this doesn't come as a surprise.[[/note]] Colin's voice acting left a lot to be desired for his near-monotone delivery in the Rally School levels. Grist's pace notes were a wee less so, but not to the level that he does in RealLife. This improved over time, though.

* CastTheExpert: Besides [[CaptainObvious Colin himself]], who served as the series' technical advisor, co-drivers Nicky Grist and Derek Ringer lent their voices and likenesses in the games. Grist was absent in the ''VideoGame/DiRT'' games, but later reprised his role in ''[=DiRT=] 4''
* NonActorVehicle: A number of [=McRae=] fans first knew him from the video game series. Some of them didn't realise that Colin was in fact a real person at all![[note]]Given rallying being not as popular in North America as it is in Europe, this doesn't come as a surprise.[[/note]]

* CastTheExpert: Besides [[CaptainObvious Colin himself]], who served as the series' technical advisor, co-drivers Nicky Grist and Derek Ringer lent their voices and likenesses in the games. Grist was absent in the ''VideoGame/DiRT'' games, but later reprised his role in ''[=DiRT=] 4''.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Colin [=McRae=] [[TearJerker died in a serious helicopter crash]] in September 2007.

* [[AuthorExistenceFailure Patron Existence Failure]] : Colin [=McRae=] [[TearJerker died in a serious helicopter crash]] in September 2007.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Nicky Grist and/or Derek Ringer as the co-drivers.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Nicky Grist and Derek Ringer as the co-drivers.

* HeyItsThatVoice

* HeyItsThatVoice