cumulative. Multiplayer allows the player to race up to 100 other players in rally races through solo competition, as there are no other cars, ghosts or players present on the track. Fastest time determines who wins. Release Colin McRae: Dirt was released on 15 June 2007 in Europe and on 19 June in North America for the Xbox 360 and PC. The PS3 version was released on 11 September in North America and on 14 September in Europe, the day before a helicopter crash claimed the life of McRae, his son Johnny, and two other people who were family friends of the McRaes. In response to the death and after an agreement was made with the McRae family, Codemasters withdrew a major advertising campaign for the PlayStation 3 version of Colin McRae: Dirt. as well as opting to remove Colin McRae's name from future titles in the series and re-releases of past entries. Reception Colin McRae: Dirt was met with positive reception. It has a score of 84% and 84 out of 100 for the PC version, 84% and 83 out of 100 for the Xbox 360 version, and 83% and 83 out of 100 for the PlayStation 3 version according to GameRankings and Metacritic. 500,000 copies were sold worldwide in the first week of release. The game was selected as part of Gaming Target's year-end "52 Games We'll Still Be Playing From 2007" list. References External links 2007 video games Codemasters games Colin McRae Rally and Dirt series Ego (game engine) games Mobile games Multiplayer and single-player video games PlayStation 3 games Rally racing video games Sports video games set in Italy Video games scored by Henry Jackman Video games set in Australia Video games set in Germany Video games set in Japan Video games set in Spain Video games set in the United Kingdom Windows games Xbox 360 games J2ME games Spike Video Game Award winners Glu Mobile games Video games developed in the United Kingdom