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SvennoJ on 05 November 2023
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Kaunisto said:

Note on Spider-Man 2: I don't think PC (and possibly some others) should be listed among the platforms because the PC version (which I just recently happened to play) is so completely different game than the console versions.

This is somehow a year with very few games I've actually played. Though I fear that'll become more common, my expertise is 90's.
My candidates:
Sims 2: I did get much joy out of it, but despite that I still refuse to consider it a "game"
Tekken 5: best fighting game I've actually owned
Colin McRae Rally 2005 and Xpand Rally: two fine rally games
Star Wars: Battlefront: if I hadn't already voted Battlefield 1942, I might lean to this one
Myst IV: had the best story since original

I doubt it'll get a second vote, but I'll give it to Colin McRae Rally 2005, in some ways (of content and general structure) the best driving game I've played.

Sneaky, Colin McRea Rally 2005 indeed came out in 2004! September already.
That game was awesome, the whole Colin McRea Rally series was until Dirt came along.

Colin McRae Rally wasn't as unforgiving as Dirt Rally (latest series), it had the perfect balance between the feeling of speed vs danger. Going fast with jumps and corners coming up really got the adrenaline going. (Dirt kinda ruined that with magic brakes taking the danger away). The stages were also long enough to offset the loading times. The rival rally game at the time (WRC series), and DirT series later, felt like you spend more time loading than actual driving with their 2-3 minute stages.

And lots of variety: 70 stages spread over nine countries: Australia (loose gravel), Japan (tarmac), Finland (gravel), Greece (rough rocky gravel), UK (tarmac, mud, and gravel), Spain (smooth tarmac), USA (gravel/dusty tarmac), Sweden (snow and ice), and newcomer Germany (abrasive tarmac/light gravel).

And no rallycross :) To get this kinda content nowadays you need to buy lots of DLC :/
Dirt Rally 2.0 has CAD 144 in DLC listed on Steam in over 44 items, plus seasons. (But you can play in VR, PCVR only though)