This is the place where we going to bring back Colin Mcrae Rally 2005 back to GoG! It's one of the best titles based on pure rally!

First of all, let's send tickets to Codemasters Support!

1)Here's their contact email: custservice@codemasters.com
2)Here's their contact number: +44 (0) 1926 814132

and finally let's send tickets to GoG Support and also make sure to vote it as your wish! :)

Let the chase begin! :)

I don't want to discourage you but it's most likely never going to happen because Codemaster's licensing contracts for some of the game's content ran out long ago.

Sending tickets to gog support would be just silly and block the queue for real support requests. So let's not do this.

Here is the wishlist entry if people want to vote:
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/colin_mcrae_rally_2005

Yeah, there's likely legal difficulties since it features real world car brands and other trademarks. I doubt there's much GOG can do about it. Is the game still available elsewhere, such as on Steam?

No. Really no.

If you want to resolve problems then first you have to understand them. Not wail and throw a tantrum in the hope that an adult gives you what you want. No. They've only got the 'new' game. Which is basically just some ported mobile game or other such shoevelware. Whatever it is we don't want to be encouraging Codemasters to release it here.

It was removed at the same time as on GOG and as is the case with licensed racing games, they just don't come back.

That bad? I'm generally all for more GOG releases, as long as they're not complete trash, or feature "in-App purchases" or anything like that.

Does Codemasters still hold the rights for Clive Barker's "Jericho"? For that matter, do they still release much of anything these days?

Not anymore. It was removed from Steam during the previous April.

Well, if it's not even on Steam any more, I'd say chances for a GOG re-release are slim. Which is bullshit, isn't it? Makes you wonder why developers even bother to add real world brands into their games, if it causes so many problems in the long run. Objectively, it doesn't really add much value to, in example, a racing game, unless you're a hardcore car nerd.

Also, how does that work on Steam -- if you buy a game, and the contracts run out, do they only stop selling that title or do they also remove previously purchased copies from gamer accounts? I know there have been a few cases where they removed content from accounts, because the licensing contracts for music etc. had expired. Wow, so it's not currently available for sale, either? ( Aside from old physical copies. ) Then who holds the rights anyway? Clive Barker himself? Or did some other publisher purchase it?

Licensed cars (and other properties as well) always exert a certain charm upon people. It's just not the same driving a Nercedes, a Missan, a Forsche or some other made up brand. :P Just like GOG, a game that has been removed from sale will remain in your account. The situation you are describing was regarding Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Basically, Rockstar's license for certain songs expired, so they decided to remove the songs from the game instead of removing the game itself and forced the updated version on everyone, much to the chagrin of the existing owners, who were probably expecting a similar instance with the Vice City situation; let the existing owners keep their version intact, while using a new id for the new version. License holders usually don't gain ownership over a product that was created by their own license, unless they were the publishers themselves (as is the case with the Star Wars games or Tron 2.0). One scenario could be that Codemasters retain the rights to the game, but are unable to rerelease it without a license renewal, which they might not deem profitable. Alternatively, given how Codemasters seems to have lost the publishing rights for non-licensed games (like Blade of Darkness and Second Sight), a possibility might be that they might have acted only as a publisher and that either the developer or even Clive Barker himself could be the game's owners.

I admit I only have a casual interest in the genre, but to me the only thing that matters in a racing game is that the cars "feel" ( and sound ) fun to drive around, and that they have interesting designs, and a decent selection of different models. Real world brands or logos make no difference to me. But I can see why they hold appeal for some, since it allows people to virtually drive some expensive and rare cars they would never be able to buy in real life. I guess it also depends on the type of game ( such as Simulation vs. Fun Racer ).

Even if it's rare, the mere fact they are able to do that is awful. It's the equivalent to someone sneaking into your home at night to replace your old game discs with "new versions". Once you buy something ( even if it's just a usage license to a product ) no one should have the ability to mess around with it against your will. At least with GOG you can preemptively back-up all of your games, in case they get any funny ideas.

Another game lost in legal Limbo, then? A shame -- I think it received mixed reviews, but for the most I liked it. Probably would have bought Second Sight, as well. At least I managed to grab a copy of Blade of Darkness.

Not likely. At all.

GOG would have a better chance bringing every single DUNE game, the Blade Runner game, signing Capcom, Take-Two, SEGA, SNK, making hell freeze over, releasing Cyberpunk, curing cancer, releasing a DRM free GTA 5, fixing Konami, and curing world hunger, before that would probably ever happen.

Hey guys, don;t get discouraged by the licensing issues, they might bring it back if they hear us! Not, if you mark it as feedback!

No, they won't. You apparently still don't understand the issues involved. It would require Codemasters to sign new licensing deals with every car manufacturer involved, which is not economically feasible for any but brand new full-priced titles. Expecting it to happen for a 10-year old game is beyond optimistic.

If you going with this way of thinking, nothing will happen, if we grow interest on it, we may get it! I know that they need to get licenses from manufacturers, but they maybe not require any new renewing license. They may have signed a deal to have these licenses for years, but just a minor thing made them to remove the game. Or they just removed them like the Fallout games, just for removing them.