Regarding the topic raised about the Subaru 2000 physics with the SS06 Stage (Tanner II, mix, bad weather, dusk) and possible flawed physics.
Just in case we might be overlooking / dismissing a serious flaw with this car, and because we intend to use these cars again in future rallys, I went back and tested it using almost identical conditions to this rally. The only part I changed was to use daylight instead of dusk, so that I could see the car physics better. Surely the physics doesn't change for dusk?
I used default setup, had no practice (except for my previious run last night in the Xsara), and tried to replicate my normal approach to driving a club rally.
As previously stated, I'm no alien, so I'm not right on the ultimate limit. My time wasn't brilliant, but it was comparable to the better times run in this rally. However, this is not the point of the exercise, except to show that I wasn't "cruising".
My findings:
I didn't see any evidence of flawed physics or excessive bouncing. In fact, I thought it was a bit more stable than the Xsara but that is probably due to differing driving styles for each driver.
This stage has some dangerous spots, eg. the high speed jumps in the tarmac section, where the car gets airborn, but we can't change the laws of gravity. Get the line or speed wrong here, and you could easily end up off the road (but that applies to any car). There are a couple of spots where cutting a corner will bounce the car badly, and maybe this happens more easily in the murky dusk setting. I can only assume that excessive bouncing may be due to pushing too hard or not staying on the main track surfaces, or using a different physics file to mine, which is default RSRBR2012.
Based on my findings, I can't see any reason to exclude the Subaru from future Rallys.
Here is the video of my run, maybe others can see physics issues that I can't. I know, I know, this run is full of little mistakes, but concentrate on the car's physics.
