Rally - WRC 2 Test - Monday 4th & Tuesday 5th February 2013

[Cedric Germain]

Bad rallye for me:

SS1 - Greenhills: I had a good feeling but on the second part of the SS I met a tree... out. I made 80% of the SS
SS2 - Fraizer Wells: I wanted to make sure that I go accross the finish line, so I was prudent...not really fast.
SS3 - BTB SWE Hygget: I was happy with my performence, not too slow, not really fast as well
SS4 - BTB SWE Tuna: I was really disapointed, I crashed at 10-15% of the SS, too bad!
SS5 - CZE Liptakov 1: I forget to change my tyres!!! WI made it with gravel dry... no grip, I finished the SS but it was too stupid from me not having the good tyres on this one.
SS6 - BTB Finland - Ouninpohja: I didn't find any setup from me!?!! I don't know why. So I made a 40 secondes setup for this one. I crashed at 19% of the stage.

Sooo, not a good session for me. But always a great feeling to drive against you all.

I have to solve the following problem:

On BTB Finland - Ouninpohja, I practiced alone a lot and found a good setup that I saved.

Once online I didn't find any setup, do you know why?

Thanks RD and you all for this event.

 

[John Cunningham]

Arwyn,Im pricing strut tops for mine...

 

[TTupsi]

Oh.. So there's no more that "bling" sound 10 seconds before the stage begins? Missed SS1 because of that...

 

[Senad Subasic]

Oh.. So there's no more that "bling" sound 10 seconds before the stage begins? Missed SS1 because of that...

There is, but you have to turn it on in the settings somewhere.

Mine was on by default, not sure why some don't have it.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Oh.. So there's no more that "bling" sound 10 seconds before the stage begins? Missed SS1 because of that...

Options -> Settings -> Check the box "Play Sound At Start"

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

SS1: Fair enough. Didn't get into any rythm. Had a crash and a spin. Lot of on/off with throttle and brake...
SS2: Went well. Did two small mistakes, maybe lost a second overall. But still, faster than I am on gravel on this stage!
SS3: Well, went of after split 1, as usual, then rolled with 300m to go, and got stuck in 3rd!
SS4: Good first split. But the stage are to narrow for my driving style... :/ Retired.
SS5: Retired - Restarted for comparison.
SS6: After passing the yellow house, I decided to try flat out for once. Didnt quite work out. Didn't care about restarting for comparison here.

 

[Senad Subasic]

RD WRC2 OC -> RD WRC OC

 

[Michael Nelson]

I did a lot of practice for this Rally, really keen to see how my times compare with the other WRC-2 Cars. A bit nervy for Ouninpohja though, I think I have a completion rate of about 5%?

SS1 - Don't like this stage terribly much, just going to cruise through it. Hit a snow bank early on, got away with it, but was a bit tentative. About 10 seconds slower than practice. But finished, so
SS2 - OK, was about my average practice pace, pretty happy.
SS3 - Like Cedric, my BTB setups were gone, still 5 seconds off my PB, pretty happy.
SS4 - Taking it steady, in the latter part of the course I got some understeer and brushed a log pile, scrubbed off some speed but luckily I got away without a scratch. Will definitely need to make some set-up tweaks for Ouninpohja though.
SS5 - Pretty happy, consistent with my practice times. I'm lousy at those artificial chicanes though ...time for Ouninpohja now...
SS6 - Before this event, I never appreciated how important setups were, but I noticed on the BTB stages now, how much more difficult it was to drive without my preferred setup. Particularly this stage. I was a bit tentative here, I picked long gears, but I probably should have done short given my pace . Still, my completion rate for this stage is now 10% (though it nearly wasn't, 2.9km from end of stage my mind wandered and I slipped into a ditch, managed to get out without hitting a tree though)

Overall, I'm immensely proud of myself for finally completing a rally without any CFHs or DNFs, and I really hope I make Grade 3 or 2, because I absolutely love this car.

Thanks once again to Roy and Ole for hosting a great event!

 

[Damien Jones]

Took it nice and carefully tonight, no technical problems this week so
Some stupid errors in the snow stages meant a couple of CFH but given my track record on snow that's none too surprising!
Thought the BTB stages were excellent, a few dodgy pacenote calls here and there (we really need a 'chicane' call!), but really enjoyed them.
SS6 - what a marathon; glad I'm used to playing symphonies as that stage demands full concentration the whole time. Caught myself slipping a few times but all good and WOW, what a stage.
The little Skoda performed perfectly; went exactly where I pointed it and provided I kept it revving high (where it has a distinct little whistle to the engine tone), it powered on
Thanks for organising the event guys, very enjoyable.

 

[Jack Hintz]

Failed terribly on the first 2 stages, but redeemed myself in Hygget, Liptakov, and Ouninpohja
Second (?) time I've ever finished the complete stage, and didn't even leave the road once!
on the whole, great rally thanks guys!
I think I need a cuppa and a lie down after that O_o

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

26 starters in the rally! Awesome stuff guys! This "job" is always fun, no matter how many that shows up, but with this many drivers, it's just amazing!

Thanks to all that started the rally! Thank you so much!

 

[Senad Subasic]

Results posted on the first page

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Thanks Senad! Great job as always

 

[Jonatan Åcerclinth]

Finished higher up than I thought I would

Thank you very much for the fun guys, hope to see you at the next one

 

[Kacper Kolodziejczyk]

looking at the times I guess in the stages I finished they weren't too bad at all, just need to work on consistency and especially learn how to exactly drive a 4x4, when I'm still used to racing RWD cars mostly

 

[Sion Williams]

Have you tried the "Set Specific Resolution for this stage" button in RSRBR? I think it automatically adjusts the track to those settings anytime it loads, could be helpful.

In RSRBR 2013, you have the option to adjust resolution and graphics (no idea what the graphics changes does...) for each stage. So if any stage lags, you might be able to fix that, by making an unique setting for that stage! it's worth a shot

Ta chaps, I'll go and have a play now. Might try and get some pics of the 2 stages I completed later as well!

Sion

 

[Tony Gentile]

You could try using a download manager, they do some weird parallel connection thing which sometimes increase download speed. I'm in NZ and get around 15kbps from Rallyesim servers, and around 40kbps using a download manager. You can probably find one that's a browser plugin.

Yep thats better managed to get around 40 -45kbps
Thanks for the help thats what cool about the Race Department forum
theres always some one willing to help you out
cheers

 

[Sion Williams]

As promised, some pics of the beautiful but fragile Escort Cosworth!

 

[Michael Nelson]

Really pleased with 4th place, and with the car's pace.

Congratulations to Manuel, Magnar and Roy for the podium.
...and Timo and Manuel for such an impressive pace on Ouninpohja.

 

[Corey Twyman]

I absolutely loved this rally. I love the sound of the Audi. Thanks to the organizers for all the work it took to put on the show and to the many drivers that signed in on this one. I'm starting to find a bit of consistency, no CFH's and no DNF's this time out, but I'm not finding the speed. Maybe more practice, where I crash often, and/or actual car setups instead of the default onesI've been using with RSRBR 2013.

Thanks again to everyone!!