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[Bram Hengeveld]

Zaxxon released the v1.0 version of his track Olocau-Gátova for Richard Burns Rally. Made with Bob's Tracks Builder it's another masterpiece for rally lovers!

Zaxxon commented on the release: "At the end of last summer my brother and I took a car and had a nice time driving on roads near the town where we were born. We were looking for a track to model and the route from Olocau to Gátova was exactly what we were looking for: narrow, twisty and the typical look from our homeland. So it is not a real rally stage, it is just a nice place 20Km away from where I was born."

Click here to download the track

 

[Senad Subasic]

Well, I can drive like 1:32, no problem

 

[Tomas Reinicke]

Signing up for this one to

Tomas Reinicke (ctbr) EU session

 

[Glenn Morris]

I cant get it to slide! :eek: It's got too much grip! This can't be a rally car if it won't slide proper-like!

 

[Krister Larsson]

I cant get it to slide! :eek: It's got too much grip! This can't be a rally car if it won't slide proper-like!

I can get it to slide!................. But NEVER under control or when I would like to

 

[Robb Kulcsar]

Mineshaft is not part of the stages, so we can't remake this picture :wink:.

 

[Warren Dawes]

Oh yes we can Robb, check out my promo video and stop it at 0.40secs. :wink:

 

[Ramon van Rijn]

Don't worry about me Warren, rolled the car a dozen times in my one-time practice. Away for da weekend, no time to practice anymore till Monday. Depends if the FSone events is going to take place (mod release is around the time of event start)

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

what is the French word for "hairpin"?

 

[Ondrej Kapal]

Kaihuavaara is EPIQ! if are those other stages as good as Kaihuavaara does I will sign up

 

[Krister Larsson]

what is the French word for "hairpin"?

épingle à cheveux

And I know what stage you are thinking of...

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

épingle à cheveux

and what is this literally?

those French stages do me in, car is very little responsive on tarmac, team forum tells me my stage times are almost identical to Krister's (and he is easily the better player) but on the French stages I lose an epic 3.5 minutes setup hints for tarmac more than welcome.

 

[Senad Subasic]

and what is this literally?

A pin for the hair

 

[Steve Emmons]

Wow, what a great looking event! Not to mention that the Subaru is one of my favorites.
However..., real life is calling and I have some family obligations over the next week or two.
Hope everyone has a great time! I will be dreaming sideways to stay in practice...:tongue:

 

[Warren Dawes]

and what is this literally?

those French stages do me in, car is very little responsive on tarmac, team forum tells me my stage times are almost identical to Krister's (and he is easily the better player) but on the French stages I lose an epic 3.5 minutes setup hints for tarmac more than welcome.

Eckhart, if you are loosing most of the time in the hairpins, you may need to practice handbrake turns (maybe even go back to the Rally School lesson, they are very helpful). But, if you are struggling with handbrake turns, try increasing the Steering Lock, then use 1st gear and early throttle to get around the tight turns. I have found that to work ok on tarmac tight turns. Also, don't go into hairpins too fast.

I haven't tried any set up fiddling yet for tarmac, I found the Suby 95 to be quite good in default, although maybe a little understeery.

 

[Glenn Morris]

Yeh I've found so far that it's very important in this car (moreso than any others I've driven) to use first in the hairpins here. I usually use 2nd in most cars, but the turbo lag in this sucker is such that your exit is way too slow.

I tried fiddling with the setup for the tarmac, and just ended up with a car wrapped around various roadside objects; trees, media, spectators, media, trees, fences, spectators.................

In otherwords, in terms of pure stability, the default setup feels quite nice (on tarmac anyway).

 

[Damien Jones]

Is anyone else finding the suspension a little jumpy? Looking at that video they seem to soak up a lot of the little bumps. Tarmac is ok but I'm finding it a bit skittish on gravel.

That said...count me in

Damien Jones (DJones) OCN

 

[Warren Dawes]

Is anyone else finding the suspension a little jumpy? ......... Tarmac is ok but I'm finding it a bit skittish on gravel.

Yep Damien, it's a bit bouncy at Harwood Forest, but that is a very jumpy Stage anyway. It seemed ok elsewhere. I tried stiffening up the suspension, and it seemed a little better, but Harwood is still bouncy. I'll just try to keep it a bit smoother over those nasty jumps with driving style.

 

[Warren Dawes]

I cant get it to slide! :eek: It's got too much grip! This can't be a rally car if it won't slide proper-like!

It slides around enough for me, and I'm not exactly a sideways type of driver. :tongue:

I'm really enjoying this car.

 

[John Low]

i could make a brick slide. went for a quick spin on diamond creek

 

[Warren Dawes]

Veeeery nice John, I am hopeless at these USA Stages.

Are you sure that wasn't Diamond Creek though. :wink: