Rally - English Escort - Monday 1st & Tuesday 2nd August 2011

[Warren Dawes]

English Escort

Mon 1st & Tues 2nd August 2011


PLEASE NOTE THAT RSRBR 2011 UPDATE 06 IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT

Ford Escort Mk2 (VHC_1) on gravel stages through England

Sessions: RD English Escort EU / RD English Escort US / RD English Escort OC / RD English Escort EUX / RD English Escort OCX
NOTE: We may include additional time zone Rallys if requested.

Car Pack: VHC_1 ( You must choose the Ford Escort Mk2 from this car pack) **

Damage: Reduced


SS01 - England - Shepherds Shield (Normal, Good, Day)
SS02 - England - Falstone - Normal, Good, Day)
SS03 - England - Harwood Forest (Normal, Good, Day)
SS04 - England - Chirdonhead (Normal, Good, Day)
SS05 - England - Shepherds Shield (Normal, Damp, Day)
SS06 - England - Falstone - Normal, Damp, Day)
SS07 - England - Harwood Forest (Normal, Damp, Day)
SS08 - England - Chirdonhead (Normal, Damp, Day)

Europe Start: 19:00 GMT Monday *
US Start: 03:00 GMT Tuesday (11PM EDST (USA), 9PM Mountain Time) *
OCX Start: 10:00 GMT Tuesday *
Oceania Start: 10:30 GMT Tuesday (QLD,NSW and VIC start time 8:30PM. ) *
EUX Start: 19:00 GMT Tuesday *



Additional time zone Rallys may be created on request.
If the USA Session drivers prefer a different Start time, please let us know, we can be flexible to suit.

* EU, OC, and US events will only be created on request - so please mention which zone you're signing up for. If no one signs up for a listed Session, it will not be created on the Server.
All sessions will be combined together for an overall result for the event. You can only run on one session.

** PLEASE NOTE: You must drive the same car in all Stages


NOTES:

• Click here to read the password!
  
• You will require the RSRBR 2011 mod, ( Update 06 ), in order to participate, please see the installation and Usage thread.
• You will also require the VHC_1 Car pack.
  
• Teamspeak is highly recommended, and adds to the fun.

IMPORTANT:

• Please sign up in the following format: RD Name (RSRBR2011 Name)
• Take a screenie of RSCenter, or save your times, showing your final results at the end of the rally (including the car you drove!). This is in case any of your stages are missed by the server. If there's a discrepancy, please post your times ASAP so we're not adjusting times over 24 hours later.
• You must stick with the same car throughout the rally - if you change, your times for those stages will be defaulted.
• If you are new to Richard Burns Rally, we have provided a set of guidelines and links to help you get up and running: Here

 

[Warren Dawes]

Drivers:

Please Note: You must choose the Ford Escort Mk2 from the VHC_1 Pack.

1. Norman Biscuits (got_biscuits) - EU
2. Mark Birney (Harpo245) - EU
3. Hubert Smolders (Speedthrill) - EU
4. Dariusz Swiderski (swider) - EU
5. Nigel Atkins (Marmiteman) - EU
6. Ross McGregor (ross32) - EU
7. Pete Mull (SilverRallier) - EU
8. Daniel Olsson (Daniel Olsson) - EU
9. Ian Bundell (ian_isnt) - EU
10. Gerben Kelly (Gerben Kelly) - EU
11. James Hersey (jhersey) - EU
12. J.P. Sutphin (BlackFriday) - US
13. Corey Twyman (theFlash) - US
14. Troy Ament (tromoly) - US
15. Jeremy Loveland (Wol-Gran) - OC
16. Rick Bamford (Lucifer) - OC
17. Warren Dawes (WAD53) - OC
18. Michael Hammond (Mike80) - OC
19. Keegan Buckley (kbuckley) - OC
20. Jack Hintz (metalshredder7) - OC
21. Damien Jones (DJones) - OC
22. Chris Williamson (Kurisu166) - OC
23. Senad Subasic (mfodor) - OC
24. Dubravko Sparovec (Dudo Sparovec) - OC
25. Roy Magnes (Roy Magnes) - OC
    
26. Ondrej Kapal (OKapal) - EUX
27. Ole Marius Myrvold (Ole Myrvold) - EUX
28. Daniel Tønsberg (Xull) - EUX
    
29. James Knowles (Tannat) - OCX
31. Driver
32. Driver
33. Driver
34. Driver
    
    
    

Results here

 

[Warren Dawes]

Our next Rally is open for sign-up.

By popular request (well Rick has been nagging me to death), we bring back the classic RWD excitement machine, the Escort Mk2.
It will certainly appeal to our RWD jockeys, gravel lovers, and those who love the older classic cars. We drove this car back in February, and most drivers had a ball with it. It is certainly not easy to drive, but hell, it is great fun. This car has been a true Rally Classic, with most of the top WRC drivers cutting their teeth in these, and they are still very popular today in most forms of rallying throughout the world.

The Escort is a true RWD Rally car, so it’s handling and driving characteristics are very different, but it is a ton of fun to drive. You can throw it around with confidence, but be careful with the throttle, the rear end can get very loose and squirrily, and the rear wheels spin easily. Also, the turns need to be controlled by the throttle, the handbrake won’t work in these cars unfortunately.

I’d recommend that all drivers give it at least a brief test run to get acquainted with it before the Rally.

We have chosen all gravel Stages for this one, so you can have fun throwing the tail around. This time, the Stages are limited so you can spend your time learning about the car's handling and getting used to it. We run through the main England Stages twice, once in "unusual" good weather, then we repeat the Stages with more "normal" damp weather. I considered making these full rain, but that may have been too evil. umpkin:

DRIVER BRIEFING NOTES:

1. The car handling of this old girl is quite different to the WRC cars. It’s not as quick, RWD, and can get quite slidey and loose. You can be aggressive with it though. In fact, she rewards aggressive driving. Just be careful and smooth with the right foot.

2. RBR Pacenotes are designed for default cars, Normal conditions and Good weather. Please remember to adjust your speeds to suit these cars.

3. Tyre selections are the drivers responsibility. If you use the automatic tyre selection option in RSRBR2011, please beware that sometimes it may give you the wrong tyre for the conditions. Always double check your tyres, it is critical.

If requests are made for any additional timezones, or changes to Start times to better suit your local needs, we will try to include them ( but within the Monday/Tuesday periods).

There are a number of nice car skins available for this car to add variety, all using the Skin manager to make switching easy. Check out the skins available here:
http://forum.rallyesim.fr/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=6602

Good luck all, I hope you have lots of fun with this car again, and hope we see a good roll up. :rally: :signup:


Here is the great Escort Mk2 video again for those who may not have seen it last time. It really sets the mood for this rally.

 

[Jeremy Loveland]

Jeremy Loveland - Wol-Gran - OC

 

[Roy Magnes]

I have a Ford Escort winning streak to defend

Roy Magnes - Roy Magnes - EU

 

[Norman Biscuits]

Get me into dee fiiiiight.

Norman Biscuits (got_biscuits) - EU

 

[Rick Bamford]

Time to take Roy out

Rick Bamford (Lucifer) - OC

 

[Warren Dawes]

Maybe we should have done the Team Challenge in these things???? :tongue:

I'm in too.

 

[Ondrej Kapal]

I am in, Tueasdy EU please

 

[Senad Subasic]

I have to miss this one, if I want to make RDRC Round 3 :frown:

 

[Warren Dawes]

I am in, Tueasdy EU please

Ondrej, can you please sign up using the correct format, so I don't have to keep searching for your RSRBR Username.

And I assume you want the normal EU time but on Tuesday??

 

[Ondrej Kapal]

sorry Okapal
yes, normally 19 00 gmt

 

[Warren Dawes]

sorry Okapal
yes, normally 19 00 gmt

New Session - EUX created for Tuesday at 19:00 GMT.

 

[Roy Magnes]

This is from the last rally we used the Escort Awesome car to throw around on the stages

 

[Michael Hammond]

Michael Hammond (Mike80) OC

 

[Senad Subasic]

This is the first one, with the Mk I. One of the more hilarious ones, if I remember correctly
Shame the car model was quite bad; windows messed up, lights messed up, wheels messed up :frown:

 

[Simone Demi]

I can't partecipate to this race 'cause I'm on Holidays form 30 July to 7 August we will see again for the 2nd round of the RDRC S3

 

[Warren Dawes]

This is the first one, with the Mk I. One of the more hilarious ones, if I remember correctly
Shame the car model was quite bad; windows messed up, lights messed up, wheels messed up :frown:

That still has to be the funniest RD Rally Club video ever, it still brings tears to my eyes. Geez, we were good drivers back then.

 

[Senad Subasic]

Nah, for me it's the one with WRC cars, when you were away

Or Ondrej in that Group B Peugeot, LOL

 

[Warren Dawes]

Nah, for me it's the one with WRC cars, when you were away

:roflol: Classic. Has Dariusz improved much since then??? :tongue: