Rally - The Feisty Bee - Monday 3rd & Tuesday 4th September 2012

Warren Dawes · Aug 30, 2012

"The Feisty Bee"

Mon 3rd & Tues 4th September 2012

PLEASE NOTE THAT RSRBR 2012, (UPDATE 05) IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT

Group B Lancia 037 on a mix of Stages.

Includes an additional bonus for P4 ***

Banner by Damien Jones

Sessions: RD Feisty Bee EUX / RD Feisty Bee EU / RD Feisty Bee USX / RD Feisty Bee US / RD Feisty Bee OC / RD Feisty Bee EUZ

NOTE: We may include additional time zone Rallys if requested.
PLEASE NOTE: If you request an additional Session to be created, you must sign up and make the request at least 12 hours before the requested start time. Late requests will not be accepted.

Car Pack: Group B ( You must choose the Lancia 037 from this Car Pack. **

Damage: Reduced

SS01 - France – Joux Plane (Normal, Damp, Day)
SS02 - France – Cote d'Arbroz (Normal, Good, Night)
SS03 - Japan – Tanner (Normal, Med Fog, Day)
SS04 - USA – Frazier Wells (Normal, Bad, Day)
SS05 - England – Falstone (Normal, Good, Dusk)
SS06 - Finland – Sikakama (Normal, Damp, Day)
SS07 - BTB Sweden – Limbo (Normal, Good, Day)
SS08 - BTB USA – Pikes Peak (Normal, Good, Day)

EUZ Start: 09:30 GMT Monday *
EUX Start: 16:00 GMT Monday *
Europe Start: 19:00 GMT Monday *
USX Start: 00:00 GMT Tuesday (8PM Eastern Time, Monday) *
US Start: 02:00 GMT Tuesday (10PM Eastern (USA), 8PM Mountain Time, Monday) *
Oceania Start: 10:30 GMT Tuesday (8:30 PM EST) *

Additional timezone 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.
* EUX, EU, USX, US, and OC 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.

*** Additional bonus for the P4 driver - The 4th placed driver of this rally gets the privilege of designing a future Club Rally (24th & 25th September 2012) . ie. The driver gets the option to choose the car, stages, and weather for the nominated Club Rally.

NOTES:

Click here to read the password!
You will require the RSRBR 2012 Mod & Update 05, in order to participate, please see the Installation and Usage thread.
You will also require the Group B car pack.
You will also require the BTB USA Country Pack for Pikes Peak, and the BTB Sweden Country Pack for Limbo.
Teamspeak is highly recommended, and adds to the fun.

IMPORTANT:

Please sign up in the following format: RD Name (RSRBR2012 Name) - Session.
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 · Aug 30, 2012

Drivers:

NOTE: Drivers must choose the Lancia 037 from the Group B Car Pack.

Fernando Agapito (Fernando A.) - OC
Jack Hintz (StealthSCG) - OC
Harry Platt (Hazza555) - OC
Roy Magnes (Roy Magnes) - EU
Warren Dawes (WAD53) - OC
Tom Peters (Jumpiest Eel) - USX
Senad Subasic (mfodor) - OC
Tommy Nilsson (Tommy.nilsson) - EUX
Florin Palade (Mexer) - EU
Timo Hakkarainen (Saku72) - EUX
Viesturs Priede (Viesturs) - EUZ
Oscar Hardwick (oscarhardwick) - EU
Jarl Teien (arox123) - EU
Teemu Toikka (tesnaukki) - EU
Magnus Lingren (magnuslindgren) - EU
Magnar Haarstadsveen (magnar) - EU
David Jundt (Jundty) - EU
Gundars Brigis (guncha) - OC
Keegan Buckley (kbuckly) - OC
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Warren Dawes · Aug 30, 2012

Our next Rally is open for sign-up.

This time we take a step back to the amazing Group B era, when the cars were incredibly fast, the drivers super skilled, and the spectators were insane.

For this one, we will run the Lancia 037, which proved highly successful until the arrival of the amazing 4WD Audi and Peugeot rockets. The Lancia 037 looked like a supercar, sounded great, and had very good performance for a RWD car.

Although the real car was RWD, the car in RSRBR is actually a 4WD in physics, although they have restricted the diff settings to emulate close to a RWD handling. The good news is that the handbrake will work in this car. It still retains much of the RWD style handling characterisics (it slides the tail easily) but should be a little easier for those who struggle with true RWD.

We will run a range of Stages and surfaces across many countries. Weather varies a little but are mostly mild to suit the car, which should provide enough of a challenge.
We have included two challenging BTB Stages to finish with, including the legendary Pikes Peak mountain climb.

This time, we revert back to Reduced damage , to make things a little less demanding and let us enjoy the Lancia a little more.

DRIVER BRIEFING NOTES:

1. This car is typical Group B, fast and with "lively" handling. It will require some patience and skill to adjust to its power and slippery tail, so it is recommended to give it a test run first.

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

3. Tyre selections are the drivers responsibility. If you use the automatic tyre selection option in RSRBR2012, please beware that sometimes it may give you the wrong tyre for the conditions. Always double check your tyres, it is critical, especially for Snow Stages.

4. Please ensure to install the two BTB Country Packs listed in the main post . Pikes Peak is a long and dangerous mountain climb, but is thrilling to drive. Please take care to look after the car to ensure you make it to the top.

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).

In addition, we have the added bonus for the driver who finishes in 4th place, choosing the details for the nominated Club Rally on 24th & 25th September 2012.

Thanks to Damien for the great Banner.

Good luck all, and welcome back to the famous Group B era

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Fernando Agapito · Aug 30, 2012

Fernando Agapito (Fernando A.) - OC

Jack Hintz · Aug 30, 2012

Jack Hintz - StealthSCG - OC

Harry Platt · Aug 30, 2012

Harry Platt - Hazza555 - OC

Viesturs Priede · Aug 30, 2012

Viesturs Priede - Viesturs - EUX

Roy Magnes · Aug 30, 2012

This will be a hard rally!

Roy Magnes - Roy Magnes - EU

Warren Dawes · Aug 30, 2012

Roy Magnes said:
This will be a hard rally!

Probably not as hard as you might expect. I gave it a test run on a couple of surfaces before choosing it, and it's certainly "feisty", but not nearly as brutal as most of the other Group B monsters. It will just need some care to keep the rear end pointing rearwards.

Fernando Agapito · Aug 30, 2012

Had some changes with my schedules so I'll just drive with the OC guys

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Roy Magnes · Aug 30, 2012

It is as rear wheel driven as a 4WD can be, at least.Would be nice to try it with proper RWD physics like the Volvo or the Escort, but that is something I can't create myself.

It will be a handfull to drive regardless, looking forward to competing with it

Tom Peters · Aug 30, 2012

Tom Peters - Jumpiest Eel - US

Gonna be interesting!

Tom Peters · Aug 31, 2012

Sign me up for USX instead. I forgot Monday is Labor Day.

Senad Subasic · Sep 1, 2012

Senad Subasic (mfodor) - OC please

Tommy Nilsson · Sep 2, 2012

someone explane SS01 - France – Joux Plane espesially this (Normal, Damp, Day)
Also how to turn of automatic gearbox
Also this game laggs so much

Senad Subasic · Sep 2, 2012

Tommy Nilsson said:
someone explane SS01 - France – Joux Plane espesially this (Normal, Damp, Day)
Also how to turn of automatic gearbox

Normal Surface Mod -> surface as it is in the original game, tarmac
Covered ('damp') -> damp surface, slightly wet, slippery
Day -> day

. In daylight

As far as the gearbox goes, check the settings in RSCenter. File -> Settings -> Transmission

Warren Dawes · Sep 2, 2012

Tommy Nilsson said:
someone explane SS01 - France – Joux Plane espesially this (Normal, Damp, Day)

This means that for Stage 1, we drive the Joux Plane stage (France), using "Normal" mod (which is tarmac for France), weather setting is "Covered Damp", and the daylight setting is "Daylight".

Each of these settings can be selected within RSRBR2012 on the Server. You can also test it with these settings off-line.

EDIT: Oops! Senad posted at the same time (again

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