RD Rally Club - 2017 Rally Mexico - 2017-2021 WRC in Mexico - 28th Feb to 4th Mar 2024

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Screenshot and livery by @cmrr can be found here
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To round up our Winter-events, and to have used all 4WD car-classes in the game. We will do the "2017" Rally Mexico with the 2017-2021 WRC class. The unraced VW Polo, or the Ford Fiesta Aero-Monster. Do note that even though it is a winter event, it's not snowing in Mexico!


Session Open: 28th of February 00:30 GMT to 4th of March 00:30GMT
Cars: 2017-2021 WRC
Itinerary:
Shakedown & 45 Min Service
SS1: Ibarlla - Sunrise - Overcast(wet) - 12.9km
SS2: San Diego - Morning - Cloudy(Wet) - 5.8km.
Service - 45 Min
SS3: El Mosquito - Morning - Cloudy(Wet) - 6.8km
SS4: Las Minas - Morning - Part Cloud (Dry) - 11.5km
Service - 45 Min
SS5: Mesa Cuata - Afternoon - Part Cloud (Dry) - 8.8km
SS6: Alfaro - Sunset - Part Cloud (Dry) - 8km
Service - 45 Min
SS7: El Chocolate - Dusk - Clear - 26.7km


Assists & Tuning: Allowed
Hardcore Damage: On!

Have fun!

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You can also read more about the Rally Club here.

 

[Roy Magnes]

I will be driving the rally on sunday, I think. But I have made a livery for the Fiesta already as preparation

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

Half the rally done and that slippery start is sheer murder and fun. Had at least half a dozen offs but never really dropped down any of the cliffs, fingers crossed. Second half, tonight I guess, running the Polo with the base skin. Repairs are a big topic, just barely getting the most important stuff done each service.

 

[AlleyViper]

Another run in Mexico at sunset/dusk, another adventure trying to find where pacenotes are even supposed to lead:

1) nope, nope, nope, I'm dizzy now, nepo, npeo...
2) a blind 1 left sqr note that only really happens at a later junction a few meters ahead

Still, contrary to the remaining stages (from frequent radiator damage, to two sectors under a puncture), had a fairly clean and enjoyable El Chocolate run. Not fast enough to keep the chase to BlueSpearman, though.
GL all!

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

yes, El Chocolate was and is absolutely epic, you ain't seen nothing yet, bbbbaby, you ain't seen nothing yet. Picked up a puncture midway and for the first time ever I managed to do a repair (dunno why I was too dumb the other times, it's quite straightforward, ts) but that incident cost me about 1:50 overall. Anyway, I survived, thx for another epic event, Ole, let's see how many will manage to get through.
Oh, yes, and very close between these two chaps after last stage:

 

[Roy Magnes]

yes, El Chocolate was and is absolutely epic, you ain't seen nothing yet, bbbbaby, you ain't seen nothing yet. Picked up a puncture midway and for the first time ever I managed to do a repair (dunno why I was too dumb the other times, it's quite straightforward, ts) but that incident cost me about 1:50 overall. Anyway, I survived, thx for another epic event, Ole, let's see how many will manage to get through.
Oh, yes, and very close between these two chaps after last stage:
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Being in the wrong end of that one must be really irritating!

 

[Hartmut2]

my first attempt - im speechless HAHAHAHA... never had such a damaged car. I was fighting from the beginning to the end. Had some good feeling through the stages but i always made a big mistake. (ok - sometimes two or three ) . Next time I hopefully understand better the pacenotes.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

As I see Roy has scheduled his driving. I'm going to do mine first! Live. Right nao!

 

[AlleyViper]

@Ole Marius Myrvold I moved to Hards by SS3, so to make SS3/4/5/6 with them, sparing the last fresh Med set just for El Chocolate (for a better chance of a good run).

I was also afraid that keeping Meds from SS1+2 would bite me on the longer dry SS4 even if a short wet SS3 would be ok (and faster). You might have suffered from it, red on Meds by the end of SS4. OTH, I also messed there by dragging a puncture in the last two sectors.

Yet, Hards + Wet in Mexico feels terrible. Even if you were pretty close to my time on SS3 (I expected you to take that stage), I fell off the road right on the 3rd corner or so, caught by surprise with the new lack of grip:

 

[Roy Magnes]

And I will go against my fever and head out onto the stages when Ole is done with his last stage

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

that last stage with a fever ... you'll need to be a very brave kid, Roy!

 

[Roy Magnes]

that last stage with a fever ... you'll need to be a very brave kid, Roy!

I'll most likely have a terminal crash way before we get there

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

that last stage with a fever ... you'll need to be a very brave kid, Roy!

The last stage is a fever...dream

I also wonder when the last time Roy was called a kid was When he was 25 or something a long time ago, a guy we used to race with thought he was 50+

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

@Ole Marius Myrvold I moved to Hards by SS3, so to make SS3/4/5/6 with them, sparing the last fresh Med set just for El Chocolate (for a better chance of a good run).

I was also afraid that keeping Meds from SS1+2 would bite me on the longer dry SS4 even if a short wet SS3 would be ok (and faster). You might have suffered from it, red on Meds by the end of SS4. OTH, I also messed there by dragging a puncture in the last two sectors.

Yet, Hards + Wet in Mexico feels terrible. Even if you were pretty close to my time on SS3 (I expected you to take that stage), I fell off the road right on the 3rd corner or so, caught by surprise with the new lack of grip:
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I wasn't able to do stages without making some small errors. I think SS3 was the one I should've been fastest on

My main issue is the cobblestone-sections. It kills my rhythm, and often my framerate as well

 

[AlleyViper]

Yeah, it's the usual optimization issue on village sections, hits hardest with their artificial light sources on. More so at Sunset/Dusk than Night in some stages, due to foliage + long shadows adding to DIP, causing GPU under-usage.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Yeah, it's the usual optimization issue on village sections, hits hardest with their artificial light sources on. More so at Sunset/Dusk than Night in some stages, due to foliage + long shadows adding to DIP, causing GPU under-usage.

Actually it felt like it was worse in the daylight this time. Felt ok on the last stage!

 

[AlleyViper]

Humm, might try reducing crowd/shadows/post processing (affects AO on distant trackside objs) to Medium if set to High, if you're having an issue with DIP even during day at those points (assuming you've already set reflections at least to Low). But I fear those red smoke particle effects also don't help. Anyway, could have been uncompiled shaders on the first runs there, seeing some stuff for the first time since last patch/driver update.

@Roy Magnes, extra points for also starting SS3 in style?


(And yeah, med-high lights damage doesn't seem as worrying as on DR1/2 for darker night stages)

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

@Roy Magnes, extra points for also starting SS3 in style?
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I'd say you hade more style based on that picture! While @Roy Magnes was more shaky!

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Humm, might try reducing crowd/shadows/post processing (affects AO on distant trackside objs) to Medium if set to High, if you're having an issue with DIP even during day at those points (assuming you've already set reflections at least to Low). But I fear those red smoke particle effects also don't help. Anyway, could have been uncompiled shaders on the first runs there, seeing some stuff for the first time since last patch/driver update.

I prob. should've edited my last post, but eh.

I have only reduced reflections tbh. Stubborn SOB. I use recommended settings from the game (with reflections either off or on low, I think low). And I feel that should work!

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

@AlleyViper @Hartmut2 @Eckhart von Glan @Roy Magnes @Karln3r

As you guys are the ones that have been active on the forum.
This weeks rally is going to be Iberia (trying to get through all the different rallies). What cars do we think suits Iberia, and will be fun?