having just uncorked a vintage 2004 red to celebrate our first RBR tournie rally here, I sit down to do my race report.
first off, a massive big thx to the organizers, especially I suppose Rick. The rally design was superb, with those weather settings it really felt like two days and a bit. I played for 1hour 35mins and my neck and back tell me that that's about the limit for joyful playing, more would be painful
As I was so late to set up my RBR and the PC I clicked two settings wrong in the profile, so I ended up with automatic transmission (yikes) and no reverse gear
Other than that, the gaming was spotless on the technological side. (can one mess with the MULLAGATAWNY between stages, e.g. by firing up the normal RBR? or by editing the file by hand? I didn't dare try. )
stage1 RSI3 still getting used to the new screen, one call for help getting stuck without reverse, slow time
stage2 Joux P wet produced a jumpstart because of the automatic transmission, plus two calls for help, quite dreadful, almost last in overall standings
stage3 Joux V wet good stage, slowly settling in, no help required
stage4 Bisanne damp motor died on me about 700m from finish, luckily it's downhill so I simply "let it roll"
and coast to finish
stage5 Joux P damp another jumpstart but a nice stage with no help required and only one minor moment off
stage6 Joux V damp Adrenalin kicking in, really having a blast, first use of handbrake in hairspins even under automatic transmission, got carried away so two calls for help and another blown motor, again: coasting to finish downhill
stage7 Bisanne in the groove now, really enjoying myself, only one call for help
stage8 RSI3 near perfect drive but then overshot the finish, killed a marshall and got reset on track ???? even though I had already crossed the finish line ??? cost me about a minute
(must be a bug)
stage9 Pribram fog best experience of the night, quite a good ride, really love that stage, especially after watching IRC over the weekend
stage10 Cote de damp great ride
stage11 Pribram sunny got a mighty knock landing after that first jump must look crazy on the replay just barely managed to catch 'er, front suspension weird after that, took me half the stage to get used to it
stage12 Cote de sunny pure joy, feeling sorry that it is about to be over (neck and back think otherwise)
stage13 RSI3 perfect ride, first time I had a considerable amount of fellow players behind me in the standings for the stage
Where can I get more, this is highly addictive!