Rally - Walter Rohrl Tribute - Monday 20th & Tuesday 21st February 2012

Warren Dawes · Feb 16, 2012

" Walter Rohrl Tribute”

Mon 20th & Tues 21st February 2012

PLEASE NOTE THAT RSRBR 2012 (UPDATE 02) IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT

Audi S1 (Group B) across a selection of Stages, mainly gravel

Banner Designed by Damien Jones

Sessions: RD Walter Rohrl EUY / RD Walter Rohrl EUX / RD Walter Rohrl EU / RD Walter Rohrl USX / RD Walter Rohrl US / RD Walter Rohrl OC

NOTE: We may include additional timezone Rallys if requested.

PLEASE NOTE: If you request an additional Session to be created, you must sign up and make the request at least 24 hours before the requested start time. Late requests will not be accepted.
Requests for additional Sessions which are one hour (or less) from other Sessions may not be granted, depending on the total number of Sessions set ( due to Server restrictions and Staff availability).

Car Pack: Group B (You must choose the Audi S1 from this car pack. ) **

Damage: Reduced

SS01 - France - Joux Plane - Normal, Good conditions, Daylight
SS02 - Finland - Sikakama II - Normal, Good conditions, Daylight
SS03 - England - Shepherds Shield - Normal, Good conditions, Daylight
SS04 - USA - Diamond Creek - Normal, Good conditions, Daylight
SS05 - USA - Hualapai Nation II - Normal, Good conditions, Daylight
SS06 - USA - Fraiser Wells II - Normal, Good conditions, Daylight
SS07 - World Stages - Versme - Normal, Good conditions, Daylight
SS08 - BTB USA - Pikes Peak - Normal, Good conditions, Daylight

EUY Start: 03:00 GMT Monday *
EUX Start: 17:00 GMT Monday *
Europe Start: 20:00 GMT Monday *
USX Start:01:00 GMT Tuesday (8PM Monday Eastern Time) *
US Start: 03:00 GMT Tuesday (10PM Eastern (USA), 8PM Mountain Time, Monday) *
Oceania Start: 09:30 GMT Tuesday (QLD 7:30 PM; NSW, VIC, Tas 8:30PM.) *

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 Sessions 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.

NOTES:

Click here to read the password!
You will require the RSRBR 2012 Mod & Update 02, 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.
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 · Feb 16, 2012

Drivers:

NOTE: Drivers must choose the Audi S1 from the Group B Car Pack.

Joakim Skalstad (Joakim Skalstad) - EUX
Hampus Jansson (HJansson) - EU
Ryan Murray (theMURPH) - USX
Dariusz Swiderski (swider) - EU
Mike Campbell (Mike Campbell) - US
Andrew Koojo (andyone) - EUX
Jack Hintz (StealthSCG) - OC
John Cunningham (HH_BF1) - EU
Jeremy Loveland (Wol-Gran) - OC
Senad Subasic (mfodor) - EUX
Roy Magnes (Roy Magnes) - EU
Tero Leppanen (Cloudy) - EUX
Tapio Rinneaho (TTupsi) - EUX
Ross McGregor (ross32) - EU
Magnar Haarstadsveen (magnar) - EUX
Jeff Feaker (bigbobross) - USX
Javier de Diego (Javiddf) - EUX
Rick Bamford (Lucifer10666) - OC
Thibault Flouret-Barbé (Thibaultkart) - EU
Ashok Revanna (tantragna) - EUX
Daniel Olsson (Danne26) - EU
Norbert Serban (NorbertTV) - EUY
Mark Johnston (Mark J) - EU
Aleksi Kivelä (Axux) - EUX
Gundars Brigis (guncha) - OC
Jeff Ankenbrandt (Tralic) - USX
Christopher Drennan (drennanc) - EU
Fernando Agapito (Fernando A.) - EU
Ole Marius Myrvold (Myrvold) - EU
Stu Abbott (stu) - EU
Warren Dawes (WAD53) - OC
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Warren Dawes · Feb 16, 2012

Our next Rally is open for sign-up.
This time, we step up to the top end of the power bracket, the Group B monsters.

We are running another of our Tribute Rallys, where we recognize past and present Rally Drivers and the cars they were most famous with. This time, we salute the great Walter Rohrl, from Germany, most famous for his brilliant driving in the Group B Audi Quattro S1 during the 70's and 80's.
He has won two WRC titles, and is still actively involved in Motor Racing as a test driver with Porsche.

The Audi S1 is one of the fastest of the Group B era, so it will be a severe test to our driving skill and patience. Stages have been chosen to be mostly faster flowing ones to take advantage of the Audi power.

We have included the famous Pikes Peak climb, to re-live the victory by Rohrl / Audi in 1987.
We strongly recommend that drivers test this Stage before the rally, especially if you have never driven it in RSRBR before. It can be treacherous in places and the Pacenotes are also dodgy in some spots.
It is an exciting Stage though and presents a fun challenge.

We will use REDUCED damage, and Good Weather for this one, the Group B cars provide sufficient challenge and we want drivers to get the best possible experience from this car.

DRIVER BRIEFING NOTES:

1. This car is typical of the Group B era. It is 4WD, very fast, with "lively" handling. Patience, self control, and a light right foot will be essential to control this one. If you respect the car, it will yield very fast times.

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 RSRBR2011, please beware that sometimes it may give you the wrong tyre for the conditions. Always double check your tyres, it is critical, especially when changing to Snow Stages.

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).

Thanks to Damien for another classic Banner.

Good luck all, and hope you enjoy this return to the wonderful Group B era of Rallying.

A couple of video's to set the scene:

And a little driving lesson in the Audi with Walter to see how it's done. Easy isn't it.

And if you are really keen, Pikes Peak coverage with Walter Rohrl:

Joakim Skalstad · Feb 16, 2012

Joakim Skalstad - Joakim Skalstad - EUX

Hampus Jansson · Feb 16, 2012

Hampus Jansson (HJansson) - EU

Ryan Murray · Feb 16, 2012

YES!

Ryan Murray - theMURPH - USX

Time to watch Too Fast to Race to get pumped!

Dariusz Swiderski · Feb 16, 2012

Can't miss this one, shame i won't have any time for practice as i fancy my chances in those

Dariusz Swiderski - swider - EU

Mike Campbell · Feb 16, 2012

Mike Campbell - Mike Campbell - US

Andrew Koojo · Feb 16, 2012

Andrew koojo - andyone - EUX

Jack Hintz · Feb 16, 2012

So there!!

Jack Hintz - StealthSCG - OC

John Cunningham · Feb 16, 2012

John Cunningham - HH_BF1- EU

John Cunningham · Feb 16, 2012

(lot of limiter due to short box then..)

Jeremy Loveland · Feb 16, 2012

Jeremy Loveland - Wol-Gran - OC

Senad Subasic · Feb 16, 2012

Senad Subasic (mfodor) - EUX

Last time we did Pikes Peak, it was in the Peugeot 205 T16. The car died on me halfway up, I'm guessing I over-revved it. If anyone practices the stage, and notices the same problem with this car, do let me know

Roy Magnes · Feb 16, 2012

Roy Magnes - Roy Magnes - EUX

Retirement on Pikes Peak is almost guaranteed, but will have to give it a go

Tero Leppanen · Feb 16, 2012

Tero Leppanen - Cloudy- - EUX
Aah, can´t miss this one, awesome

TTupsi · Feb 16, 2012

Good thing we're running with reduced damage. Would've been A LOT of red ink with realistic

Tapio Rinneaho (TTupsi) - EUX

Ross McGregor · Feb 16, 2012

Ah yes, i've been hoping to continue improving at RBR, and i feel a nice sensible 4wd Audi should help this process...

Ross McGregor- ross32- EU

Magnar Haarstadsveen · Feb 16, 2012

Hi i must do this event, but can someone tell me how to make it to the top with a group B car?
I always kill the engine long before halfway trough this stage.

Magnar Haarstadsveen - magnar - EUX

Warren Dawes · Feb 16, 2012

Ross McGregor said:
Ah yes, i've been hoping to continue improving at RBR, and i feel a nice sensible 4wd Audi should help this process...

I must have missed the nice sensible Audi Ross, sorry, you'll have to make do with this one instead.

Magnar Haarstadsveen said:
can someone tell me how to make it to the top with a group B car?
I always kill the engine long before halfway trough this stage.

My Pikes Peak test run for the Rally was veeery slow Magnar, but maybe try short shifting and keeping it in higher gears, this thing has so much power that it probably pulls away ok in a higher gear anyway. Try to minimise over-revving it.
Since we are using reduced Damage this time, hopefully that might help.