RDRC S3 Round 4 - Kouvola Auto-Ralli (17 Sep - 21 Sep)

[John Cunningham]

THIS weekend:eek:, demmit for no reason (I have the date on my desktop) I thought it was next weekend.... oooooooooops. Guess I better get a bit of practise tonight.

 

[Łukasz Demolin]

I do it for fun, and to test different cars. N3 is a winner every time when I have failed in my WRC :tongue:

You constantly make me frustrated and ashamed running those and being faster than me

 

[Jeff Feaker]

Jeff Feaker - bigbobross - US3

I am changing my race time to EU2. The US time is simply to late.

 

[Roy Magnes]

You constantly make me frustrated and ashamed running those and being faster than me

:wink:

 

[Alexis Clapano]

Alexis Clapano - quatri21 - EU3

 

[Jakub Sulej]

Jakub Sulej - RIVIVIED - EU3

I would change to EU2, thanks

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

omg, 68 confirmed, where will this end? this is utterly great, good luck all, thx Rick and crew for putting so much thought into this tournie, more action here than at the real life WRC, lol!

 

[Daniel Lovett]

Daniel Lovett - Dan27 - EU3

 

[Adam Jonas]

Hello!

I'm sorry, but I can't take in this round (however I signed up, but earlier I didn't know that I'll so busy this weekend).

Good luck guys for this round, and sorry for missing that!

See you at the next event!

 

[David Jundt]

I am probably the first that has finished the rally already.

God, I hate Savo... The only I couldn't get right on Day 2...

 

[Attila Kiss]

I hope so the government endures then the rallyt, because he has problems.

 

[Viesturs Priede]

I might not get back home on time today so I`ll probably change to another session, not sure which one, I`ll specify it when I get back home. Sorry for this.

 

[Erik Tveit]

I'll be in EU1.

 

[Viesturs Priede]

I got back home in time, hopefully I`ll be able to race

 

[David Jundt]

Do we have to announce that one is re-scheduling their run? I'd understand if there were only a few or you'd change to one that has little to no other entrants...

Or does it have to be like that?
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I liked the Golf Day 1 was a bit harder as I like to drive stages without knowing them beforehand, that adds to the end rally feeling(Real drivers have about 1 day of writting pace notes and shakedown for a rally). I could push harder on Day 2, but Savo ruined it a bit for me, hard stage... Damn stone...

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

Real drivers have about 1 day of writting pace notes and shakedown for a rally.

they way I understand it, real life stages are often the same ones used last year, so with more experience you come across terrain covered earlier. I may be wrong, though.

 

[Erik Tveit]

Well, alot of DNF's.

But I really like throwing my Fiesta around the corners doing extreme wide Scandinavian flicks!

 

[Peter Lengyel]

Well, my 3rd run in the RDRC went better, than the 2nd... Except the first 3 stages... I had no time to practice, the only stage I have deen driven on was Kaihuavaara...

S01-02-03: The def tyre was tarmac, and I forgot changing it to gravel... sux to the max, I lost al least 3 and a half mins.
S04: In the beginning, it went SUPERB, but I had a CFH after the jump. But I was not dissapointed, because ***that was the first time I have been driven on
S05: No mistakes, I think, that stage has become to one of my favs. I was very proud of myself perform it without mistakes, I knew I could do better, but***
S06: Savo... Unfriendly relationship from both direction. The track did not load, so... RETIRED.
S07: Kaihuavaara! Okay, so GRAVEL INT! Went well, at the beginning, I made a small mistake, 5-6 secs maybe... I think ~4:17 could have been possible 4 ME.
S08: I cannot remember wether I made a mistake or not. It was 2 and a half mins better than the previos run (on TARMAC huhuh), so okay,
S09: Autiovaara! One of my favuorite! I tried using my experience gained from the prev run. At the jump, a little bit slower, okay. It helped, I think, I could have been a little bit faster, but I did not want risking...
s10: Sikakama! Yesss! Another new favourite. Went very well, But at the end I made a mistake, hit a tree, a few seconds... Overall, I think under 6 min could have been possible 4 ME!
S11: Savo... Uuuh. The track LOADED! Okay, I HAVE TO RALLY ON IT! Well... what I did on it, I cannot call it rallying What I remember is many mistakes, and slow run. 1 CFH (or 2...). It's not worth wasting the words...
S12: A great SS, enjoyed it!

Overall, I really enjoyed the rally! Thanks for the organization and to the other drivers for participating!

See you all in the next round! (I'll come with a N car )

 

[Viesturs Priede]

Came to the rally without any practices or warm-ups. Not sure if I`ve been driving N14 in french physics before, probably not. Plus Im still not used to the new steering wheel. Also RBR ir lagging a little bit more with this wheel (probably because of FFB) and that doesnt help

Well, first stage was BTB stage which I cant drive because of my fecking graphic card - so I retired. Finishing 2nd and 3rd stage didnt mean a thing - it still showed that I`ve retired. Though those 2 stages was disasters, broke the gearbox, clutch, radiator and few other parts at the early stage 2 and then I had to suffer that car until service. Dont remember much about 4th stage but I think it was the one where I made false start. As I said Im still getting used to the new wheel and after 3rd stage I left the gearbox in first gear (H-shifter). Also few roll-ups but started to get used to the wheel, a little. Well in fifth stage I just got sick of that I cant drive like I want and pressed alt+f4 That was the end of my rally.

Need to do some practices to understand the wheel, the car and the physics and then everything will be +/- OK

 

[Rick Bamford]

Finishing 2nd and 3rd stage didnt mean a thing - it still showed that I`ve retired.

Don't worry about that Viesturs. That is something the guys running the offical rallyesim championships use. For the RDRC you only retire the stages you don't finish, the others will show your time and be included in the results, don't worry.