RDRC S4 Round 4 - Ulster Rally (5th - 8th May)

Graham Bridgett · May 7, 2012

I wasn't allowed to run ss4 for some reason, that's the class win gone. Thanks Server :/

David Jundt · May 7, 2012

Oh why yes it is. Just need to remember how often you need to go left before going straight

Still have to run, want some more practice and setup work. The funny thing is that I for example always forget which way on the suspension setup is stiff/soft. I love driving, not spending time fine-tuning, sadly

EDIT: Graham

All my rivals seem to have problems with this rally too!

Senad Subasic · May 7, 2012

Graham Bridgett said:
I wasn't allowed to run ss4 for some reason, that's the class win gone. Thanks Server :/

Huh, not allowed? What happened? No errors, you just couldn't click on Go?

Simon Melhuish · May 7, 2012

Senad Subasic said:
Well, @Simon Melhuish, awful rally or not, you currently have 2 overall stage wins

LOL RSI 3 i guess?

Graham Bridgett · May 7, 2012

clicked go and it crashed back to desktop, then ss5 appeared :/

Well you can imagine what kind of mood that put me in for the rest of the rally.

Senad Subasic · May 7, 2012

Graham Bridgett said:
clicked go and it crashed back to desktop, then ss5 appeared :/

Well you can imagine what kind of mood that put me in for the rest of the rally.

Weird. Eh, sorry to hear that, not your season.

Simon Melhuish said:
LOL RSI 3 i guess?

That's the one

Simon Melhuish · May 7, 2012

Senad Subasic said:
That's the one

Quite shocked to hear that as i was about 3 seconds off what i could do as i messed up the tyre chicane on both runs

Senad Subasic · May 7, 2012

Wow. Well, now I will have to check if there are any shortcuts on that stage too

Tero Leppanen · May 7, 2012

C4 Default setups isn´t as bad as I thought

But Have to drive very carefully. I´ll maybe practice once and drive tomorrow at OC

David Jundt · May 7, 2012

Senad Subasic said:
Wow. Well, now I will have to check if there are any shortcuts on that stage too

I'll probably go into tomorrow's session too, I quite like running late, so I don't have to wait long for results

Let's see if I can endanger Simon's time, I got a bit surprised by the low grip(or was it just me appliying too much throttle?

).

Simon Melhuish · May 7, 2012

David Jundt said:
I'll probably go into tomorrow's session too, I quite like running late, so I don't have to wait long for results

Let's see if I can endanger Simon's time, I got a bit surprised by the low grip(or was it just me appliying too much throttle?).

Someone should, it shouldnt be a winning time lol

Senad Subasic · May 7, 2012

SS01 - steady, careful, no issues
SS02 - some hairy moments, but made it through without much drama. Very slow though
SS03 - damn, went off in the first right corner, took me a while to get out of the grass

Service
SS04 - got a bit cocky, but slight issues on braking for the hairpin put me back in my place . Safe to the end, 1 second slower than the first run
SS05 - wow, that was scary... Had two spins because of locked wheels. Narrowly missed some trees. Not good
SS06 - baaaah... Caught a tree on the inside of that hard left corner. Well, I guess I should be lucky it wasn't an instant retirement.
Nice battle with Jack, 2 seconds between us now o_O
SS07 - hit the barriers in the first corner, had to reverse . Wish I had a non-wheel-button handbrake.
Only 1 second between Jack and me now o_O

Service
SS08 - well, that's it. Hit the lamp post in one of the hairpins in sector 2. Engine dead
SS09 - again a retirement in sector 2. Car bounced off those potholes at the straight bit, and went for the trees
I almost thought of retiring there, but I just love tarmac mod stages, had to continue
Wish I had the skill and willpower to set up my suspension. A lot of time can be gained by getting that right...
SS10 - decent run, no issues

Service
SS11 - hit something again, but the car lived this time. Damaged car though, handling. I'll probably retire on the fast Chirdonhead bits again
SS12 - that was awesome! This is definitely going in the video . High speed section (well, it's Chirdonhead, they're all high speed sections), went off in style; the car launched itself over a crest, had huge air time, and ended up in the tree stumps. The car lived, but the gearbox was broken. That was the icing on the cake . Spend a lot of time shifting up and down, trying to engage any gear, and slowly got it up to 50 km/h, and finished like that
SS13 - repaired the car for a final RSI3 run, so a retirement here
SS14 - hoped for a good run here, but small mistakes everywhere

Still love the tarmac mod. But not the regular RBR tarmac stages. Go figure

Thanks to Rick for organizing the whole thing, and thanks to Warren for helping with the sessions

Good luck to everyone who still has to run

Jack Hintz · May 7, 2012

Senad Subasic said:
SS12 - that was awesome! This is definitely going in the video . High speed section (well, it's Chirdonhead, they're all high speed sections), went off in style; the car launched itself over a crest, had huge air time, and ended up in the tree stumps. The car lived, but the gearbox was broken. That was the icing on the cake . Spend a lot of time shifting up and down, trying to engage any gear, and slowly got it up to 50 km/h, and finished like that

this. This is why I failed so badly in chirdonhead TWICE and falstone

did have an epic battle with you though Senad, was most excellent ^^
Bergheim was awesome as usual, especially since figuring out how to do the gravel bit properly

Next rally I wish to race under a different team (Just me promoting my company

) I hope this is okay.
same car and everything, just different sponsors ^^

Thanks Warren, Rick and Senad for setting this up, couldn't do it without you

...but can we refrain from using original stages with tarmac mod? its kinda.....yeah.

Senad Subasic · May 7, 2012

Jack Hintz said:
...but can we refrain from using original stages with tarmac mod? its kinda.....yeah.

Nooo, I love them with a passion

Seems so authentic, if that's the right word. I loved tarmac Tanner, looks just like a real IRC video

Dubravko Sparovec · May 7, 2012

Senad Subasic said:
Still love the tarmac mod. But not the regular RBR tarmac stages. Go figure

Me too mate.

David Jundt · May 7, 2012

Yeah, but as soon as you touch a bit of grass, you spin wildly and face a tree when you are facing forward again

Dubravko Sparovec · May 7, 2012

Yes but I look at the bright side. No one will dare to cut.

Norman Bruce · May 7, 2012

SS1 - Took it nice and easy but still managed to spin, (gave it too much handbrake)
SS2 - Not sure why but I managed to roll the car here and had to CFH (have to check the replay)
SS3 - Car would not start must have had too much damage from the previous stage. Retirement.
SS4 - Completed this stage but very slow.
SS5 - Too many little spins wasting a lot of time here.
SS6 - Another completed stage but again very slow.
SS7 - I think I loaded up the wrong set up here but made it round. Slow again.
SS8 - Took it very easy on this stage because I did not want any damage for the next 2 stages.
SS9 - I hit a bump and ended up in the tree stumps but the car seemed undamaged. Just got round the last bend when I spun out and hit a tree. Retirement.
SS10 - Completed this one with a slow time.
SS11 - Again my plan was not to push too hard at Berghiem to save the car for the following stages. Failed as I had a retirement. (my frame rate in the start loop here drops to half of what it usually is)
SS12 - Had a CFH when I lost concentration and slid off the road.
SS13 - Completed with a slow time
SS14 - Loaded the correct set up this time. I hit a bale (just a tap really) and broke the gears, I did most of this stage in 1st gear.

Thanks to everyone who organised this event,

hope to do better at the next round.

Warren Dawes · May 7, 2012

Well I made it to a RDRC Round at last, although I have been pretty sick for the past week.

Mitsubishi coaxed me out of retirement as a guest driver in their old Lancer 08 Evo 9, since they wanted to be represented to balance all the Citroens and Fords in A-RDRC. I had very little experience with this car, but I was very wary of it's fragile reputation, so my aim was to see if I could bring it home in one piece. That meant that I had to be more careful than usual, and this Rally proved quite a challenge for me.
I was rather rusty and made lots of small mistakes, bouncing off the road at Tanner II into the bush on SS1 and SS4 (those bumps can be nasty), had a couple of embarrassing slides at Pirka II, and made a mess of SS14 by hitting the tyres in the last chicane thingy

.
However, Bergheim probably cost me the most time. I had no experience with it, and it had me worried, so I took things too carefully ( and still made some boo boo's

).

Anyway, I achieved my goal of finishing all stages without wrecking the Evo, but I think the setup needs some serious work to handle those bumpy stages. I think Mitsubishi were pleased to see their car returned in fairly reasonable condition.