RDRC S5 Round 4 - Rally Alsace (27th-30th April)

[Jack Hintz]

I didn't have much time this week unfortunately, so I did it as soon as possible. but as soon as this round is complete I will start working on the next one straight away. Gravel, people!! hehe

 

[Damien Wintz]

Just finished the rally, I did not set very good times but it was fun nevertheless.
Stage selection for this rally was spot on, a mix of mountain roads and vineyards, with some nonsense street stages just like WRC Rallye de France Alsace . I particularly like the Bergheim stage, even though I am very slow

 

[Jonatan Åcerclinth]

Entry list is now up, good luck to everyone competing in this round.
Its a shame to see numbers dropping, but I'm so happy to say thanks to all of the RDRC regulars and newcomers joining this round I will be posting the next rounds thread much earlier than this one for good measure

Good luck everybody!

Reason for JJ not signing up is because he has finals at school

 

[Alberto Alvarez]

Anyone having problems with the codriver at Bergheim? Mine starts talking in English instead of Spanish, just in that stage.

Also note that there will be a new RSRBR update coming tomorrow.

 

[Jonatan Åcerclinth]

As I use an english co-driver in game but uses my sisters boyfriend for notes in actual matter I don't know of anything like that I'm affraid

 

[Damien Wintz]

Aww, having a real co driver That's cheating
Jk, that must be amazing. I could really use a sister's boyfriend in some stages because some pace notes really lack in precision.

 

[Jonatan Åcerclinth]

Aww, having a real co driver That's cheating
Jk, that must be amazing. I could really use a sister's boyfriend in some stages because some pace notes really lack in precision.

That is the reason why he is helping me out

He co-drives in real life but has had back problems and therefore as I asked him, he said yes
I drive and write notes and then send them to him via mail and then we use Skype with Share Screen

Has worked out allright so far

For example, one stage of these you have a medium right with no cut warning but if you drive like me you will flip on the ingame notes because the ground rises on the apex of that corner, I think it's Swiss Tarmac stage

 

[Emil Pribanić]

I made 4 big mistakes with lost about 5-8 sec each and one offroad with human life lost (RIP). Great fight Roy, you are too fast on tarmac with that 2wd Fiesta. If you were driving faster probably would have gone into the future. I tought i`ll catch you on Akagi but few mistakes took few sec and you deserve first place in EU1 session.
Good luck to all who will start this rally.

 

[Magnar Haarstadsveen]

I did not see Roy in this session so i'll Guess you mean me Emil
I manage to stay just clear of you in the last stages. You where faster than me but i manage to only do one mistake where i lost 10 sek.I brake much to late in a Junction, i don't hit anything but had to turn orund and get back to the stage.
If you not have hit a marshal you would win this session. Good driving Emil..

 

[Emil Pribanić]

Sorry Magnar, i tought that was Roy (my bad) but that was you of course. Again, that was one great rally and i had great chase with you. Grats to you for great driving. See you soon.

 

[Roy Magnes]

Here I am driving a Porsche on Sebring, and when I'm back on the forums I was fast in a Fiesta. "What did I miss?" was my immediate reaction

 

[Michael Nelson]

I was going to make a pretty long post, detailing all my stages, but they were beginning to all look the same: "lost my rear-end, spun", so I won't bother.

Pretty average rally for me. I finished all the stages, and without CFH or DNF, but mistakes on most of the stages cost me a lot of time. The final loop went OK though, pretty clean.

I'm also reasonably happy with the power-stage attempt, though I have no benchmark to compare it to in class.

Looking forward, I really need to start working on my set-ups, the car was a bit of a handful on a few stages.

Not really too sure how I'll place in this one.

Good luck to Corey, hopefully you'll do better than me.

 

[Robert McCracken]

An almost perfect rally for me, except 92% of the way through SS2 when I touched a bank on the right that pushed me across the road into wooden barriers and broke the engine. I was rather annoyed as it cost me about 4minutes, so I guess we'll see how much that hurt me overall. I think I drove the rest of the rally much better & took care when I needed with no major problems.

SS1 - Ok
SS2 - Crash, DNF
SS3 to SS7 - I was braking early a lot so that probably slowed me down but I had no major offs.
SS8 to SS10 - An interesting mix of stages, I think I was reasonably quick as got my confidence back.
SS11 to SS13 - Really good fun, the car felt good and pretty quick, I love those hairpins!
SS14 - I don't think I'm in the running for any power stage points though, as I clipped a wall and was a couple of seconds slower than my practice times.

Thanks to all the organisers, looking forward to some gravel up next!

*EDIT* Added a few screens

 

[Jack Hintz]

Loving the Possum livery Robert! I cant believe its almost 10 years to the day we lost him...

 

[Robert McCracken]

I know, he was such an awesome guy, so unfair what happened. I have to thank Damien Jones for the fantastic livery!

 

[Jack Hintz]

It was terrible, why does it always have to be the good guys?
Met him once, absolutely fantastic person. Will be grabbing that livery again when I can find it

 

[Warren Dawes]

Really nice to see Possum's car getting a run again, looks great in RBR.

Did you drive like Possum, Robert?

 

[Michael Nelson]

The skin in question: http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/threads/skin-possum-bourne-rally-nz-2000.48501/

That last screenshot is absolutely stunning Robert.

 

[Robert McCracken]

Really nice to see Possum's car getting a run again, looks great in RBR.

Did you drive like Possum, Robert?

Ha, I wish I could drive like him.

That last screenshot is absolutely stunning Robert.

Cheers Michael, had to do a little tweaking in PS to help it along.

 

[Gerben Kelly]

Damn, missed the entry again, and i looked last monday here for a topic.

Maybe a stupid question, but is it possible to open the rally topic earlier? In real life rally world you can sign up many weeks before the deadline. Here you have 3 days.

Sorry for the complaining.