Well that was an experience...
My first time doing any kind of competitive racing or rally and it really showed. Got overconfident from the off and managed to get myself a double puncture and damaged radiator on the very first corner on the first stage. Forgot to bring a second spare tyre so only changed the one and limped through the first few stages while spinning at what felt like every other corner. Nearly made a joke when I signed up saying that last place had arrived and I lived up to it tbh. Was last by a few minutes in J-RDRC by SS3
Didn't have the time to make much in the way of repairs other than a quick fix for the near dead engine so inevitably by SS7 I was seriously down on power again. Felt like I didn't do too bad on SS5 or SS6 though other than a slow slide that beached me on a snowbank in SS5 and matched my best time in SS6 which was nice. Just a shame I had to limp back to the service with no power again.
Managed to repair the engine and finally the radiator in the last service so was looking forward to having some power to just finish the rally until I got distracted, made a mistake and flew over a snowbank and off the cliff to end my rally early. Pretty frustrating from start to (early) finish, especially after my practice run literally 2 hours before my proper go went surprisingly well (would have been around P35-40 based on the current times, way better than I'd ever expected) but oh well. Here's hoping for a better run in Sweden
My first time doing any kind of competitive racing or rally and it really showed. Got overconfident from the off and managed to get myself a double puncture and damaged radiator on the very first corner on the first stage. Forgot to bring a second spare tyre so only changed the one and limped through the first few stages while spinning at what felt like every other corner. Nearly made a joke when I signed up saying that last place had arrived and I lived up to it tbh. Was last by a few minutes in J-RDRC by SS3
Didn't have the time to make much in the way of repairs other than a quick fix for the near dead engine so inevitably by SS7 I was seriously down on power again. Felt like I didn't do too bad on SS5 or SS6 though other than a slow slide that beached me on a snowbank in SS5 and matched my best time in SS6 which was nice. Just a shame I had to limp back to the service with no power again.
Managed to repair the engine and finally the radiator in the last service so was looking forward to having some power to just finish the rally until I got distracted, made a mistake and flew over a snowbank and off the cliff to end my rally early. Pretty frustrating from start to (early) finish, especially after my practice run literally 2 hours before my proper go went surprisingly well (would have been around P35-40 based on the current times, way better than I'd ever expected) but oh well. Here's hoping for a better run in Sweden
This will only go well God help usin rallies with longer time between services (oups. Spoiler alert)
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