RDRC S9 Round 3 - Rally Argentina (1st March - 7th March 2021)

hundiie · Feb 28, 2021

Thank´s a lot to the organizers a lot off work very professionally done. I did a couple of real life rallys as an amateur 30 years ago. Some of them were not as professional organized as far as I remember... My first Rally in this championship ever, looks like it will be a tough one... Good Luck to all ! Have Fun

Eckhart von Glan · Feb 28, 2021

finished my prep by doing two more of the long stages, one in rainy conditions (which i actually liked more than the dry, weird) and one in said dry conditions. it's a bouncy ride in the group A lancia, will probably split the rally in three bits again but not following the rhythm given by organizers: stages 1-4, then 5-8 and then the rest. love how it's divided in the short and long bits, great layout of stages!

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Michael Springer · Mar 1, 2021

When testing, we, too, found that the wet conditions make the gravel more bearable, weirdly enough.
I guess this is because it slightly flattens out the bumps, and makes any dust disappear as the rain collects it. This might be the first rally where I prefer rain over sunshine!

Davy Vandevenne · Mar 1, 2021

Just finishes the rally. With no practice that's a win for me.

Good Luck everyone! You will need it.

Thomas Lambaerts · Mar 1, 2021

vORBIS said:
Soft to hard to soft to hard? the first corners on the hards in the dark are looking like fun

hards? HARDS? NEVER! Maybe, just maybe i'll consider mediums on the long sections. And i'm in the rwd champsionship

alex2106 · Mar 1, 2021

This time we are actually going to split the Rally as per the days due to Argentinia giving us a bit of motion sickness actually. Especially SS2 is leaving me nauseous. Not sure how I would survive this rally in RL.

Feel free to join the fun at ~ 7:15pm CET today at

Also got a pedal cam now by the way, please check it out and tell me what you think about it

Update: Seems like we might just pull through today in one sitting cause tomorrow we couldn't do it as a group due to real life conflicts, oh well, so watch me vomit live on stream.

LuMue · Mar 1, 2021

Paul is going live in 5 minutes... Müller Motorsport at Argentina Pt. 1

After him I will train a bit, check my setup and go for the ride in one sitting!

nicoluffy06 · Mar 1, 2021

After missing the monte-carlo and giving up following a fall in connection in Sweden, we attack the tests in Argentina

FRT-SIMRACING polo r5 livery

Ole Marius Myrvold · Mar 1, 2021

nicoluffy06 said:
FRT-SIMRACING polo r5 livery

Oh. That is one sexy car!

SirMull · Mar 1, 2021

Are you sure that night stages are Cloudy weather? There is no cloudy option for night stages

Ole Marius Myrvold said:
Important Notes:

The Rally is from 1st March 00:00 UTC until 7th March 23:59 UTC. You must finish and have uploaded your times from the last stage before the end-time to register the stage result.

Remember to join the correct league/club for the class you drive in. If not, you will not be able to participate.

If your name on the results shown at dirtrally2.dirtgame.com doesn't match what you signed up with, or doesn't match what you have on the official entry list (see first post in the Sign-Up thread) and fail to inform us about your correct name within 48 hours of the provisional results being published. You will be removed from the results. There will be no exceptions to this. See Directors Note for rules-clarification on this.

If you haven't signed up, you can do that here. You must sign-up to be able to participate. The sign-up must be accepted and valid before the end of the rally to be accepted.

Feel free to take screenshots and videos and share it in our Rally World Thread. Screenshots can be end up being included in the next magazine!

Feel free to share your experience from the rally in this thread, share the perfect runs and the perfect failures! All in the name of fun!

Driving in more than one class will lead to an instant DQ(removal) from the results.

Any rule changes will be posted in the Directors Note Thread. Please keep yourself updated on any changes.

Good luck and have fun!!

Ole Marius Myrvold · Mar 1, 2021

SirMull said:
Are you sure that night stages are Cloudy weather? There is no cloudy option for night stages

Poop! Excel and me! It's clear at night.
I didn't even spot that when I set up the sessions and compared them to the itinerary! At least it's just a cosmetic thing, nothing that actually will cause any issues. Fixing the itinerary now.

Ole Marius Myrvold · Mar 1, 2021

alex2106 said:
Feel free to join the fun at ~ 7:15pm CET today at

LuMue said:
Paul is going live in 5 minutes... Müller Motorsport at Argentina Pt. 1

After watching a bit of streaming, as I commented on one stream... I almost feel a bit bad for this really. Almost.

Eckhart von Glan · Mar 1, 2021

is that a big or a huge "almost"?

Michael Springer · Mar 1, 2021

10 Stages without a single incident. Four blown tyres on one stage. 20 minutes behind my team mate.

All is well...

... not anymore. Crawled home the last 2 stages with 30 kph.

Ole Marius Myrvold · Mar 1, 2021

Eckhart von Glan said:
is that a big or a huge "almost"?

That's an "This could've been made harder - almost".

Michael Springer said:
10 Stages without a single incident. Four blown tyres on one stage. 20 minutes behind my team mate.

All is well...

... not anymore. Crawled home the last 2 stages with 30 kph.

LuMue · Mar 1, 2021

Me being live in 2 minutes... Müller Motorsport at ARG Pt. 2

Paul's run wasn't that satisfying for him, so we had a little chat afterwards, drank some beer (To all those kids out there: DON'T DRINK & DRIVE) and as he went home now it's my turn in the Delta HF.

Cheerio Miss Sophy!

Eckhart von Glan · Mar 1, 2021

Ole Marius Myrvold said:
That's an "This could've been made harder - almost".

lol, just finished the first day (5 stages) and i think it's stage 01 that will decide the rally, that switch from early morning sun to deep shadows as you start the climb is utterly distracting! had a half spin there as it was just pitch black in one or two places and i couldn't find the light switch what with all the speed and the action ...
then i tackled the four night stages, which only a truly ... mind could have put on the agenda. kept the fancy extra lights intact for 2.7 of these stages, but a crash into one of those smallish walls along the side of the track and a missed bridge in stage 2 led to my cooler slowly dying and with it my motor and the power available. last two segments i was crawling and motor spluttered off as i crossed the finish line. survived, but just so.
Those four stages will dash many a hope as the week progresses.

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Ole Marius Myrvold · Mar 1, 2021

Eckhart von Glan said:
which only a truly ... mind could have put on the agenda.

Ole Marius Myrvold · Mar 1, 2021

LuMue said:
Me being live in 2 minutes... Müller Motorsport at ARG Pt. 2

Paul's run wasn't that satisfying for him, so we had a little chat afterwards, drank some beer (To all those kids out there: DON'T DRINK & DRIVE) and as he went home now it's my turn in the Delta HF.

Cheerio Miss Sophy!

Just watching this makes me tired. I am happy I drive a slower car for this rally

Spinninggenius · Mar 1, 2021

So I managed to survive the night stages (incredibly I never even damaged a headlight) and am having a good duel with Walttu77 on the PS4 J-RDRC leaderboard - I seem to recall our times were pretty close on Monte Carlo? I also squeezed in stages 6 and 7 tonight, video to follow soon! It's very easy to get complacent on the shorter legs, you've really got to avoid losing concentration.

Not looking forward to the last set of stages which I'll probably tackle tomorrow, running essentially 4 and a half full stages on one set of tyres is a very foolish thing to do... it would be good if there was an option to bring 4 spare tyres and change them after stage 10