RDRC Season 5 - General Discussion

Warren Dawes · Feb 14, 2013

David Jundt said:
I wonder if I could un-install down to the base of RSRBR and "mount" 2013 on top of it... I also forgot how that worked with your registered number+password for RSCenter.

It is always a wise move to re-install RSRBR2013 into a clean new base RBR. Rallyesim recommend that too, it will most likely save you a lot of problems later on.

Ole Marius Myrvold · Feb 14, 2013

Juen-Jen Wang said:
Was wondering if I can get confirmation that the Alfa 33's being looked at (or rejected) for Homologation? I gave Jack a PM asking him about it and haven't gotten a response.

It is being looked at !

My guess will be an answer in under 24 hrs

Jack Hintz · Feb 14, 2013

Juen-Jen Wang said:
Was wondering if I can get confirmation that the Alfa 33's being looked at (or rejected) for Homologation? I gave Jack a PM asking him about it and haven't gotten a response.

After testing it we have come to agreement and can confirm that the Alfa 33 is now homologated for RDRC-3 class

Tyrone Frith · Feb 14, 2013

can someone make renders for me for richard burns rally.

Jonatan Åcerclinth · Feb 14, 2013

Jack Hintz said:
After testing it we have come to agreement and can confirm that the Alfa 33 is now homologated for RDRC-3 class

If that wouldn't have happened I would most likely had talked JJ into using the Volvo or the A6_2-3 VW Polo

Andrew Koojo · Feb 14, 2013

season about to Start. its a shame i cannot defend my champion.. and i just cant drive a AW8 cars. too fast to control ill consider trying out the xara 07 or the citroens or fords of that year. they are flyers. i just did 1.54 on Frazer wells on ford focus 07. hmm
no much pressure this year for me. ill only do Gravel Rallies.

Jack Hintz · Feb 16, 2013

Hi guys,
First round will be postponed for one week to give us all time to sign up, get grading out of the way, and give you more time to practice.
First round is available to sign up right now here and will start on the 2nd of March.

Juen-Jen Wang · Feb 16, 2013

Jack Hintz said:
After testing it we have come to agreement and can confirm that the Alfa 33 is now homologated for RDRC-3 class

Awesome news Jack! Thanks a lot to the staff for their testing work

Jonatan Åcerclinth said:
If that wouldn't have happened I would most likely had talked JJ into using the Volvo or the A6_2-3 VW Polo

Well... a good thing it was accepted then

David Jundt · Feb 16, 2013

Warren Dawes said:
It is always a wise move to re-install RSRBR2013 into a clean new base RBR. Rallyesim recommend that too, it will most likely save you a lot of problems later on.

Yeah, okay. Luckily, the postponement will give me time to get everything ready once I downloaded it all.

Btw: What can I keep again? The Saved Games folder(With my Rally School results) for sure, but what else is good to keep? The setups for example?

Also about homologation: Did the Evo X have to be homologated as it wasn't included at first? And has the VW Polo been updated to race with the other WRC cars?

Looking at some car packs I was surprised they weren't excluded(For example the VW Gol?).

Imagine the GT Pack getting more cars, racing cars like the Porsche(since it surely won't reach homologation for the current championship

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Andris Laskins · Feb 16, 2013

Can maybe someone make me a skin for my car? Nothing too fancy. Just rdrc stickers with my number. Or maybe someone can send me a template or something. Car: Mini RRC

Warren Dawes · Feb 16, 2013

David Jundt said:
Btw: What can I keep again? The Saved Games folder(With my Rally School results) for sure, but what else is good to keep? The setups for example?

I'd be very careful about saving and using old setups. Some may be ok, but often Rallyesim change the car physics with newer versions of RSRBR and sometimes even with Updates that include specific car updates.
If you use old setups that don't match the new physics, it may cause driving problems, CTD or graphical issues, or it might even cause an illegal setup for the RDRC (setups are checked after each round).

David Jundt · Feb 16, 2013

Warren Dawes said:
I'd be very careful about saving and using old setups. Some may be ok, but often Rallyesim change the car physics with newer versions of RSRBR and sometimes even with Updates that include specific car updates.
If you use old setups that don't match the new physics, it may cause driving problems, CTD or graphical issues, or it might even cause an illegal setup for the RDRC (setups are checked after each round).

Only the Saved Games then I guess. Although there's the option to backup RSRBR, is that useful at all?

It takea ages with normal downloads here to get the track pack, but I've seen faster downloads for free at other places. 2h 30 mins is very long...

Michael Nelson · Feb 16, 2013

I torrented the track pack. The Rallyesim servers are awful for me. In the download links on Rallyesim's forums they have links to a .torrent file. I was able to get max line speed on those.

Warren Dawes · Feb 16, 2013

David Jundt said:
Only the Saved Games then I guess. Although there's the option to backup RSRBR, is that useful at all?

It takea ages with normal downloads here to get the track pack, but I've seen faster downloads for free at other places. 2h 30 mins is very long...

The "Saved Games" folder is the setup files I was referring to above. If you use them, be very careful to check they are ok in the new updates.

Re the downloading, I found the torrent files much quicker, easier and safer to use. Some of the RallyeSim server files are known to get corrupted. You should always check them using the Checksum program that RallyeSim provide.
The torrent files were pretty convenient too, you can pause and resume them to suit your timetable. The download speed of the torrent files will vary of course, depending on how many seeders there are. There were lots of seeders when I downloaded mine, but that was about a month ago when lots of people were updating to RSRBR2013.

You should make a note of your Options Settings before deleting your old RSRBR2012, I always keep a written record of all of the settings, or at least keep screenshots.