Wednesday 8th July 2009 - Rally France

[Bert Van Waes]

If i'm not too late, sign me up
just need to fix the controls and i'm done

 

[Andrew Evans]

totally man - just drop yer rsrbr name in here for me would ya?

 

[Bert Van Waes]

Ok: Bertie it is
just fixed it

 

[David Buxton]

David Buxton (RSRBR2009 doingabuxton) :wink:

:fingers-crossed:

 

[Mark Birney]

That was awesome! It's so fast and the hairpins sneak up on you:

"Flat right, go straight... HANDBRAKE RIGHT!"

 

[Stephen Carson]

I might do a run through the stages in single player to compare times since I couldnt actually take part

 

[Mark Birney]

Bummer, Stephen

 

[Andrew Evans]

nod, suckage man

major thanks to all that came out... that was another slice of slidey mmmmm....

started out really well - in that i managed to finish the first 4 stages (ignoring the fact i coasted the end of ss2, downhill in a dead car )... after that, overconfidence burned me bad.... many car meet tree, car meet stone barrier, car meet 45 degree rolly-bank with trees.. etc... and an excellent austin powers moment as i smashed my sideways car back and forth trying to turn the right way....

results are posted here:
http://forum.racedepartment.com/rbr...ay-8th-july-2009-rally-france.html#post351423

see y'all next week, hopefully... where rumour has it, it's gonna be pretty chilly.... :wink:

edit: lub to ts!

edit edit: had ya this week, vaughany, eh la? :bang:

 

[Lewis Fergusson]

Sorry for turning up late, but had great fun one i got going. Felt I got the hang of this rally malarkey on the last stage.

I reckon next week, i'll have eeevans and vaughany.:freaked-out:

 

[Mark Birney]

Oh yeah, report...

Was a great event, first few stages went fine. kept cool and handbrake tirn went ok, no major damage (but it stalled on me a few times ) then there was the occasional knock on the barrier or wall, then there was the time when Bert farted (needs clarification) on TS causing me to flip and hit a tree which (luckily) knocked me back on the road. In the last 3 or 4 stages, I was struck by bad luck. on the last stage in particular, I hit a barrier after the car flew off the road and hit the edge of a barrier. Was going, but transmission was famboozled. Was losing a lot of time, then, I hit a tree approaching the last corner after a spin and I was stuck in 2nd gear. It told me to retire but after a lot of pushing, I managed to get my battered and bruised Gareth MacHale Ford Focus to the finish. (But we all know Buxton won in spirit!)

Love these events! Fun, and the TS banter is gold

I feel a chill sweeping over the RBR Rally Club.

PS: How about we have an event where 2 drivers team up and take turns driving and navigating? We turn off pacenotes and one driver has to make his/her own. What of it?

 

[Stephen Carson]

Cote d'Arbroz: 2:45.04
Joux Verte: 5:23.05
Bisanne: 4.21.80
Joux Plane: 6:07.35
Joux Verte II: Hit the barrier side on on the fast top bit and retired as I cba limping to the end of the stage, I was pushing a little to hard really had a big spin on both bisanne and joux plane.

Hopefully this routing problem with sort itself out so I can get back to competiting, it's not the same running the stages by yourself. I miss sitting waiting refreshing the scoreboard to see what times the other people come in with!

 

[Mark Birney]

Don't worry Stephen, there's always next week

I sense closer times next week.

 

[Stephen Carson]

You where 0.07 sec quicker than me over the first stage, thats pretty close

 

[David Buxton]

Thanks for the event Mr E. Had fun :lol:

As I will have more time next week to set-up the wheel I have a feeling I'm gonna be kicking butt :wink:

Atleast I won't need to be rushing the install whilst you guys are setting times.

I have booked my French lessons for the weekend :doh: Rush Rush Rush

 

[Adam Vaughan]

Good times Mr evans. I cant wait now till next 1 now im up and running. Hopefully be able to do stage 1 this time.

 

[Andrew Evans]

PS: How about we have an event where 2 drivers team up and take turns driving and navigating? We turn off pacenotes and one driver has to make his/her own. What of it?

btw - i totally dig the sound of that... but might be a bit difficult without the co-driver being able to see the road ahead.... some lightweight screen-scrape software might be able to help there tho.... definitely filed for future refs meeeeesta birneeeeeee.... :thumb:

 

[David Buxton]

I'm up for the test run if there is one :wink:

 

[Mark Birney]

Well, Xfire has a feature (in beta I believe) that would do the job. It's called Broadcast, where the driver can, well, broadcast the game he's playing. That would help for the co-driver to see. Ofcourse, the drivers would need a decent upload speed, but you can run it at low quality, so you don't need to be robbing mbits from the local exchange.

I could test Xfire Broadcast and see...

I just thought it would add to the TS lunacy
"I said DON'T cut!"

Anyway, tried snow stages for the first time in the WRC08 and ANK_2 I believe. 2WD is better for snow, 4WD can be tricky to control. Any idea what cars we are running next week?

 

[Andrew Evans]

Ofcourse, the drivers would need a decent upload speed, but you can run it at low quality, so you don't need to be robbing mbits from the local exchange.

I could test Xfire Broadcast and see...

yowser, that sounds groovy.... all the co-driver needs is a some frame of reference - doesn't need super-HD-wtfbbq-quality... :thumb:

Any idea what cars we are running next week?

will be moochen it and posting the rally this evening.... :wink:

 

[Mark Birney]

Awesome stuff, Andrew :thumb:

Regarding the Broadcast thing, we could just have 2 people to go onto it (and more if they want to watch) and drive a stage, see if it handles. Ofcourse, there's no rush on it, but it's better to suggest now then when there's tumbleweed in the Club.