Rally - English Escort - Monday 1st & Tuesday 2nd August 2011

[Dubravko Sparovec]

Wow finished in the points after all.

After two CFH and not being happy with my pace I'll take 7th place any day.

 

[Warren Dawes]

Congratulations to Jeremy, notching up another win.
Well done to Rick and Troy for the podium, clearly you three guys love this car. :love:

Overall, despite this car being a bit tricky to get used to, the results are surprisingly close, only 7 secs in the win, and the top 6 drivers within one minute, much closer than usual.

A couple of nice results for Gerben and Dudo too, some good consistent driving there. :thumb:

Big welcome to Gerben, Jack, and Ross who joined for their first Club Rally. :welcome:

This car proved once again to be very popular, despite being very different to drive. We'll definitely be using it again in the future. It does take some getting used to though, if you want to get the best out of it.

Sorry to those who found the Stages a bit repetitive and boring, but that was intentional, I just wanted to have the focus totally on the car this time and to make it a bit easier for drivers to get accustomed to it. :yin-yang:

Again, thanks to Senad for his Admin work and to Norman for his nifty systems work behind the scenes. :thanks:

The Rally Club has a break next week for Round 2 of the RDRC, good luck all.

BTW, I haven't had too much inspiration for the next Club Rally yet, so any ideas are welcome. I may bring back the classic REX (Subaru Impreza 95) soon if I don't get anything better. ray: :ups:

 

[Troy Ament]

Congrats Jeremy and Rick, had a blast in this thing and happy to get another podium with it.

So when are we adding the Historic RWD class to RDRC? :tongue:

 

[Senad Subasic]

BTW, I haven't had too much inspiration for the next Club Rally yet, so any ideas are welcome. I may bring back the classic REX (Subaru Impreza 95) soon if I don't get anything better. ray: :ups:

Well, that wasn't a smart move. If anyone had an idea for the next rally, they'll probably keep it to themselves now, so we can drive that brilliant car again :love:

EDIT: crap, I will be wheelless (or is it single l?) then, put up something bad!

 

[Michael Hammond]

was doing some good times in the first few stages then my net decided to give up lol

 

[J.P Sutphin]

I broke my power supply to my G25 with 10min to race....had an extra 1..omg. Fun car, had to wear my leather motorcycle gloves to get a grip on this out of control car. 1 broken winshield, then I just listen to the guy next to me 110% cause I can't see and I only race in driver seat camera and also I didn't assign a change view key or know default???

 

[Jeremy Loveland]

Thanx all for a great rally, tho i have to credit my win to the Engineirs on this 1, providing me with a nice driving setup.
also congrads to Rick and Troy for keeping it a very close rally til the end.

So when are we adding the Historic RWD class to RDRC? :tongue:

Now that would be a class id like to join

for next rally Warren how about the Toyota celica GT4 ST205 in japan and australia stages all bad weather!

 

[Senad Subasic]

for next rally Warren how about the Toyota celica GT4 ST205 in japan and australia stages all bad weather!

Yes, this, go with this :good:

(never liked the Celica, bad weather Australia and Japan are just a bonus :tongue

 

[Hubert Smolders]

A little movie that sums up the fun i had in this one.

 

[Warren Dawes]

Yes, this, go with this :good:

(never liked the Celica, bad weather Australia and Japan are just a bonus :tongue

:roflol:

When do you get your wheel back Senad??

 

[Warren Dawes]

A little movie that sums up the fun i had in this one.

Wow, great movie there Hubert. :doublethumb:

Do you use one of the particle mods, it looks waaaaay better than mine (default).

 

[Jeremy Loveland]

Hubert how did u not roll at 4:30?

 

[Senad Subasic]

:roflol:

When do you get your wheel back Senad??

Not a clue, but I'm guessing it will be longer than a week. RDHGP is luckily over, so I'm just waiting on RDRC Round 2, and I'm taking it after that.

And yup, cool video :good:

 

[Senad Subasic]

Ah, there it is. John's video from last time we used the car. Pay special attention to the 3 minute mark, I'll let you deduce which car was mine.

 

[Roy Magnes]

...for next rally Warren how about the Toyota Celica GT4 ST205 in Japan and Australia stages all bad weather!

Now that is a challenge I'd take on

 

[Hubert Smolders]

Hubert how did u not roll at 4:30?

I saw it coming (the tankslapper after the bump) and then saw the hill on my right, into the next slapper,
i just slammed the wheel to the left. It helped. :tongue:

tx guys btw!

 

[Hubert Smolders]

Do you use one of the particle mods, it looks waaaaay better than mine (default).

Yep i do. I use the one before the 2 updates here on RD. It's called Particle Mod 2.5 (by mayakist)
Had some problems to get them running but as soon as i installed the HDR plugin it all showed up wonderfully.

 

[Dariusz Swiderski]

Congrats to Jeremy, Rick and Troy, wd all

Next time the RWD honor is my . I should have gone a bit quicker but 25sec of the lead in not bad for 0 practice and default setup .

Thx for setting it up and see y at RDRC r.2 next week

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

BTW, I haven't had too much inspiration for the next Club Rally yet, so any ideas are welcome. I may bring back the classic REX (Subaru Impreza 95) soon if I don't get anything better. ray: :ups:

Well, I still want a sprint-rally style club rally. With very short stages, more than once. And maybe a light nimble little car fits for that.

It might be more loading compared to the time driving that usual, but in theory it should be intense. Not much to gain, but very much to loose.

 

[Ross McGregor]

Missed the first 4 stages due to trying to fix my road car (success) so joined for the last 4 stages, but with it being my first rally, and with so little time to practice (i only had the chance to run the stages twice beforehand in dry conditions) once i made a mistake, more followed! Eventually i decided to just 'entertain the crowd' (occasionally running them over too) and went flat-out for a bit, which then led to my retirement from ss7 & 8!

Overall, i'm glad i've got everything sorted with my rsrbr installation and hope to be back for more in future- hopefully with more manageable cars! Thanks to Nigel for getting me up and running too!

P.s.- how do you adjust steering lock 'in-game'? I'm using 450 for my wheel at the mo