Rally - RWD Gravel - Mon 21st & Tue 22nd September 2015

Roy Magnes · Sep 17, 2015

RWD Gravel

Monday 21st & Tuesday 22nd September 2015

REMEMBER - You need RSRBR 2015 with Update 05 to drive the event.

Powersliding on the loose stuff!

Sessions: RD RWD EUX / RD RWD EU / RD RWD US / RD RWD OC

We may include additional time zone Rallys if requested.
If you request an additional session to be created, please sign up and make the request at least 12 hours before the requested start time so that we have time to see the request and create the session. Late requests will not be accepted. Any sessions with no drivers 12 hours before session start. Will not be created!

Car Pack: Group_H
Damage: Reduced

SS01: USA - Diamond Creek - Gravel - Dry - Day
SS02: Japan - Sipirkakim - Gravel - Dry - Day
SS03: World Stages - Jourdain - Gravel - Dry - Day
SS04: England - Sweet Lamb 2 - Gravel - Dry - Day
SS05: England - Loch Ard 2 - Gravel - Dry - Day
SS06: France - Cote d'Arbroz - Gravel - Dry - Day

EUX Start: 16:00 GMT Monday *
Europe Start: 19:00 GMT Monday *
US Start: 02:00 GMT Tuesday (10PM Eastern (USA), 8PM Mountain Time, Monday) *
Oceania Start: 09:30 GMT Tuesday (9:30 PM EDST) *

All sessions will be combined together for an overall result for the event. You can run as many sessions you like. However, only the first you did reach split 1 on one of the stages will count!

RALLY NOTES:
· Please sign up in the following format: RD Name - Real Name (if real name is NOT provided as RD name, or in textbit under RD name for Premium Members) - RSRBR2015 Name - Session.
· Click here to read the password!
· You will require the RSRBR 2015 mod with Update 05 to be able to race!
· Remember to download and install the Group_H carpack.
· Teamspeak is highly recommended, and adds to the fun.
· Take a screenshot of RSCenter, or save your times, showing your final results at the end of the rally (including the car you drove!). This is in case any of your stages are missed by the server. If there's a discrepancy, please post your times ASAP so we're not adjusting times over 24 hours later.
· You must stick with the same car throughout the rally - if you change, your times for those stages will be defaulted.
· If you are new to Richard Burns Rally, we have provided a set of guidelines and links to help you get up and running: Here

Roy Magnes · Sep 17, 2015

You may drive any car you want from the Group_H carpack!

Jonatan Åcerclinth - Navitori - EU
Torbjørn Withbro - torwith - EU
Roy Magnes - Roy Magnes - EUY
Daniel Monteiro - Daniel Monteiro - EU
Keegan Buckley - kbuckley - OC
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Roy Magnes · Sep 17, 2015

Rear wheel drive? Check. Loose surfaces? Check. Powersliding? Check. Fun? Check.

General RBR Club Rally Rules:
1. You must use your real name when signing up for the event.

2. As always, Club Events are for casual fun racing. It's always great fun to be fastest, and win. But this is not the main thing to achieve in Club Events. The club events are for developing your skills and test new cars and stages.

3. The usual RaceDepartment rule do apply. You need to keep two wheels on the road. Even though this is a rally game. We will not check this on replays, but for yourself, and all the other drivers please follow this rule.

4. RaceDepartments Terms of Service do apply. If you haven't read it, or don't remember the 19 points of the ToS. Please read it again.

5. If you feel the need to contact anyone about something that's happened on the forum or on the stages for some reason, you can always report the post. Or you can send a Private Message to either Ole Marius Myrvold or Roy Magnes (by clicking on the link in the names).

6. The RBR Club Staff reserve the right to ban any person from driving in the Rally Club. The time of the ban will differ from each situation.

7. As this is not a circuit, there is no possible way for one driver to affect another during the events. By such, there should not be any reason for drivers to be angry with one eachother after a rally. A good rule is to read through your post before posting it. If it comes across as angry, or full of sarcasm. It might be good idea to wait some more minutes to post. Remember the general RD rule: " Mutual respect between the people using the RaceDepartment.com website(s) and forums. This means you may not personally attack other forum users. malicious behaviour and bullying will not be tolerated. If there is a problem report it to the staff."

8. As in RDRC, restarting stages is not allowed. You are however allowed to start a new session,-and get results from that, if you have not passed the first sector on the first stage. If you have passed the first sector on the first stage. That session will count towards the result.

DRIVER BRIEFING NOTES:

1. Rear wheel driven cars will inevetably go into huge slides when the power is on, don't overdo it to keep the right pace.

2. RBR Pacenotes are designed for default cars, Normal conditions and Good weather. Please remember to adjust your speeds to suit these cars.

3. Tyre selections are the drivers responsibility. If you use the automatic tyre selection option in RSRBR2015, please beware that sometimes it may give you the wrong tyre for the conditions. Always double check your tyres, it is critical, especially for Snow Stages.

4.Please ensure to install the all the packs needed. Everything needed is linked to in blue in the opening post!

5. Password is the usual RD password - if you for some reason do not know that. PM @Ole Marius Myrvold

6.Please report any problems caused by the stages, or the inability to make sessions, posts and times right from the Rally Club Staff!

If requests are made for any additional timezones, or changes to Start times to better suit your local needs, we will try to include them ( but within the Monday/Tuesday periods).

And with this post! The sign up is open! We wish everyone the best of luck! And hope that no one gets in any trouble!

Roy Magnes · Sep 17, 2015

Stage wins:
Jonatan Åcerclinth - 3 stage wins
Jocke Frisk - 2 stage wins
Daniel Monteiro - 1 stage win

Congratulations to Jocke and Jonatan on the podium with me this week, and congratulations with the great debut @Jocke Frisk ! Thank you to everyone that participated, nice to see so many close, competetive times on the stages this week!
Next weeks event will be up by this time tomorrow, and this time we'll head out into the night!

Jonatan Åcerclinth · Sep 17, 2015

Rear Wheel Drive Power Sliding Lunacy, or RWDPSL for short...? Not very catchy...

But count me in anway

Jonatan Åcerclinth - Navitori - EU

I'll be Drifting my way through the stages, this ain't about the winning, it's not even about the taking part, it's all about having fun

Torbjørn Withbro · Sep 18, 2015

hmm maybe the Toyota should be returning to the english forests

This one will be difficult.

Torbjørn Withbro - torwith - EU

Roy Magnes · Sep 20, 2015

I will have a go at an EUY-session at 20:30 GMT on monday. I really hate working these late shifts...

Roy Magnes - Roy Magnes - EUY

Daniel Monteiro · Sep 20, 2015

Daniel Monteiro - Daniel Monteiro - EU

Manual gears, check. Manual clutch, check. 720 degrees of wheel rotation, check!

EDIT: damn, just took the M3 for a spin at Lochard 2... there are just no words in the world to describe how I envy the people driving powerful RWD cars on gravel...!

Roy Magnes · Sep 21, 2015

The sessions have been set up, good luck to all participants!

Daniel Monteiro · Sep 21, 2015

@Roy Magnes I really don't want to miss this one but it seems I will be busy this evening.

Would it be stretching it too much if i ask for a session for tomorrow at 15:00GMT (assuming it's 17:00 in Norway)?

Roy Magnes · Sep 21, 2015

Daniel Monteiro said:
@Roy Magnes I really don't want to miss this one but it seems I will be busy this evening.

Would it be stretching it too much if i ask for a session for tomorrow at 15:00GMT (assuming it's 17:00 in Norway)?

Absolutely not, we are waaay to strict for that

EUZ will be created at 15:00 GMT tuesday, that will indeed be run at 17:00 in Norway

Jonatan Åcerclinth · Sep 21, 2015

Drove in the EUX session as I'm working tomorrow so heading to bed when I've written this (was asked earlier this afternoon if I could) so I wish you all good luck

As for me I had a blast even with the misstakes I made, I forgot how heavy and wayward the Volvo can be

Had 2 spins, one at the second hairpin on Sweet Lamb when I came flying in a bit too hot, put the car sideways and got the front tires caught on the inside post and one at Sipirkakim when I came through full on sideways in the last section, in the hairpin left and the rear end came out into the greenery and hit a set of trees, 360 spin while at the same time throwing it into 1st and was on the power as soon as I saw the road again

Also hit a bump the wrong way at Sweet Lamb and made a visit down the slope, had to ask the kind onlookers to sit on the bootlid to be able to get back up the hill (CFH)

Other than that had a few good runs through the stages, especially Sipirkakim and Jourdain was very enjoyable and full of sideways action

Have fun and again, good luck everyone

Daniel Monteiro · Sep 21, 2015

I made it on time for SS3 after solving some overheating issues here.

I will still drive tomorrow to get SS1 and SS2, and will drive the SS3-SS6 tomorrow for fun

EDIT: Roy, "Dude I almost had you" on Sweet Lamb 2

EDIT 2: So glad I joined the session tonight, some really close times, loved it! I think we are nip and tuck from SS3 to SS6 actually - looking forward to do it all again tomorrow

Roy Magnes · Sep 21, 2015

How close was that? I think I won by 1,5 seconds over the 4 stages we did together there, really close powersliding

Torbjørn Withbro · Sep 22, 2015

I was all alone on EU session. So lonely

Well tried BMW M3. Was going more sideways than forward. I am always running 4x4 in championship so this was strange. SS1-SS3 went slow but no major errors. On SS4 sweet lamb i struggle a lot in slow technical corners. Lucky to get out of first kilometer

One trip to the deep forest also. Since M3 does not have a functional handbrake I did not have the ability to get fast around tight bends. The scandinavian flick needs more practice in this car to speed up. One call for help on loch 2

Cote d arbroz I struggled a lot with same problems as on sweet lamb.
But i got through rally without retirement.

Keegan Buckley · Sep 22, 2015

Keegan Buckley - kbuckley - OC

(I may have forgotten to enter last week? My bad!)

Daniel Monteiro · Sep 22, 2015

Diamond Creek... no words... just a dance...

Sipirkakim did not go so well (3 CFH) as my shifter suddenly started to give in... only 3rd and 4th gears working, the rest completely dead (the leaver wouldn't engage)

After 7 years with the G25, it is for the first time giving me trouble so I can't complain

time to disassemble it and get it sorted.

Thanks a lot for the extra session Roy! and for the amazing event