John,
I just gave it a go for the first time to test it. It does take a long time to load the Stage but it finally loaded it. Mine took nearly a minute and appeared to do nothing during that time, but if I waited long enough, it did finally load.
However, I experienced a few bugs:
1. No pacenotes
2. The road side signs are rock solid if you hit them.
3. No clearly defined end of Stage, I kept driving for some time before it finally stopped.
4. The replays don't work in TV mode.
5. I had to use Task manager to close RBR and get back to RSRBR.
Of all of these bugs, the last one is always a concern for me, and the main reason I don't use them for Club Rallys.
Ok, a few issues being raised. the first questin I will ask is are you using the ACCT stage or the ACCT reverse stage? The ACCt I had the same issue with having to use task manager. No, no pacenotes for that stage, but its only about 2km long and you have 2-3 weeks to learn it. Shouldn't be a problem. And the signs being solid is simple, stay on the road and you don't hit them. As for the end of the stage, with ANY RBR stage, once you cross the finish you can stop anywhere and it will eventually finish.
Ok, here is something i have know all along and i really don't think it is a problem. Replays don't work with the BTB stages. I have spoken to Rallyesim and they have said they know and thats the way it is. So I don't think there will be a fix coming soon.
With these issues raised and the problems some people had in the first round I will ask for a vote from the Championship drivers.
Do we want to use BTB stages or not?
My vote is yes.