RDRC S8 Round 1 - Rally Monte-Carlo (23rd - 29th January 2017)

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My highlights from the rally!

 

[Kubica2012]

So im finished. 2nd overall atm but there are alot of faster guys still coming.
I feel like the Hyundai is abit underpowered compared to the other WRC cars but who wouldnt love a challenge? :x

aah I have Hyundai too well drive that time, you just beated my team-mate by 7 seconds

 

[Caramidaru Andrei Bogdan]

Tested the game again, and tried the Hyundai and Polo, and from the get-go I was competitive, did a 2.22 with the I20 and 2.20 with the Polo, no practice no nothing on those cars, for Stage 1.
For me a lot easier to drive but a lot less room for error with bigger speed.
So far so good, with the game/

 

[Neilski]

but a lot less room for error with bigger speed.

Nice times on zero practice! And agreed, the "less room for error" thing is why I'm pretty sure I made a bad call going 4+

 

[Toni]

Day one of RDRC Montecarlo done!
It ´s only a first taste,but I think we´ ll enjoy, and at the same time, will be difficult to stay always inside the road with this car .A bit of luck will be necessary .Let ´ s go to do the rest of the rally.

 

[Alexander Hederby]

I survived! *PUH
Not the fastest, but my only goal was to reach the finish line!

 

[Keith Lueneburg]

Finished last night. A few punctures throughout the rally, but I made it!

 

[NoBleAsSaSsiN]

that was really fun !! some engine & turbo issues at the last 3 stages of the race ! great fun and great championship

 

[Valrys]

Rally of two halves. Discovered the trick to not crashing 15 times a stage was, believe it or not, to wear shoes (makes my brain think I'm driving a real car so slows it down a bit) and by somewhere around the midpoint I was up to 31st overall, having finished within 10 seconds of the fastest car on two stages.

The second half of the rally, fatigue and wear on me and the car started to tell, a few little mistakes (partially from gaining confidence on re-runs of stages and pushing too hard) took their toll. Had multiple spins, one puncture, rolled the car once, and had to take three reset penalties because I could tell I'd overshot the apex in a location where I could easily shoot off the cliff and retire. Positively though, I finished one stage 14.5 seconds off fastest, despite having a half spin and ramming the end of a barrier head on.

45th overall on the PC side as it stands isn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Onto the next one!

 

[Toni]

Rally finished!!
As I told before, not easy to drive this Sierra Cosworth Gr.A. Certainly a bit of fun in some stages ,but I think I prefer 4WD cars for these long rallyes....
I've done several mistakes, in 4th stage (rolled in the middle of the road ), 6th (touched spectators and a spin), and 11th (2 spins), and some minor issues,but in general, I'm happy to reach the end with the car in nearly one piece .It's not easy to avoid any mistake in all 17 stages...and manage the tyre wear in some stages without service.The car is moving a lot, and it's difficult to drive it straight,but it's funny and of course, the same for everybody.
Very nice rally, awesome stages, and great championship we have!
Thanks to RD stuff for this RDRC
Tomorrow,a highlights video to remember this first Round.

 

[Mick Aspinall]

Rally done, I was going to save after SS7 but was running ok and enjoying the rally too much to stop. Had a good run through most stages, a half spin in SS10 was followed by a scrappy run through SS11, another half spin then clipped the rock face leaving me facing the wrong way, handbrake needed to correct so seconds lost and a cracked windscreen just in time for the night stages. I found it tough going in SS13 so backed off to be safe, but had a blast on the final daylight stages. Was in 41st overall at time of writing but with plenty of drivers still to run that will change no doubt. Huge THANKS to the rally organisers and all the competitors, brilliant turn out, hope the numbers continue all season.

 

[*CF*]

.....*CF* finished the stage....
Currently in 2nd position of RWD- but others like KingSmug doesn't finish yet so .....
No big dramas except at Day 3 in SS12 where a wall almost destroy my gearbox .... anyway i enjoyed this and that is the point...
Good luck to all participants....

 

[mpw72]

#84 M.Pertino / mpw72
My "Monte" is finished. Day 4 I recovered some positions and at the time I finished 32th overall. I am not satisfied, my goal was Top20. Congratulations to the best and see you in Sweden. Special thanks to the staff RDRC. Enjoy!

 

[Luka Grm]

So unfortunately my GPU decided that I shouldn't finish this rally. This was the round where I could do the best out of all of them so I'm very disappointed, but there is nothing I can do except to wait for the next round and move on.... WD and congrats to all the other drivers

 

[Aaron DeMarre]

First off, thanks to the organizers for their work on this series. The response to it has been incredible, and it is a testament to the effort you guys put into it.

My rally was mixed. A solid start and finish bookended what was a terrible middle. The first few stages were really great for me and my pace was better than expected with minimal mistakes.

(doesn't look like the forum software supports embedding video clips, so links will have to suffice)
https://gfycat.com/InnocentImmaterialAxolotl

However, in stages 6, 7, and 8 I made the same mistake in each stage. Running wide on a fast corner, bouncing off the wall into a half spin that put me nose first into the opposite wall. Not a huge time loss, but thing were going to get worse. A couple stages later I had one stage where I just could not get it together. Multiple spins, two car resets, and a general terrible display of driving.

I was able to turn one spin into a neat save: https://gfycat.com/RegularLonelyIrishsetter

The very next stage I hit the back end at the very start of the stage and blew out the tire. Since it was a rear tire I decided to press on regardless and only lost half the time I would have with a tire repair.

I was able to avoid tilt and salvaged the rest of the rally, and I had a nice string of stages to finish off a difficult Monte.

 

[Troy Barman]

Didn't have any idea where I should be so I aimed for top 20 which quickly disappeared after realizing I was on average 10sec slower than the fastest time getting as close as 8 sec off on the shorter stages and 20sec on the longer ones. Overall never had any resets or tire punctures, only 1 spin and 1 real crash drifting into a truck off the exit of a corner.

Finished 34th overall as of right now but I imagine I'll drop back a bit.

 

[Dag Inge Hansen]

WOW. so many skilled drivers! Gained a few places this last day! Ended at 18. place. The group-b car needs stability in braking and that is the most tricky part as I haven't much experience with this car. When I can use the engine to the max it's where it helps the most, like on this stage:
http://plays.tv/video/588d2b73ba983...s-whole-stage-replay-3-08-075-mid-sun-perfect

Nice day for driving!

Stage 17 didn't go as planned, lost at least five seconds because of a silly crash with the railing.

Heading for the last turn at high speed! What a great climb!

 

[Zetoyoc]

WOW. i am a bit worn out after running all stages pretty much back to back. My goal was to just finish. I had some scary moments where i almost didnt finish but somehow managed to keep it on the road. Not as focused as I could have been but, I feel pretty good about my first rally league event.

I might have been better off. ok I am nearly certain I would have been better off changing the tire but I had my stubborn hat on at the time.

Jesse

 

[Caramidaru Andrei Bogdan]

Sunday morning STATS GEEK-OUT 2WD-

OVERALL STANDINGS 2WD- :

1. Mr.C Opel Kadett GT/E 16v 01:14:01.117 +05:31.592
2. Kieran Poole Opel Kadett GT/E 16v 01:14:57.779 +06:28.254
3. cflotsios Opel Kadett GT/E 16v 01:15:29.994 +07:00.469
4. 35. K Johansson Opel Kadett GT/E 16v 01:15:38.811 +07:09.286
5. Navitori Fiat 131 Abarth 01:15:44.944 +07:15.419
6. RacingIvysaur Opel Kadett GT/E 16v 01:16:31.492 +08:01.967
7. Daryl Willcox Lancia Stratos 01:17:08.337 +08:38.812
8. R Tap Ford Escort Mk II 01:17:14.691 +08:45.166
9. [F2C]MaDMaXX Opel Kadett GT/E 16v 01:17:21.059 +08:51.534
10. TTupsi Lancia Stratos 01:17:34.020 +09:04.495
11. svt4cam Opel Kadett GT/E 16v 01:17:38.305 +09:08.780
12. Stiggy Ford Escort Mk II 01:17:51.573 +09:22.048
13. Death Pod Opel Kadett GT/E 16v 01:19:16.953 +10:47.428
14. PaulH Fiat 131 Abarth 01:21:52.096 +13:22.571
15. ? Python ? Ford Escort Mk II 01:21:52.112 +13:22.587
16. Mattysc Fiat 131 Abarth 01:22:17.877 +13:48.352
17. BeanieRally Fiat 131 Abarth 01:22:26.493 +13:56.968
18. ChivasRx Renault Alpine A110 01:23:38.008 +15:08.483
19. Yatzeck Renault Alpine A110 01:23:52.707 +15:23.182
20. Zetoyoc Renault Alpine A110 01:26:36.802 +18:07.277
21. HeadlessRoland Opel Kadett GT/E 16v 01:27:20.351 +18:50.826
22. Alexander Hederby MINI Cooper S 01:30:27.674 +21:58.149

22 finished and probably a few to go with some DNF's, all good, last day.
SS1

SS2

SS3

SS4

SS5

SS6

SS7

SS8

SS9

SS10

 

[Caramidaru Andrei Bogdan]

SS11

SS12

SS13

SS14

SS15

SS16

SS17