RDRC S8 Round 6 - Rally Wales (8th May - 14th May 2017)

[LuMue]

..:: DAY TWO ::..

Last night I did day two of the rally with stages 9-15...
After having a bad stage 7, where I lost lots of seconds, my aim was to get back in the slipstream of Jono @edgenz and Nigel @Webbcar. Nigel is the one to beat for me, as he's close behind me in the championship table... After stage 8 Jono was 3s ahead of me, Nigel even 24s

Stage 9 - A long one to start into this day. Had a nice & concentrated run, lost 1s on Jono but made 5s on Nigel.
Second stage of the day was another long one, so concentration had to be held up high for this one. Had a clean & safe run there and lost 1 or 2 seconds on both. But as the long stages were done now my confidence screamed FULL ATTACK DUDE
Stage 11 - the nightmare stage reversed! Not for me guys, I didn't sleep at all last night Lost a bit on Jono but only 19s behind Nigel in total now...
Stage 12 next and yet another good one from me. Didn't push a 100% to keep the car on the road and in a good shape...made 5s on both guys and in total Jono had 5s and Nigel 14s on me...damn, I was sooooo nervous while driving out there...
At stage 13 I had to keep the revs low as my MIL went on but my speed kept up high...another 4s on Nigel, Jono made 2s on me

Turn out the lights gentlemen

The night had come and the Delta felt good...Cleaned my glasses before that stage and had a real good one at Dyffryn Afon. Another second on both guys...

Bidno Reverse - last stage at night...and OH WHAT A NIGHT
Missed a gear after a hairpin right in the first sector...my nerves Rest went superb for me.

Seems Nigel had a little rest that night - now I'm 11s ahead of him. Jono has a 7s lead - but there are still 5 stages to go mate

Will challenge day 3 on Saturday evening (GMT) - stay tuned...

Ah, and this one for @Dag Inge Hansen...it's not so terrible as you thing mate

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

i will remember that bit of advice about cleaning your glasses before tackling a stage

on another note: does anyone else kill all lights in the room before tackling a night stage? i always do, it makes it much easier for me to see what is what, especially once you start hitting stuff and losing one or more of your headlights. Day 2 stages on the agenda tonight, all lights off in the von glan home office for the final two stages of that day.

 

[LuMue]

@Eckhart von Glan : The little word "von" in a german name makes me thing you're aristocratic
So you must live in a castle and there should be a dark cellar

I use a Philipps Ambilight TV at my rig, it illuminates the wall behind the TV, the rest of the room is dark as it's in the cellar (no, I don't live ina castle ) and there is only a small window...

 

[Thomas Lambaerts]

Just finished day 2.
Everything started off fine. I just can't keep up with the leader. But i was building a gap towards rallymaniac1964.
No major incidents in the first stages of day 2. Just a hairy moment here and there when i try to pick up the pace a little. Then came the night stages. the 5th turn or something between the 2 hairpins i skidded wide, hit a tree. Rearleft puncture... Front diff almost open, undrivable the moment the rubber let go of the rim. Every touch of the loud pedal resulted in a backend stepping right. Stage time of about 4min30 so i lost about 1minute 15sec. Dropped pretty far in class. Behind Lumue and "Rallymanic1964"
Pretty disapointed with myself. It was a stupid mistake, a lapse of concentration. Highly doubt i can take those 30+ seconds back on Lumue.

 

[LuMue]

But you're far away from me in the points tables...so don't worry to much

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

aristocratic: yes, castle: no, can trace the line back a couple hundred years (till ca. 1400) but that doesn't pay the bills today, at least not in our case. as that orange guy would say: so sad.

@Thomas: pity about that mistake costing you dearly, management says: stay calm and don't push too much, bring it home safe and sound

 

[robt100]

I'm hoping someone can help as its the final round...........my mk2 escort handles fine on wet gravel, but on dry gravel it feels like......its on gravel . Just seems to float around the stage a lot more than in the wet, any setup tips??

 

[svt4cam]

Hmmmmmmm, the 2wd- results change when you click no assists.

 

[Andrew W]

Hmmmmmmm, the 2wd- results change when you click no assists.

I see two 2wd- guys using assists and one using a controller. When you filter to no-assists, you should just be gaining positions. Are you saying the order of the names changes?

 

[Deleted member 217114]

I am not using a controller. CSW 2.5 is not officially supported by the game, so I counts as a controller or so, due I am forced to use the axis-detection thingy.

edit:
I need one minute here; I am not a big fan of people joining in the last or last two events. Now I have no hate against my fellow racers, but it do harm the driver and team championship. In my personal case it's my Teammate and I need some precious points to win or have a podium for the Team championship, but now I see Karik and SuthernStar which are new in this RDR League it seriously will harm the way my Teammate and I are going to be placed in the team standings.

Again I've no hate against Karik and Suternstar, but it's something to oversee/thought for any future leagues in Dirt 4. Also I am curious what you people think bout this.

 

[Suthern Star]

Thankyou for an awesome comp Racedepartment even though i only managed to participate in the last two rounds it was still enjoyable for me.

Wales was tough in the Escort with having to run 8 stages until service. Maybe six would have been better for the old cars as my engine light was on at stage 7 without the car suffering any collisions or offs. But hey, with some management the mighty Heineken Escort got through.
All was good until SS20. Maybe pushing a little hard the car suffered three offs, one was upside down i think haha.

 

[Andy Jobin]

I dont think you will need to be too worried Rinus, EWRT have only had 1 car for the final three rounds as 1 team mate has had issues with the leagues only letting him run 7 stages and then being returned to the main screen. So a little upsetting for us aswell considering we were leading the teams championship

 

[Dag Inge Hansen]

I'm hoping someone can help as its the final round...........my mk2 escort handles fine on wet gravel, but on dry gravel it feels like......its on gravel . Just seems to float around the stage a lot more than in the wet, any setup tips??

OK, stiffen up the suspension a few notches, stiffen the dampers, lower the rideheight, increase stabilizer, the drawback with this is added instabiliy but faster feedback from steering. So be prepared to act faster on oversteering and such. Good luck!

 

[svt4cam]

I see two 2wd- guys using assists and one using a controller. When you filter to no-assists, you should just be gaining positions. Are you saying the order of the names changes?

Just gaining positions.

 

[Andy Jobin]

What do you regard as assists svt? I use assist as i prefer abs, maybe they are using this also

 

[David Ross]

I'm on ps4 and use a controller, I only use ABS because you don't have much "brake feel" but traction and stability control really slow you down.

 

[svt4cam]

TCS, ABS, SCS, Since the sixties and seventies cars didn't have em. Not a big deal just thought it was interesting that results changed, kind of assumed we were all no assist.

 

[Andy Jobin]

As far as I know tcs actually slows you down

 

[karik134]

TCS, ABS, SCS, Since the sixties and seventies cars didn't have em. Not a big deal just thought it was interesting that results changed, kind of assumed we were all no assist.

Not 100% sure but I don't think assists like ABS,TCS,SCS has ever been used(or even been allowed) in rally cars.

I think due to driving with 900 degree rotation I lose at least around 1s/km or 1,6s/mile compared people who use 540 or less. Pretty much Finland is only location where there's no time loss from rotation (no need to do hand-over-hand moves there except only in couple turns).

Also I believe biggest reason that the time loss from higher rotation is so great lays in the fact that older cars (60s,70s,80s, maybe 90s too) in this game have way too much grip and that's increasing average speeds by a lot. Specially cornering speeds(in 4-3-2-1,square+hp+acute turns) are too high and there's no time to react fast enough with higher rotation or something like that.
For example the diffrence in Finland between 1970s and 2010s class cars is less than 1s/km (1,6s/mile) when u compare wr times in both classes and that makes absolutely no sense. I think more realistic difference with 70s cars(with modern tires) would be at least 4s/km (6,5s/mile) and with time period(70s tire compounds) grip levels maybe 6s/km (9,5s/mile) slower on those type of very fast Finnish gravel stages u find in the game.

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Not 100% sure but I don't think assists like ABS,TCS,SCS has ever been used(or even been allowed) in rally cars.

"Strictly speaking there is not much tech in our 2011 Ford Fiesta compared to the 2004 car. In that season the car had ABS, clutch control, paddle shift, traction control, active differentials, ride height control with GPS, electronic dampers and active suspension. Having all that tech was fabulous but the cost was high and it was making it too easy for drivers"
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...-director-explains-low-tech-approach-wrc-cars

Also, I believe that the Xsara and 306 Kit Car had TC.