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Canceled https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/147098/wrc-finale-cancelled-due-to-fires-in-australia

With the terrible bushfire situation, I think the organizers should stop insisting running this Mickey Mouse four-stage rally and release the firefighters, doctors and security personnel to attend to the people losing their lives and their homes. Maybe just do some exhibitions in Coffs Harbour as a farewell. I think trying to squeeze in a rally in these conditions is a terrible idea.

Yes, everyone is aware of that. But the rumor mill refuses to consider Thierry locked in just yet. Hyundai hiring Ott was basically a no-confidence vote in Neuville. We know from F1 that contracts are made to be broken. Hence, the speculation.

With Tänak moving to Hyundai and speculation over Ogier and Neuville's future, I guess it's time to revive this thread and stop posting in the RX thread.

The tension began last year. Tänak made it clear he lost to Ogier because of the car breaking down. That tension moved into 2019 and reached the boiling point in Sardinia. Evidently Tänak never got on well with Tommi or his girlfriend. Now besides the Ogier to Toyota rumor, the plot thickens as Neuville tweeted Happy Halloween from Toyota's HQ in Finland. The tweet was promptly deleted.

The relationship has been strained since the mechanical issue on the Sardinia Power Stage. The rumor mill thinks Toyota is going to make a bid for Ogier and if that happens, Neuville could move to Citroën.

Monte Carlo, Germany, Argentina, Chile and Turkey have brand new stages in WRC 8. The rest are from 7. Some have slight modifications and/or extensions. Others have been reversed for the first time. China was in 6, not 7. Kylotonn is the studio that did WRC 5, 6, 7 and 8. Bigben has been the publisher since 4, which was made by Milestone.

You're right. I must have quoted within the quote. Sorry about that. @ianismwas the one who wrote that. That's who I was trying to quote.

Where did you get that idea from? It is most definitely not any more or less "arcade" than DR2.0 is.

Go Jon! Starting in 45':

It was in DiRT 4, too.

@danielofifi damage is brutal when set to Authentic. @Madhun1967 agreed, the collision dynamics leave much to be desired.

WRC events have six stages, two of which are Epics. So you're looking at roughly half an hour per rally for the longer ones, and maybe 20-25' the shorter ones. No AI problems for me. A big challenge on Hard. Way beyond my ability on Authentic. Especially with Authentic damage and Perma crash.

Sorry, it's actually called Perma crash. No restarts.

Wow, you're winning rallies already with Realistic Difficulty, Realistic Damage and Perma-death mode enabled? I am barely competitive on Hard difficulty.