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  1. Posted · Edited by EggBerry
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    I originally bought PC Dirt Rally 2.0 on the MS/Xbox store, but there were problems with the DLC. So I returned the XBox version, got a refund and purchased the Steam version and it plays great. (I posted about this mess in the forums here)

    However, in the time I had the MS/XBox version, I apparently entered an event in the Official Dirt Rally 2.0 Club under the MS/XBox "platform," and now I can't access the event, since I don't have that "version" any longer.

    The event reads: "This event is already in progress on this RaceNet account via another linked platform. Once an event has been started it can only be continued on that platform." I remember specifically entering that event thinking that I was on PC, so I'd be able to continue on PC.

    Everything else is tied to my Steam account on PC and my separate XBox version.

    Who would I talk to about the possibility of wiping my MS/Xbox "platform" out of the Event/Club so I can use it. I had 2 points in the event, and I don't care if I lose them.

    thanks

  3. Posted

    On 10/31/2020 at 12:42 PM, PJTierney said:

    I like forums and prefer them as I'm more old-school, but Discord has its own value/benefits too and there's no denying more people use Discord than forums these days.

     If I was working on DiRT Rally 2.0 since the start of the project I would have made an official server for it.

    I think there's room for both, as well. But discord is hella confusing, and every server has its own organizational pattern, rules, fast-paced chatter, etc. A forum is more static, and there's definitely a need for that as well. It's a benefit to be able to page through past content looking for answers and general tips that would get buried in a discord server.

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  4. Posted

    Driving through stages on the weekly challenge in Sweden, I was having a really difficult time distinguishing where the road stopped and the snow began in some areas (sunny mid-morning? sun). After suffering terminal damage (126 mph into a pile of logs) on stage 7, I figured it might be a good piece of extra to offer some kind of snow glasses, or a filter that would knock back some of the glare off the snow. :classic_laugh:

  7. Posted

    On 10/21/2020 at 7:45 AM, UnderclassGDfan said:

    Whoever decided to develop scotland (the complete package basically) needs to get more money.
    A masterpiece.

    I have to say that every location I've raced so far (haven't gotten to Greece) has been gorgeous, but Scotland was a nasty brute the first time I rode through it and I still couldn't help but catch a glance at the well-rendered trees. Which reminds me of Finland. The NPCs in Finland at night make the drive special.

  8. Posted

    On 10/20/2020 at 9:43 PM, Jake Cushing said:

    Why does there seem to be so much more co-driver audio in Scotland compared to all the other rallies? Was there a decision to make it more detailed?

    Because there's so much stuff to race through! 

    What would be funny would be to get Sean Connery or Craig Ferguson to do a couple of special Scotland co-driver calls. That would be DLC I'd paid good money for! :classic_laugh:

  9. Posted

    I already joined the official Codemasters club, but I'm looking to expand to more online interaction with other racers.

    I admit, I gave up after about 15 pages of clubs with 1 member in the DR2 "find a club" listing before giving up. Other than platform and controller, I can't see a good way to find clubs that I might reasonably enjoy as a new sim racer. These are some characteristics I'm hoping to find. Maybe someone can recommend some clubs or point me somewhere to a more categorical (and current) list.

    Mostly Stage Rally only

    Accepting of beginners, different platforms, different controllers

    Has a variety of events across different classes - no RWD B group only club for me! :)

    Easy-going attitude - Living in the U.S. gives me enough drama, I don't need more in a racing club.

    Those are the basics I'd like to see, within a range.

    Any help is greatly appreciated.

  10. Posted

    6 hours ago, PJTierney said:

    The co-driver audio is recorded at three different levels of intensity. If he sounds excited it means you're going through the Stage at high speed.

    Watch a flat-out run of Scotland and it sounds like he's dropping a hot new rap album 😄 

    I just went through Scotland again and was reminded of one of the early lessons I learned the hard way: Whatever you do, stay out of the ditches in Scotland. (said in a gruff Scottish accent) :classic_biggrin:

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  11. Posted

    1 hour ago, Frankiestail said:

    Might be a good idea to turn off all onscreen hud, especially the stage progress one and direction arrows.

    As well as being more immersive, you’ll not feel pressure when stage is about to end, also listening to co driver prompts only will focus your eyes on the road instead of the corner prompts which I find distracting.

    I've been able to turn off everything but the progress bar and the instrument cluster, which I use because I have a hard time seeing which gear is in use on some of the dashboards. I tried getting rid of the progress bar, but I think it made my paranoia about screwing up the stage even worse! I'll probably try it again in a couple days. Getting a gear shifting pattern and a bit better understanding of braking has helped my confidence some.

    I have to admit, sometimes the co-driver's tone of voice is just out of context, like he's really excited that there's a Right 3 Left 6 up ahead! That gets my heart pumping lol.

  12. Posted

    On 2/6/2020 at 12:47 PM, Mike Dee said:

    I think this is some pretty good advice. Even learning to drive a manual in real life can give people some issues when they are learning to shift going into corners/through a turn. One thing they teach you IRL is to be in gear before going into the turn and that applies to racing games as well until you are very comfortable shifting and using heel-toe.

    I had to learn how to drive a shift stick in a church parking lot after I'd purchased my friend's Mazda 323 before I could drive it to work the day of. He let me have it for $500 because it's all I could afford. Great little car, like this one except sort of brown/tan.

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  13. Posted

    I think I saw someone mention an add-on or something that would keep your telemetry in DR2 in a thread here, but now I can't find it. My question is somewhat related, and maybe I'm an idiot for not finding it yet, but where can I find my results from all the races I've done? I see them flash by at the end of each stage and event, but not sure where they'd be collected so I can look back on them?

    Thanks.

  14. Posted

    14 hours ago, Jake Cushing said:

    Apologies I know this thread is about psychology but hey, helpful setups will help your psyche!

    Now that I'm getting a bit more comfortable with all the other things one has to manage on stage, I've begun to notice more how the setups make subtle differences. I had the same experience switching from semi-manual transmission to manual sequential - The difference in control was astonishing. I may not have immediately cut seconds off my time, but I knew this was how I was going to cut seconds off my time. ;)

  15. Posted

    14 hours ago, Jake Cushing said:

    Well, I can safely say that one thing I hadn't expected to come out of DR would be a rally video with film-noir style narration.

    Can almost see the driver step out of the car at stage-end wearing a fedora, then leaning casually against the mud-spattered vehicle and lighting up a Camel...

    Great stuff! 😀

    On using a controller: I'm exclusively a controller player, and must say a few things in its defense:

    You can most definitely enjoy this game thoroughly, and post decent times, with a controller. In fact, in many ways it's a lot easier than a wheel set-up. You can left-foot brake and micro-handbrake with ease, for example. I use a custom-built controller by an outfit called 'Battle Beavers controllers' and it has domed rubberised sticks, and best of all, extra stiffness which makes the steering control much more precise. I've never looked back and have no desire to get a wheel set-up. But then for me personally, even with a simulation, gaming is all about kicking back on my sofa with my TV screen.  DR2.0 has the greatest controller handling in a driving game ever, imho.

    As for setbacks and struggle with stages, some things I'd suggest:

    - One thing to remember is that there are varying degrees of surface degradation. The same stage might be a joy where you find the car is a point-and-shoot machine and super nimble, then another time the same car and stage feels like a cross between a boat and golf-buggy. So it's OK if you find a stage is suddenly much harder and you need to brake a lot more. It's not necessarily you that's the problem.

    - For me, it's all about braking. Be sure to use your shake-downs to set up your braking so you get just enough turn-in without it tipping over into oversteer. Same with the other settings actually. But as you start, apply the brake early and often. Then as you get more confident you can see how much less brake you can get away with. But the key is to take it cautious and actually just finish the stage. Doing that and then getting faster over time, is way way way better an approach than trying to go fast and failing the stage and re-starting constantly or hoping to eventually just 'nail it'.

    I'm not sure if stages intentionally have 'bosses' - it may be designed somewhat that way. But I think that it might also just be that towards the end of a stage there is that 'choking' fear that grows, and this distracts the mind. Fear is the mind-killer and all that.

    You have to actively suppress yourself from a wandering mind thinking about real life and all its issues when rallying. Which is good for both you and for your stage result!

    Thanks. I didn't think about Film Noir, but I can see that now, hah! I definitely hope to do more of them. I already have something written about Shakedowns. :)

    I will likely switch back and forth between a controller and the wheel, just because I started with the controller, and it works reasonably well for where I am right now. And yeah, sometimes I just want to race without having to get "behind the wheel" haha.

    I do notice that "choking" fear, alternating with "oh ****, I've got to catch up on time!" panic. Neither of which are good for driving.

    Your last statement has been the story of my "career" so far - It's almost like when I get into a nice stretch of turns and everything's hitting well, I start thinking too much. 

  16. Posted

    5 hours ago, shortspecialbus said:

    I think the rallycross is neat, and generally well done minus some AI time issues, but it's not really for me and I don't really do it often.

    As far as shifting - First, I'd recommend setting your wheel rotation to 540 degrees, which matches modern rally cars.  The "soft lock" doesn't seem to work well in my experience, and unless you want to change your wheel rotation for each car (there's a post somewhere that has what the actual rotation of each car is), 540 degrees is what I'd recommend - you don't have to turn the wheel so much, which should help in numerous ways, including paddle shifting should you continue that route.

    As far as paddle shifters, I don't think they're allowed in most rally cars.  Pretty sure WRC banned them in 2011, minus an exception for Kubica at one point.  For rally cars with sequential shifters, which is most modern ones (depends on class, of course, the super production class for example would use a H pattern with a clutch, and anyone else without the money to put a dogbox in) with a push/pull stick around the area where a gear shift would be.

    As far as what to get for that, should you choose to do so, you have a number of options.  If you want to stay with Thrustmaster, the TH8A has a sequential shift mode, and the Sparco Handbrake/Shifter is really nice, and also really expensive.  I have two of those for my setup, one for sequential and one for handbrake.  The TH8A is fine though if you don't want to drop the money.

    Outside of that, there are numerous other sequential shifters out there, whether Fanatec or a number of more niche (and expensive) brands.  My personal recommendation if you're able and willing to drop the money is the Thrustmaster Sparco one, but I used a TH8A in sequential mode for a while before I got those and it was plenty fine.

    All that said, a huge number of sim rally drivers just use the paddle shifters and there's nothing wrong with that.  Eventually you'll likely get the hang of it, especially if you have your wheel at 540 degrees of rotation.

    This is very valuable information. I definitely will change the rotation! Maybe that will help with the paddling.

  19. Posted

    On 8/18/2020 at 7:49 PM, UnderclassGDfan said:

    The X-Box-Userbase is probably MUCH smaller than on the other two platforms.
    So it is much easier for an top leaderboard-driver to shine.
    I'm on X-Box and still won't qualify for one of the spots probably, not good enough.
    Don't wanna go on a stage anyway.

    I'm on both X-Box and PC, but started the series on my PC, so I can't take advantage of an edge I wouldn't have had anyway haha.

  20. Posted

    2 hours ago, Scrogs said:

    I don't have any answers (ok.....apart from that I always try to finish a stage or restart it if possible, and yes, I can drive a decent stage for the first 80% or so then have a spin or run off just before the finish). Maybe at this part of the stage I should drive more conservatively but I always want to push it for the 'big finish'. Or maybe I'm just getting a bit finishing gate happy and lose a bit of concentration.

    I really enjoyed the video.......hope that you do more....... maybe showing your development as a DR 2.0 driver.

    One question for you bud. Are you still using controller are you now on a wheel?

    I posted a question about my steering wheel in a separate topic. I've got it on a stand, but can't use the paddle shifters to save my life.

  21. Posted

    I have installed a Thrustmaster TMX on a stand, and I'm attempting to learn how to use it instead of the controller. The first realization I came to is: How does anyone use the paddles to shift in rally?! My hands were turning so far I was losing track of which paddle was where (to say nothing of the handbrake). I decided I need a gear shifter, but not sure what would be a good choice - it's my first one, but I don't want to be buying another in 6 months because the first one is too flimsy/unrealistic. Is there another "hack" that I could use to get the shifters off the wheel?

    Suggestions?

    Now, I've also dipped my toe into RallyCross, and I am completely lost. It seems to me a race born of an unholy tryst between stage rally and motocross. It's everything about racing that stage rally isn't - circuit-based multi-car lap-time events with "Joker" laps and insane speeds in a small package.

    Just curious how many players enjoy both racing styles, or do most prefer one or the other?

  22. Posted

    Driving update:

    I must be improving, because the stages are getting harder. I was beaten up this week by Spain, Argentina, Wales, New England, Australia and Poland. Each had their own lessons to teach me, and oh boy, did I learn them over and over.

    One Challenge Stage I drove on Wednesday managed to stand out more than the others and prompted some questions that experienced folks might be inclined to chime in on.

    • Do you ever just abandon a stage before terminal damage? If so, how often would you estimate that you do so?
    • Do you ever have points in a stage when you take one too many seconds after your car has ended up somewhere off the road, or you made a miscalculation and thought "Maybe today is not the day for this stage."? 
    • How does your driving change after you've had a setback and realize this stage is way more than you thought? (if that ever happens to anyone else?
    • Does anyone else find that there's always a "boss" at the end of stages right before the finish? Maybe I'm just too fast trying to get to the end of the stage, but I find that somewhere in the last leg, there's a corner combo or a stand of trees or a stray boulder that wait to throw you off your race.

    That's where I put together this video, which is part Rally stage replay and part narration. There's the doubt, and then the wipeout at the end. I'm so glad they don't expect your car to only go through those little gates at finish :D

     

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  23. Posted

    On 4/15/2016 at 7:10 AM, mostlybobbins said:

    As an Xbox One player with a controller, I'm currently at a loss with a couple of things. Firstly, use of the brake - firstly, I'll qualify that I'm literally just doing the first two Rallycross stages of Lydden Hill and Holjes without leaping in before I'm ready. In my head, I'm thinking I used be using the brake as little as possible to maintain momentum (apart from the Joker area, obviously.) So in my head I feel I should use the gears to maintain high revs but am I damaging the engine by doing so? My results are OK, but definitely not stellar. I can win Sweden, but not in the UK! (Yep, that bad!)

    Secondly, with my setups (I have two that I'm trying out) I honestly can't tell the difference apart from altering the gear ratio. I can't 'feel' what's transferring from car to controller, if you follow. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to deviate from the norm so early on in the game or just go for it from the off. Without being a proper car nut, I will admit I don't understand what the many sliders are supposed to do in laymans terms. I read the description of each but it's not resonating! 

    I have abandoned so many rallycross stages so far because it's such a different experience from stage rallies, and I'm just getting my head wrapped around that.

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