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48 minutes ago, tjetfiat said:Why in"my team", in career rallycross i can't take the new cars rallycross 2019?I have Masters.
I'll check when I'm back in the office.
It was in the patch notes but that may have been premature in that it's probably coming in 1.13 instead.
In 1.12 we definitely added the RX19 cars to the FIA World Rallycross Championship mode though.
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20 hours ago, Pfei said:I am in my third year of WRC All Live. It's expensive but worth it.
If your laptop can do YouTube it can do WRC All Live. You also have smartphone, tablet and Android TV options.
If Red Bull TV’s coverage is anything to go by, I can see more people going down the All Live route.
What used to be a 30 minute show is now barely longer than 15 minutes.
Once you’ve gone through intro, standings, a few interviews and the obligatory ad for Red Bull’s other shows, there’s only about 5 minutes of actual driving in there.
Shame too as their coverage was what got me back into watching rally in the first place.
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Day 6 - Time Played: 1.5 Hours
- Time Gained: 3 seconds
- Places Gained: 107
No settings changes today, just wheel time.
First up was Career Rally, last Event in the Lancia Fulvia before I move on to a faster car. Monte Carlo was largely pleasant although the ice caught me out on Stage 3 with an early puncture. A sudden blowout later on meant I had no spare tyre going into Stage 4, and after struggling to get to the end I eventually slid off the road for Terminal Damage. Had enough points to guarantee promotion to Clubman though, where I'll likely drive the RS1800 in Rally and the Crosskart in Rallycross.
I followed up by doing the Daily Challenges as they seemed like a good opportunity to try a few different cars. The Mitsubishi NR4 was a dream to drive, the Audi Sport quattro tried to kill me and the VW Golf Kitcar was good when I wasn't driving too quickly. The RX2 was surprisingly tough, as the wheel seemed real heavy whenever I countersteered; it made for a tough driving experience even with no other cars on the track.
Benchmark run was up next and just like before I was looking to find places where I could go faster or cleaner than my PB. My first sector is real good now, almost optimal and I managed to find some time towards the end too to beat my PB by another 3 seconds. I'm now in the Top 200 globally and in the Top 20 on Xbox.
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1 minute ago, tbtstt said:
Can't tell if accelerating faster than an RX Supercar or collapsing suspension 🙂
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Swedish peoples, check this out:
https://www.sbf.se/Sportgrenar/Virtuellbilsport/Nyheter/SM-VeckanVinter2020/
We've been working with these guys to help them get their RX esports series off the ground 🙂
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6 hours ago, Pioy said:The old Assetto Corsa, not the new Competizione, is title which has extraordinary amount of modded content.
I just saw a video where a bunch of people have modded in 300km of Tokyo highways for that true Wangan Midnight experience 😎
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13 hours ago, NateFink said:Do you have a timeline on the Oculus Store DLC yet?
Getting closer on that but nothing to announce right now, sorry.
5 hours ago, Jeff B said:@Mike Dee seems to think so.
I can't remember if anyone here got a DNF in the Festive Challenge on Christmas Day, as that had the same requirements.
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Once I go down to 1:43 or lower, I may as well just buy the LEGO version instead if there is one 🙂
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Ever since I started getting 1:18 models 1:43 just doesn't cut it for me anymore 😅
Spark models are excellent quality though, up there with Minichamps.
Just don't mention Amalgam, they cost more than most real cars.
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Just for fun I decided to do the Petter challenge on my wheel 🙂
Still slow and making mistakes but at least I had 1 good corner:
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3 hours ago, Tranzitive said:just wondering if these and the Xmas liveries are going to be available again at a later date?
We were discussing it this week (and the BMW M2 from World Series).
We are looking at making these time-limited pieces of content available again later in the year but nothing concrete as of yet, except for the BMW which we're planning to make buyable in My Team in February (albeit without the "free repairs" perk the World Series car has).
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3 hours ago, somethingthing said:so far 4397 have done the promo challenge, thats quite alot
It helps that the Solbergs were promoting the event on their social medias 🙂
(Proud of that little thing, it was my idea to ask them to reveal the challenge)
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3 hours ago, somethingthing said:so far 4397 have done the promo challenge, thats quite alot. I wonder how many daily players the game actually got across all platforms. Most(?) players only do single player and dont even bother to watch on the dailys id imagine. Is that confidential info @PJTierney?
steam alone had a 1220 current players an hour ago.
I get an automated daily update on how many people play. Not going to share that of course so you'll have to guess 😉
The game being on Xbox Game Pass does mean that Xbox has the most players though.
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Day 5 - Time Played: 3 Hours
- Time Gained: 3 seconds
- Places Gained: 142
I was able to get in more wheel time today than previously, as I was working from home and didn't have to commute. Just under an hour for lunch plus a few more in the evening gave me a solid session.
During lunch I didn't have time for a full Career Event so I did the Petter Solberg Challenge and a few Dailies. Wasn't aiming for anything here, just wanted more seat time.
For the evening session I upped the rotation to 360 as watching the replay of the previous Time Trial I saw I was too aggressive on turn-in thanks to the lower setting of 300. 360 is the highest I plan on going.
I started off with Rallycross this time as I was one Event away from promotion to Clubman. I knew going into this that the AI would pose no challenge and that the car wasn't going to threaten me, so I used it as an opportunity to try out some settings. After @fifomaniak's comment yesterday about the Suspension setting I tried some races with it at 0, 150 and 75. I didn't like the lack of road feel at 0, and at 75 it felt too weak also so I've settled on 110 for now. I don't get any on the tarmac sections but I imagine I don't need it there anyway.
I won the Rallycross Event with ease and it was time for Germany in Rally. I'm getting the hang of the Fulvia now and its low speed so it wasn't particularly challenging in and of itself. What was tricky however was the fact that I used Wet Tyres for all 4 Stages (based on the game's recommendations since there was rain in a few). I overshot quite a few braking points, especially the blind or downhill ones, but by the end I was feeling fine there too and given that I had no major offs the AI posed no challenge.
This brought me on to the Benchmark run, which ended up taking about 20 attempts before I got a clean run. The reason for this was that I was no longer "figuring out" the car and Stage, I was actively pushing myself to go faster and take more risks. Some sectors where I braked in the past I would now try to lift, and some I'd try to take flat-out or shave a little bit more off the apex. I had one run where I was set to be at least 4 seconds faster but a puncture in the final sector burned that away.
In the end I got a time 3 seconds faster than my PB, despite a scary two-wheels moment near the end. There's more time in that but 284th on the board (33rd on Xbox) seems pretty good with a stock Tuning Setup. I reckon there's another 4 or 5 seconds in that before I need to tune the car.
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On 1/22/2020 at 10:41 PM, fifomaniak said:I would recommend dropping that F1 rim, too. Get something round.
Everyone's saying this and while they're right to a degree I intentionally made this choice for the long-term.
I may consider this when I think about upgrading but for now I'm happy with what I've got.
On 1/23/2020 at 12:07 AM, BluecatRally said:might have a dabble at your control stage and see what time I can get.
It's a good Stage 🙂
Has a few tight sections, a few very fast ones, a mix of tarmac and gravel and a few jumps and tricky edges.
Only thing it's missing really is a tight hairpin.
On 1/23/2020 at 3:43 AM, BadFlounder said:You don’t need the locking screw if you are using the quick release so you can just pop the rims off and on as needed.
One of the reasons I bought the Fanatec 🙂
Side-note on Day 1 I was struggling so hard I shook the safety pin out of its hold.
On 1/23/2020 at 4:01 PM, Pioy said:Mostly becouse high framerate/refresh if we talk about Dirt.
I'm on an Xbox One X which usually gets 60. A bit of tearing here and there but otherwise solid.
Shame replays are locked to 30 though, but there's probably a reason for it.
On 1/23/2020 at 4:01 PM, Pioy said:Not to mention plenty of games which are able to be modded on PC, and/or are PC exclusives, and still to have high framerate/refresh.
Never really been interested in modding, I like having the same base game as everyone else.
Exclusive-wise I have Assetto Corsa Competizione but I haven't played since Early Access and even then only gave it a go for a short amount of time. May go back to it at some stage.
11 hours ago, Brewww said:The REV Lights aren't supported by Xbox's peripheral protocol. In general the Xbox protocol is limited compared to PS4, and ofc even more compared to PC.
But tbh, I myself have migrated from Xbox to PC, and I'd rather turn off the REV lights, theyre not rly that helpful. I prefer the game's OSD rev and speedometer which also highlights gear shifting timing.
I spoke with our wheel expert and apparently it's something to do with the firmware of the rim, since it was released after the game. When connected to the CSL Elite Base the data Fanatec sends to the game is unusual and so the game has to brand it "Steering Wheel" instead of "Fanatec Formula V2".
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It's a shame this LEGO Ideas project didn't make it into a real set. Could be done as a MOC though.
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Hey all, just wanted to say that the feedback you guys gave played a big part in the guide/system for GRID, and future DiRT titles. 🙂
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21 minutes ago, Chewy21398 said:Ask any irish person and they'll tell you differently 😂
I'm Irish and the British Isles is technically correct.
Now if you go and say I'm British I'll give you Terminal Damage though 😅
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Grabbing another 50 or so for the next few months of posts, thanks everyone 🙂
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9 hours ago, JorritVD said:Not suprisingly that UK has been the most visited featured location.
Has it always been Wales?
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16 hours ago, tjetfiat said:Yes, it's the best from the little lego. I have and the Ford Fiesta. Lego, same dimensions.
All LEGO Speed Champions models before 2020 are 6 studs wide, including your Fiesta.
The quattro is 8 studs wide in order to fit 2 minifigs.
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The mismatched names has been acknowledged, looking like a fix for 1.13 at the earliest.
We’re putting out a hotfix on Steam/Oculus in the near future but that’s specifically for VR issues that came from 1.12.
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I can't remember where but you can press a button to re-play the videos.
DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games
in DiRT Rally 2.0
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Sounds like it's for the next update then and we overlooked that when reviewing Patch Notes.