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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    Me too. Hopefully the online mode is fleshed out this time. A little sad it's only 2 more circuits :( Oh yeah, more would be good, but I'm really pleased they decided to add two more "permanent" circuits, rather than the temporary tracks. Loheac was the first rallycross track I went too outside of the UK as well, so I'm even more pleased about it's selection! I'm really excited for the the Group B rallycross car class, plus the Lites should be fun. 
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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    I would just like to add, for the umpteenth time, that I cannot wait to see the new rallycross content!
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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    That's what I'm waiting for! Hey, did you know that forever sideways domain is now up for sale?  Your links now dead, unfortunately. Oh damn. I hadn't seen that @gfRally. It's not a website I tend to visit daily so I hadn't noticed.  I hope it returns. I did have some contact with the chap running the site a few years ago. I'll have to try and find his details and drop him a message. It was brilliant to have all the best McRae and Burns videos gathered in one place. 
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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    That's what I'm waiting for!
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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    Good article on IGN for anyone who hasn't seen it:  http://uk.ign.com/articles/2017/02/24/how-dirt-4-is-rewriting-the-rally-rulebook No new news as such, but a few interesting comments on the direction and tech behind DiRT 4. 
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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    - Wasn't going to hate.  - Read the above post.  - Now hating. 
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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    Farewell @RallyDriven. You were a fine fellow controller player, now you're just another wheel snob... 
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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    Thanks for the response @KickUp. Interesting to learn where the "aids" are applied and that it is possible to completely disable them: might have to have a fiddle with the controller settings now!
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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    Kids these days. Got no idea what real controller action is all about... It IS an age thing, I cant use triggers for accel. brake, probably from years of Gran Turismo Its X Square Circle all the way, my head still cant adjust to anything different! :) I'm actually quite glad to read that it's not just me @KevM!  Years of playing that way @SergeyTokarev.  I'm fine with the triggers for arcade racers, I just don't find them precise enough when I'm trying to be careful with the throttle. I didn't know they had dropped the analog buttons for the PS4 controller: might explain why I find the rear wheel drive cars such a handful!  :D I'd definitely agree with that @RallyDriven. A capable wheel driver is that little bit faster, but you can still be quick with the controller. As you say, it's possible to beat the highest difficulty level with the controller.  Perhaps a question for @KickUp, but I wonder how they got such a good feel for the controllers. Are there are any significant changes (or hidden aids) for controller players? Does DR "soften" throttle/brake input for controller players even if all the assists are off?  Playing DiRT Rally with a keyboard would be truly impressive @BadD0g! I have tried with the XBox controllers and not really fared much better with those.  When we did the day at Codemasters last year the controller (Xbox) was my biggest struggle of the day: there was a bug with the custom controller settings, so I stuck with the triggers to save time messing round. The London launch was the first time I was able to play D4 with "my" setup and it made it a lot easier to identify the new handling traits. 
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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    https://twitter.com/rallycameraman/status/834160987305553920  ;)  Road trip to Southam @Rallycameraman?
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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    Kids these days. Got no idea what real controller action is all about...
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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    I'm using this control scheme: Works fine for me if I can't use a wheel. That's not far off the default is it? I'm fine with brake on L2 and accelerator on R2 for arcade racing games, but I just don't feel like as have as much control in "proper" racing games like DiRT Rally and Gran Turismo: so I go old school and move those back to X and square!  Handbrake on R1 is a good shout, as I wouldn't have to keep moving my index finger back and forth for brake and handbrake: it's hard to break from what I'm used to now though! 
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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    FINALLY. It's the moment I've been waiting for... ...MY HANDS HAVE APPEARED IN A VIDEO WITH PETTER SOLBERG!  Dear god, man, what the hell are you doing with your right fingers?? Haha! I don't really get on with using the triggers for accelerator and brake in "proper" driving games @BadD0g. So I have the accelerator on the X button (pressed with my thumb), brakes on the square button (pressed with my index finger), handbrake on circle (also pressed with the index finger).  Clutch is on L1 and, when I'm using manual gears, I put the gear change on the triggers. As I was learning on the day though, I stuck with auto.  Looking at the picture, I'd say I was on the brakes!  THE CLAWWWWW!!!!!
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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    FINALLY. It's the moment I've been waiting for... ...MY HANDS HAVE APPEARED IN A VIDEO WITH PETTER SOLBERG!  Dear god, man, what the hell are you doing with your right fingers?? Haha! I don't really get on with using the triggers for accelerator and brake in "proper" driving games @BadD0g. So I have the accelerator on the X button (pressed with my thumb), brakes on the square button (pressed with my index finger), handbrake on circle (also pressed with the index finger).  Clutch is on L1 and, when I'm using manual gears, I put the gear change on the triggers. As I was learning on the day though, I stuck with auto.  Looking at the picture, I'd say I was on the brakes! 
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    2020 FIA World Rally Championship

    Imagine the spectacle we'd get with a Camilli/C3 combo. Madness! I can top both of those: imagine Kubica in a C3! :D
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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    FINALLY. It's the moment I've been waiting for... ...MY HANDS HAVE APPEARED IN A VIDEO WITH PETTER SOLBERG! 
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    2020 FIA World Rally Championship

    The Fabia and Polo are both based on the same platform, so I would imagine the engine and drivetrain would drop straight in. Set of extra wide R5 arches and a big wing and you are ready to go! :smiley:
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    2020 FIA World Rally Championship

    There were suggestions about reshelling the 2017 Polo WRCars and entering them after VW announced they weren't returning for this season.  If I recall correctly the official line from Skoda was that they weren't interesting from stepping up from WRC2 to WRC. I'll try and find the article when I get a moment!  EDIT: Found it, here you go: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/127113
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    2020 FIA World Rally Championship

    That is interesting, though I suspect it's connected to the Polo R5 development rather than a Skoda WRCar.  VW did a lot of testing with the Fabia R5 when they were first developing the Polo WRCar.
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    2020 FIA World Rally Championship

    I was in my late 20's when I got my STi and some of the insurance quotes that came back were utterly crazy. I had two years NCB at the time, but some quotes were in 5 figures! 
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    2020 FIA World Rally Championship

    It's better PR for a manufacturer to race a beefed-up volume sector supermini Fiesta/Polo/i20/C3, than try to push a £27k, group 20 insurance, £500 a year tax Escos/Impreza Turbo/Evo 10/Celica GT4 in fairness Yeah. Sad that this is the case, but that's the world we live in today. The number of manufacturers who push performance cars in that sector seems to be slowly dwindling. There is still interest there, but most manufacturers will lean towards producing cars for the masses, not a niche audience.  Really? I can't see why. When I was rallying Escort Twin Cams and BDAs (we grow old) Ford had a large network of Rallye Sport dealers selling large numbers of Mexicos and Escorts. I daresay that's a slightly unfair comparison: the cars were far less complicated back then and a special edition of a car like the Mexico was a far less extreme derivative of the production Escort than say a 4WD Polo or Fiesta would be today. Consider what goes into developing and modern car versus a car back then, costs have grown exponentially over the years.  Insurance and road tax were far cheaper back then as well, so owning an everyday performance car was far less punishing on your wallet than it is today. Those cars had far more mass appeal back then, hence why so many of them were sold.  On the subject of Ford, I personally have a huge amount of respect for them as they are one of the few manufacturers who still include a range of performance cars in their showrooms, many of which (loosely) reflect competition cars. I'm still waiting for that Fiesta RS though Ford...
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    2020 FIA World Rally Championship

    Nice to see an article where they actually address the comments made, rather than just post an inflammatory headline to get peoples attention. 
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    2020 FIA World Rally Championship

    They will add a few more chicanes to the stages, average speed times will fall and the problem will be solved. I'm not usually one to defend the FiA, but people seem to be jumping to conclusions based on one inflammatory headline...
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    2020 FIA World Rally Championship

    Although our reasoning may differ, I concur with @cjl9 in that I think the current regulations do have the potential to spell disaster. I daresay it's that potential that has got the FiA rattled.  Rallying often struggles with public image and, despite the best measures being taken, the WRC already has a fatality to it's name in 2017. These cars are a huge leap forward, and the last time such progression was allowed unchecked, it ended badly.  The headline of that article is rather inflammatory as well: they are simply talking about bringing the average stage speed down by altering the stage. They are not talking about having drivers do the stage at half throttle...  ...I disagree with @cjl9 here though. In an ideal world I would fully support this. I have said on many occasions that I believe the Group A period was the best for rallying as, in addition to the close competition it produced on stage, it also put a fantastic range of cars in the hands of the general public. Forcing manufacturers to reflect competition cars in the production range is a costly endeavour though and, in the current financial climate, there are perhaps only a couple of current WRC marques who might actually consider it. I personally think such regulations would absolutely kill the sport. 
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    DiRTy Gossip about DIRT Rally Games

    I don't know the full specifics but I think some do.  Not so. I bet you can't find any photos of a car without at least a rear number plate (absent accident damage of course!) Example Neuville at Tour de Corse 2016: Rear: Front: Insurance for rally cars in France (at least for WRC rallies) is set on the car's number and not on the plates, so they don't have plates for French WRC rallies (Monte Carlo, Corsica and the old Rally de France) Edit: Here's a more detailed article about it: http://en.best-of-rallylive.com/layout/set/print/News/Number-games Good article @sqdstr, cheers for posting that! 
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