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  1. Just seen some figures for the stages in Sweden:

    SS9 average speed for Tanak was 85 MPH
    SS10 average speed for Tanak was 73.5 MPH

    That's a hell of a difference: SS9 (Knon) was to be used again for SS12, that's why SS12 was cancelled. Knon is going to need a few more chicanes if it is to be used again next year, even the slowest cars through were averaging over 60 MPH!

  2. Areyouben said:
    Well it must be obvious to them too that the fatality had nothing to do with the pace/speed of these cars. Hopefully the maximum avarage speed is set a bit lower because of it being a snow rally, otherwise we'll see a lot more cancellations this seasons, or a downgrade on turbo restrictor in 2018.
    Anyone who looked into the Monte incident will realize that it had nothing to do with the cars, but news headlines tend not to include such details! Another incident at this stage wouldn't do the new cars any favours at all. 

  3. Dytut said:
    Now that's just silly :-/ fia really has a Hard time understanding rally. Wonder how they'll handle Finland and poland... 
    I would assume that the maximum average speed allowed is based on each individual rally. They must have expected an increase this year, though perhaps they have underestimated just how much.

    Got to wonder if the organizers are nervous after the fatality on the Monte as well. 

  4. versedi said:
    If im wrong forgive me, but the spoilers are plastic not carbon right?
    They are partially, if not fully, carbon fiber @versedi. I suspect the latter, as fully carbon fiber structures can be quite brittle, however if you lay CF over fibreglass, you get the best of both worlds. 

    Probably a statement of the obvious, but I would image M-Sport would have been very keen to get the broken spoiler back to see where it failed. With the cars producing so much more downforce this year, the structural loading will of course increase as well. 

    Tanak and Ogier take first and second respectively in SS9 this morning! 

  5. Evilsmurf said:

    @KickUp

    I know it's not possible to get the WRC licenced cars into DiRT4, but were do VW stand?

    Their not in the WRC anymore and as far as I know, the 2017 Polo isn't even eligible for the new WRC season as they didn't manage to get it homologated. So does it still fall under the WRC licence? If not, would VW entertain the idea of you licencing the new 2017 Polo for DiRT4? :)

    Would be awesome to have one of the new cars in DiRT4!

    Sorry if this question has already been asked and answered.

    It's a fair question, though I wonder at what cost the inclusion of the Polo would come at... and whether it would be worth it to add a car in a class of it's own.

  6. gfRally said:
    tbtstt said:
    Pleasantly surprised by the pace of the Toyota: as a car that many (including myself!) thought was underdeveloped, it doesn't seem to be lacking pace in the snow. 

    Six stages in and it's looking close at the front: great stuff! 
    Im in love with the sound.  Looks?  Hey, im not that shallow, its the personality that counts.  ;) 
    It looks like a shoebox, but it sounds superb, so I can forgive the aesthetics

  7. MBKF1 said:
    Oooh, nice one man, that will be great fun I'm sure!

    My aims for this year is to see the WEC at Silverstone in April, possibly the World Rallycross at Lydden Hill, and also the BTCC at Silverstone, uni dates permitting.
    Get to Lydden if you can: last time the World Rallycross is going to be there for the foreseeable future, so it's definitely going to be worth it.

    Got four World Rallycross rounds planned for this year, couple of British Rallycross Championship rounds, Blancpain and British GT at Brands, plus hopefully some motocross and grasstrack as well! 

  8. And we have our first DLC car xD 



    • Body is 7 characters too short. WRONG... actually the car looks to big!
    The render looks pretty good! Great news to have Prodrive involved with rallycross again, I have high hopes they can produce a decent car. Chicherit as the lead driver though? Not that encouraging, hopefully they can find someone with a bit more experience for the second car. 

    Look forward to seeing the car debut in Loheac! 

  9. tbtstt said: 
    Not strictly DiRT/fuzzynut gossip, but if anyone is looking for ways to kill the time between now and the release of DiRT 4, I'd recommend giving this a look...



    ...it's put together by the same guy who did the (rather excellent) "Evolution of Rally" films and it's got quite a few clips I haven't seen before. Good mix of music and raw audio car clips, plus it's quite honest about the good - and bad - points of the era. Far less sensationalized than "Madness on Wheels" which came out a few years ago as well. 

    NB: And the disc menu just has raw car audio on repeat: I left the menu on after the disc finished for much longer than I should have! 
    How does it compare to 'still too fast to race'?

    Got it on my wish list right now,but can't get riding balls of fire here :(
    I personally wasn't a big fan of "Too Fast to Race" or "Still Too Fast to Race" (I didn't like how they were edited) so, for me, it was much better than those two. 

    You can download "Riding Balls of Fire" from Duke video if you are in a country they won't post too! 

  10. Not strictly DiRT/fuzzynut gossip, but if anyone is looking for ways to kill the time between now and the release of DiRT 4, I'd recommend giving this a look...



    ...it's put together by the same guy who did the (rather excellent) "Evolution of Rally" films and it's got quite a few clips I haven't seen before. Good mix of music and raw audio car clips, plus it's quite honest about the good - and bad - points of the era. Far less sensationalized than "Madness on Wheels" which came out a few years ago as well. 

    NB: And the disc menu just has raw car audio on repeat: I left the menu on after the disc finished for much longer than I should have! 

  11. I would rather they not pursue Porsche for the game. As successful as Porsche is in motorsport, they are remembered by they prowess on track rather than on stage. Porsches were, for the most part, only competitive on tarmac and, today, they struggle to keep up with R5s even on perfectly dry and smooth asphalt, nevermind if some slippery conditions are added.
    I agree. With an unlimited budget and development resources it would be great for CM to be able to chase down and model every last rare and unusual rally car for the game but, as an unlimited budget and resources are not available, I would prefer to see them concentrate on the "common" cars first.

  12. Areyouben said:
    I believe only one R4 was build, but more cars in the form in Dakar trim have seen some light. I never really understood if that project had anything to do with the original development of the R4 (Dakar McRae project was Dutch I think), but there were some McRae R4 looking 4x4 Dakar buggy's driving around a few years back: http://www.mcrae-enduro.com/4x4.html
    The McRae Enduro project was completely separate to the McRae R4, there was a different engineering team behind the cars. The Enduro was associated with Alastair, not Colin, McRae. 

  13. Out of interest, what happened to the McRae R4? Who would this be licenced from if it was wanted for the game? Has anyone actually heard of these being run since his death? Wiki says they're still being produced, not sure how accurate that is though.
    I always hoped the R4 project would carry on after McRae passed away but, sadly, it never happened. Shame, as I can think of no better tribute then seeing his "own" car on stage. As far as I'm aware only one car was ever finished (R400 CMR). I saw the car running at Goodwood in '07, then again (on static display) at numerous car shows in the months after his death. I daresay it was an acquired taste, but I thought it looked brilliant. 

    In terms of licensing I assume it would be from the McRae family themselves. The car was SVA'd as a McRae R4, so "he" was the manufacturer. Perhaps DJM retained the rights to the design though. 

    NB: Very loose connection to DiRT 4, but I recall there being talk that Petter Solberg had his name attached to the first customer car. 

  14. bogani said:
    tbtstt said:
    I was playing with all aids (except ABS) off. I haven't seen any footage yet, but someone was recording over my shoulder for a few minutes (pretty sure I managed to keep it out of the bushes most of that time as well). Hopefully that might emerge at some point! 
    I find it fascinating how little actual footage emerged after the event. There's some of Petter and Meeke and the official footage as well.
    Most of the youtube footage seems to be from the Erased Citizens folks.

    Was having too much fun ;)
    ^ That! 

    Neither the controller or wheel gaming setups had anywhere suitable to balance a camera/phone, so you really needed a second person to film you. 

  15. It's hard to tell what handling modes are being used in these off screen videos. But if you can see the cars coming to pretty instant stops and turning too quickly assume it's the arcade. As I mentioned before, the braking distances have been increased from dirt rally, which felt a lot more realistic 
    The default at the London event seemed to be "normal", so I suspect that's what a lot of people were playing with: first thing I did was go and switch to "sim" :smiley:

  16. JZStudios said:
    tbtstt said:
    JZStudios said:
    CMMcBabe said:
    It is definitely not a trick to get people to come in and wash our cars.
    I don't know, you guys have some interesting cars right? I could even wear a bikini.
    Be right back:


    waits for @tbtstt to return with his one remaining good eye...








    Holy crap, I thought this was just a gross photoshop until I remembered what this actually was.
    What a weird music video. And crappy song.
    OH GOD. IT'S BACK AGAIN. 

    That's pages 634 and 745 of the DiRTy Gossip thread that I'll never be visiting again...

  17. Busterbvi said:

    Most of my comments and input on here are an attempt to re create the nostalgia of  those golden days, perhaps I am asking too much.

    I think we are both under the influence of the period of rally we grew up with: for me nothing will top the turbo'd Group A era, for you its Group 4!
    Azoresst said:
    dgeesi0 said:
    Azoresst said:
    According to Christina the DiRT show should be up within the next 2 hours!
    whats this ?                                                                                                                              

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cREEx-6zX_s
    Will watch that later and see if I managed to successfully evade the camera!

  18. KevM said:
    tbtstt said:
    As much as I love the sound of a good NA engine, turbos provide us with the sweet sound of  both anti-lag and turbo flutter, so I am afraid I have to protest at your ban. 
    Nothing like standing in a wet field, waiting for first car due, and hearing the faint crack of anti-lag breaking the silence, from 2 miles away....
    I agree with this so much that I clicked "agree", then unclicked it, just so I could click it again. 

  19. bogani said:
    tbtstt said:
    gfRally said:


    Personally i would turn it up more in forest stages, especially antilag and backfires could bumped, but thats MY opinion.  
    Everything is better with more antilag. Fact. 
    I think turbos should be banned. All cars should be NA with webers/solex/mikunis instead.

    The world would be a better place. For me. Not the climate.
    As much as I love the sound of a good NA engine, turbos provide us with the sweet sound of  both anti-lag and turbo flutter, so I am afraid I have to protest at your ban. 
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