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1 hour ago, cflot said:I bet my money on these 4 cars that were at DIRT 2-3 and still missing from DR 2.0..... (easy money)- Peugeot 207 S2000- Fiat Punto S2000- Subaru Impreza STI Spec C- Toyota Celica GT-4 ST205Can't see them bringing the S2000 class back (though could be cool if they did). The Spec C doesn't really fit anywhere and the Celica is, as already said, not possible.
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9 hours ago, warpengage said:Yeah but limiting it to McRae only is well... limited. New rally content in general is welcome. Besides, the McRae family name is no longer a part of the series (I believe on their request actually), so it's a more general rally game.
Paul spoke about that years ago: I think it was a mutual thing as it seemed inappropriate to attach his name to something he had no involvement in*.
(* if I am remembering that right)
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32 minutes ago, Dytut said:Definitely sounds like a Subaru. Can it be an old Legacy?
Having pondered I am thinking it is a Legacy with a bit too much turbo noise...
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8 minutes ago, carpa said:A McRae themed DLC pack seems like something I would totally get hyped for if you ask me😂
I mean, if it has the Subaru Legacy and/or the Xsara AND NECESSARILY the Impreza WRC S5 from '97...
(another rally location would be sweeeeeet, maybe the Safari since Colin won it many times in his career)
Yes to all of the above.
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27 minutes ago, Mike Dee said:Hmmm I wonder if @PJTierney hid any clues in the meta data or source code for us to find 🤔
Old school Gossip thread breakdown: ENGAGE.
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3 minutes ago, Mike Dee said:because @tbtstt has an ear specially trained for the 22b. If this man is saying it's season 555 I feel confident hopping in his bandwagon
There always the possibility that optimism is clouding my judgement @Mike Dee...
...I'd be willing to bet money that sound is a 90's Subaru though!
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9 minutes ago, Johnnnn said:We have enough Subarus 😄
BLASPHEMY!
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5 minutes ago, Chewy21398 said:Doesnt sound like the wrc car more of the group A which is very similar to the legacy
Yeah, it has the growl of the Legacy (and like you say, that was very similar to the Group A Impreza)...
...it is the frequency of the compressor surge that is making me think WRCar. And the early WRCars did still have a bit of a growl to them.-
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2 hours ago, Chewy21398 said:Subaru dlc👀or McRae pack maybe ,does sound like the legacy
I can't decide. It sounds like you can hear compressor surge on both acceleration and off throttle, which I don't recall happening with such frequency on the Legacy. Based on the engine note though, it sounds like Group A or early WRCar. The frequency of the compressor surge sound makes me think - or rather I want to think - it is the holy grail...
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I'm doing it. I can hear it. I'm getting my hopes up. I'm going to call it now.
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THE SOUND OF MY PEOPLE!
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2 minutes ago, PJTierney said:Cars like the Polo are what I really like about motorsport.
Yeah it’s fun to romanticise about the privateers and the underdogs, but what interests me are the supreme efforts of the engineers, drivers and rulebook skimmers to build machines at the limit of technology and human ability
The fact that the Polo doesn't entirely adhere to the above is part of what makes it so impressive to me: yes, it was assembled by an incredibly experienced team, but for various reasons (specifically time and money) they weren't able to push the limits as far as they wanted: and yet the car was still a World beater!
A money-no-object car from VW would be VERY interesting to see...
(...though might make the Championship predictable again!)
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1 hour ago, Janneman60 said:Partly true. I think Peugeot dud a large effort with 2 newly build 208 supercars last year and put decent money in it. But well it failed.
Yeah, Peugeot dumped a huge amount of money into their program (I'd wager that they were the biggest spenders of all the manufacturers): which is what made their sudden withdrawal all the more surprising. In the short time they were involved they build a number of cars, and the 2018 "Evolution" 208 was ultimately a disappointment.
18 minutes ago, ianism said:Kristofferrson was also clearly the best driver out there. like, sure, the car was better suited to his style than to Petter's, but Solberg wasn't really better than the rest of the upper echelon of drivers - ie Timmy, Andreas, Loeb & Mattias.
@tbtstt's photo of Johan's car scraping the barrier is illustrative:
Yeah, part of the success can definitely be attributed to having the right driver in the right car. I personally believe the margin between the cars was a lot less in 2018, but Johan was pretty much flawless in that Polo.
I'd like to have seen my face when I was taking pictures from the above spot. I am pretty sure I was gawping every time I saw Kristoffersson come through this corner and leave a bit more paint on the barrier!-
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4 minutes ago, PJTierney said:The last one by the way, must be done in World RX mode.
Damn. You really turned that last one up to 11, didn't you?
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6 hours ago, PJTierney said:Achievements:
New Achievement: Rainmeister - Take victory in Hell, Norway, in the rain.
Pffft, please, give me something harder...
6 hours ago, PJTierney said:New Achievement: The Cartel -Win an event at 8 unique Rallycross locations using Bakkerud's or Doran's Audi S1 EKS RX quattro.
...brilliant, was going to do all the events anyway in order to get to grips with the 2019 S1...
6 hours ago, PJTierney said:New Achievement: Launch Event - Complete a lap in under 39 seconds at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, in a 2019 RX Supercar.
...could take a few attempts, but I'm not that far off this already and the 2019 cars should be quicker...
6 hours ago, PJTierney said:Sunday Driver - Win a World Rallycross Championship Final with AI set to 100, in cockpit view, with assists disabled.
...****. You evil ********.
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32 minutes ago, JorritVD said:No doubt the VW Motorsport Polo has been the best RX Supercar ever and the team raised RX Supercars to a higher level. But don't forget the chassis comes from a WRC programm where VW invested hundreds of millions of euros in. The engine was also fully developed already in the Beetle with a good amount of budget. So basically you had the best chassis, with a top engine, developed by factory engineers, a huge know how and two top drivers.
That was really different to how the traditional RX Supercars were build which are build from scratch how OMSE, Hansen and EKS do.
Oh yeah, the Volkswagen Motorsport effort certainly didn't fall into the "traditional" approach (I would argue that Hansen are on the very fringe of "traditional" as well). There was certainly a lot of expertise behind the car, but the fact that they built two cars in three months and, with a relatively short development cycle (and a limited budget), then snatched pretty much every record the Championship had deserves some respect (to me anyway).
Audi and Peugeot dumped a ton of money into their programs - and both built bespoke Works version of their cars - yet neither could match the effort from VW. Prodrive designed a car with a clean sheet of paper (and thinking on the limits of regulations) and they couldn't match it either (though I do concede that might have be a different story with some different drivers in the cars).32 minutes ago, JorritVD said:Yes, there was the MINI from Prodrive and the M-Sport Fiesta, but also those have shown potential. Block should have won Global Rallycross in 2014, but also took a lot of wins in the M-Sport Fiesta. The M-Sport Fiesta still went strong this year in the hands of the Loenbro drivers. Also Doran had some awesome events with the MINI. But in the end those cars never had the combination of the best chassis, a top engine, factory engineers, a huge know how and top drivers. Block and Pecoy already showed that they are quicker than team boss Arpin in the Fiesta... (ouch) and the MINI never had top drivers or a good 2.0L engine.
I think the M-Sport Fiesta is a very interesting comparison (and a car I'd like to write about as well). That car looked so potent when Block first ran it in Europe and, if the Hoonigan effort had utilized that rather than the Focus I wonder just how quick they could have made it.
The MINI was a huge missed opportunity. In the right (development) hands, the car could have been a real competitor with a 2.0L, hopefully one day we'll actually get to see that happen, even if it is just at a National level.32 minutes ago, JorritVD said:Maybe saying this you could really say that the PSRX VW effort, but also the Andretti effort in America were programs that were put very well together. What you can also say that the more traditional programs gives a better show.
Yeah, both programs were definitely very well run. I would argue that the success of the Beetle was greatly assisted by the fact that the Andretti program seemed far better run than the other teams. Equally some of the incredible record of the PSRX VW Polo was assisted by the mistakes of rival teams, though I personally think the Beetle faced a lot weaker competition (in terms of teams and drivers).
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Something to read if you are bored and have 5 minutes to spare. I don't think the VW Motorsport Polo gets anywhere near enough credit from rallycross fans so, as it is the off season and I am bored, I wrote about it...
http://fueltopia.co.uk/psrxvw-polo/-
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14 hours ago, JorritVD said:On the other side I not really follow RX2 aswell. Supercars and S1600 it’s just cool, because they are real road cars changed to RX cars and have all their own specific engine and concepts.
Yeah, RX2 is my least preferred category. There is some great racing in the class but, like you, I prefer the cars that are based on real road cars*.
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It is frustrating having to wait a couple of days, but the cries for compensation are a bit much...
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48 minutes ago, Mike Dee said:Holy hell that kid is living the dream. Rallying at 15 years old in that car?!? That is like the ultimate daydream for 15 year old me back in the day.
That is the ultimate daydream for adult me!
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2 hours ago, mwoodski said:The cars are horrible.
Agreed. They are quick (and stupidly loud), but the attempt to make them look like "real" cars hasn't worked at all: would much prefer them all to have identical, decent looking, bodies (like the RX Lites) and being distinguished by their liveries.
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2 hours ago, tonzboher said:I have the liveries but no Lydden hill on PS4
Yeah, I downloaded the liveries last night and kept checking the store in case someone was working late at PSN HQ!
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40 minutes ago, JorritVD said:Its a bit strange to say after a year when the series was still new and unknown, especially as Lydden Hill was also only the second round ever, although with Andrew Jordan a well known BTCC face. I would have checked for another year to too see how it was changed, also now World RX isn't visiting Silverstone, so basically Lydden Hill would have hosted the biggest RX round of the year again. Also I think if you checked the amount of likes the Titans RX Facebook page had last year and now, I think it might be now 10 times more. So overall a big chance there would be a good increase of spectators this year. I think in the end it might still be a question of a reasonable business case, with with Max Pucher in charge, it would be not to bad i guess.
Lydden (or rather LHMC) are back running the British Championship this year, so that is the factor they are stating...
...to be brutal though, Titans was poorly promoted last year - by both the series and it's participants in my opinion - and it brought in a minimal crowd. BTRDA (the national clubman series) ran a round at Lydden later in the year and I'm certain that got a better turnout than Titans.
The move to Canada is daft. It just reinforces the (possibly unfair) opinion that Titans is feeding off the dregs of World Rallycross. As you said in your post, it's not a traditional (nor readily accessible) venue.32 minutes ago, mats27 said:Is that because they took over the old Red Bull Global Rallycross Facebook page and renamed it?
There was originally a connection between the two series. Max Pucher was (somehow) tied in with GRC, as he was originally intending to launch his new series as "GRC Europe". After GRC collapsed, his new series was then re-branded Titans RX. It seems that he may have managed to snatch the reins for a lot of the GRC social media side of things though (Pucher seems determined to usurp IMG, so I guess there was/is a shared goal with Colin Dyne).

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Your opinion is wrong.
I think it is fair to have season 555 as all rally as I know there is a split on players preferences and season 4 is obviously rallycross centric.