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  3. Posted

    11 hours ago, PJTierney said:

    Funnily enough, when we sent a recent video (Car of the Week) to SUBARU for approval, they mentioned to only call the S4 the "SUBARU Impreza" when referring to its real-life version, which backs up @tbtstt on it being a Prodrive thing.

    That is one theory. The other (and I think more likely) is that someone from Subaru read this thread and decided to drop the incorrect S4. :classic_laugh:

    11 hours ago, PJTierney said:

    We can say S4 Rally when referring to the in-game version though 🙂 

    Was hoping that license might have been tweaked for DiRT 5, but I see social media posts are referring to the car in that game as S4 as well: hopefully you can correct it for the next DiRT game!

    11 hours ago, richie said:

    Yeah now I remember you had mentioned this somewhere, but does that mean Subaru had no say in that instance? They could've asked them to use the number 5 instead. 

    It is my assumption (you know what they say about that!) that Subaru had no say: the "S" number was an internal designation and it was only from the WRC98 onwards where that number seems to have come into widespread usage outside the Prodrive facility. 

    That said, the SVX theory holds water in that respect in that, if Prodrive were communicating with the Subaru factory and using their own internal designation within those messages, it could have been a possible point of confusion. That does seem a bit of a stretch, but Japanese staff were directly involved in the development of the car in that period, so maybe every effort was being taken to avoid confusion...

    ...I am still not entirely convinced though: I intend to keep asking until someone in the know provides a straight answer!

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    1 hour ago, PJTierney said:

    The only thing I can think of is that 4 is an unlucky number in Japan, but I think you ruled that out before.

    I think the best theory thus far (and I can't remember who suggested it, I think it was on the Discord) was that S4 was skipped to avoid potential confusion with the SVX S4 (which hit showrooms in 1995). 

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  6. Posted

    4 hours ago, PJTierney said:

    One of these days we'll find out why S4 wasn't used. 😄 

    13 I get, superstition and all that.

    I keep asking around, but even the Prodrive folk I have spoken to don't seem to know why! 

    That infographic doesn't include the S12c either, though there seems to be some debate as to whether Prodrive officially acknowledged that. 

  7. Posted

    4 hours ago, PJTierney said:

    Galway as in Irish Galway? Nice. 

    Never knew they had something like this there 🙂 

    Yeah. First time I remember seeing them get a mention was when Petter was talking about his DS3 back in 2013, but there name has popped up numerous times since: LDM, KMS, Marklund, GRX, Munnich, Derek Tohill and several others all use Galway Carbon panels. I believe they are also involved with "The Project" Subaru kits as well. 

  10. Posted

    2 hours ago, James McAdam said:

    So many positive points for this magic weekend :

    - the livestream coverage format : simply amazing. We really need this for the WRX race weekend. So immersive.

    Yeah. Very well presented livestream, I certainly felt like I got what I paid for. Great to see the drone idea lifted from Formula D as well. Doubt it will be possible to do that again, but it was brilliant to see it here. 

    2 hours ago, James McAdam said:

    - Oliver Solberg's weekend : fantastic and good fun as he says. :classic_biggrin: (We need the ds3 comeback in DR2.0, just sayin' :classic_ninja:)

    Also 100% agreed. Impressed with how competitive Oliver and the DS3 were, especially considering that car hasn't undergone any extensive preparation since 2016. 

    2 hours ago, James McAdam said:

    - Marcus G. fastest time of friday and Niclas face when I realise it : just epic

    Favourite bit of the weekend for me. Rare to see any emotion from a Gronholm, but Niclas face was a picture in the studio, there was genuine laughter from the other three drivers and Marcus did a superb Fonz impression when told the news. Amazing. 

    In terms of the racing I was surprised not to see Niclas blitz everyone from the outset. Clearly some more tweaking required with the new dampers. Impressive driving from Larsson as well, I didn't think he would be competitive if he drove the later S1 in his usual style, but he seems to have adjusted accordingly and the results spoke for themselves. 

    Incredible performance from Johan yesterday. The car was clearly inferior to the i20 and S1, but that drive in the final was near perfect in those conditions. Definitely a warning to the rest of the field there, if the VW Motorsport Polo is still competitive then Johan is going to be right at the sharp end. 

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  11. Posted

    Impressive drive from Johan in the inferior (no offence to KMS) car. 

    Great drive from Larsson as well. Much smoother than usual, he could be a serious contender if he drives the latest spec S1 like that in the World Championship. 

    Surprised by the pace of Gronholm: honestly thought he'd be leaving everyone else for dead! Hopefully they can refine the car for tomorrow. 

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    2 hours ago, JorritVD said:

    C'mon Codies, you know what to do.... it would be a nice suprise.... 😉 

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    I think it is unlikely, but it would be amazing to get this. The only reason I still fire up DiRT 4 every now and then is to use this car: would complete DR2.0 for me!

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    33 minutes ago, BillyDB said:

    I don’t even know where to begin with this.

    At the beginning! :classic_biggrin:

    My first question(s) would be what car class are you driving and what AI level are you driving at? If this is your first foray into DiRT Rally, then I would suggest that you start in FWD cars and turn the AI level right down. If you jump into the fastest car classes at high AI level, then you are really jumping in at the deep end. 

    The "Historic Championship" mode is pretty good for this, as you start in historic FWD cars, then progress to quicker classes (the other option is to try the career rally in one of the slower car classes). Get a feel for the pace note style and the handling of the cars. You can get away with a lot more in some classes than others!

    Driver Assists is another key factor. I personally always start with most of the assists off, as the best control of the car in DiRT Rally come this way, but of course that will increase your learning curve. I usually start with automatic gears, then move to manual when I feel comfortable.

    As an aside I personally find Poland the hardest environment in the game and, despite quite a lot of time with the game, I frequently end up in the trees a lot in Australia as well! Others may disagree, but I find there is a delicate balance between speed and caution in order to complete stages in good time. You do need to be absolutely pinned to beat the AI at the higher levels and the confidence to do that will only come with lots of practise. 

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    I am on PS4, set at 91 and had more hassle doing that on Very Hard then any other McRae challenge thus far. 

    I can't remember what stage times I recorded, but I had to put in two pretty much perfect flat out runs to beat it. Sure my time for the second stage was under 10 minutes. 

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  24. Posted

    30 minutes ago, nPiipo said:

    Good news for WRX. Kouvola is getting closer to hosting an event after Höljes in August. Idea is IMG's so hopefully more new tracks to the calendar too. They've already got some funding from the city and SET Promotion is trying to get everything sorted. Decision will be made next week.

    Yeah, very encouraging news as I really like that circuit, would be great to see a World round there again. 

    The entry list for the "All Star" event at Holjes is growing as well, some huge names there already and more to come. 

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