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  1. 7 hours ago, RallyDriven said:

    I thought his comments about Kevin and his bumper were stupid before his incident with Timmy. It was hardly a big hit, and even if you are running on a budget you’ve got to expect some body damage over the course of the weekend. Yes it’s annoying to happen early on, but you can’t get pissy every time someone gives you a tap. Maybe get angry if they’re doing it constantly, but once isnt really an issue 

    Yeah, especially not if you're a driver who hasn't been shy about trading paint in the past...

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  2. 1 hour ago, JamesMcAdam said:

    @RallyDriven Which comments from Bakkerud to Kevin Hansen are you refering to ?

    I think that he is talking about the press conference from Friday @JamesMcAdam
     

    A comment about bumpers and the next time they were in the cars Andreas ploughed into Timmy! As I said in my previous post I have never really warmed to Timmy and, although it was a rubbish way for his weekend to end (and I wouldn't want to see him injured), it's hard to feel that sympathetic for him when he torpedoed that Megane at Estering last year.

    I thought there was some smart driving from Liam, the move he pulled on Timerzyanov in the semi-final was great. Let's hope it lasts.


    The landing from the jump looked really hard on the cars. I know there was a clip of Bennett nosing in on the landing during the press day, so I guess they had made some changes, but it still looked pretty rough.

    I read some interesting comments with regards to the track design over the weekend, I didn't know there was more than one company involved in the design of the various "new" rallycross tracks, would explain the difference in quality between some of them!

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  3. 10 hours ago, RallyDriven said:

    ***** what was bakkerud thinking?! He was never making it around that corner even if Timmy wasn’t there! I was quite a big fan of Andreas but he’s really disappointed me this weekend with the comments to Kevin Hansen and now this. Hope they’re both OK, but I can’t see either cars going again today.

     

    Big shame for Bennet, really not what he needed. Dorian looks reasonably quick but as usual he’s just over driving and losing time in battles

    Bakkerud has always been overly aggressive, that said I thought he looked genuinely shaken when interviewed at the start of Q4 so I am inclined to believe it was a genuine mistake. 

    I am not a massive fan of Timmy Hansen, but that was a rubbish way for his weekend to end. 

    As for Bennett I admire what he is doing but, even with deep pockets and an all-privateer field I think he is out of his depth. I still think he should have gained more experience at a National level before attempting the World Championship. 

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  4. 2 hours ago, SquadBruce said:

    The Focus was very popular compared to the others on UK national events but I guess that's purely because MSport are up in Cumbria. 

    Don't ever recall a C4 being out on a UK national event but I could be wrong

    I don't recall seeing that many C4's in European events either. Lot of Mk.1, Mk.2 and Impreza WRCars in private hands though!


  5. 11 hours ago, ianism said:

    does anyone know anything about Estering being added? it's listed at the end as Round 0, with the date of August 17, 2019, which would make it Round 8. it's listed as being part of the Euro RX and Super 1600s championships, so maybe it's just those and not World RX?

    Yep, that's right @ianism, Estering is a standalone European Championship only round. 

    There have been hints at a split of the World and European Championship coming for a few years now and I thought that Estering this year was the first sign that was happening. With the recent developments concerning the electric future of the Championship though, I wonder if that is less likely now. 


  6. 17 hours ago, Rallystu2 said:

    Forward thinking design on Subarus part no doubt. 

    If that car had seen a few more seasons use (and development) then I think it might be viewed differently. 

    It should definitely be on par with the Citroen and the Focus. It's results at the top level weren't great, but in the hands of privateers it's had some success (I am actually curious as to which of those three cars has had the best results post-WRC: I think it might be the Focus).  


  7. 1 hour ago, SquadBruce said:

    Considering heading to Silverstone for the WRX at the end of May. Whats the viewing like there?

    Actually pretty good. It's not as open as Lydden (few tracks are!), but it's much better than I was expecting. There are grandstands on the outside of the start line/turn one, you can view from the exit of turn one to turn two behind high fencing and the entire section between turn two and the jump just has a low fence, so you can view and take pictures all the way along there. 

    Not sure if anyone is interested, but I have written a preview for the 2019 season: 

    http://fueltopia.co.uk/world-rallycross-championship-2019-preview/

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  8. 46 minutes ago, danielofifi said:

    How long have you been playing My Team? It seems the bug happens to people only after a certain time spent in career...?

    Hmmm, probably not that long. I have only done the first couple of Championship levels in rally and rallycross. Most of my play has been in freeplay. 

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  9. 43 minutes ago, thatDutchguy83 said:

    Saw this thread coming by.. and i just have 2 questions..  someone told me that all RX supercars are gonna be fully electric from 2021 is this correct? and if it is how do you guys feel about this? to me 2 things come into mind 1: lots of traction and silence.. which i dont think is the best combo. 

    Latest word is that the deadline for manufacturers to sign on for electric has passed and no one has signed up, so the introduction will likely slip further back than 2021: or be completely abandoned. 


  10. 2 hours ago, DocStrangelove said:

    Why not do it like Polyphony Digital and just record a hairdryer?

    The greatest audio sin of Polyphony thus far was attaching the most bland engine sound on file to the E2 quattro!

    I am glad they have made big audio improvements in GT Sport. 

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  11. 44 minutes ago, JZStudios said:

    The block smashes are actually a pretty fun distraction and another good way to learn car control. It'd be really neat if they had some sort of editor so you could layout your own tracks and obstacles and share them on the workshop or something. Just having the empty area is fun for a few minutes but gets boring pretty quick.

    Yeah, despite saying that I am not bothered by their return I know I'd play through them all to get golds! As you say, it's another way to improve car control...

    ...sometimes though, I just want to drive flat out and do some unnecessary big slides! 

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  12. 3 minutes ago, DocStrangelove said:

    Team management was deeper in Dirt 4, but I think it really went overboard with sponsors and crew housing and food and moral and sleeping places and romance and piano lessons and I don't even remember what all was in there. At times, it felt more like a rally management game than a rally driving game to me. I'm glad DR2 returned to a simplified system similar to DR1's.

    Yeah, I agree. Would be cool to see the livery editor back, but I REALLY don't miss having to constantly renew engineer contracts and pick new sponsors every few races. 

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  13. 3 hours ago, teknoid85 said:

    is timetrial not enough for testing setup??   i don't wan't do discredit your idea, but i think there are more important thing they should do, imho

    I wouldn't want to see huge amounts of resources committed to it (and I don't care about all the "block smashing" and time trials and all that), I'd just like to see them bring the basic (plain) environment back from DiRT 4.

    Yeah, time trial is really good for working on lap times, but there just isn't room on any of the stages to play around with the cars. 

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