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  2. Posted · Edited by Dytut

    Three stages of Monte done... and yikes, it's really hard to go fast with H-pattern + clutch. The downshifts on the icy downhill sections are a nightmare, difficult enough when using sequential :classic_angry:

    On the upside, managed to at least get one or two heel-toe downshifts nailed, and have started to learn how to clutch kick a bit in the corners. But the speed is... not there 😛 

    The seconds leg done, it's about the same. Slow allround, but the downhill on ice hairpins... yikes. Slid out once and spun twice on the last downhill in the dark 😛

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  6. Posted

    1 hour ago, danielofifi said:

    What an awesome league. This is what masters difficulty should look like. 🙂

    I decided to join and picked up the Cosworth because I love this car. To make things more realistic I'm driving with clutch and H-shifter. It's not easy, got one puncture and a few spins, but I'm happy to get to the finish line. Great fun!

    I just got a shifter and clutch pedal, hope I'll feel confident enough to drive with on the next event. I have set a challenge for myself to do the whole McRae challenge with H-shifter and clutch on hardest difficulty just to learn 😄

  7. Posted

    Mostly clean run through Australia while trying to get a feel for my new pedal set (T3PA-PRO). Had one spin at the start of the first rainy stage where I misjudged the grip a bit, but just maybe 7-8 seconds lost from it and no damage. Felt like the softs were wearing out quickly, only had good grip on the first stage after service then it was glidey glidey time. Mediums would probably have been a better choice.

  8. Posted

    Had a fun time with the Legacy in Argentina, which is an event I rarely enjoy driving. Had three small spins, and on one I managed to get stuck and had to reset, so my times will be mediocre at best. But I do enjoy driving that Legacy, it's feels so.... raw! Would need to upgrade to a pedal set that has a clutch to get the most out of it though, the turbo spoolup takes aaaaaaaages.

  9. Posted

    2 hours ago, Evilsmurf said:

    I'll need to try a smoother driving approach. I ran hards for both long legs of the rally and they were absolutely done by the time I got to both services. I also find the softs puncture to easily when I hit the edges of the stage. I do that a lot 🤣 

    I ran softs, they held up quite well. And I was on the edges quite a bit. 

  10. Posted

    I proclaim this seasons name to be... "The Legacy of Corona". 

    Damn that Legacy is fun to drive 🙂 Had a few small spins on the way, but nothing major except on SS6 where I lost focus and went off into the underbrush and had to reverse out, and then I almost flipped the car just at the finish line. 

  12. Posted

    On 2/26/2020 at 12:18 AM, UnderclassGDfan said:

    Rally GT or Group B (RWD) would be really cool. Would pick the BMW M2 Competition for the first and the Porsche 911 SC RS for the latter. Or even the Manta 400...the Manta always reminds me of this old german movie:

    🤣

     

    Some group B RWD would be incredibly fun. And scary!

  14. Posted

    Yeah, I really think it should be moved up into the north. Granted, this winter has been extreme with the lack of cold and snow, but with the climate getting warmer it's not likely to get better in Värmland. 

    Too bad tarmac rallying is forbidden in Sweden, we have some fantastic tarmac roads in Uppland that would've been awesome to see as a winter tarmac rally.

  16. Posted

    18 hours ago, UnderclassGDfan said:

    On SS1 I was only 0.1 seconds slower than @Janneman60, with some small mistakes in the beginning. I misjudged the very first corner-section with the bump on SS2, so I hit the tree on the outside with the left rear a bit and spun. Lost around 7 seconds, but the car wasn't really damaged. So I pushed hard, but did several mistakes doing so. In the end lost nearly 11 seconds.

    In SS3 I still tried to push to come closer, but later in the stage I came wide in a 3 left on a crest and hit a stone on the outside quite hard. Car had a puncture on the front right and was pretty hard damaged. I made it to the end without having a spare, but lost over 38 seconds...

    I repaired as much as I could, put wet tires on and started SS4...

    Quite early on the stage, a very long - almost - straight I was just way too fast and lost the car coming closer to the square left. I hit the tree or big bush or whatever on the left side really hard with the left side of the car and thats it. Another puncture and a almost totaled car. It wasn't terminal damage, but I doubt I could have finished almost 3 longs with it, so I gave up.

    Really frustrated right now. I didn't expected to beat @Janneman60 in the championship anymore at this point, even before the rally, but I will lose much of my points lead to Yabby and @Dytut being only 17 and 20 points.

    I still don't get, why there is often a big difference in points you get for the same position in different rallies, probably a mix of position and competitors behind you? Or distance driven? Or gaps in time between competitors? I don't know. I just hope, 17 points are enough.

    I wouldn't worry much about us, you're usually way ahead 🙂 Hard to compete with the Cossie. 

    As for points, I think it's pretty much down to the number of participants in an event. If it's 49 participants, 1st gets 50 points (49+1), then it gets progressively less. So more people in the event means more points to take.

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  18. Posted · Edited by Dytut

    Good points OP 🙂

    For me, new engine that can handle longer stages is first priority. Then tyre wear and much more hardcore damage.

    One feature I'd really want is to be able to work on the car between stages even if there was no service. This could be tweaked to you being able to tweak just the things your car supports, and also optionally have a time limit decided on the shape of your car (coming in with a really destroyed car would take more time to get to the next stage, so less time to tweak the car).

    So things that could be tweaked between stages:

    1. Tyres - Switch them around at your will.
    2. Emergency repairs - let us devote time to attempt emergency roadside repairs with a percentage chance for success. I know I would've taped down that flapping hood or just taken it off. Be wild and take out the smashed windscreen. Try to smash that twisted suspension into place with a rock. Lots of stuff 🙂 
    3. Adjust some car setting - Some old cars might not be able to adjust much, while modern cars could be a able to adjust damper clicks, adjust electronic diffs, etc. 
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  20. Posted

    Decent, but not good run through Finland. Had an outright spin on stage one simply due to not being used to the setup, after that it went OK until SS4, where my Rift S suddenly lost tracking and threw my view around on the outside of the car. Pure luck that it stopped without smashing a tree, had to reset cause I didn't even know which way the car was pointing. Took a bit to regain confidence after that, so lost a tone of time. My times will get smashed, but felt OK for being me in an RWD 🙂 

  23. Posted

    Ragged run through Poland! I've never quite felt comfortable there, as the road invites me to push hard and then always throws me off into the barriers 😛

    Had a spin and a small off on SS1, the rest were decently clean stages. Massive loss of confidence on the night stage SS4, I was waaaaay too cautious there. 

    No way near @UnderclassGDfan, but at least managed to beat Yabby who's also in a Sierra and has always managed to get ahead of me in the start of the season 🙂 

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  25. Posted

    18 hours ago, BluecatRally said:

    Jebus indeed.  if you're spinning and still that fast I think I may as well sell up now.

    For the first time with the sierra I felt I'd got a setup that was working ok.  I also had some off road time penalties but only a few.  If I could look at how I was driving and know what I was doing to be nearly a full 4 minutes down then rolling the sleeves up and getting on would seem more worthwhile.  

    If you guys at the top are driving to the notes and not from memory, and aren't literally taking every cut on the stage then I just wish I knew what on earth I needed to do just to improve a little bit.  I know I'm slow and learning, but in a world where a few seconds is an eternity where do I find 3 minutes over 7 stages, especially when I can just about compete with the AI on 100%.

    😆. Come on guys, tell me where the NOS button is!?

    Like @ApexAzimuth, I don't really have them memorized, but some red flag corners are remembered. I don't really cut much, haven't really learned any of the good places to do so. In Argentina I don't think there are any huge cuts, just some small ones that can earn you a scant few seconds per stage.

    If you record some footage of your driving I'd be happy to give some comments on it 🙂 

    There are some things to think about when trying to improve your speed.

    Do you feel that you can push and hold speed on the straights? 
    Do you get good speed out of the corners?
    Do you often glide out into the middle of the corners?
    Are you comfortable balancing the car with throttle and brake?

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