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  1. tbtstt said:
    tbtstt said:
    Hang on, hang on. I might be going crazy here, so bear with me. What if, and bear with me here, what if we’ve been overlooking something? What if, and please bear with me, what if Christina has been leaving clues in the codemasters fruit reviews?

    https://twitter.com/xtinamcf/status/976110299785912320?s=21 

    But it what does it mean?
    Meanwhile, somewhere at Codemasters, @ChristinaMc is sitting at her desk laughing at the fact that the members of a forum are so desperate for news that they have resorted to dissecting an inane tweet about fruit.
    Inane?! HOW DARE YOU. 
    It's fruit @ChristinaMc. You should be tweeting about the big issues. Like tea, cake or burgers. 

    #ItsAllAboutTheCarbs
    When I start tweeting about Tunnocks tea cakes, you know stuff's going down. ;)
    Since you haven’t denied it, I’m going to guess I was right and will spend the rest of the day going back through all of the fruit reviews


  2. Guys, that number eight Tweet is from a contest. They pasted some shamrocks onto a screen shot and you had to see how many you could find. 
    Yeah but it still sounds like a wrc 8 tease.

    Also if codemasters are doing a wrc game I doubt they would call it WRC 8. Either it would tie in with the Dirt brand, or just simply WRC 2018, like with the F1 games
    You're a non-believer then? 
    No, I’d like to believe, but you need all the facts, and you need to do all the maths.

    Dirt 4 plus WRC 7 = 11
    + V rally 4 = 15
    The shamrock picture was Mexico, which is wrc round 3.
    15/3 = 5 
    x Project Cars 2 = 10
    - WRC 8 = 2

    = Dirt Showdown 2 confirmed! See, you’ve just got to follow the clues to find the answers

  3. Guys, that number eight Tweet is from a contest. They pasted some shamrocks onto a screen shot and you had to see how many you could find. 
    Yeah but it still sounds like a wrc 8 tease.

    Also if codemasters are doing a wrc game I doubt they would call it WRC 8. Either it would tie in with the Dirt brand, or just simply WRC 2018, like with the F1 games

  4. KevM said:
    I got a drone last month, I’m looking forward to taking it to a Rally!!


    I found one crashed in a field once, almost ran it over with my tractor! Made £200 on eBay, it was a good day. 

    Also, quite a lot of rallies don’t like spectators flying drones, so I’d have a check before you go!

  5. bogani said:

    Yeah, but didn't WRC7 consist of 1 short super special and then 3/4 short stages and those ones stitched together also made up the so called Epic stage? Still not convinced.



    True, but at least most of the Epic Stages are reversed. Each rally has four stages: or one SSS, two SS and an ES, or three SS and an ES. In most cases the ES is the two or three SSs stiched together and run in reverse. Sweden, Finland and Wales are the only ES that are actually total repeats of the short SSs (who knows why they didn't reverse them). WRC7 has a total of 409,03km. If you take into account only the original SSs and the reversed ESs (i.e. excluding any repeated sections) then that "original, unrepeated" total goes down to 345,88km. That's quite a bit more than DR's 279,45km but far shy of SLRE's 495,6km. WRC6 had 404,8km and none of them were repeated or reversed.
    That’s quite interesting. Both DR and SLRE has Rally cross and pikes peak too.

    Whether it’s a wrc game or another dirt game, it will be interesting to see if codemasters do your stage or go back to pre made stages. I seem to be in the few here that liked your stage, although I do agree that it needs improvement. The worst thing about it for me is often trying to find a flow or rhythm through places like wales and aus. 

  6. KevM said:
    WRC 7 rubbished the 3 or 4 short stages per location theory.  Some of the longer ‘Epic’ stages for each location were fantastic.   They also had real-life areas stitched into the stages that you could clearly recognise from actual tv footage.

    Someone mentioned older drivable cars instead of the ‘on rails’ WRC cars.  Have you watched a WRC round?  The car movement is phenomenal with 4 wheel mental powerslides everywhere.  I’d like that...
    How many stagesper location does WRC7 have? It still has the problem of trying to make an entire rally out of a limited number of stages. I found that a bit boring on DR when you run a stage, then 5 minutes later you run a longer version of the same stage, then you run it again but backwards

  7. If we did get a wrc game from codemasters, I’m torn between whether I’d want replicas of real stages or an improved your stage system. I think the best thing about your stage is you could actually have a proper rally of up to 22 stages like real wrc, rather than just running 1 or 2 stages per event cut up and reversed

  8. dgeesi0 said:
    wrc 7 is a decent game some things are up there with dirt rally some are not. its a solid 8/10. dirt rally id say 9/10. some things so simple are bad in it though and frustrating. it does bug me when big studios make big titles and miss such basics. bubbles me :#

    most rally racing games dont cater for car set ups. only title that seems to do this well recently is f1 games. why the rally games dont follow suit really destroys my mind thinking about it. for eg la la is top of tables. all you do is click that person name and copy set up done ! this needs to happen in the rally games or make the default set ups good from the start . if you dont understand how to set up the cars you are instantly at a disadvantage. in recent dirt games there hasnt been any real showing of how to do this and working in practice ! make it so people have a fair balance and have the same set ups.then it becomes purely about driving rallying. skill. not having a better set up.

    gui menu system. often a over thought. one of my pet hates in games is a bad menu system to navigate.the process of playing or accessing anything should be the least steps possible. especially with wheel settings. think of how many times you get a new game and sit there infuriated trying to set controls.this is basics and very important.

    im hoping the next few big titles start to nail some of these basics that big studios keep missing.maybe making the perfect game or as close as possible

    I’ve never touched setups before because I don’t understand it at all, but after looking at some tutorials on YouTube for dirt 4, the game is starting to make a lot more sense. The default setups make the handling seem awful

  9. I don’t think we will here any dirt news for a little while yet. They are currently focused on pushing onrush marketing, so probably wouldn’t want to take any attention away from that. Plus they’re also pushing dirt e sports at the moment. Onrush comes out early June I think, but that’s quite a wait as it would probably mean not announcing dirt until July, which is quite a long way away. Also, depends how long it’s been in development. Dirt 4 came out in June last year, which doesn’t leave much time. They’ve obviously had some of the team working on leagues and e sports.

    I may be wrong, but I feel we will be waiting until the summer before we hear some news. But still, CHOO CHOO HYPETRAIN IS LEAVING THE STATION

  10. KevM said:
    I personally will be kinda disappointed if the current guys don’t get to do WRC 8.  For me, WRC 7 was just one development cycle & a few tweaks away from being a really first class title.  The stages were equally as impressive as the DiRT Rally ones.  Codemasters raised the bar & other titles were responding 
    Yeah, I played it on a rig at Rally GB and it felt almost there! I’ve never bought a wrc game, but I was expecting 8 to be the one that finally persuaded me!

    I hope if codies get the license we get some classic cars along with all the wrc content. It will be interesting to see what happens with world rx

  11. Loeb might push them, but I feel all he will be doing is taking points away from championship contenders like Ott, Meeke and Andreas. We’ve still got a LONG way to go in the championship remember, so much can happen. It can only take one puncture to completely change a season

  12. KevM said:
    I dunno about Meeke being in a rut.  He still placed above someone as talented as Loeb.  Both of them suffered unintentional time loss, sometimes its costly, sometimes it isn’t.  

    Ogier though, he’s a different type of driver.  He drives with his head.  Keeps safely within reach & then capitalises on the inevitable mistakes of the other drivers.  He’s tactical & clever
    Meeke will continue to win rallies, but I don’t think he is a championship winner. Most drivers are quick enough to win rallies, but Ogier and maybe Neuville are the only ones smart and consistent enough to win the championship. Look at previous seasons, we’ve had loads of different rally winners, but Ogier has still won the title by being smart and taking whatever points he can get. However, I do feel this year is thierry’s, but it will definitely be close!

  13. Ogier gets 10 second penalty on powerstage for missing a chicane, and has therefore lost his 4 bonus points, and everyone else should have gained a point.

    I really enjoyed following this rally through all live, managed to catch a lot of it over the weekend. Typical that I went to the toilet just as Meeke rolled on Sunday! Last year my internet kept buffering during the ps so I got fed up and turned it off just before Meeke had his car park moment! 

  14. Dytut said:
    I wonder if they'll actually be able to get the Safari rally back for 2020. With Japan lined up for 2019 it would be a quite full season if the Safari was to be in there aswell. Has China dropped out completely after the failure last time they tried?
    Looks like it, hasn’t been mentioned since. There’s also been talk of Chile and Croatia, plus another snow event. 

  15. juu1ius said:
    It's not as much of fresh snow that made the difference, but the local and historic cars that are using different tires, that makes new ruts and impossible to drive  for WRC cars. Take a look at the time losses between 1st pass and 2nd pass. No other rally has SUCH disadvantage. Road position should stay, but either get rid of historics and locals or let them use same tire for everyone.
    Or, as Ogier said, he should have been able to chose the same tyres the historics used, which is an old style wrc tyre. It would be bad for the event to lose historics

  16. carpa said:
    Dytut said:
    I think a more elegant solution would be to let each team have the option of putting one car at the front of the running order. Let the running order of those cars be determined by the manufacturers points if multiple cars go in front. 

    So for Sweden, We could've had the regular road order for all drivers, but each team could've put a driver at the front.

    So most likely M-Sport would've put Suninen in the front to sweep for Ogier, but I don't think any other team would've pushed another car in there. If Toyota would've wanted they could've pushed Lappi up there as nr 2 on the starting order to sweep a bit more for Tänak and Latvala (but also for Ogier).
    Meh. That would go all in favor of team orders, hierarchies and penalising young drivers who don't have much experience for no reason. And what would happen woth Citroën who usually run just two cars?
    Plus rallies can be so unpredictable. In this case, Citroen would have used Breen to sweep for Meeke, but Breen was much quicker than him. 

  17. sqdstr said:
    Qualifying stage might make a return thanks to Ogier.

    https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/134513/wrc-qualifying-system-could-be-revived
    I still think the current system is the most fair. At the end of the day, someone has to start first on the road, why not the person who is doing the best? Plus it’s not always a disadvantage, such as dry tarmac and wet gravel
    You win some you lose some. Its a constant trade off. One round you have the best position one round you don't. But sometimes you can still fight no matter where you start.
    I’ve always been a fan of reverse grid positions. I’ve mentioned before I watch formula 1 stockccars in the UK. They start in reverse order, with the best drivers racing from the back of the grid, so they have to battle their way to the front. I don’t see why drivers who are struggling should be given the worse starting position. It’s just a double disadvantage.

    It’s the same in WRC, why should the driver’s who are struggling be given the worst starting position? They’re never going to improve that way

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