Porkhammer 78 Posted February 9, 2016 SkyRex said: I managed to be 20 sec faster than Porkhammers fastest 2000's run on that track o.O ?! I .. don't even... how?! I was upgrading the car. :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FloatingGrass 0 Posted February 10, 2016 Well, so far so good. I wasn't last by quite a margin on the first stage, and wasn't first by one either. I feel the cars aren't upgraded. Is it so?EDIT: Permission to say:On the second stage I got a puncture from a sudden crisis I would have gotten out alive from 9/10 times. Slowed me down grastically, and lost my place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FloatingGrass 0 Posted February 10, 2016 Ended the event and WOW did I do good! I am last, and 41 seconds down to Audi, my closest rival, but I feel it was the slickest drive in any league I've done so far. I even won the second run through Peresma Platani! I WON A STAGE YAYYYY (and I would have finished the stage before only 4 seconds down to the winner had I not flown off the side of a cliff and lost 12 seconds. Last power stage was awful, but I apparently made up some more time to Audi (or I calculated wrong earlier). All in all, a good drive. I expect to be in the points at the end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
F2CMaDMaXX 512 Posted February 10, 2016 Oh things are looking up for you :) I'll try and get my session done soon and i'll be below you ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FloatingGrass 0 Posted February 10, 2016 F2CMaDMaXX said: Oh things are looking up for you :) I'll try and get my session done soon and i'll be below you ;) Well that's nice :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Auduns 9 Posted February 10, 2016 FloatingGrass said: Ended the event and WOW did I do good! I am last, and 41 seconds down to Audi, my closest rival, but I feel it was the slickest drive in any league I've done so far. I even won the second run through Peresma Platani! I WON A STAGE YAYYYY (and I would have finished the stage before only 4 seconds down to the winner had I not flown off the side of a cliff and lost 12 seconds. Last power stage was awful, but I apparently made up some more time to Audi (or I calculated wrong earlier). All in all, a good drive. I expect to be in the points at the end. How in Gods holy name (and all that) could I not be last after the shitty round I did, think I was off the road several time on each stage, and the last stage alone I got three resets, losing 45 sec alone.In between all my offs, something quick must have happened :smile: PS: FloatingGrass, not trying to put you down here, have also noted that we usually have our little competition down the scoreboard, which I enjoy very much, just didn't expect to beat you in this event. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FloatingGrass 0 Posted February 10, 2016 Auduns said: FloatingGrass said: Ended the event and WOW did I do good! I am last, and 41 seconds down to Audi, my closest rival, but I feel it was the slickest drive in any league I've done so far. I even won the second run through Peresma Platani! I WON A STAGE YAYYYY (and I would have finished the stage before only 4 seconds down to the winner had I not flown off the side of a cliff and lost 12 seconds. Last power stage was awful, but I apparently made up some more time to Audi (or I calculated wrong earlier). All in all, a good drive. I expect to be in the points at the end. How in Gods holy name (and all that) could I not be last after the shitty round I did, think I was off the road several time on each stage, and the last stage alone I got three resets, losing 45 sec alone.In between all my offs, something quick must have happened :smile: PS: FloatingGrass, not trying to put you down here, have also noted that we usually have our little competition down the scoreboard, which I enjoy very much, just didn't expect to beat you in this event. Oh no worries! I had a puncture at the beginning of the second stage and refused to replace it, losing a lot of time and getting below you. There was no getting back after that one, but we could have had a nicer figt had that puncture not happened ;)Forgot to mention that I used the default setup on the focus all event. Nothing to do with my result, just saying that it's possibly the best default setup in the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vajb 0 Posted February 10, 2016 Porkhammer said: SkyRex said: I managed to be 20 sec faster than Porkhammers fastest 2000's run on that track o.O ?! I .. don't even... how?! I was upgrading the car. :P Tell the truth, you were going in reverse! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Porkhammer 78 Posted February 10, 2016 vajb said: Porkhammer said: SkyRex said: I managed to be 20 sec faster than Porkhammers fastest 2000's run on that track o.O ?! I .. don't even... how?! I was upgrading the car. :P Tell the truth, you were going in reverse! It was a bet... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoMrWhite 17 Posted February 10, 2016 SS1: Of course you should do a shakedown. Get a feel for the car, change the setup... Unfortunately there was some problem with my brain-hand-eye-coordination, because I pressed "Start the stage" immediately. Great... No rhythm, a few halfspins, bad time.SS2: Better. Not good, but better.SS3: With more confidence, I tried to push, resulting in a spin in a tight place. Some seconds lost. Rhythm said goodbye again.SS4: Shortly before the end of the stage, my older daughter wanted me to check her homework. Lost concentration, spun. Being the best dad in the world, I kept a stiff upper lip.SS6: High speed roll without significant time loss. But I drove very slowly after that. Was sure Audi75 would catch me, but he lost a lot of time in the last stage.Entertaining ride, though the car felt much more nervous than I would have liked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Auduns 9 Posted February 10, 2016 YoMrWhite said: SS1: Of course you should do a shakedown. Get a feel for the car, change the setup... Unfortunately there was some problem with my brain-hand-eye-coordination, because I pressed "Start the stage" immediately. Great... No rhythm, a few halfspins, bad time.SS2: Better. Not good, but better.SS3: With more confidence, I tried to push, resulting in a spin in a tight place. Some seconds lost. Rhythm said goodbye again.SS4: Shortly before the end of the stage, my older daughter wanted me to check her homework. Lost concentration, spun. Being the best dad in the world, I kept a stiff upper lip.SS6: High speed roll without significant time loss. But I drove very slowly after that. Was sure Audi75 would catch me, but he lost a lot of time in the last stage.Entertaining ride, though the car felt much more nervous than I would have liked. Oh yes I did, my last stage was royally messed up :smile: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cerique 0 Posted February 10, 2016 There goes my chance to score some points. First stage went really well (actually got a PB), something like 5th place I think, so started the second stage thinking "yeah, I can push a bit more...". Bad idea. Straight into a tree just over the halfway mark and a puncture. Kept going but confidence was just shot, at least one crash/reset per stage until SS5, when I got a puncture barely a couple of minutes in. After a quick 3 or 4 resets following that, retiring just seemed the right thing to do. Ouch. Could still drive around Greece all day though, love that place.On to the next! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dytut 91 Posted February 10, 2016 Surprised that I'm actually at 5th place currently. I had no rhythm at all for the whole event, felt slow and sluggish with multiple offs and spins. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FloatingGrass 0 Posted February 11, 2016 I hope nobody else does the league for the next five hours :hushed: At least one point will suit me.In other news, I did a practice run through Kakaristo in the Focus. Made it only halfway until I over-counter-steered on a jump and careened into the trees. I am feeling quite confident though, so I might be in for a treat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thecraicbear 0 Posted February 11, 2016 DONE!Not without many small errors in the first couple of stages and the power stage, but I just had an awesome battle for 4th, and it was so tight between myself and 2 or 3 other drivers in the last 30 or so kilometers. Here's how I finished, with an absolute nerve-racking fight with Ivy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoMrWhite 17 Posted February 12, 2016 Nice fights up and down the leaderboards. I lost out on 8th place by 7,5 seconds. But 2 points are 2 points. I mean, do I have a point there? Wait, that sounds stupid... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Headquake 0 Posted February 12, 2016 Hello. Just joined this league as my first league. I realize i missed the first few events in this season, but did okay in Finland to start.Other than having to change a tire halfway through a stage.:( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teknoid85 444 Posted February 12, 2016 fucked up this rally, not in the right mental state. @SkyRex maybe it's better to have an option to save after evry stage and have a service park evry 2stages Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FloatingGrass 0 Posted February 12, 2016 I'm first at halfway point, one second ahead of Rinus! Great rally so far, clipped a hinkelbush at the beginning of the first stage and bottomed out before the house jump two stages later, damaging the radiator and then the engine, but I feel I can hold on to first or at least second if I keep pushing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FloatingGrass 0 Posted February 12, 2016 Agh. Awful stage 6, got a puncture at the very beginning and limped through to be 2 minutes off the pace. Finished third overall, although I could have been second. Overall, I feel satisfied.Had a good fight with Headquake until I broke the radiator and lost power :confused: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d1ea 0 Posted February 12, 2016 Fucked up big time this time. Crashed 4 times and totally wrecked my car. All the engine lights where on and probably had 100 hp on the last stage. :D Good luck for the rest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cerique 0 Posted February 12, 2016 Tried purely concentrating on going 3/4 speed and getting clean runs, which apart from a couple of resets worked rather well for all the long stages. Noticed I was only a few seconds behind 3rd after the long stages... I know I'll just push a bit on this last one, it's only short, I'm sure I can catch up. You guessed it, straight into a tree about 5 corners in and a rear right puncture. Many spins later, I finish, having dropped a place let alone gained one. Finland is cruel :( One day I'll finish a whole event without a puncture at the beginning of a stage, one day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boa74 0 Posted February 13, 2016 Started well, ended soon.I was 8th after first stage instead of last as usual. Then I crashed very very badly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dytut 91 Posted February 13, 2016 The Subaru in Finland is just weird to me. It feels safe and easy to drive, so I lose my concentration and start to imagine myself as a bird flying into the treetops. Which I then promptly emulate with the car. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FloatingGrass 0 Posted February 13, 2016 RinusRally said: After that debacle in Finland today. I felt ashamed, cause Finland is my signature track. So I finetuned the Focus 01 in 4 long tracks. I am very happy with it now. Sometimes you think you've found the holy grail with a car setup, but actually you can finetune it better. Honestly, I recommend the default setup for the Focus. It's possibly the best setup in the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
