Dytut Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Scyy said: I'll be interested to see where headquake slots in with the r5 considering how much slower the 3 of us who went with it have been this event. Yep! I checked some leaderboards for a stage, and it _is_ possible to be fast on Monte with the R5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyRex Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 Well...I'm more of an AWD fetishist than RWD, but I tried to create a setup for the Sierra for Monte. Few Shakedowns, still felt little weird but somewhat stable, so I tried one full stage to see where I would be in the leaderboard (everything in the Top 100 I count as competitive enough). To my surprise, on the first and only try I came in on Pos. 5 in the World. (Route de Turini/ Sunny Midday) and thought "okay, okay, that setup will do just fine!"Started the League Event and fell of a cliff on stage 1 .... end of story... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headquake Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Well, after doing about 6 shaky shakedowns with the Renault, i had what i thought may be a working technique for Monte. With the weight of this car being more mid-rear you really have to throw it around the corners to prevent the understeer. Get the back sliding out more before the corner. While this worked okay, i'm being quite sloppy at it in the first stage and ended up ramping off the road to DNF.Thank goodness. :)Wasn't looking forward to having to run 6 full monte stages.I don't imagine i would have done to well here even if i had finished anyhow, not blaming the car, i'm just not very strong on tarmac it seems.More fun to try and catch you guys in Sweden now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaky115 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 My poor arrow arm weeps - the snow is next! To my surprise Monte Night/Snow (at least Pra d'Alart) had dry-like grip while Afternoon/snow is the snow one. Forgot if Night/Mist was slower than Night/Snow, but it was weird to drive the first stage due to expecting no grip and receive all of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMrWhite Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I always find the misty stages in Monte Carlo extremely slippery. But you're right, the grip on the snowy parts is sometimes surprisingly good, even going downhill on snow. Sometimes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDDSkitz Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Headquake said: Well, after doing about 6 shaky shakedowns with the Renault, i had what i thought may be a working technique for Monte. With the weight of this car being more mid-rear you really have to throw it around the corners to prevent the understeer. Get the back sliding out more before the corner. While this worked okay, i'm being quite sloppy at it in the first stage and ended up ramping off the road to DNF.Thank goodness. :)Wasn't looking forward to having to run 6 full monte stages.I don't imagine i would have done to well here even if i had finished anyhow, not blaming the car, i'm just not very strong on tarmac it seems.More fun to try and catch you guys in Sweden now. Soften the springs on the front, stops a good bit of the understeer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baunau Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Sweden... I came, I saw, I "raggade"!Seriously, though, RWD on snow and ice is just too much fun. Not sure if my times will hold up, but I'm quite pleased with my effort regardless.SS1 and 2 were clean, followed by understeer-bonanza and slower pace on SS3. The rest was decent except for a few times my front dug into the snow + two quick spins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyy Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 baunau said: Sweden... I came, I saw, I "raggade"!Seriously, though, RWD on snow and ice is just too much fun. Not sure if my times will hold up, but I'm quite pleased with my effort regardless.SS1 and 2 were clean, followed by understeer-bonanza and slower pace on SS3. The rest was decent except for a few times my front dug into the snow + two quick spins. Damn, here I had thought I had put in some halfway decent times and you straight blow me out of the water! :) Nice event.Still happy with my event as even just 3 or 4 weeks ago I couldn't get through a stage with RWD cars without spinning out at least once or twice on tight corners so a definite improvement for me. Had focused almost entirely on AWD cars up till now. I know I still can't compare to many of you but I hope to change that with more practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaky115 Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Oof... not good. #KeyBro is ineffective in Sweden. I also beached my car twice, because my Sierra doesn't do the spinning thing for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMrWhite Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Sweden is never one of my best rallies. This time it was not so bad, as everyone else except @baunau seems to have had bigger problems than me.SS1 felt good, but 21 seconds were lost.SS2 felt decidedly slower and more unstable, 28 more seconds lost.SS3 felt even slower with lots of understeer, plowing through snowbanks and at least one spin, but I lost only 6 or 7 seconds to @baunau and even gained on most of the others, I think. Strange...SS4 was similar, a real fight to keep the car out of the snowbanks, SS5 and SS6 were not without mistakes and the occasional spin, but I was closer to @baunau than on the first pass. SS7 was shaky, I had one last spin, but brought the car home in second place for now.I'll surely going to get bumped down some places, but if I come home 5th or 6th, that's fine with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyy Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 I was going kinda slow but was able to keep it more or less steady and not spin out. Accomplished that part but didn't go nearly as fast as I probably could have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dytut Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Sweden wasn't as bad as I was afraid it would be, but lack of concentration and being uncomfortable with the R5 caused me to spin a lot on SS1-4. On SS5 I lost it completely and got angry with that bloody car, after spinning two times and beaching it once in really silly ways. To top it off I got into _another_ silly spin, which in some way caused a puncture.. and my headlights. And this was on sector 3.... Only clean stage was SS6, which I managed to win. That kind of cemented my view that I could be fast in the R5 in Sweden, but I need to drive it more so that weird surprise understeer doesn't catch me out. The M3 is just so much more reliable and predictable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMrWhite Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Dytut said: Sweden wasn't as bad as I was afraid it would be, but lack of concentration and being uncomfortable with the R5 caused me to spin a lot on SS1-4. On SS5 I lost it completely and got angry with that bloody car, after spinning two times and beaching it once in really silly ways. To top it off I got into _another_ silly spin, which in some way caused a puncture.. and my headlights. And this was on sector 3.... Only clean stage was SS6, which I managed to win. That kind of cemented my view that I could be fast in the R5 in Sweden, but I need to drive it more so that weird surprise understeer doesn't catch me out. The M3 is just so much more reliable and predictable. Rejoice! Greece and Finland are coming up, and the R5 is fast there, believe me. Rejoice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headquake Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Yeay! Nice runs in Sweden. I love the Renault and i really love the physics and handling in Sweden. It feels really good to my senses. Mostly pretty clean and calm event, I pushed quite hard in S1 - S3 until i got too messy and i began getting slowed up on the snow banks in S4. I had about a one minute lead before the night/snow stage, so i took it easier through there. Cautious and clean through S6 and 7.Sweden and Finland are usually my fastest events, maybe because they're most like the roads where i live in Canada.Greece and Wales are pretty good too though i noticed in the 80's weekly that the R5 was pushing weird in all the hairpins.Not looking forward to Germany.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaky115 Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 R5 is TERRIFYING in Greece. I am afraid to drive it of how just numbly fast it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyy Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Headquake said: Yeay! Nice runs in Sweden. I love the Renault and i really love the physics and handling in Sweden. It feels really good to my senses. Mostly pretty clean and calm event, I pushed quite hard in S1 - S3 until i got too messy and i began getting slowed up on the snow banks in S4. I had about a one minute lead before the night/snow stage, so i took it easier through there. Cautious and clean through S6 and 7.Sweden and Finland are usually my fastest events, maybe because they're most like the roads where i live in Canada.Greece and Wales are pretty good too though i noticed in the 80's weekly that the R5 was pushing weird in all the hairpins.Not looking forward to Germany.:) Do you do rally irl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janneman60 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 SS2 was sooo bad, going off in the snow and the car kept on slowly and just as it looked to go on the road again it stopped. That alone costed almost a minute. So last after SS2. from there on it went much better and I passed some of you to finish 6th at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMrWhite Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Best placed Cossie in Sweden and joint first place after two rallies. That's... unexpected. And a bit odd. But it's a nice surprise for a change.I don't expect much from Greece, though. The Sierra is just too big and heavy for some of these stages - at least when I am driving. I predict a clean podium sweep by the mighty R5. You heard it here first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dytut Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Results from Sweden:Pos. NameVehicleTimeDiff 1st1 Headquake137Renault 5 Turbo39:36.018--2 baunauBMW E30 M3 Evo Rally41:25.931+01:49.9133 kildogRenault 5 Turbo42:51.693+03:15.6754 Daryl WillcoxFord Sierra Cosworth RS50043:24.759+03:48.7415Marek1Renault 5 Turbo43:42.309+04:06.2916 Jan #NoControlFord Sierra Cosworth RS50043:55.093+04:19.0757 The Hypno ToadRenault 5 Turbo43:58.208+04:22.1908 Snaky115Ford Sierra Cosworth RS50044:27.423+04:51.4059 eddskitzFord Sierra Cosworth RS50045:11.022+05:35.00410 that_guyFord Sierra Cosworth RS50045:33.538+05:57.520And championship standings:RankNamePoints1Daryl Willcox302baunau303Snaky115294Headquake137255Jan #NoControl236kildog177Marek1108EinsZwei109that_guy910The Hypno Toad6It's tight at the top! :-) Let's see who survives Greece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dytut Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Ah... apparently I skipped a day when I set up this season, so we got a resting day between Sweden and Greece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dytut Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 baunau said: Sweden... I came, I saw, I "raggade"!Seriously, though, RWD on snow and ice is just too much fun. Not sure if my times will hold up, but I'm quite pleased with my effort regardless.SS1 and 2 were clean, followed by understeer-bonanza and slower pace on SS3. The rest was decent except for a few times my front dug into the snow + two quick spins. I missed the link first time... It's nice to see that quality swedish television spreads to our neighbors aswell! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMrWhite Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 By the way, mighty impressive drive from @Headquake and a strong showing of the Renaults. I expected them to have more problems in Sweden. This doesn't bode well for BMW and Ford in Greece and Finland, where the R5 is at his best... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baunau Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Dytut said: baunau said: Sweden... I came, I saw, I "raggade"!Seriously, though, RWD on snow and ice is just too much fun. Not sure if my times will hold up, but I'm quite pleased with my effort regardless.SS1 and 2 were clean, followed by understeer-bonanza and slower pace on SS3. The rest was decent except for a few times my front dug into the snow + two quick spins. I missed the link first time... It's nice to see that quality swedish television spreads to our neighbors aswell! :-D Oh, it was quite popular here at the time it was airing and I was a huge fan. Prior to that it was S*M*A*S*H, although it didn't catch on as much as Byhåla but I loved it. Watched a lot of Swedish television growing up as both SVT1 and 2 were, for a long time, the only other alternatives next to our state-owned channel, NRK. (yeah, I'm _that_ old) :smiley: YoMrWhite said: By the way, mighty impressive drive from @Headquake and a strong showing of the Renaults. I expected them to have more problems in Sweden. This doesn't bode well for BMW and Ford in Greece and Finland, where the R5 is at his best... Impressive, indeed! If only @Dytut can come to grips with his R5, I'd expect him and @Headquake at the top for the next two rallies (if not the rest). Wouldn't be surprised if @Scyy, Marek1 and Kildog are found lurking right behind.Happy to see that you're doing well also. I believe you've had your fair share of bad luck in the past and it's about time it turned around. :smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMrWhite Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Most of my bad luck was just bad driving, I'm afraid.Anyway, the Cossie feels good and I hope I can keep it going. Greece will be a real test. I know I probably won't be able to match any of the Renaults, @Snaky115 and you there, so I have to forget about the leaderboard, try to keep it clean and find my own rhythm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaky115 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 We'll see, not feeling comfortable with the Cossie yet for some reason. Lack of sleep probably isn't helping today. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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