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Stage end & wipers

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Hello dev team.

I've seen some YouTube videos of an early version of dirt rally 2 and I think that the distance between the end of a stage and marshal stop area need a lot of more space between sometimes. I noticed this in dirt 4 too. Irl this distance is (depending on speed) minimum 800-1000 meters. 

The other thing I've noticed since dirt rally is that the wipers sometimes starting to wipe the windscreen automatically even on a dry stage. That's a little bit strange.

Another small localization issue: in German version of dirt rally and dirt 4 the "shakedown" before the event named to "Probefahrt" or something. In German we call it "shakedown" too

Thanks for reading
MO


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As for the marshal stop area, it may be a bit small but there's a problem with stage distance limits. So it's better to have an extra km of stage to run, rather than spend that in the marshal area. Either way that area is enough for a stop, and if you don't stop you'll just get reset into it.

As for the wipers, you can control them manually if you go to the settings in DiRT Rally. I believe they've retained this option in 2.0. Same for the headlights.

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Heres the video:

https://youtu.be/y5qC83HFrec

@1:22min, 2:11min, 2:57min, 3:45min, 4:31min randomly wipers on a clean windscreen.

@4;42 stage end. Player has to brake quite hard after finish. Would be more realistic with a little bit more space between if possible in this short stage.



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MO86 said:
Heres the video:

https://youtu.be/y5qC83HFrec

@1:22min, 2:11min, 2:57min, 3:45min, 4:31min randomly wipers on a clean windscreen.

@4;42 stage end. Player has to brake quite hard after finish. Would be more realistic with a little bit more space between if possible in this short stage.



I agree and so would most others that flying finishes should be extended, however that means diverting more resources into creating more stage kilometers that aren't particularly functional beyond serving as what is essentially an immersion point.

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Does damage done to the car between the finish line and the stop area even carry over to the next event? Because you can just fly out of the road and into a spectator and the stage will just end there, as if you had stopped at the marshall.

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Oscar97 said:
Does damage done to the car between the finish line and the stop area even carry over to the next event? Because you can just fly out of the road and into a spectator and the stage will just end there, as if you had stopped at the marshall.
Ross and Christina discussed this during one of the streams. Damage done within the flying finish and at any point within the finishing zone will carry over. Damage will also carry across to the next event.

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