CMR2 Uddeholm Swedish Rally [Archive]

jso1985

4th February 2007, 18:26

First of the two real winter rounds, we're staying with 2 days rallying until further notice, be careful in this rally as sliding might look fun but can endp up in huge crashes!

The rally will be run with the following format.
Game rally: Sweden
Shakedown stage: SS3
Day 1: Expert level
Day 2: Intermediate level

PLEASE NOTE: On SS2 of Sweden in CMR2, the snow banks on the frozen lake section are considered to be solid objects and driving over these to cut across the open snow is not permitted

rally starts on Saturday and deadline for submissions is on Tuesday 13th 23:59 GMT

Have fun and good luck!

Exhausted

5th February 2007, 20:47

I have already finished the rally and submitted my times, as I will be leaving for the "real" Swedish rally tomorrow morning.

The rally went very well, with plenty of new personal best times, so I feel in absolute top form for the Norwegian Rally.

Let the battle begin! :-D

GrP

5th February 2007, 21:02

I'm also going to Sweden on Wednesday. I'll run the rally on Tuesday, after I get some inspiration in Scandinavia :)

dravas76

6th February 2007, 11:34

shakedown finish for Dravas76

1:28.36
1:26:56

I need more practice.

cyborg_hun

6th February 2007, 15:49

Shakedown for cyborg_hun

1:19,57 so far , but i think i cant improve :(

Ramore

7th February 2007, 09:41

Hi, my best shakedown time was 1:23.79. I think that's the maximum I can get from this stage. And by the way is it a big difference if I am using manual or automatic gear box for Sweden?

P.S. In the last couple of days, I am receiving some spam e-mails form the yahoo page.

Marcel Haenen

7th February 2007, 11:19

Using manual or automatic gears is just about confidence ans squeezing the last tenths of a second out of it. I am using manual gears for years and if I use automatic gears, I can do about the same stage times after some practice.

tannat

7th February 2007, 17:07

1 29 45 spun on stage :D
1 23 44
1 23 74
1 20 76
1 21 55

Hoping for a top 6 in the Focus for this event. If we can make that mental shift from trying to be fast and focus on the fast line instead, we should meet our goal...

Tannat
Red Bull Ford Focus Rallye Team

jso1985

7th February 2007, 18:33

P.S. In the last couple of days, I am receiving some spam e-mails form the yahoo page.

working on that, everytime I ban the members who did that, another appears, you could also go to the options in the yahoo page and select not to get e-mails from it

Rat

9th February 2007, 12:48

Good one Tannat! Another good time for the RAlly. My new computer crashed big time, so I have to resort to the older one for the time being.
Jso, If I can't submit my times on tuesday, can I submit them afterwards. This is due to my new 'puter being rebuilt. I'll try to down load the new timesheet format tonight if possible.
My best time for the shakedown was:
1:24.27
worst: 1:33.00 Spun onto the rocks.
Good luck to all!

cyborg_hun

9th February 2007, 18:28

Hi!

If you are interested in:

http://cyborg.extra.hu/

I made a small , simple cmr2 rally video from swedish rally. You can download it if you want.
The webpage design is as minimal as the video, but i made both without any experience , but with heart :)

Have fun!

Sir Killalot

12th February 2007, 00:21

Just sent in my rally-times. It went, as you say in swedish "Så der".

dravas76

12th February 2007, 03:42

Dravas76 finish his rally

Not very good to slow. Compared to last year.

Rat

13th February 2007, 10:01

Hey we finished in 1 piece!
Day 1:
Good fast start, well for us any way. Stage 3 had us into the signs, twice. Kept up the pace all the Rally, but fell off the road on stage 10,literally. Some damage.
Day 2:
Another good start but that sign just wouldn't get outa our way on stage 3. The next stage saw some of the fastest spins we've ever had, over 100 mph+! Who allowed the spectators cars on the rally route? We just scraped by 1 near the bridge, going very fast. Stage 8, we rolled off the road into the trees, rocks etc. The SS was always a difficult stage for us and we lost time, bummer.
Good fast Rally with some funny 'accidents' along the way. Don't know how we went, hopefully we can get some points.
Thanks Red Bull Team.

Exhausted

13th February 2007, 10:09

Hi!

If you are interested in:

http://cyborg.extra.hu/

I made a small , simple cmr2 rally video from swedish rally.

Great stuff!

Exhausted

13th February 2007, 16:14

Here is a couple of pics from my run through the Swedish Rally, I hope you like them!

http://www.jtl-media.com/rally/pics/CMR2-Sweden-2007-01.jpg
http://www.jtl-media.com/rally/pics/CMR2-Sweden-2007-02.jpg
http://www.jtl-media.com/rally/pics/CMR2-Sweden-2007-03.jpg
http://www.jtl-media.com/rally/pics/CMR2-Sweden-2007-04.jpg
http://www.jtl-media.com/rally/pics/CMR2-Sweden-2007-05.jpg

PS. We got a new sponsor for the Swedish and Norvegian rallys ;-)

dravas76

13th February 2007, 16:34

Nice car. I hope we can have some point in this round.

Exhausted

13th February 2007, 16:38

Nice car. I hope we can have some point in this round.

Thanks! Me too!

tannat

14th February 2007, 07:59

tannat

14th February 2007, 08:05

Had a fun time with the Focus in Sweden. It REALLY likes to turn quickly, so we'll back off the steering a notch for Norway..

Heard at the post rally gathering:

Young blonde to Tannat: "You drove a lovely rally Tannat. You handle the car quite well.."

Tannat: "Very kind of you to say so. You enjoy watching rallies?"

Young blonde: "Yes, very much so. I once drove myself. My husband drives to, but I think you could show him a thing or two."

Tannat: "I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name?"

Young blonde: "Pernilla"

:rotflmao:

Exhausted

14th February 2007, 08:43

JOHN DEERE!!!! :laugh:

Yep! There's plenty of silly sponsors in the WRC already, and John Deere seems to match Skoda quite well ;-)

Come on everybody! Let's see some screenshots from your Rallys!

Rat

14th February 2007, 10:15

Who are you chatting up, Tannat? I didn't meet her at any official 'meetings'. How do I get my own Swedish Fan club?

Marcel Haenen

14th February 2007, 11:20

Marcel finishes Rally Sweden

Long live the long fast sliding corners! The more I drive on snow, the more I'm starting to like it!
We were very pleased with our performance here in sweden.
Luckily we got some serious snow testing in the weeks before the rally.
This resulted in a well balanced car and boosted our confidence in the snow.
We also got more and more familiar with the handling of the Subaru. This resulted in some good new PB's during the rally, which should give us a solid podium finish. We look forward to rally Norway to even push a little bit harder on these great, but tricky snowy surfaces!

tannat

14th February 2007, 14:10

Who are you chatting up, Tannat? I didn't meet her at any official 'meetings'. How do I get my own Swedish Fan club?

Pernilla is Petter Solberg's wife... ;)

Sir Killalot

14th February 2007, 18:18

Nice on.

Well I think one who uses manual gearing would win for sure. M.Haenen is my big bet?

I'm using keyboard og PC, and auto gear so I think a got a time around last rally results. 6-9th place? Hoping for points.

I'm this game's Henning Solberg ;)

Pernilla Solberg is a former rally-driver. The lady from sweden won NM(Norwegian championships) some years ago:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://tux1.aftenposten.no/objekter/bilder/t47351.jpg&imgrefurl=http://tux1.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/d160968.htm&h=181&w=247&sz=14&hl=en&start=19&tbnid=YzWhXkRjdqXzjM:&tbnh=81&tbnw=110&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPernilla%2BSolberg%26svnum%3D10%26hl% 3Den

jso1985

14th February 2007, 18:21

At least Petter "sends" his times to WRC officials after he completes it! ;) not like some American I know :p :
Oh I forgot there's a new rule for drivers going to see the real rally, if you don't cheer for Loeb you get a 40 secs penalty and if you cheer for Solberg(Petter) you get another 40 secs of penalty :D

jso1985

14th February 2007, 18:31

oh I see... you're professorbooty...

results ina few minutes!

jso1985

14th February 2007, 19:02

another close fought rally specially in the middle positions. GrP wins it for the 2nd time in a row, congrats!

1.- GrP SEAT Cordoba 49:21,62
2.- Marcel Haenen Subaru Impreza 49:40,36
3.- Cyborg_hun SEAT Cordoba 50:18,99
4.- Ramore Toyota Corolla 51:48,64
5.- Jso1985 Subaru Impreza 52:25,41
6.- Sir Killalot SEAT Cordoba 52:26,01
7.- Tannat Ford Focus 52:49,13
8.- Dravas76 Skoda Fabia 53:56,37
9.- Exhausted Skoda Fabia 54:27,36
10.- Rat Ford Focus 55:34,14

Drivers Championship(top 8)
1.- GrP 20 points
2.- Marcel Haenen 16
3.- Cyborg_hun 11
4.- Jso1985 8
5.- Luffield 6
6.- Ramore 6
7.- Tannat 5
8.- Sir Killalot 5

Manufacturers Championship
1.- SEAT 31
2.- Subaru 24
3.- Ford 12
4.- Toyota 7
5.- Skoda 3

Stage-by-stage results will be available as soon as possible, thanks for participating!

tannat

14th February 2007, 20:37

7.- Tannat Ford Focus 52:49,13
8.- Dravas76 Skoda Fabia 53:56,37

I wish to incur a time penalty so dravas can regain his lost point from the Monte.. :up:

GrP

14th February 2007, 21:48

I'm really happy for this victory, because it's my favourite rally for sure in the championship. Combination of manual gearbox and snow stages gives you a fantastic ryhtm to really push from stage to stage. Javier, I didn't cheer for Loeb, Gronholm and Solberg in Sweden. I did that for a different lad :)

tannat

15th February 2007, 00:24

5.- Jso1985 Subaru Impreza 52:25,41
6.- Sir Killalot SEAT Cordoba 52:26,01
7.- Tannat Ford Focus 52:49,13

Very tight finish here :up:

Bit disappointed not to finish in the top 6. A bit over 20 seconds behind equates to about a second a stage.

We'll try to do some recce before Norway.
You're my target, Killalot! :devil: :laugh:

Tannat

tannat

15th February 2007, 01:03

oh I see... you're professorbooty...

And don't you forget it, my friend...

Marcel Haenen

16th February 2007, 08:22

Great drive GrP! It is indeed the best rally of the game.
I still lack a great deal of practice on snow and almost everytime I drive a stage I am setting a new PB. So let's see what norway will bring us.

Javier, I cheered for Solberg....there goes my well deserved 2nd place.... :D

Rat

16th February 2007, 09:41

OK Tannat, being nice is over for now. We have a Championship to win!

Ramore

16th February 2007, 11:57

4.- Ramore -Toyota Corolla -51:48,64

Wow, I didn't expect that 4rd place. I am really happy.
Is it right to say "the best from the rest", or it will sound a little selfish?

jso1985

18th February 2007, 19:49

jso1985

18th February 2007, 19:50

7.- Tannat Ford Focus 52:49,13
8.- Dravas76 Skoda Fabia 53:56,37

I wish to incur a time penalty so dravas can regain his lost point from the Monte.. :up:

I could surely do that, if Dravas also agrees with it.
now choose your penalty :p : :
Being a NASCAR fan - 30 secs
Not liking Loeb - 1 min
Being a socialist - 2 mins
Being a M. Schumacher fan - Rally DQ
Not accepting i'm the sexiest man alive - lifetime ban :p :

Stage-by-stage results are now available at the yahoo site, here's some stats from the rally:

- Stage wins: GrP 11, Marcel Haenen 8, Cyborg_hun 1
- Rally Leaders: SS1-SS5: Marcel Haenen, SS6-SS20: GrP
- the rally saw a close fight for 5th place with 3 drivers fighting for it the whole rally, here's a short summary of who held the position during the rally: SS1: Tannat, SS2: Sir Killalot, SS3: Tannat, SS4: Sir Killalot, SS5: Jso1985, SS6: Tannat, SS7-SS12: Jso1985, SS13: Sir Killalot, SS14: Jso1985, SS15-SS17: Sir Killalot, SS18-SS20: Jso1985

tannat

19th February 2007, 13:41

I could surely do that, if Dravas also agrees with it.
now choose your penalty :p : :
Being a NASCAR fan - 30 secs
Not liking Loeb - 1 min
Being a socialist - 2 mins
Being a M. Schumacher fan - Rally DQ
Not accepting i'm the sexiest man alive - lifetime ban :p :

Man, you are daft incarnate! :laugh: