CMR2 Rally Ireland

[jso1985]

Time to dust off the cars and get ready for another season of thrilling rally action!

The rally will be run with the following format:
Game Rally: Italy
Shakedown stage: SS4
Day 1: Single rally expert level
Day 2: Singel rally intermediate level

Deadline for submissions is on Wednesday 4th Febraury 15:59 GMT

For any questions, ask them here, newcomers always welcome

Have fun and good luck!

[jso1985]

Seeded entry list

ML Motorsports Citroën (Citroën Xsara)
1.- Marcel Haenen

Red Bull Citroën Total Sport (Citroën C4)
3.- Jso1985
4.- Dravas76

Two Basses Rally Development (Citroën C4)
5.-NOR
6.- JTLarsen

Frozz Motorsport UK (Ford Focus 08)
7.- Frozzy
8.- PS29

RRT (Subaru Impreza)
9.- Ramore

Team Toyota Australia (Toyota Corolla WRC)
11.- Rat

Fine Wine Motorsports (Citroën Xsara)
14.- Tannat
15.- Paddy Cummins

Monster Motorsport (Subaru Impreza)
16.- Lugnut_USA

Suzuki Sport Finland (Suzuki SX4)
17.- Zes
18.- Tuomo
36.- Eetu

Drivers eligible for the McRae Cup(points for this cup will be only given when only when a non-eligible driver participates also):
Jso1985
Dravas76
NOR
JTLarsen
Frozzy
PS29
Ramore
Rat
Tannat
Paddy Cummins
Lugnut_USA
Zes
Tuomo
Eetu

Drivers eligible for the Burns Cup:
Dravas76
JTLarsen
Frozzy
PS29
Rat
Paddy Cummins
Lugnut_USA
Zes
Tuomo
Eetu

[52Paddy]

These extra cups are a great idea. Looking forward to my home event so hopefully I can get some good results on familiar turf. I'm confident enough in competing well enough with the Burns Cup drivers :up:

[tannat]

Looking forward to our first experience with the SEAT, I mean Citroen :D

Hoping for better weather than the IRC Monte........

[Frozzy]

Jso1985
the team name has changed now its
VK Kick Frozz Motorsport UK.

hopefully i will be challeging for one of the new trophies this season hopefully

[pettersolberg29]

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn158/pettersolberg29/focus2ire.jpg

Shakedown Complete:

The first part of shakedown went without a hitch. Slowly improved my times in the three runs. Decided on shortest gearbox setting, lowest suspension and very strong brakes. Will do another run tomorrow.

Times:
2.58.79
2.54.52
2.52.06

http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn158/pettersolberg29/focusire.jpg

[JTLarsen]

Good shakedown today, did struggle a bit with the transition from The Fabia s2000 to the C4, no major setupchanges done though.

I'm really looking forward to a new WRC season (Both game & real life)

02:55.72
02:55.27

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/126/ire2kp8.jpg

[tannat]

GREAT screenshots!

Think I have a Xsara somewhere-will try to snag a few of my own...

Quite a handful of understeer you got there, JTL :p

[JTLarsen]

GREAT screenshots!
Think I have a Xsara somewhere-will try to snag a few of my own...
Quite a handful of understeer you got there, JTL :p

Hmm, It does actually look like I both failed entering the corner at a proper angle, breaked too hard only to understeer my way trough the corner.. trying a bit too hard to look good for the photographers :dozey:

Will be looking forward to a couple of screenshots from you too!

[Rat]

cant wait to get into the rallying again!

[tannat]

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh15/tannatmadiran/KronosXsara.jpg

Quite an experience driving the SEAT. Feels fast but a bit wayward in the turns...

2:57.37 roll on stage
2:49.21
2:56.67 off sector 5
2:47.69
2:48.42

[tannat]

Hmm, It does actually look like I both failed entering the corner at a proper angle, breaked too hard only to understeer my way trough the corner.. trying a bit too hard to look good for the photographers :dozey:

Will be looking forward to a couple of screenshots from you too!

See my wheel angle, courtesy of el cheapo digital input wingpad controller

[JTLarsen]

See my wheel angle, courtesy of el cheapo digital input wingpad controller

I wonder how fast we'd be using something with a bit more fluent steering and not just full/nothing :D

I forgot how great that Gauloises Xsara looked!

[pettersolberg29]

Is there any particular way you want the results? Just in order with the 10stages of day one then 8 of day two, with total time at end of each day?

[Rat]

download the results file from the yahoo.groups site.

[lugnut_usa]

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9679/ss4shakedownoc6.jpg

...made a couple of runs in the Subaru, nothing earth shattering but looking forward to a fun rally.

2:51.xx was the best I managed in the shakedown, let's see what Monster Motorsport can do for the full distance.

[lugnut_usa]

Alright, completed my rally and sent the results in.

Rain was the story of my event - a good 1/3 of my stages were in the wet. Otherwise, a solid effort and a lot of fun. No idea where I'll come out in the order, but fun anyway. ;)

[JTLarsen]

...made a couple of runs in the Subaru.

Wow, great to see someone using one of my old skins! :D

[dravas76]

The Red Bull Citroën Total Sport starts the Shakedown in the Ireland Rally. First to start Dravas76

2:53.24 First stages after 1.5 year
2:55.44 Bad setup
2:54.33 slide out the road
2:52.39 Best so far. Could be better.

[lugnut_usa]

Wow, great to see someone using one of my old skins! :D

...as a Monster addict, once I saw it I couldn't say no.

[tolis]

Hi guys!!!
What should I do in order to take part to this game?
Thanks!!!

[JTLarsen]

...as a Monster addict, once I saw it I couldn't say no.

I've never had a Monster drink, but their logo do make a great livery, both on the Ken Block Subaru (old and new) and on the protruck that entered the Dakar this year!

[tannat]

Hi guys!!!
What should I do in order to take part to this game?
Thanks!!!

1) Choose one of the WRC cars from CMR2 (no group B, etc)
2) Drive Italy in single rally mode, first at expert level, then at intermediate level

3)Note all individual stage times and overall day times and submit them to jso1985

It's that easy :D

[Rat]

I'll try to do this rally cold today..

[52Paddy]

I drove the Xsara for the first time today in the shakedown. The best time I managed was a 2:55.15. The car took a lot of setting up and felt quite nervous on the tarmac. I just hope that the car is more comfortable on gravel or mud stages. Still, after the shakedown, I felt I had a fairly good setup with which to attack the stages. Though I always wanted to remain somewhat conservative and avoid losing any chance of a good finish due to silly mistakes.

Day 1

The first loop was fine, conservative as I had planned. A lapse in concentration on stage 3, however, meant I ran wide around the outside of a barrier near the beginning of the stage. I had to reverse back out onto the road and lost at least 10 seconds. A minor off on the next stage didn't help either, though I still set a faster time on it than I did in shakedown, resulting in a PB. Another PB on SS5 boosted my confidence and SS6 was average. I almost got stuck behind another barrier on SS7 but 'avoiding action' minimalised the time lost. The rest of the stages were all personal best times. I finished the day quite satisfied and just have to hope that the 10 seconds or so lost on SS3 didn't affect my position too much.

Day 2

It didn't start off too well. I was a second off the pace of my day 1 time on SS1, which isn't much to complain about. But a roll on SS2 cost me at least 5 seconds and set of a messy rhythm for the next loop of stages. SS3 went well though I took a fair amount of risks and, despite spending an instance sliding across a ditch, SS4 was a new PB. As was SS5, by a good margin! The final 3 tests were good too, amongst them another best time on SS7.

So, in conclusion, I must take this first round of the season as a learning experience in the wild Xsara. I feel I now have a good tarmac setup for the next tarmac round, albeit a long time away. The confidence is quickly coming through. As for results, my shakedown times don't fair too well against those posted. Admittadly, my speed is not going to be enough to score points. My consistency, may just though. We shall see. If I'm somewhat on the pace of the midfield pack, I'll be happy. I've been too long a member of the backmarkers! :p :

[dravas76]

First rally of the year 2009 and my first rally after my sabbatical year. What about starting that with one of my favourite surface, tarmac. After tweaking my setup, I start the rally.

Day 1: The day begins like my recon of the stage. But stage 9 and 10 arrived. Like usual problems. These stages are very twisty and that were I have my mistake.

Day 2: For that day, I decide to push a little bit. That was a good decision, for some stage, I do my best time.

Good rally, See you next rally.

[Rat]

I'm sorry peoples but my CMR2 will not load at all. It may take some time to fix, so Iwill not be contesting till it's sorted properly.

[tannat]

I wanted to apologize to everyone regarding the delay in posting stage by stage times for the Monte.

Hopefully I will begin this afternoon..

[52Paddy]

I wanted to apologize to everyone regarding the delay in posting stage by stage times for the Monte.

Hopefully I will begin this afternoon..

No worries, but I am looking forward to them :bounce:

[Marcel Haenen]

Is it possible to get an extension of the deadline till 23h59 GMT tonight? If so, I van get the rally done in time.

[Zes]

Is it possible to get an extension of the deadline till 23h59 GMT tonight? If so, I van get the rally done in time.

Me too. I've done the rally, but the paper with times is now at home and I am not...

[pettersolberg29]

Times sent in - forgot the deadline, sorry!

Day 1 was great, no rain and I really love the stages. Great setup, and hoping for top 3 or 4.
Day 2 was awful in comparison. All but 2 of the stages were soaking, and on a couple I forgot to change to wet tyres after the previous dry stage!

Overall, a good result is hopeful. Perhpas using Henning's Ford has inspired me to 4th on Ireland like real life!

[kabouter]

Still too busy with my relocation so I'll skip this round. Good luck to all drivers who are present at the start of the season. I'll join the competition later in the season.

[Marcel Haenen]

Finished the rally!
This rally felt like we didn't had any winter! The car felt just perfect. We had some slight wet roads on a couple of stages, but mostly perfectly dry tracks. The car gave us the confidence to push all along and we even set some PB's on the way. Perfect way to start this season.

[jso1985]

Deadline extended to thursday 15:59 GMT(no reason to put it earlier, as I won't go on-line again before it)

Thanks for the patience(if not go and tell Zes your opinion :p )

[I am evil Homer]

Thanks to the extension I managed to do this event when I thought I was going to miss it!!! got lucky with the weather too - some light showers on a few stages but no major downpours.

Made a mistake on day 2 and lost a few seconds

[jso1985]

won't affect the results, and I will still publish them soon(currently working on them)

but... which team and car Homer? :p

[pettersolberg29]

Will the results be out tonight? No rush, but my brother wants to use the computer and I wonder if its worth waiting?

Thanks very much jso!

[jso1985]

WARNING! post below this one might be spoilers!

stage-by-stage results are now available at http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/cmr2wc/files/Rally%20Results/

enjoy!

final results and standings will be published here soon

[jso1985]

1.- Marcel Haenen Citroën Xsara ML Motorsports Citroën 41:16,95
2.- I am evil Homer ? ? 41:24,50
3.- Pettersolberg29 Ford Focus VK Kick Frozz Motorsport UK 43:33,61
4.- NOR Citroën C4 Two Basses Rally Development 43:48,71
5.- Tannat Citroën Xsara Fine Wine Motorsports 44:16,29
6.- Ramore Subaru Impreza RRT 44:48,85
7.- Dravas76 Citroën C4 Red Bull Citroën Total Sport 45:04,33
8.- Jso1985 Citroën C4 Red Bull Citroën Total Sport 45:13,74
9.- Paddy Cummins Citroën Xsara Fine Wine Motorsports 45:35,99
10.- JTLarsen Citroën C4 Two Basses Rally Development 46:11,11
11.- Lugnut_usa Subaru Impreza Monster Motorsport 46:14,32
12.- Zes Suzuki SX4 Suzuki Sport Finland 46:45,26
13.- Tuomo Suzuki SX4 Suzuki Sport Finland 52:16,93

Colin McRae Cup
1.- Pettersolberg29 Ford Focus VK Kick Frozz Motorsport UK 43:33,61
2.- NOR Citroën C4 Two Basses Rally Development 43:48,71
3.- Tannat Citroën Xsara Fine Wine Motorsports 44:16,29
4.- Ramore Subaru Impreza RRT 44:48,85
5.- Dravas76 Citroën C4 Red Bull Citroën Total Sport 45:04,33
6.- Jso1985 Citroën C4 Red Bull Citroën Total Sport 45:13,74
7.- Paddy Cummins Citroën Xsara Fine Wine Motorsports 45:35,99
8.- JTLarsen Citroën C4 Two Basses Rally Development 46:11,11
9.- Lugnut_usa Subaru Impreza Monster Motorsport 46:14,32
10.- Zes Suzuki SX4 Suzuki Sport Finland 46:45,26
11.- Tuomo Suzuki SX4 Suzuki Sport Finland 52:16,93

Richard Burns Cup
1.- Pettersolberg29 Ford Focus VK Kick Frozz Motorsport UK 43:33,61
2.- Dravas76 Citroën C4 Red Bull Citroën Total Sport 45:04,33
3.- Paddy Cummins Citroën Xsara Fine Wine Motorsports 45:35,99
4.- JTLarsen Citroën C4 Two Basses Rally Development 46:11,11
5.- Lugnut_usa Subaru Impreza Monster Motorsport 46:14,32
6.- Zes Suzuki SX4 Suzuki Sport Finland 46:45,26
7.- Tuomo Suzuki SX4 Suzuki Sport Finland 52:16,93

Drivers Standings
1.- Marcel Haenen 10
2.- I am evil Homer 8
3.- Pettersolberg29 6
4.- NOR 5
5.- Tannat 4
6.- Ramore 3
7.- Dravas76 2
8.- Jso1985 1

Teams standings
1.- ML Motorsports Citroën 10
2.- (Homer's team) 8
3.- VK Kick Frozz Motorsport UK 6
4.- Two Basses Rally Development 5
5.- Fine Wine Motorsports 4
6.- RRT 3
7.- Red Bull Citroën Total Sport 3

Colin McRae Cup standings
1.- Pettersolberg29 10
2.- NOR 8
3.- Tannat 6
4.- Ramore 5
5.- Dravas76 4
6.- Jso1985 3
7.- Paddy Cummins 2
8.- JTLarsen 1

Richard Burns Cup standings
1.- Pettersolberg29 10
2.- Dravas76 8
3.- Paddy Cummins 6
4.- JTLarsen 5
5.- Lugnut_usa 4
6.- Zes 3
7.- Tuomo 2



Thanks for participating! see you in Norway

[lugnut_usa]

Wow, I'm slower than I thought :p

[I am evil Homer]

won't affect the results, and I will still publish them soon(currently working on them)

but... which team and car Homer? :p

Ha ha...sorrry. Citroen C4 (Focus)...errr....Citroen Sport France

[pettersolberg29]

Fantastic result for me, but well done to Homer and Marcel - ridiculously good times!

Vey happy with a podium, and leading both cups, but I'm sure it will be very different on snow.

And Frozzy, where were you? If you're not taking part I may have to change team!

[pettersolberg29]

And of course thanks to jso for organising it all.

[tannat]

Pleased with 5th. Not planning to do any recce for the WRC and IRC this year in interest of our PS2 gaming (SBK07, Isle of Man TT and Le Mans 24 hours).

Good run by our teammate-nearly in the points :up:

[dravas76]

I am very happy with my 7th place. I know I could do better, need to be more accurate in my driving.

See you in the snow of New Zealand.

[JTLarsen]

See you in the snow of New Zealand.

New Z.... what??? :D

[Frozzy]

And Frozzy, where were you? If you're not taking part I may have to change team!
sorry about that i had a really hectic weekend so no time for the rally unfortunately

[pettersolberg29]

Don't worry - see you in Norway!

[dravas76]

Oops! Sorry. I change the schedule of the wrc season.

It is Norway. I don't think they have snow in New Zealand, it is summer. I probably thinking of hot sunshine , here it's -20 celsius and I have snowbank of 2 meters.

[JTLarsen]

here it's -20 celsius and I have snowbank of 2 meters.

Envious! :D :eek: We hardly ever have "real" winter in Denmark!

[52Paddy]

Quite happy with this rally. The mistakes I made throughout the rally, probably cost me a points finish. Still, I'm happy with a good lot of my stage times. Sometimes in the mid points positions, other times just a few tenths off the guys ahead. I know I have the pace to finish in the points, I just need to work on absolute consistency to compensate for the times when I'm not so quick.

Kudos to Tannat for securing a good points haul for our team in the opening round :up:

Norway will be difficult, I always seem to struggle with snow. At least, we will have the choice of actual snow tyres, as opposed to using tarmac ones on the Monte!

If pettersolberg29 is as fast on every other surface, as he is on tarmac, it will be very difficult for me to realistically set the Colin McRae Cup in my sights. Runner up, however, is possible I believe. Dravas and I are matched for pace on most rounds, he had the advantage here, being a quick tarmac driver. For me, I will have to wait until the first gravel/mud round before I can presume a trend for the year, and even then, it may end up being a complete lottery (which would be good fun!) :)

[dravas76]

Norway could be good or bad, mistake cost a lot in that snow rally, but you could be fast if you are precise in your driving.

[pettersolberg29]

If pettersolberg29 is as fast on every other surface, as he is on tarmac, it will be very difficult for me to realistically set the Colin McRae Cup in my sights.

Dont worry, I'm a tarmac and snow specialist but hopeless on gravel. My best result last year was 8th on gravel.

[52Paddy]

Dont worry, I'm a tarmac and snow specialist but hopeless on gravel. My best result last year was 8th on gravel.

Ok, hopefully the competition will be close! :)