RBR Motorsport Cup-1st Round announced!

[lcd]

Well, I guess Countdown to 1st Round of
RBR Motorsport Forums Cup 2009, has started!

First of all, send me your entry, via private message!
Fill In Entry List, as following: :

NATIONALITY : GREEK
DRIVER : LCD
TEAM : GR MOTORPORTS
CAR* : CITROEN XSARA

* All WRC cars allowed, default or any other!

PLEASE FILL IN ALL AREAS, AS I WILL NEED THEM
TO MAKE LEADERBOARDS!

------------------ ATTENTION ---------------------

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES : TUE.26 MAY 2009

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Now here's the rules of Round 1;please read them carefully
and respect them, In order to be fair for everyone!

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2391/rbrcupbannerforumsy.jpg

------------- U.S.A. RALLY RULES -----------------

Round 1
U.S.A Rally - 29,30,31 May 2009

U.S.A Rally, following demanding competition in choky
conditions, has established its reputation as America's
longest and toughest rally.
The event consistently challenges rally teams over
steep mountains and twisty forest roads!

Format : Single Stage
Class : WRC
Gears : Auto or Manual
Car Damage : Reduced
Tires : Due to weather conditions

GENERAL RULES.....................................

Follow Schedule Order!
No stages repeated allowed!
Point system: 20,17,15,12,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

EVENT RULES.......................................

OPTIONS -> GEARS:
Neutral Lock......off
Gear Protection...Off
Clutch Help.......Off

OPTIONS -> PACENOTES:
Pacenotes.........Off

.................. SCHEDULE ......................

Shakedown : Fraizer Wells - weather: clear

DAY1

ss1: Prospect Ridge I - weather: clear
ss2: Fraizer Wells - weather: rain
ss3: Prospect Ridge II - weather: rain

DAY 2

ss4: Diamond Creek II - weather: clear
ss5: Hualapai Nation - weather: clear
ss6: Diamond Creek I - weather: rain

DAY 3

Rally Sprint Championship 2009

(From the main menu -> Richard Burns Challenge)
Challenge : Prospect Ridge - weather: Default

................TIME SUBMISSION...................

Please send me your times, via private message,
In column format:

2:25.13
3:43.94
4:21.02
3:32.28
3:54.07
4:42.91
3:00.69

TIMES DUE TUESDAY 2 JUNE, MIDNIGHT
.................................................. .........


Good luck to everyone !

P.S. Richard Burns says: No cheating please!!!

[lcd]

First entries arrived...!
Check this simple teaser of RBR Motorsport Cup 1st Round !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdCZS1f9ugU

[Bruce D]

You going to post an entry list or just leave us in suspense for now? ;)

[tmx]

Before I join, I still have to figure out how do it without clutch on keyboard, I tried turning off and driving manual on realistic but somehow the game still let me do it without much problem. Maybe I'll just leave it at that.

What about driving on three wheels, and will there be any super rally? Also what if I run over a spectator or marshal? How many gearbox and engine can I use in a season?

[lcd]

You going to post an entry list or just leave us in suspense for now? ;)

Detailed Entry List will be posted Wed 27 May. 6 entries so far! :)


Before I join, I still have to figure out how do it without clutch on keyboard...Maybe I'll just leave it at that....will there be any super rally? ...what if I run over a spectator or marshal? How many gearbox and engine can I use in a season?

Try to race based on rules tmx...I know It's a bit hard, but nobody said It's gonna be easy...! :D
REMEMBER: In case of retiring, there's no super rally, but go straight to RBR Rally Sprint (DAY3)!
As for how many engines you can use during season, there are no restrictions!
Tip: There's no fear of retirement, when hiting a spectator, because damage Is set on reduced!

[urabus-denoS2000]

Is it allowed to change WRC cars through the season?

I'll send an entry as soon as I decide which WRC I'll drive (I haven't driven them in a while...)

[lcd]

Is it allowed to change WRC cars through the season?

No problem with that!

BTW, here's the whole season's calendar, In case you want to keep It somewhere.

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/1817/rbrcup09calendar.jpg

[lcd]

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1024/shakedownq.jpg

So, It's about time for some action...
Here's my Shakedown top-3 times:
2:10.07
2:06.94
2:05.14
You may post yours, to see what level of competition to expect! ;)

REMEMBER: Closing date for entries Is Tue 27 May midnight.
Entries List and Competitors map will be posted on Wed. 28 May!

[Bruce D]

Did a 2:17.52 in shakedown over one run though.

[lcd]

Remember to do the shakedown based on schedule rules:
Shakedown Stage: Fraizer Wells Weather: clear !
We race the same stage under bad conditions, only during the rally (day1)!

[NeverKnow]

Due to the short notice of the rally I am unable to participate in the shakedown. My mechanics are working on the car to get it ready for the start of the rally.

[redrover]

I've sent my entry in.

Red

[lcd]

Entries closing today, at midnight!
9 entries so far! ;)
Full Entries List + Competitors Map will be posted tomorrow!
Keep practicing!

[lcd]

Ok, here's the Entries List board, for the 1st round of RBR Motorsports Forum Cup 2009!
A total of 10 entries from all over the world! Pretty good for a start!
Competitors map will be posted shortly!

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4602/image2g.jpg

[lcd]

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/3831/rbrworldmap.jpg

[urabus-denoS2000]

Nice :D

[urabus-denoS2000]

The calendar goes on my RC rally car design!

That will give a little promo because I'll drive it at the Croatia Delta Rally ;)

[Frozzy]

cool little map you've made it really is a world wide championship

[Lalo]

I can't race this event because my computer was sent to be fixed. Can I enter from the next event on?

(too bad.. I love this rally)

[lcd]

I can't race this event because my computer was sent to be fixed. Can I enter from the next event on?

(too bad.. I love this rally)

Sure! You can join anytime In the future. ;)

[lcd]

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3185/rallystartwap.jpg



RALLY START

RBR MOTORSPORT FORUMS CUP 2009
Round 1: U.S.A Rally
29,30,31 May 2009

Good luck and have fun!

[jimakos]

LCD this weekend will be quite difficult for you with your new effort in RBR!
Unfortunately my computer doesn’t support a game like that so I can’t take part.
I wish you luck and many participations!!

[lcd]

LCD this weekend will be quite difficult for you with your new effort in RBR!
Unfortunately my computer doesn’t support a game like that so I can’t take part.
I wish you luck and many participations!!

RBR doesn't have that high requirements!!!
I guess your pc must be a little Ancient ha? :D
Take care...

[lcd]

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/1958/rallystartb.jpg

RALLY START

RBR Motorsport Forums Cup 2009
Round 1: Rally U.S.A.
29,30,31 May

Good luck and have fun!

[NeverKnow]

Driver: NeverKnow

PRE RALLY

Before the start of the 1st round of the newly announced RBR Motorsport Cup we caught up with driver whose alias is NeverKnow for a quick Q&A.

Q: What are your feelings before the start of the rally?
A: Little nervous actually. I haven't driven in competition quiet a long time but I hope everything turns out alright.

Q: What happened during the shakedown?
A: Nothing! Because I wasn't able to drive it.

Q: Why?
A: My car is quiet old and had a major rebuild at Prodrive but because there was little mishap with scheduling, last parts were flown in on thursday and were installed immediately for the scrutineering.

Q: Does missing shakedown affect your driving in any way?
A: Definitely! But I hope prerally testing was enough setup the car OK'sh for this rally.

Q: Any predictions?
A: Yes. I will have a off atleast once and I will come atleast last.

Q: Is there anything you would like to say?
A: I hope everybody will have a good rally, including me.

POST RALLY
Now that NeverKnow has finished all the stages we asked him some questions.

Q: How did the rally go?
A: It went OK'sh.

Q: Care to elaborate?
A: I made too many small mistakes but I am happy because I finished.

Q: Could you go through stage analysis for us?
A. Yes, for sure.
1st stage I drove quiet well but I struggled with power of '02 Subaru in uphill parts of the rally. Car is good but it lacks little power compared to modern rallycars.
2nd stage went also well but I wasn't happy about my cars top speed.
3rd stage I nearly overshot a junction and during the downhill I really struggled for traction. The surface has very good traction in wet but once you start to slide it can turn ugly pretty fast.
So on 4th stage I once again wasn't happy with top speed and had a little scare at the last corner.
5th stage was the only nearly perfect stage for me in the entire rally I took quiet a few flying lessons with the car on it. After the stage I examined the car during the road section for any damage but luckily for me there were none. Good job Prodrive!
6th stage was the worst stage for me. I had few offs due to bad judgement for the corners entry point and few near offs. I lost atleast 10 seconds because of those.
At the final stage I pushed as hell to get a very good time. I went very wide through some corners but the car was good enough pull us back into the right direction.

Q: What will you do now?
A: I will wait for my competitors time and after that I will have meeting with the sponsors. I will also work (with my codriver) with my pacenotes to get a little more speed out of my car in the future.

Q: Thank you for the interview!
A: Your welcome!

[pettersolberg29]

Is there a possibility for a Wednesday deadline?

I have two A-Level exams next Monday and Tuesday, so won't be able to do it before the 1st June.

Don't worry if its not possible, but its worth asking.

[J4MIE]

Have missed the deadline for entries :( Guess I should read in here a little more often ;)

[lcd]

Is there a possibility for a Wednesday deadline?

Ok, I'll delay time submission deadline, 'till Wednesday 3rd May 15.00 just for you mate!
I Intent to post stage times boards, leaderbords and podiums for RBR Cup+Rally Sprint late on Wednesday...
Hope this little delay helps!
There Is some bloody competition, unforeseen developments and one retirement so far, as some of the competitors
have already completed the rally... ;)


Have missed the deadline for entries :( Guess I should read in here a little more often ;)

I hope to see you on the next event ( Rally Japan 26,27,28 June ) :)

[pettersolberg29]

Thanks LCD. It'll be a relief to finish the exams, then I can give it a quick rally on the PS2. I haven't played it for about a year but at least I wont come last if there's been a retirement!! How many people have completed so far - good numbers?

Again, thanks for the deadline extension.

[urabus-denoS2000]

LCD I could use the Wednesday deadline if possible.I had 4 days of rallying and a lot of exams next week.

[lcd]

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/379/rallyfinish.jpg

RALLY COMPLETE

TIME SUBMISSION EXTENTED

Sent me via private message your times
due WED 3 JUNE 15.00

[lcd]

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/310/dricersrevies.jpg

I thought It would be Interesting, while waiting for results, to share
competitors comments, for the first event of RBR Motorsport Forums Cup!
I'll make a start...


U.S.A. Rally, really gave me hard times, with wet stages, especially ss3!
Grip was unpredictable and my xsara was scrabbling to find any grip
as It swung between heavy braking and hard acceleration!
It was a relief finishing Day 1, without unpleasant surprises!

Day 2 was a lot better, so I decided to step on the throttle a bit more!
Rally Sprint was fun too, though I didn't push too much!

The rules maybe made the rally more frustrating than expected
but I think people who take RBR a little more seriously, had fun!
I personally loved the whole experience of this first event!

Hope you feel the same! ;)

[Bruce D]

I turned out to be a very tricky event indeed. Ironically I wasn't looking forward to pushing hard over the fast stages with blind crests and bad pacenotes but it was the tight stuff that caught me out in the end! Stage 1 was ok, but I spun near the end of the stage, somehow missing trees and reversed back onto the stage.

The wet stage 2 was tricky but ok, just a case of getting the car to stop in time, which wasn't fun IMO. Anyway, onto the fateful stage 3, where things were going fairly smoothly over the first few Kms until diving back into the forest again, where a medium left caught me out and the car just understeered into a tree - end of rally.

The rallysprint went much better - the original plan was to just take it easy and get a time, but the car felt great from the start of the stage and having the shadow of Burns chasing me, I decided to just let rip - one or two close moments later and the stage was done.

On to Round 2...

[NeverKnow]

PRE RALLY

Before the start of the 1st round of the newly announced RBR Motorsport Cup we caught up with driver whose alias is NeverKnow for a quick Q&A.

Q: What are your feelings before the start of the rally?
A: Little nervous actually. I haven't driven in competition quiet a long time but I hope everything turns out alright.

Q: What happened during the shakedown?
A: Nothing! Because I wasn't able to drive it.

Q: Why?
A: My car is quiet old and had a major rebuild at Prodrive but because there was little mishap with scheduling, last parts were flown in on thursday and were installed immediately for the scrutineering.

Q: Does missing shakedown affect your driving in any way?
A: Definitely! But I hope prerally testing was enough setup the car OK'sh for this rally.

Q: Any predictions?
A: Yes. I will have a off atleast once and I will come atleast last.

Q: Is there anything you would like to say?
A: I hope everybody will have a good rally, including me.

POST RALLY
Now that NeverKnow has finished all the stages we asked him some questions.

Q: How did the rally go?
A: It went OK'sh.

Q: Care to elaborate?
A: I made too many small mistakes but I am happy because I finished.

Q: Could you go through stage analysis for us?
A. Yes, for sure.
1st stage I drove quiet well but I struggled with power of '02 Subaru in uphill parts of the rally. Car is good but it lacks little power compared to modern rallycars.
2nd stage went also well but I wasn't happy about my cars top speed.
3rd stage I nearly overshot a junction and during the downhill I really struggled for traction. The surface has very good traction in wet but once you start to slide it can turn ugly pretty fast.
So on 4th stage I once again wasn't happy with top speed and had a little scare at the last corner.
5th stage was the only nearly perfect stage for me in the entire rally I took quiet a few flying lessons with the car on it. After the stage I examined the car during the road section for any damage but luckily for me there were none. Good job Prodrive!
6th stage was the worst stage for me. I had few offs due to bad judgement for the corners entry point and few near offs. I lost atleast 10 seconds because of those.
At the final stage I pushed as hell to get a very good time. I went very wide through some corners but the car was good enough pull us back into the right direction.

Q: What will you do now?
A: I will wait for my competitors time and after that I will have meeting with the sponsors. I will also work (with my codriver) with my pacenotes to get a little more speed out of my car in the future and try to figure out where I lost time.

Q: Thank you for the interview!
A: Your welcome!

[lcd]

Times received from: FRED05, BruceD, NeverKnow, LCD.

[pettersolberg29]

Rally Complete.

Not time to do the Rally Sprint Championship I'm afraid, but other stages went OK. No idea how they compare to other times, but I feel I did well.

[lcd]

Pettersolberg29 times received! :up:

[urabus-denoS2000]

So first rally finished...not so good ;)

Q:So UrabusDeno,tell us about the rally?
Urabus-denoS2000: Well the rally was a combination of lot's of bad factors.From the beggining I knew I didn't have much chance.First of all I drove the USA stages the least.You could say that they were a complete mystery to me.Second of all I like to call myself a tarmac expert.Third,I had (and still have) a lot of important things to do like exams so I had no time to practice the stages (I only did Fraizer Wells 2 times just to try to drive without the clutch help).
So from the beginning I tried to set a constant pace.But the rally didn't go to well.I lost my brakes at the end of SS1,spun on SS2 and then came SS3 when I called for help 4 times and broke the gearbox which led to a retirement.
I drove the Rally Sprint at a moderate pace,no problems.
Q:What do you think about the championship?
Urabus:I think it's very good because it allows PS2 drivers to try competiton they never could before.Of course there is the cheating problem but I hope nobody cheated because they would cheat on themselves.
I must say it was pretty hard without the 3D pacenotes.The Croatian pacenotes are very stupid and even worse,very quiet.They have a very weird pace system so it required maximum concentration.So the pacenotes were the biggest change for me.
Q:Thanks for your time!
Urabus:Thank you for the publicity space ;) !

[lcd]

Urabus-denoS2000 times reveived! :up:

4 competitors times are expected! As soon as I have them
I'll post complete leaderboards and other stuff!
I'm quite Impressed by competitors honesty so far..! ;)

Time Submission Deadline : WED 3 JUNE 15.00
Seems that exams period has caused some kind of problems...

[FRED05]

First round of the RBR cup proved to be a rather big learning curve for Mitsi Ralliart team from NZ.

Things started well in the opening stage untill a minor spin near the end of the stage cost a little time, but no damage, onto stage 2 and a clean run staying out of trouble, then came stage 3......... the wet roads proving very tricky, went off on a down hill section into a medium left, crashing the car badly enough to jam the thing in third gear. Had 2kms to go in third gear and managed to go off a couple more times but finished the day.

Day 2 went a wee bit better, did have a roll over, but didnt loose to much time. Pleased to get to the end of the rally.

Rallysprint was cool, had a big go but turned to custard with a big crash near the end, resulting in a loss of brakes ,a bit of a shame, was going well i think.

Thank to Mitsubishi Ralliart NZ for a strong car. ;)

[lcd]

Hoofhearted times received! :up:

[lcd]

Raybak,Redrover times received! :up:
I'll wait a bit longer for Frozzy's times and I'll post the results!

Frozzy, I hope you don't miss the deadline! ;)

[pettersolberg29]

Frozzy has gone missing recently - he hasn't done the CMR2 championships for ages and has left me as the sole team member.

Come back Frozzy!

[Frozzy]

sorry about that but having a tonne of stuff going on around me i have very little time to actually get around to doing these but i should be around for the next round

[lcd]

I guess this Is the moment we've been waiting for:


http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/4917/stagetimes.jpg




http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/4479/rbrcupstandings.jpg




http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/9906/rbrrallysprintstandings.jpg

[lcd]

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5199/podiumusarally.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/2940/podiumusarallysprint.jpg

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9513/podiumusafairrace.jpg

Thanks for participating!
I hope you enjoyed It as much as I did!

Next round: Rally JAPAN
26,27,28 June 2009

[jimakos]

Ι am not a lot of time in this forum but
I have to confess that these results
are the best I have ever seen :eek:
My congratulations to LCD. He is worth it!
BRAVO :up: :up: :up:

[pettersolberg29]

WOOOHOOOO! I'm amazed I won - thought I had a good run but not that good! I'm obviously good at the end of the day - I won SS3 and SS6!

Great run LCD to 2nd, only 11 secs behind, and my god was it close for 2nd - 0.6 secs! Congrats to NeverKnow for 3rd.

Well done to all, and great for those 3 to get a Fair Race Award - I can imagine how tempting it would be to restart and pretend nothing happened...


But the real winner is LCD. Thats fantastic work put in to show the results - the tables and podium/trophies look amazing. Well done.

[pettersolberg29]

p.s. 2 wins in a row - on form!

[NeverKnow]

Congratulations to ps29 for winning and to LCD for second place by just 0.06 seconds. Also congratulations to BruceD for winning the sprint event.
Honestly, this wasn't the result I expected. I expected to be near the bottom of table. Nevertheless, a very good start for the season for me atleast. Let's see what the 2nd round brings.

[redrover]

Woohoo I didn't come last. Gee those stages in the wet are hard. I will have to practice my driving in the wet.

Looks like there are two groups forming the 3 top quick guys then the 3 not so quick :)

Fantastic job LCD.

Red

[hoofhearted]

FANTASTIC JOB LCD!! cant wait to get into the season and get a finish, was gutted i didnt finish, trying too hard me thinks!


cant wait for Japan

[52Paddy]

Really impressive results format LCD :up:

[lcd]

Your compliments are very appreciated guys, as I have dedicated all my free time to this project... :)

[Bruce D]

Wow, this championship could be really much closer than I expected it to be! Man, what a dice for the lead that was originally, up until stage 3 and even then things were closer. Better than the real thing, actually.

Congrats to PS29 for surviving that event better than the rest of us. And thanks to NeverKnow for the compliment - can't remember the last time I've taken an outright win on a online rally - at least 5 years now!

Well done the presentation LCD!

Bring on Japan!

[urabus-denoS2000]

I am really proud of the Fair Race award!

Thanks a lot ! ;)

[steve_spackman]

Would i be able to enter the RBR championship?

[lcd]

Would i be able to enter the RBR championship?

You can join anytime ! ;)
Next round Is Rally JAPAN - 26,27,28 June.
Stick around here, for announcements!

[steve_spackman]

You can join anytime ! ;)
Next round Is Rally JAPAN - 26,27,28 June.
Stick around here, for announcements!

Japan..my worst event i have to say. I shall need to get some testing done i think....

[steve_spackman]

I saw Sweden on the event list..i take it we are using Finland as Sweden or is there a mod outhere for the swedish rally?

[lcd]

..i take it we are using Finland as Sweden...

You got It right mate! ;)
Calendar will be fixed shortly...

[steve_spackman]

Ok so i will be skipping Japan. I need to get some miles on my Focus before i even consider entering a rally. Round 3 will be my debut, so that gives me enough time to get some testing done!