CMR2 Rally Poland

[jso1985]

Final rally before the summer break, the WRC returns after 36 years so no driver can claim to be experienced here.

The rally will be run with the following format:

Game rally: Finland(MIRRORED)
Shakedown stage: SS3
Day 1: Single Rally Expert level
Day 2: Single Rally Intermediate level

Deadline for time submissions is on Wednesday 1st of July 15:59 GMT.

For any questions ask them here, newcomers always welcome!

Have fun and good luck!

[Mithus]

As always...count me in !!!! :cool:

Let's go guys...lock n load

[52Paddy]

I like Finland but am not familiar with it in mirror mode. I do love the flow these stages have, and the speed. Its a really enjoyable rally when you have a solid, uninterrupted rhythm. But not when you push too hard and end up in the trees! I think the Focus will go well here :up:

[tannat]

I like Finland but am not familiar with it in mirror mode. I do love the flow these stages have, and the speed. Its a really enjoyable rally when you have a solid, uninterrupted rhythm. But not when you push too hard and end up in the trees! I think the Focus will go well here :up:

Agreed on all points, teammate.

I'll be careful here, unless I get totally drawn into the stages as often happens.

What's a good Polish vodka as a secondary sponsor?

[52Paddy]

What's a good Polish vodka as a secondary sponsor?

I'm not a big vodka fan, though I do love Polish beer. Tyskie would be a favourite of mine. :cool: Also Lech and Budvar.

[NOR]

Sorry for missing last round. I have to move my flat now, so I was bussy with searching for some other suitable flat. Btw Budvar is a Czech beer. But I don't mind, I like wine, despite of every Czech is drinking beer.

[tannat]

58:48 hit one tree, then another :D
55:36
55:05
56:72
55:34

[RALLY-boy]

i'm in too

with new car

private team.....

so car is Subaru S14

:D

good luck to you all

[lcd]

Count me In too, for Polish rally!

Here's my shakedown times:
1st pass: 00:56.26
2nd pass: 00:55.48
3rd pass: 00:55.60
4th pass: 00:56.34

Mirrored stages aren't my favourite, but I'm glad they exist
as they give the game a new perspective!
It's more than obvious that gearbox and suspension settings
will define the winner!
It's a risky rally though, because you have to be at
high speeds most of the time!

Good luck everyone!

[Mithus]

Shakedown:

00:55,54
00:55,23
00:54,91

[jimakos]

Shakedown:

00:56.19
00:55.44
00:54.76

[jso1985]

hey guys whatever you do, please please don't do a Latvala :p :crazy: :(

[jimakos]

I have just finished rally Poland and I’m really proud of myself.
I didn’t have any problem with mirrored stages,so made a very good race!!
Practice,set up and some other mystics helped me to run this rally with access.
I can’t know your times but I think I’m between 3-5th position.
Don’t forget last time I predicted my position!!
I wish good luck to everybody.
Bye from beautiful Greece!

[lcd]

...I can’t know your times but I think I’m between 3-5th position. Don’t forget last time I predicted my position!!

Why shouldn't we have pickems for cmr2 WRC / IRC championships? :D

[tannat]

hey guys whatever you do, please please don't do a Latvala :p :crazy: :(

No sss for CMR2 Finland, so we're okay :up:

[tannat]

hey guys whatever you do, please please don't do a Latvala :p :crazy: :(

What rally was it where Hirvonen botched it on a SSS when he was with Subaru? Japan?

It was a gravel event...

[lcd]

I really enjoyed Rally Poland!

Smooth, wide, fast, with spectacular jumps...
Technically, the event was a difficult one!
Changing car set up almost every 2 stages, helped a lot!
I feel I did my best here, though 'nightstage nightmare'
gave me a really hard time!

Looking forward to results!

[52Paddy]

Here the current shakedown standings for those interested:



1. Jimakos 54.76
2. Mithus 54.91
3. Tannat 55.05
4. LCD 55.48
5. Paddy 56.76


I struggled with the setup badly. It was difficult to find a fully suitable setup for the stage. My top time came with gearbox +1 and Steering +2 (the rest were standard.) Though sometimes I found putting the power ratio towards the rear helped find the fastest line through corners. The stage itself was very unfamiliar in mirror mode.

[52Paddy]

The rally was much more difficult than expected. Had this been run in normal mode (as opposed to mirror), then I'm certain I could have had more competitive times. I really didn't expect that the reverse version of these stages would be so unfamiliar. After the shakedown, I still hadn't got a 100% finalised setup, so I was trying to suss out the car on the opening stages. I did eventually settle into a setup that was fairly ok, though still not 100%. My day times were far from impressive though some of my sector times were pretty good. The speed was there, but the knowledge of the stages and the car wasn't. I made a few mistakes throughout. Day 2 felt better. I really pushed the car on the first 3 stages but, oddly, the times were pretty much equal to that of the first day. That was disappointing.

On the plus side, all but two stages were dry for this rally. However, the wet stages (final loop of day 1) really threw me into a dilemma. I opted for dry mud tyres (forecast for loop was: cloudy->rain->cloudy) but the rain came earlier and lasted longer than expected. I found that, with those tyres in those conditions, it was like driving a front wheel drive car!

Nonetheless, looking forward to the results. A top 8 would be optimistic so I'd settle for a healthy points haul for my Richard Burns Trophy campaign.

[RALLY-boy]

Jos1985
tomorrow i work all day so i can't finish the rally the same tonight i can't :( ....so can i sedn the times tomorrow night?

[I am evil Homer]

Had a great run on these stages....my final stage time (SS18) made me smile - you'll see why. Been using these stages a while in the IRC and testing for that so even mirrored it didn't seem too bad.

Looking forward to seeing the results..hoping to be a bit closer to Marcel this time around!!!!!

[tannat]

Thread will begin on Monday, July 6 for the next CMR2 IRC round (Russia) using Finland as the stages (non-mirrored) :up:

[Marcel Haenen]

If I can get an extension of the deadline till 23h59 GMT tonight I can get the rally in, otherwise I'll have to skip.

[Marcel Haenen]

I finished rally Poland anyway, so hopefully it will count. the rally itself went pretty well, not as fast as I would have hoped but it should still be fast enough to be clos for a new win.

[jso1985]

Due a very low entry list(only 7 drivers) I'll give till 11:59AM GMT tomorrow so Rally Boy and Mithus can catch up.

Thanks for understanding

[52Paddy]

Due a very low entry list(only 7 drivers) I'll give till 11:59AM GMT tomorrow so Rally Boy and Mithus can catch up.

Fine by me but, on the plus side, Fine Wine Motorsports may be looking at a double score :bounce:

That's if I can avoid being dead last. :erm:

[jso1985]

aye... I already got timecards from:

Jso1985
Marcel Haenen
Tannat
Paddy
Jimakos
LCD
Homer

[Mithus]

Due a very low entry list(only 7 drivers) I'll give till 11:59AM GMT tomorrow so Rally Boy and Mithus can catch up.

Thanks for understanding


Hi guys....I'm back......sorry for the delay but i had some problems with my laptop.

I'm going to install the game right away.


Thanks JSO

[Mithus]

Stage times are in your inbox JSO.

It was a very nice rally. Had lots of fun driving on this stages.

[dravas76]

Sorry I totally forgot. I will do it tonight if it's not too late.

[jso1985]

WARNING! posts below this one might be spoilers

stage-by-stage results are now available at the yahoo site, enjoy!

final results and standings to be published here soon

[jso1985]

1.- I am evil Homer Citroën C4 36:06,04
2.- Marcel Haenen Citroën Xsara 36:14,56
3.- Mithus Subaru Impreza 37:11,81
4.- Jimakos Ford Focus 37:43,93
5.- Jso1985 Citroën C4 38:15,49
6.- LCD Ford Focus 38:16,26
7.- Tannat Ford Focus 38:52,87
8.- Paddy Cummins Ford Focus 40:50,77

Colin McRae Cup
1.- Mithus Subaru Impreza 37:11,81
2.- Jimakos Ford Focus 37:43,93
3.- Jso1985 Citroën C4 38:15,49
4.- LCD Ford Focus 38:16,26
5.- Tannat Ford Focus 38:52,87
6.- Paddy Cummins Ford Focus 40:50,77

Richard Burns Cup
1.- Mithus Subaru Impreza 37:11,81
2.- Jimakos Ford Focus 37:43,93
3.- LCD Ford Focus 38:16,26
4.- Paddy Cummins Ford Focus 40:50,77

Drivers Champiomship standings
1.- Marcel Haenen 64
2.- I am evil Homer 62
3.- NOR 32
4.- Tannat 31
5.- Ps29 27
6.- Jso1985 23
7.- Blade69 15
8.- Mithus 15
9.- Dravas76 10
10.- Jimakos 8
11.- Ramore 7
12.- Rally-Boy 5
13.- LCD 4
14.- JTLarsen 3
15.- Paddy Cummins 3
16.- Zes 2

Colin McRae Cup standings
1.- NOR 48
2.- Tannat 46
3.- Ps29 38
4.- Jso1985 37
5.- Blade69 25
6.- Mithus 22
7.- Dravas76 19
8.- Jimakos 13
9.- Ramore 11
10.- Zes 10
11.- JTLarsen 10
12.- Paddy Cummins 10
13.- Rally-Boy 8
14.- LCD 8
15.- Eetu 2

Richard Burns Cup
1.- Dravas76 41
2.- Ps29 40
3.- JTLarsen 28
4.- Blade69 28
5.- Zes 26
6.- Mithus 26
7.- Paddy Cummins 24
8.- Jimakos 14
9.- LCD 11
10.- Rally-Boy 8
11.- Eetu 7
12.- Frozzy 7
13.- Lugnut_usa 4
14.- Nasosxatzis777 2
15.- Tuomo 2



Thanks for participating! see you in Finland!

[lcd]

Great rally for me! :)
I'm very pleased with 6th place ( +0.77 !!! ) behind jso!
Wow, this must be the highlight of the season so far! ;)

Judging from overall results, this time there was some
bloddy competition from top to bottom of leaderboard!
Not an easy win for Hommer, great battles for 3rd place
and this +0.77 difference between 5th and 6th, made
this event to remember It for a long time!!!

Gongratulations to all drivers,crews and teams...
It's been a 'real' pleasure! :up:

[tannat]

Beaten by jso1985...
CURSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jimakos]

Yes,I did it!!I took 4th position behind three excellent drivers.
I’m very proud of my times.
I worked hard for this rally and I’m happy!!
My distance to Mithus is enough but I’ll do my best to catch him in the next race.
Bravo LCD for your 6th position.
Unbelievable battle with jso1985!
Grmotorsports growing up all the time.See you in IRC.

[52Paddy]

Well a consolation point is better than nothing. Goes to show that I really did struggle this time out :mark:

Here's to Finland proper :beer:

[52Paddy]

Just a question, is there still a teams championship? Is that leaderboard on the way?

[jimakos]

Hey jso1985 what about team standings?
I can’t find them!!

[Mithus]

Great rally with some ansewome battles....way to go!!!

[jso1985]

Just a question, is there still a teams championship? Is that leaderboard on the way?

forgot to post that one sorry!



1.- ML Motorsports Citroën 64
2.- Citroën Sport France 62
3.- Two Basses Rally Development 35
4.- Fine Wine Motorsports 34
5.- Red Bull Citroën Total Sport 33
6.- VK Kick Frozz Motorsport UK 27
7.- CRT Subaru 15
8.- Olca Team Madeira 15
9.- GR Motorsports 12
10.- RRT 7
11.- Hymotion4 Team 5
12.-Suzuki Sport Finland 2



Great battle LCD! finally I win a close battle! :D

[52Paddy]

Thanks for that jso, much appreciated. Looks like Fine Wine could get by Two Basses if they don't show at the next round.

[lcd]

Great battle LCD! finally I win a close battle! :D

I believe that such close battles, give this championship a real meaning
and keep all competitors Interest In high levels!

Looking forward to some more excitement...

[jimakos]

I agree 100% with this opinion LCD!!
In rally isn't only the winner who wins but all competitors have to earn something even they are out of standing table :)

[lcd]

-OFF TOPIC-
I wonder what Tannat will come up this time, to make IRC Russia Rally trickier... :D
My guess Is that there will be a lot of rain , If there Is a single stage format..!

[jimakos]

-OFF TOPIC-
I wonder what Tannat will come up this time, to make IRC Russia Rally trickier... :D
My guess Is that there will be a lot of rain , If there Is a single stage format..!

I believe Tannat this time will let us free to run!!
But if he wants to change something I think tyres (MY GOD) :p :