RBR Cup:Rally Finland

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RBR Motorsport Forums Cup 2009
Round 6-End Of Season: Rally Finland
9,10,11 October 2009
Rally I.D.
The final rally of the season takes place on wintry gravel roads
In the forests of the Autiovaara region. Temperatures can drop
below -20 degrees Celsius when the rally is on, but the special
challenge of the frozen roads means the event is one of the
most popular among drivers. To succeed in Finland, you need
a sublime combination of commitment,
fingertip feel and lightning reactions.

Media
Rally Finland teaser:
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Rules
Rally Finland rules will be published
on Monday 5 October

Entry List
Send your entry, to LCD via
private message, as following: :
Driver : LCD
Nationality : Greek
Team : GR Motorsports
Car : Citroen C4 ‘06

Entries Closing Date
Wednesday 7 October, midnight

[Bruce D]

Man, Finland already! Cool, lets get this thing started!

[NeverKnow]

World Rally Team Estonia driver Neverknow will drive the final rally in the Richard Burns Rally Cup in a Subaru Impreza WRC '02. The reason behind this is that Focus he drove in the last two events is in the rebuild. "I am little disappointed that I can't drive Focus here. After the previous event the engineers found out that there was signs of stress on rollbars and major components of the car. So they decided to sent the car to rebuilding and unfortunately this taking a little longer than usually," he said.
The estonian will tackle the snow rally in a older Impreza. Despite this he hasn't lost his hope for the victory. "We had oportunity to choose between a number of cars but I chose the Impreza because I have driven this car on 3 rallies already. I know what the car is capable of and when to push. On this event everyhting is possible and it is really easy to make a retiring mistake. So why not go for the win," estonian said.
Last rally of RBR Cup Rally Finland is held 9 - 11 October on the icy and snowy roads of Finland.

[raybak]

I'll be there in the Baker Motorsport Citroen. Looking to consolidate my position in the Championship. Being fairly foreign to driving on snow will be spending a heap of time in the fridge next week to acclimatise myself :)

Ray

[lcd]

... Being fairly foreign to driving on snow will be spending a heap of time in the fridge next week to acclimatise myself :)


... :D :D :D !!!

[bennizw]

I'll be there for the rally! I will be away from tuesday until sunday, so hopefully I will be able to do the rally before I go/when I get back home! Will the timetable be out on monday LCD?

Having being living in Norway for the past 13 years, I am hoping to go fast on this event. I am planning to test both the 05 Impreza WRC and the 06 Focus WRC before the rally, to see which suits me better in the snow conditions.

[jimakos]

The final rally of the season!!So quickly RBR will end.
I can't wait a lot for the next championship LCD :p
Snow is really difficult to drive but hope for the best from myself...
I hadn't still decide with what car I'll drive,WRC or S2000.Practice and shakedown will give me the answers that I need!

[tannat]

Neverknow has been a kind help on this sim :up:

hoping to improve a bit from the last rally...

[steve_spackman]

Ok so havent entered the Championship for a while now. Until i get a new pc gamepad, i cant enter any events :(

[steve_spackman]

RSRBR 09 UPDATE 9 is out

http://www.virtualr.net/rsrbr-2009-update-9-released/

[lcd]

RSRBR 09 UPDATE 9 is out...
Thanks steve...Already Installed..! :D

[lcd]

----------- Rally Finland Rules -------------

Final round: 09,10,11 October 2009

Format : Single Stage
Class : WRC/S2000/Gp.N
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 ......................

DAY1

ss1: Mustaselka - weather: bad
ss2: Sikakama - weather: bad
ss3: Mustaselka II - weather: bad

DAY 2

ss4: Kaihuavaara - weather: clear
ss5: Kaihuavaara II - weather: clear
ss6: Autiovaara - weather: clear

DAY 3

Rally Sprint Championship 2009

(From the main menu -> Richard Burns Challenge)
Challenge : Autiovaara - 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 13 OCTOBER, Midnight
.................................................. ........


Good luck to everyone !

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

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You may post your times here!

[lcd]

After 3 passes:

4:06.51
4:02.34
4:00.71

Driving on snow, has Its own rules..! ;)

[Bruce D]

Interesting... was doing a test session on this same stage the other day and set a 4:00 with the Polo S2000. You need to find some speed there LCD. =P

[lcd]

I'm trying m8...I'm trying!
Snow/tarmac never been my favourite! :D

[jimakos]

Interesting shakedown stage!
I'll give it a shot later...
Hope can pass Bruce at least in shake down with my Peugeot S2000.

[lcd]

:!: CAUTION:
Sorry guys, I missed to mention the bad weather conditions for Shakedown!

Shakedown stage: Kaihuaavara I
Weather: Bad conditions

[NeverKnow]

Here are my shakedown times:
3:59.25
3:59.75
3:55.72
3:56.36
3:54.39
Overall, I found good setup for the Impreza but I am not happy with the notes. I am going over my notes before the rally proper. I also made a short video of my best run in shakedown ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpbawe2W-uM .

[Bruce D]

:!: CAUTION:
Sorry guys, I missed to mention the bad weather conditions for Shakedown!

Shakedown stage: Kaihuaavara I
Weather: Bad conditions

You can't change the damn thing to suit yourself man!!! :p

[lcd]

You can't change the damn thing to suit yourself man!!! :p

No honestly m8!!! :bigcry:
There were bad conditions for the shakedown stage,
from the first time-just missed to add It In my post!
NeverKnow can confirm that...! NeverKnow save me... :D

[NeverKnow]

I can vouch for Luke. He told me on Saturday that the conditions were bad on Kaihuavaara. :)

[Bruce D]

"Richard Burns says no cheating!"

;) :p :D

[lcd]

"Richard Burns says no cheating!"

;) :p :D

Just a tiny concession there: NeverKnow kindly requested to reveal him the shakedown, as he wouldn't have his wheel at the university during this week so to run It In the weekend! I'd done It for everyone else! ;)

[Bruce D]

RSRBR 09 UPDATE 9 is out

http://www.virtualr.net/rsrbr-2009-update-9-released/

Release 10 out today and also some new stages. Those first 2 look very interesting.

[lcd]

Quick catch there Bruce...Thanx!

[Bruce D]

Lets hear it for the Virtualr.net newsletter then ;)

[jimakos]

After 3 passes:

4:16.89
4:14.90
4:10.04

Pleased with my shakedown times!!
Could something better but prefer start practicing for the rally...

[Francis44]

How do you participate in those cups??!! It's with the RSRBR mod but how can i enter????

[NeverKnow]

No mods are necessary to participate in this RBR cup. Just Richard Burns Rally is required. To enter, send you entry to LCD via PM(the format is explained in the first post). That's about it. When rally proper time comes, you do the stages offline and then send your times to LCD(be sure to read the rules in the first post).

[Francis44]

No mods are necessary to participate in this RBR cup. Just Richard Burns Rally is required. To enter, send you entry to LCD via PM(the format is explained in the first post). That's about it. When rally proper time comes, you do the stages offline and then send your times to LCD(be sure to read the rules in the first post).

Ok thank you!!!!

[Francis44]

Well my shakedown best time is 3.58.24!!!!

[lcd]

Welcome to RBR Group Francis! :up:

[Macd]

best time so far is 3.57:64

[Francis44]

Welcome to RBR Group Francis! :up:

Thank you very much, looking foward to compete with all of you guys ;) !!!!

[lcd]

best time so far is 3.57:64

Macd, If you want to participate In the rally, please read
1st post In this thread! ;)

[tannat]

After 3 passes:

4:16.89
4:14.90
4:10.04

Pleased with my shakedown times!!
Could something better but prefer start practicing for the rally...

S2000 or WRC jimakos?

Hoping to run my shakedown tonight....

[lcd]

...S2000 or WRC jimakos?...


Name:jimakos
Nationality: Greek
Car:Peugeot 207 S2000
Team: GrAce Motorsport

[Macd]

Macd, If you want to participate In the rally, please read
1st post In this thread! ;)

i sent you a pm i think :S

E: i guess not.. sent one now

[jimakos]

Very happy to see new participations :)
My shakedown times are with S2000 car tannat!!
They are a little slower than WRC but you feel what are you driving...

[Macd]

Anyone have any setup tips for snow?

[J4MIE]

It's a non-start for me due to driver injury :( Good luck everyone else :up:

[tannat]

Very happy to see new participations :)
My shakedown times are with S2000 car tannat!!
They are a little slower than WRC but you feel what are you driving...


Thanks, jimakos. Gives me some perspective where I should be...

I need to try the MG to see how it goes...

[Bruce D]

The S2000 battle continues. Hmm, more new entries who are quick. Gonna have my work cut out trying to get that 7th place in the sprint stage! :s

[Bruce D]

Is that the S2000 MG or the FWD MG, tannat?

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[NeverKnow]

Anyone have any setup tips for snow?
It is generally recommended to have a low car with soft suspension. But this is hard part in RBR. Real drivers have the advantage of actually feeling what the suspension is doing but we have to quess.
I am actually using harder springs and damper settings than the default setup with lower anti-rollbars settings. It all depends on driving style and what you expect from the car, how it should handle. If you are new to RBR, I suggest try using the default setups for some time, until you can predict what the car is doing in different conditions. But if you have some experience with RBR, start adjusting the cars suspension settings to fit the parameters you think is right. You should also have a fair understanding what each component is doing to the car before you adjust it (read the manual or this (http://www.bhmotorsports.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=21724)) because it is easy to make undrivable.

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[tannat]

Is that the S2000 MG or the FWD MG, tannat?


Whatever is available in the game. Perhaps the fwd MG, so not an S2000

In which case, never mind :D

[Macd]

shakedown times so far :

4.02:88 - false start + spin
3.57:64 - overshot both hairpins
3.58:64 - overshot both hairpins again *faceplam*
3.52:22 - stalled at one hairpin
3.43:88 - good run

[NeverKnow]

shakedown times so far :

4.02:88 - false start + spin
3.57:64 - overshot both hairpins
3.58:64 - overshot both hairpins again *faceplam*
3.52:22 - stalled at one hairpin
3.43:88 - good run
Are those with bad conditions? :eek: Very good stage times...

[Macd]

Are those with bad conditions? :eek: Very good stage times...

Yeah I really pushed for the last one and got lucky that i didnt hit anything :D

The car is very well setup as default for that stage, gearing is near perfect. we will see how the rally goes though. first event just going for a decent finish. i will be happy with 3rd

[Bruce D]

Damn, this series keeps getting tighter and tighter.

[lcd]

Seems there's a flyin' Scotch among us..! :D

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RALLY START
RBR Motorport Forums Cup
Round 6: Rally Finland
9,10,11 October 2009

Good luck and have fun!

[jimakos]

Happy Birthday FRED05!!!!!
Drink some more today mate :beer:

[Francis44]

A question....Do we start the stages whenever we want in the day or are there specific hours??!!

[lcd]

Happy rallying birthday FRED05 ! :champion:


A question....Do we start the stages whenever we want in the day or are there specific hours??!!

Francis, do your rally whenever you like until Sunday Midnight.
Send me via pm your times after finish.
Remember to run the stages In the order of schedule ( see rules )!
Good luck!

[jimakos]

A question....Do we start the stages whenever we want in the day or are there specific hours??!!

Whenever you want mate!!
You just have to finish the rally before the deadline and send LCD your timecard :)
Unfortunately that's offline...

[Bruce D]

Just finished mine (got a hectic weekend ahead so had to do it quickly).

All I can say is - Shocking Rally!!!

And I may just have thrown away the Rallysprint title too... :s

[NeverKnow]

Happy birthday FRED!

...
And I may just have thrown away the Rallysprint title too... :s
Well, you lead the sprint event with 12p over me and as I am not very good in sprint events, I think you have secured your championship win.

[Bruce D]

Well I spun it and nearly hit my 3rd tree of the event during the sprint stage so I doubt I was quick enough for decent points.

[jimakos]

Guys you are just the champions in RBR 2009.
Neverknow in championship and Bruce in rally sprint!!
I could bet 10,000 euros in that... :p

[lcd]

Well I spun it and nearly hit my 3rd tree of the event during the sprint stage so I doubt I was quick enough for decent points.

Seems you had some fun In the snow there Bruce... :D

[Bruce D]

Well I need to tell the story then I guess - can't let LCD have all the fun here. (He's seen the times already).

SS1 - I had an off here in testing before the event on a fast right - that time I drifted wide and went off-roading for a bit. This time a thought I'd brake a bit earlier, which worked well, except that in testing I'd drifted around a tree, this time I slide into the tree! (Trees 1 - BruceD 0)

SS2 - This is where I started to realise that testing in the standard game and then installing RSRBR09 and playing the rally means your testing is useless. Firstly the car is higher in this version and thus tends to roll more often (2 rolls on this stage) and secondly the banks are less forgiving cos the bank patch has been applied here. Oh well...

SS3 - One stupid spectator, standing on the outside of a fast left, right on the edge of the track. Yes, I hit him...

SS4 - This is the one that nearly made me cry. The stage was going perfectly until 300 metres from the finish where the nose of the car hooked a bank on the inside of a 3rd gear corner and spat me into the trees. Fortunately I kept the clutch in quickly enough when I bounced off the tree. Unfortunately, even though I was now stuck in 3rd gear but still had the engine running, I couldn't get the car out of the ditch it was in, even after a minute of trying, the engine overheating and desperate use of the clutch. Eventually I couldn't move anymore and then stalled it. (Trees 2 - BruceD 0)

SS5 - I think I set my personal record here of rolling 4 times in one stage. Only one of the them required help, 2 of them came cos of bad pacenote instructions. The one was a easy left over crest, which somehow became a medium left when I got there.

SS6 - Finally decided to fiddle with the settings and came up with a decent setup and did a good stage.

Sprint - Same stage again, was going well then suddenly lost the back end through a corner and had a spin. Was still only 3sec slower than my SS6 time so it could have been a really good time, cos I think I lost about 10sec in the spin. And I still beat Burnsie to the finish.

So when I said I had a shocking rally....

PS. I went and then played GP4 for a while, only to crash out of that race. I switched the PC off at that point.

[Francis44]

Happy rallying birthday FRED05 ! :champion:



Francis, do your rally whenever you like until Sunday Midnight.
Send me via pm your times after finish.
Remember to run the stages In the order of schedule ( see rules )!
Good luck!

Ok thanks mate going to do them later today!!!!

[NeverKnow]

Here's a short summary of this rally for me:
SS1 - started slow and struggled for grip. Had no major events.

SS2 - made small damper changes and immediately started to have better feeling with car. Though the time was still little off.

SS3 - I tried to drive as fast as I could but I still think it was a slow time. Only major event was that the gearbox went to neautral after K left.

SS4 - I had atleast 3 misshifts where it changed down two gears instead of one and I had really scary moments then. The time was seriously slower than the shakedown. I still can't figure out where I lost those seconds on the third split. 1st and 2nd split where OK'sh but 3rd was a disaster.

SS5 - I had near accident when I entered a corner too fast and nearly got caught in the snow banks.

SS6 - started sloppy on this one and had a off. On a fast left I hit the inside corner and the car was sent off. Luckily it landed forward direction and could get easily back on the road without hitting anything. I was very lucky there, I could really have written the car off.

SSS - had better feeling than the previous one but I was still looking for great rythm.

Overall I am happy (as always) that I finished the rallybecause I was sometimes very close of going off(and once did). I really hoped for better times bit I guess it wasn't ment to be. I wasn't quite happy with feeling of the car. Will wait for fellow competitors times...

Here are some pictures:
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[Francis44]

Just finished the day....

Went better than expected since i have almost no experience on snow. On SS1 i spinned 2 times and in one of them the car shutted down.

SS2 went pretty well.....No crashes just a clean drive and the car was feeling good.

SS3 was quite bad because i was going fast and eventually hited a tree and i had only 2 gears

Overall not a bad day!!!!

[tannat]

Happy rallying birthday FRED05 ! :champion:



Francis, do your rally whenever you like until Sunday Midnight.
Send me via pm your times after finish.
Remember to run the stages In the order of schedule ( see rules )!
Good luck!


Ummm.. you mean until Tuesday, mdnight, correct LCD?

[tannat]

I've been spending times on setups, and am beginning to get the feeling the most benefits are reaped with time spent on diffs.

Would everyone agree with this?

[lcd]

Who could Imagine the final round of this season, to be my 1st retirement?
Rally Finland Is over for me as I had 2 lethal crashes (gearbox damage)
In day1 (ss1 + ss3) and according to rules, one super rally per day allowed,
so retirement was the only way for me...But there's some more!
I retired from Rallysprint too, as after an off, my wheels got so damaged,
I couldn't keep It straight and make It to the finish...
Too bad, because I was waiting for this snow event so badly...! :(

Good luck to the rest of you all...

[NeverKnow]

...Would everyone agree with this?...
Don't know about everyone but I agree that difs define the character of the car(more lock more stable, less lock less stable car). As it affects mechanical traction directly (so does suspension but not so much).

Who could Imagine the final round of this season, to be my 1st retirement?
Rally Finland Is over for me as I had 2 lethal crashes (gearbox damage)
In day1 (ss1 + ss3) and according to rules, one super rally per day allowed,
so retirement was the only way for me...But there's some more!
I retired from Rallysprint too, as after an off, my wheels got so damaged,
I couldn't keep It straight and make It to the finish...
Too bad, because I was waiting for this snow event so badly...! :(

Good luck to the rest of you all...
Sorry to hear that. There's always next time...

[Bruce D]

Yeah your diff setting will make a difference, but its also a personal thing, so its quite up to the driver as to what happens. On S2000 cars you can't change the diff settings though, so you have to find another way. :)

Well I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who had one rough rally. Seems like this could be a real car breaker. I wouldn't have thought that.

[jimakos]

I've just finish day1.
Really pleased with my run had some very fast splits...
Fortunately no problems with the car so continue to day2 with a lot of confidence :)

[jimakos]

Complete my rally!!
I'm very pleased with my times.
Hope for a good position in championship :)

[lcd]

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Rally complete

Times submission deadline:
Tuesday 13 October, midnight

[lcd]

Times received from: NeverKnow, BruceD, LCD, Macd, Francis :up:

[Bruce D]

This should be some interesting results. Of course, I'm stone last in the rally.

[bennizw]

I think I will have to make this a non start. I came back from Sweden late last evening, and I don't think I will be able to make the deadline for the times.

[lcd]

No worries Bennizw! This final event, has a lot of contingencies already...! :D

[Bruce D]

One less person between NeverKnow and the sprint win. :s

[lcd]

Fred05 times received! :up:

[bennizw]

Is it too late to change my mind? Might just have found some time to do the rally :)

[lcd]

Bennizw, I was going to wait for you till deadline expires anyway!
Go ahead! You have till Tuesday midnight! ;)

[lcd]

Hoofhearted's times received!
Expecting times from Bennizw, Raybak, Tannat and jimakos
till tonight, midnight! ;)

[jimakos]

You got my times LCD!!
Check your pm...

[NeverKnow]

I uploaded my video yesterday. It contains some driving footage and incidents I had on this rally. The video can be viewed here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6RZsVZbTt4).

[lcd]

I uploaded my video yesterday. It contains some driving footage and incidents I had on this rally...

At 2.04....lol :D

[NeverKnow]

At 2.04....lol :D
I thought I was going roll forward and land on the roof but suddenly the car was back on all four wheels with no damage, only cosmetical damage. I was very very very lucky there.

[raybak]

Looks like I'm DNF for both as my computer has crapped itself and I'm on the work laptop at the moment.

Bummer for me but that's life. Bring on 2010.

Ray

[lcd]

NOTE:
Times submission extended: Wednesday 14 October midnight

[Macd]

when will we know the results?

[NeverKnow]

when will we know the results?
Final results will be made public when all the times are in and LCD has the time to do the maths and the results pictures. That would probably be tomorrow as the deadline is midnight today.

[lcd]

Results will be published, first thing tomorrow morning!

Seems this final round has almost everything:
new surprise entries! DNFs! retirements! super rallies!
This time some special stuff will come along with results
as It Is the end of the season..! ;)

[Bruce D]

Doesn't help the suspense over that sprint championship for me... :(

[jimakos]

Results will be published, first thing tomorrow morning!

Seems this final round has almost everything:
new surprise entries! DNFs! retirements! super rallies!
This time some special stuff will come along with results
as It Is the end of the season..! ;)

Can't wait to see what you have prepared LCD!
I'm very curious... :D

[tannat]

Gretaly appreciate everyone's patience, and thanks for the extension, LCD..

As it seems everyone else has had a fair to not so great rally I drove for points. Aside from Kaihuavaara it was my first time on all of these stages.

Car got bashed about a bit but was able to complete the rally. Car drove fine, but felt I received many a spin into the drifts that was undeserved....


Cheers to all,

Tannat

[Bruce D]

Yeah, its turned out to be a much tougher event than we expected.

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[lcd]

I want to thank everyone participated In RBR Motorsportforums Cup 2009
especially those been here since day 1:

BruceD, NeverKnow, Hoofhearted, Raybak, Fred05
Bennizw, J4MIE, jimakos, Tannat, Francis, Macd, Redrover, S.Bera
Urabus denoS2000, ps29, 306 Cosworth, PruductionCup, steve_spackman

Last -but not least- thanks to pino and Motorsportforums!

As already known, RBR league has changed hands!
I’m sure BruceD will refresh next season’s championship
and raise the level of competition!

Meanwhile, RBR Fun Series Events, are starting shortly!
Hope to see you all at special stages!

Thanks again! It’s been a great first season!

Keep on rallying!

LCD

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[jimakos]

What I have to say now ;(
I'm totally touched.Thanks for everything you shared with us LCD!!!
You must be proud of yourself and your work.

[jimakos]

Now about the rally:
I couldn't imagine when 1st played in the championship that could make something so good!
Very pleased :D
Of course my congrats to everyone and especially to Neverknow and Bruce D.
Hope all drivers continue running in these events!

[NeverKnow]

What can I say? I am not surprised of the rally result as it was what I expected. I was consistently slow and 4th isn't that bad. But winning the Cup makes things much better. But I fear defending it next year will prove very difficult. There are many fast drivers in the Cup, so next year will be interesting.
I told you Bruce that you will win the sprint championship and congratulations to you for that.
Also I would like to thank everyone who participated in this Motorsportsforum Cup and hope that you all will continue to participate next year. And big thanks goes to LCD who organised the rallies and made great graphics for this Cup.

[jimakos]

Guys you are just the champions in RBR 2009.
Neverknow in championship and Bruce in rally sprint!!
I could bet 10,000 euros in that... :p

Remember my words...
I want my money back :rotflmao:

[Bruce D]

Hehe, FINALLY!!!!! :champion:

Thanks to everyone for rallying here, its been a great season. Season 2 will start in November. However, we got 3 rallies to do before then, so get really for some crammed action here. I'm just finalising one or two things and then I'll make an announcement on Monday about the first event.

BTW, you really do need RSRBR09 mod now for the fun events and for future events in the RBR MF Cup. Sorry, but its the only way to give this Cup some long-term life.

[jimakos]

I'm in Bruce.
I have already installed RSRBR09 mode... :)

[Bruce D]

You also whipped my ass on that rally. Congrats! ;) Take out my 6min of penalties and you still beat me by quite some distance.

[Bruce D]

BTW you can get an example of the Results book for future events here http://www.mediafire.com/?j3zmtge5y5m based on this rally. Excuse the obvious mistakes, was making it in a hurry.

[tannat]

BTW, you really do need RSRBR09 mod now for the fun events and for future events in the RBR MF Cup. Sorry, but its the only way to give this Cup some long-term life.


Guys, is Blackhole a 'safe' place to download RSRBR09?

Not wanting to invite viruses into a laptop I don't own :D

[bennizw]

The use of RSRBR09 means I can't continue doing these events, as I have the Czech plugin. That was sad.

[NeverKnow]

Guys, is Blackhole a 'safe' place to download RSRBR09?

Not wanting to invite viruses into a laptop I don't own :D
BHmotorsports.com is safe. I have never heard that anyone have had problems with it.

The use of RSRBR09 means I can't continue doing these events, as I have the Czech plugin. That was sad.
You could make another RBR installation to a different directory than the original installation. This should allow to use both mods because the mods don't interfere with each other.

[jimakos]

Guys, is Blackhole a 'safe' place to download RSRBR09?

Not wanting to invite viruses into a laptop I don't own :D

Ι believe yes!!
Go ahead tannat :up:

[jimakos]

BTW you can get an example of the Results book for future events here http://www.mediafire.com/?j3zmtge5y5m based on this rally. Excuse the obvious mistakes, was making it in a hurry.

Nice work Bruce!!
I want to ask you if you will publish results with photos in forum or you will host them somewhere else??

[Macd]

Was a good event for me. Looking forward to next year and I will hopefully be competing in the full championship :)

Looking forward to the Pennti Airikala event. It will hopefully be a great tribute to him

[Bruce D]

Guys, is Blackhole a 'safe' place to download RSRBR09?

Not wanting to invite viruses into a laptop I don't own :D

Blackhole is fine, never knew they even hosted the files though.

[Bruce D]

The use of RSRBR09 means I can't continue doing these events, as I have the Czech plugin. That was sad.

I hope you can get the RSRBR mod on a seperate installation, its really worth it and gives more scope than the Czech plugin.

[Bruce D]

Nice work Bruce!!
I want to ask you if you will publish results with photos in forum or you will host them somewhere else??

Hehe, lets just say I'm up to something, yes... ;)

This forum will still be central to all the action though, and I will be posting stuff here. I have a problem uploading to certain places at work which I don't have problems with at home (strange, I know), however I hardly have time at home!

At the moment things won't change, but I'm not the picture wizard LCD is so I'll try hard.

Get your boots on though, cos its going to be a hectic couple of weeks coming up. 4 Rallies in 4 weekends! Obviously 3 Fun Events (as mentioned before) and then Round 1 of Season 2.

As for the Fun Events, please try to do them. They will be really interesting. To give a bit of background, the first one (Hillclimb) is pretty straight forward, however you will be forced to use certain cars on certain stages. The Mickey Mouse should throw up some interesting results cos its all superspecials and tough short stages. As for the Pennti event, I've got some long stages and stuff lined up for that (as they were in his day) with some car restrictions involved. As he was a highly respected member of this very forum I'd like to make it worthy of the great man.

BTW I'll also be making people submit times via this new HTML recording system in RSCenter. I won't kill anyone for not using it yet on the fun events, but please try as it lets me post split times as well, which should make some interesting readings. More info when I announce the events.

[tannat]

Hey Bruce,

Do post the full next season calendar as soon as you have it available, or at least the starting date.

Will look into getting a laptop for the next 3-4 months :)

[lcd]

To give a bit of background, the first one (Hillclimb) is pretty straight forward, however you will be forced to use certain cars on certain stages.


Wonder If we're going to drive any cars from the late '90s! :p :


...The Mickey Mouse should throw up some interesting results cos its all superspecials and tough short stages.

Hate superspecials :D Love short special stages :)


...As for the Pennti event, I've got some long stages and stuff lined up for that (as they were in his day) with some car restrictions involved.

Sounds brilliant! :up:

[tannat]

My bad RSRBR09 is not on Blackhole :(

Anyone recommend a site where I do not need a membership to download it?

Thanks!

[lcd]

Try here:

http://forum.rallyesim.fr/viewforum.php?f=65

[Macd]

Is there anyone on here good at skinning?

could someone make me a Stobart skin for the Impreza 2006 with the green and blue sides?

[tannat]

Try here:

http://forum.rallyesim.fr/viewforum.php?f=65

Cheers, LCD!

[lcd]

Tannat, don't forget the updates!!!

updates 1,4,5,6,7,8,9 here:
http://www.virtualr.net/rsrbr-2009-update-1-released/

update 2,3 here:
http://www.virtualr.net/rsrbr-2009-update-2-released/

New stages add'on1:
http://forum.rallyesim.fr/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=2133

New stages add'on2:
http://forum.rallyesim.fr/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=2383

Good luck!

[Bruce D]

Is there anyone on here good at skinning?

could someone make me a Stobart skin for the Impreza 2006 with the green and blue sides?

I've done a bit of skinning before, but thats a very complex skin there. :(

[Bruce D]

Just driven that Tervaniemi - 15 km stage earlier - what a stage!!! Truely awesome to drive and keeps you well on your toes for the 9-odd minutes you're in there.

[Francis44]

Great event, thank you LCD!!!!

[NeverKnow]

Could someone advise me on RSRBR installation. I downloaded the mod,now there are numerous updates for it. Update 4, 6 , 9, 10 + 2 stage addons. Are all those updates required to participate on next weekends fun event?

[Bruce D]

Yeah, thats it. To do most of the stages you select the "play alone" tab and choose RSRBR2009 button. The RBR button below that gives you the normal game but with your cars - warning though, it doesn't record the times in the window and therefore won't record them in the HTML file so you need to use the RSRBR2009 button rather.

To be play the BTB stages, you select the "online session" tab (I think its called that, otherwise its play online") - even if you're offline it still works - and then select the big fat "GO" button to play the stage.