RBR MF Cup - S2 - Round 8 Rally Australia

[Bruce D]

Rally Australia Event Info
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11-13 June 2010
RBR MF Cup Season 2 - Round 8

Rules
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Open to WRC, S2000, N4-N1 and A7-A5 cars
Tyre choice is free for all stages
Pacenotes - Audio only, not visual
One SuperRally per leg, 3min penalty for each SuperRally used.

Stages
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Leg 1
SS1 - Pribram R (new stages) - Mod: Gravel - Weather: Clear - NIGHT MOD - 8.9km
SS2 - East-West (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 9.5km
SS3 - Bisanne II (France) - Mod: Gravel - Weather: Clear - 5.6km

Leg 2
SS4 - Pira Menoko (Japan) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 6.7km
SS5 - Greenhills II (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 6.0km
SS6 - Cote D'Arbroz (France) - Mod: Gravel - Weather: Clear - 4.5km

Leg 3
SS7 - Mineshaft II (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 8.2km
SS8 - Kaihauvaara (Finland) - Mod: Gravel - Weather: Clear - 6.1km
SS9 - Autiovaara (Finland) - Mod: Gravel - Weather: Clear - 6.1km

Total Distance - 61.6km

Entries
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Send your entries to BruceD by PM or by email to [email:1791445g]rbrmfcup@gmail.com[/email:1791445g] Entry info

as follows: Name, Country, Team, Car.

Submitting times
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Start each stage using the "RSRBR2009" button under the "play alone" section, do your stage. The time will be recorded in the window at the bottom of RsCenter.

If its not recorded, you did something wrong. Use "public sessions" tab and "Go" button for BTB stages. Once you have completed the stages you wish to do, select the File menu and click on "Save times" The times are saved to your RBR directory under the folder "MyTimes". Once you have done all the stages, send all your html files to [email:1791445g]rbrmfcup@gmail.com[/email:1791445g] to be scored. Please note that more than 1 html file can be submitted so you don't have to do all the stages at one time.

Entries open immediately. Rally and entries close at midnight Tuesday 15th June 2010

[Bruce D]

I'll be doing a preview on the website later on today.

[lcd]

Just sent my entry! ;)

[Francis44]

Entry sent.

Looking foward to this, most of my favourite stages in the game are the Australian ones.

[52Paddy]

I've decided to run in the N3 class for this round, for a change :)

[raybak]

Just sent my entry, gotta be there for my home rally.

Really looking forward to this one in the new car. Have upgraded to an 08 Focus WRC. Got a huge offer from Ford to switch over :)

Ray

[Bruce D]

PLEASE ALL NOTE THE ROUTE HAS CHANGED!!!!

Rally Australia Event Info
-----------------------------
11-13 June 2010
RBR MF Cup Season 2 - Round 8

Rules
-----
Open to WRC, S2000, N4-N1 and A7-A5 cars
Tyre choice is free for all stages
Pacenotes - Audio only, not visual
One SuperRally per leg, 3min penalty for each SuperRally used.

Stages
------
Leg 1
SS1 - Pribram R (new stages) - Mod: Gravel - Weather: Clear - NIGHT MOD - 8.9km
SS2 - East-West (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 9.5km
SS3 - Bisanne II (France) - Mod: Gravel - Weather: Clear - 5.6km

Leg 2
SS4 - Pira Menoko (Japan) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 6.7km
SS5 - Greenhills II (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 6.0km
SS6 - Cote D'Arbroz (France) - Mod: Gravel - Weather: Clear - 4.5km

Leg 3
SS7 - Mineshaft II (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 8.2km
SS8 - NewBobs (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 10.1km
SS9 - Greenhills (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 6.0km
SS10 - Mineshaft (Australia) - Mod: Normal - Weather: Clear - 8.2km

Total Distance - 73.7km

Entries
-------
Send your entries to BruceD by PM or by email to [email:325zbahm]rbrmfcup@gmail.com[/email:325zbahm] Entry info

as follows: Name, Country, Team, Car.

Submitting times
----------------
Start each stage using the "RSRBR2009" button under the "play alone" section, do

your stage. The time will be recorded in the window at the bottom of RsCenter.

If its not recorded, you did something wrong. Use "public sessions" tab and "Go"

button for BTB stages.

Once you have completed the stages you wish to do, select the File menu and

click on "Save times" The times are saved to your RBR directory under the folder

"MyTimes". Once you have done all the stages, send all your html files to

[email:325zbahm]rbrmfcup@gmail.com[/email:325zbahm] to be scored. Please note that more than 1 html file can be

submitted so you don't have to do all the stages at one time.

Entries open immediately. Rally and entries close at midnight Tuesday 15th June

2010

[52Paddy]

What brought about the decision not to use the Finland stages?

[Bruce D]

Decided they were really what I was looking for in this event and the added Oz stages didn't have much else exposure in the championship. Plus it makes it just that little bit tougher on the final leg...

[Bruce D]

I'm thinking of moving the site to another domain. This one is constantly down!

[lcd]

I smell a bloodshed in leg3! :D

[Macd]

Looking forward to this one. Fast gravel with good weather . should be close.

[Bruce D]

Very impressed witht the response so far, 9 entries in less than 24 hours! Still can't post pics but here is the list so far.

Num Driver Driver Nat. Car Group Team


1 NeverKnow Estonia Ford Focus WRC 09 WRC OMV Red Bull Rally Team
2 LCD Greece Subaru Impreza WRC 09 WRC GRACE Motorsport
5 Raybak Australia Ford Focus WRC 08 WRC Baker Motorsport
9 BruceD South Africa VW Polo S2000 S2000 GRACE Motorsport
10 Macd Scotland Ford Focus WRC 09 WRC OMV Red Bull Rally Team
11 Francis44 Portugal Citroen C4 WRC 09 WRC Baker Motorsport
12 Tannat USA TBA TBA Equipe au Memphis
17 52Paddy Ireland Peugeot 205 GTi N3 Equipe au Memphis
18 ctbr Sweden Skoda Fabia Evo 1 S2000 S2000

[raybak]

I'm thinking of moving the site to another domain. This one is constantly down!

I can offer some space for the website, got about 10gig of hosting not doing much at the moment.

Let me know and I can sort it out.

Cheers

Ray

[lcd]

The Australian event was the most successful In season1 too..! Remember? :)

BTW, the questionaire about season3, Is a great Idea Bruce! ;)

[Bruce D]

Hehe, yeah I was just laughing about that. The results that are in so far are really close, just like the rallies!

[lcd]

...BTW, the questionaire about season3, Is a great Idea Bruce! ;)

Bruce, are you going to publish the results, sometime later...?

[52Paddy]

BTW, the questionaire about season3, Is a great Idea Bruce! ;)

Maybe I'm being nosey, but I didn't know about this. Was I invited to the party? :p :

[lcd]

The questionaire can be sent only via email! So send Bruce a valid email, and I guess he will send It to you all... ;)

[Bruce D]

I did send it to you Paddy.

[Bruce D]

Bruce, are you going to publish the results, sometime later...?

I can a little later if you want. I'm surprised by some of the results so far.

[lcd]

I can a little later if you want.

Cool! Looking forward to!

[tannat]

I can a little later if you want. I'm surprised by some of the results so far.


Yes-I would like to see as well...

[Bruce D]

Did the first 2 legs last night. Interesting rally so far:

SS1 - well originally I did this as the default tar/gravel by mistake but then realised my error and did it again on gravel. It's a nice stage on gravel with some tricky bits but you just use your head and you get through ok.

SS2 - Normally people write lots of things about how terrible their run through this stage was but this time my was brilliant. Well, it didn't start so great. About 2km in I heard the call for the Left 3 into Right 3 (3's are mediums in normal RBR notes) but couldn't make out the turn until it was way too late to brake, anyway I changed down quickly and chucked the car in but still went in in 4th gear - I slide wide on the left part but the outside bank neatly bounched the car around and I made it through the right part without even lifting! About 1km down the road from that on the switchback section I went into a corner a bit too wide and slide into the bank which caused me to roll slowly but it landed straight onto it's wheels and away I went. The last half of the stage was brilliant though as the setup of the car really worked and I was just throwing the car into the corners and really having a fun time. I was sorry when the stage ended.

SS3 - Bisanne turned out to be much tricker than I thought it would. I realised almost straight away that the notes were as good as useless on this one, calling way faster than it was possible to go through the corners. So I drove on sight and memory of the stage and still went fine.

SS4 - The Japan stage was tricky and I did have a spin but otherwise it was a good run.

SS5 - Greenhills II turned out to be more slippery than I remembered it but I settled down and did alright. Had a big scare though when I went wide into a right corner and had to dive left to miss hitting a big tree straight on. Bounced over a few banks and got back going again.

SS6 - The French stage went very well, clean and fast - I think I did a good time through there.

[52Paddy]

I did send it to you Paddy.

It's not in my email inbox :confused:

[Bruce D]

Maybe your system registered it as spam by mistake.

[52Paddy]

Maybe your system registered it as spam by mistake.

Nope, not there either. Strange. Is it in your sent items?

[Bruce D]

Yeah, its there. Must be lost in space somewhere. Not a worry.

Did my final leg last night, and it was almost a complete disaster. Mineshaft II was terrible, had to call for help 3 times, twice cos of mistakes and once because a left junction call came impossibly too late and I slide off the bank on the side of the road. NewBobs went well and clean but some very close calls, rolled in Greenhills and had to call for help and the final stage was clean so overall not bad, but my Mineshaft II time was over a minute slower than I managed in the thick fog on the Sasol.

[lcd]

I'll be away for the weekend so I was thinking of doing all the rally without any breaks later today...Though your reports have quite scared me Bruce! :D

[Francis44]

Sent my times already....

It was a fun event for me, I really like the Australian stages, very fast although technical on some places.
I didn't have any major drama, but got some big scares in New Bobs and Mineshaft II because I was pushing very hard, perhaps too hard and luck saved me. Some bumps could have made my rally but fortunately I managed not to crash.

Looking foward to the results.

[lcd]

My times are In! This rally had Its ups and downs... Very happy with my performance In some stages;because of this heavy Itinerary, made more mistakes compared to other rallies. The French and Japanese stages were In the spirit of the event. My eyes are on Macd for this one!
Posting some photos Monday morning! Good luck to those still racing!

[tannat]

I swear there are spectators standing in unapproved areas on Pribram R! :angryfire

[lcd]

Some media from me:

http://yfrog.com/1frichardburnsrallysse201zj
http://yfrog.com/16richardburnsrallysse201oj (http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/6035/richardburnsrallysse201o.jpg)
http://yfrog.com/emrichardburnsrallysse201tj
http://yfrog.com/j3richardburnsrallysse201vj
http://yfrog.com/j6richardburnsrallysse201aj
http://yfrog.com/6frichardburnsrallysse201j
http://yfrog.com/g0richardburnsrallysse201j


ss6 accidents
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLHcUYNZdb8

[raybak]

Just submitted my times.

Wish I had done them before going to Bega Rally on the weekend as a bit sore after the crash we had.

All good though, struggled a bit on the French roads but felt at home on the Canberra roads.

Ray

[NeverKnow]

Just finished my rally. It was little more eventful than I would likes and this is how it went.


I planned driving carefully on the first stage of the day one but still managed to had a spin. Also there were spectators standing in very dangerous places forcing me to drive very slowly occasionaly. I really likes the second stage - fast and flowy. On Bisanne II I tried to get into a rhytm but couldn't. Bad notes didn't helped either but luckily they were consistenly 2-3 gear higher so could adjust my driving to that. I had a slight moment on the downhill when I tried to brake too late and I had to get the car 90' to the road to avoid crashing.


Second day started ok'sh when I tried to stay on the road and go as fast as I could. On Greenhill II I had surprisingly low level of grip and I had a slight off when I got understeer when exiting a corner. Lost maybe 5 seconds because of it. SS6 went without incidents.


On the last day I also had few moments. Mineshaft II I drove as fast as I dared but I was more focused keeping the car on the road. SS8 went well until I had a spin in one of the K left near the end of the stage. I cut the corner too much and the car spun off the road and I had to reverse to get going again. On Greenhill I also had a half spin when I went to gas too early. I possibly lost about 10 seconds on SS8 and SS9 combined. The last stage of the rally went ok.


I thoroughly enjoyed this rally but result wise I don't know if I was fast enough to compete for the win because the mistakes I made. I'll upload highlights of my rally little later.

[Francis44]

Wish I had done them before going to Bega Rally on the weekend as a bit sore after the crash we had.



Everything okay with both of you?!

[CaptainRaiden]

Sent the times to Bruce some minutes ago. Overall it was an okay rally for me, and apart from hitting a barrel in Pribram R (luckily no damage), and one or two spins in latter stages, it was pretty straightforward. To avoid any accidents, I drove cautiously, but still tried to go fast.

The first half of East-West was the best I have ever driven on that stage, but the second half was completely out of order, lost me at least 10+ seconds. Mineshaft II went okay, and so did NewBobs. I'll post the videos a bit later. Much like Neverknow, I also had surprisingly little grip at Greenhills, very weird. The car was sliding everywhere.

[NeverKnow]

Here are some picture (http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj267/t6nns/Rally%20Australia/)and footage from SS8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmUQfFKjefc).

[raybak]

Everything okay with both of you?!

Yeah we are both a bit sore, went into a tree sideways at about 130kmh or so, hit B pillar. Bent cage and moved my seat.

Ray

[Bruce D]

Glad to hear you're relatively ok Ray.

[tannat]

Rally complete-times submitted...

Off to bed :dozey:

[CaptainRaiden]

Here are some picture (http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj267/t6nns/Rally%20Australia/)and footage from SS8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmUQfFKjefc).

Nice driving there! How did you get the bumper cam? I've been trying to get that for a long time, my favorite driving view.

[CaptainRaiden]

Well, so I looked at the saved replays of my runs, and East-West was embarrassingly bad. I drove okay in the first half, but the second half was a disaster! Bumping everywhere, sliding around. I'm sure I'm at least a minute slower on that stage. I'd rather crash than drive that bad. :D

I guess New Bobs looked alright, but I'm pretty slow in the latter half as it's a new stage for me. Never went past the halfway point during practice, always kept crashing, but kept it together for the final run. Still pretty slow. I have to improve a LOT before I even think about winning a rally soon. Below is the video of my run at New Bobs:

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You can watch it in 720p HD here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30-d-6aq7Bc&hd=1

[Bruce D]

Just waiting for times from Paddy and Paul now.

Very interesting rally - one championship contender was out of the fight from stage 1, there was a big scrap for the lead and there are clearly no team orders in a specific team! Oh, and by the end of days 1 and 2 a certain VW Polo S2000 car was seriously embarrasing a whole pile of WRC cars. It's a pity I stuffed the last day, otherwise a top 5 finish was genuinely on the cards!

[CaptainRaiden]

Just waiting for times from Paddy and Paul now.

Very interesting rally - one championship contender was out of the fight from stage 1, there was a big scrap for the lead and there are clearly no team orders in a specific team! Oh, and by the end of days 1 and 2 a certain VW Polo S2000 car was seriously embarrasing a whole pile of WRC cars. It's a pity I stuffed the last day, otherwise a top 5 finish was genuinely on the cards!

Very interesting indeed! Can't wait for the results. I like the S2000 cars so far more than the WRC cars. Not because they're easier to handle, but they're more fun to drive. For example, I might have gone faster with the WRC car on Mineshaft II, but with the S2000 car it was more enjoyable.

BTW, I am curious, if people have looked at my driving, I want some opinions on how is it, let's say compared to the pros? Maybe I can learn what I need to do better in order to go faster. Because seriously, you have no idea how embarrassingly bad East-West was. :D

[lcd]

...you have no idea how embarrassingly bad East-West was. :D

Not more embarassing than my Cote D'Arbroz run-Struggled to finish, without breaks and only with 5th gear... :(

[NeverKnow]

...How did you get the bumper cam? I've been trying to get that for a long time, my favorite driving view.
You can get this view by editing cars *.ini file but be sure to make copys of the file because RSRBR has a habit of reseting ini files for the cars, this makes very tiresome if you want to make video just like I posted before or if you want to make a pictures of the car with extralights. I usually edit [Cam_internal] part but it takes trial and error to get it right. Heres (http://www.bhmotorsports.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=26549)a little tutorial for it.

[52Paddy]

Sent off my times. I haven't memorised a rally report because I spent the whole rally being badly distracted by my four nuisance brothers :mad:

Driving the 205 GTI on the limit was a challenge enough. The car has no power out of hairpins or up hills. God only knows what inspired me to select it! Anyway, I kind of enjoyed the run. It was certainly different to the challenge of a WRC car: a lot easier in many respects, but harder to drive on the limit when you want to shave a few seconds off your time.

[Bruce D]

Results will only be out tomorrow afternoon- its a holiday here today.

[tannat]

I had planned on submitting times for S2000 and WRC for this event, but in the wee hours when I ran my rallies I lost focus after doing my S2000 run.

I wish I had submitted WRC times as I am finding my stage times about 10-20 seconds faster :(

[52Paddy]

I had planned on submitting times for S2000 and WRC for this event, but in the wee hours when I ran my rallies I lost focus after doing my S2000 run.

I wish I had submitted WRC times as I am finding my stage times about 10-20 seconds faster :(

These stages really seem to hit hard against cars which are down on power. Take it from someone in an N3 205 :p :

[tannat]

These stages really seem to hit hard against cars which are down on power. Take it from someone in an N3 205 :p :

:laugh:

[Bruce D]

Paddy, you and ctbr both did the original route not the corrected one (particularly surprised by you doing this as you were the first one to query it). I will be crediting the 2 of the with the slowest times on the ones you missed due to the fact that you guys did the stages, just not the right route.

[lcd]

Guys, after Installing patch 4 some car classes vanished!!!
Should I Install complete pack v3, 9/5/2010 In order to get them back?
Also when try to run BTB stages 1+2, I get the message that my BTB files are old ( should I get all BTB stages packs for update3 to work? )

[NeverKnow]

Yeah, you need to install that complete car pack to get those car classes back and also get those four BTB stages packs if you want to try BTB stages with the newest updates. It isn't exactly the most bandwidth efficient way of doing things but it is the only way to get them working again.

[Bruce D]

Paul writes:

The rally ran fine in the end, but it was getting off the ground that I struggled with.

Before I could even post times, every time I loded a new stage to drive my machine would switch off, as in power off on the wall. This happened three times and I eventually resorted to the fact that I will DNS this rally.



I then went and watched the dismal SA vs Uruguay football match and thought after the game ‘let me give it another go’. Well I had no hassles after that and managed to run the rally okay.



I tried to run as fast as possible – full risk kind of driving at first, but as the night grew longer, my focus and concentration waned and I had to start driving a little more cautiously.



Most stages ran well, but it was at New Bobs I was most dissapointed, at the second split, I was 18sec ahead of my personal best and looking fine. I then had to call for help after a soft roll onto the roof! That hurt !



I found the raklly brilliant. More rallies like this should be run, with more of the standard game stages. Great stuff!

[Bruce D]

Ok results are up: http://www.rbrmfcup.sixserve.net

Very happy with having claimed the S2000 title - thats 4 titles for me in the last 4 internet rally championships I've done! :champion:

Congrats to OMV Red Bull Rally Team as well for wrapping up their title. Well deserved...

[raybak]

Well done to my team mate Francis on a great win. I was also pretty happy to win a stage on my home event. The pace was very quick, I was thinking I had done a good enough time in Greenhills but to be so far down was a surprise.

Looks like the battle in the last round to get 2nd in the teams event and utilising team orders :) to get Francis in 1st.

There's a bit riding on Francis winning as I have offered him a test drive in my rally car if he wins :)

Ray

[Francis44]

Congratulations to you Bruce for your S2000 title and excellent performance, perhaps a change for a WRC car next rally so you could fight for overall win :) ?! Congratulations to OMV Red Bull Rally Team for their excellent team work and performance.

It was a good rally for me and for Baker Motorsport too, next event I still have to push because a 2nd place in the Teams is possible and I think together with Ray we might be able to do it.

[NeverKnow]

Congrats to Francis for winning this rally and quite possibly the championship!
Congrats also to Bruce for taking the title for the S2000 class!

I pretty much expected this result for me because of the issues I had in this rally. It is very nice to have won teams championship and I am very happy for Macd taking the second place.

[Bruce D]

Congratulations to you Bruce for your S2000 title and excellent performance, perhaps a change for a WRC car next rally so you could fight for overall win :) ?!

Thanks Francis! Well I've already decided not to change to the WRC class next season, rather defend my title in S2000. I've got a feeling Tannat might concentrate on it next season and then it's going to be a real fight.

I might give the WRC car a bash on the UK round now that the S2000 class is wrapped up. I'll think about it.

[lcd]

Well this went bad...real bad! :(
Gongrats to Francis!
Nice battles there X-ecutioner VS Paul and Paul VS Ray!
Almost all drivers had their great moments! ;)

Bye bye podium for this season... :D

p.s. Site works fine now Bruce!

[Bruce D]

Yeah it was down for a bit not sure why but its back properly now

[tannat]

Fairly dominant drive, Francis-cheers :beer:

WOW! 11 entries! That's the best we've had, isn't Bruce D?

Stellar times by Bruce in S2000. Had you stayed on the road I couldn't hold a torch to you.

Disappointed with 8th. Need to prioritize my car choice before I tackle stages. This was an event for cars with long legs...

And Bruce-if anything I'll tackle next season as this season. Car choice as dictated by the rally conditions ;)

[tannat]

I WANT 5TH!!!!!!!!! :D

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

[Bruce D]

You can't have 5th! :p

[tannat]

You can't have 5th! :p

Being 7 points down on you, and 2 down on Paul, I think you are right... :p

[52Paddy]

Damn, shame I made that mistake on stage selection. Still, I scored my first points of the season. I came into this series late, so I don't have many aspirations in terms of the championship. Equipe au Memphis is fairly settled in 4th position in the teams chase. So I guess I'll try and rack up another points finish in GB - I definitely won't reach 11th in the driver's championship, but 12th is still a possibility. Congratulation to the winners on this event and to Bruce for wrapping up the S2000 title. :up:

[tannat]

Damn, shame I made that mistake on stage selection. Still, I scored my first points of the season. I came into this series late, so I don't have many aspirations in terms of the championship. Equipe au Memphis is fairly settled in 4th position in the teams chase. So I guess I'll try and rack up another points finish in GB - I definitely won't reach 11th in the driver's championship, but 12th is still a possibility. Congratulation to the winners on this event and to Bruce for wrapping up the S2000 title. :up:

You set some good times in the 205 paddy-I've had a look at the results book :up:

[52Paddy]

You set some good times in the 205 paddy-I've had a look at the results book :up:

Cheers team-mate. My head was in another place at the time of driving so, that considered, it's nice to know.