CMR2 Rally Japan

[jso1985]

Final "pure" gravel event of the year and final trip outside Europe also.

the rally will be tun with the following format:
Game rally: Australia(mirrored)
Shakedown stage: SS1
Day 1: Single rally expert level
Day 2: Single rally intermediate level

rally starts on Saturday and deadline for submissions is on Wednesday 31st 11:59 AM GMT

for more info... ask it here! bew entries are always welcome

Have fun and good luck!

[Pawprint]

How do you mirror stages? Will I need to use a cheat?

[Will L]

You need to find and use the mirror cheat Paws ;)

Google it :D

I will be competing in this one.

[tannat]

How do you mirror stages? Will I need to use a cheat?

Yes, it does reqire a cheat. I think it is "tracksmirror" written backwards, or something like that,

Any cheat site should have it....

[I am evil Homer]

This time I'll make sure I do the stages right! Need to look up that mirror cheat.

Not sure the Skoda will be that good here...through the twisty bits it'll be fine but I wonder if the short wheelbase puts it a disadvantage on this event. We'll see...best get to shakedown.

[Will L]

it's waveyourlefts on a PC

[Will L]

My shakedown times:

3:06.02
2:57.39
2:53.70

Terrible to start off had a few moments where I strayed onto the grass.

[Roy]

For the first time in 'Simulations'

My Shakedown times:
3:01:57
2:57:39
2:51:28

[I am evil Homer]

how do you tell if the game is mirroed. I put the code in did single stage SS1 and it was the same as usual...or is it meant to be?

[Exhausted]

how do you tell if the game is mirroed. I put the code in did single stage SS1 and it was the same as usual...or is it meant to be?

All text (Banners, sponsorlogos) will be mirrored too ;-)

[Will L]

The car textures and number plate is mirrored too lol

FocusChampion on your second run me and you are tied! lol

[Roy]

What ids further the plan? I read in some threads the 'drivers' post times to jso1985. Stage times, Day times, total time? What must I do?


FocusChampion makes CMR2 Championship debut

Driver FocusChampion makes this weekend his debut in CMR2 Championship. In CMR2 Rally Japan he is driving a private Focus 01. He know CMR2 rally very well, but he's never contest in a Worldwide Championship so far.

"It would be amazing to be part of the worldwide rally drivers" he said.
He never drived before in Japan, but don't expect problems. "No at all!", he laughed, "Japan is simillar of Australia. A little bit differenceand, but I liked Australia! So we enjoy this very much."

What can we expect from the Dutch crew. "Our goal is a good time. That is most important. If we get points, we have drink some beer. That would very nice on our first Worldwide Championship."

The crew want to contest in 2008. They found allready some budget for next year.

[Will L]

WC Rookie Contests Second World Event - wrc3f.tk news

BRC Newbie Will is taking part in his second WRC event this week, despite a disastrous Spain event, which saw him 8th in the Subaru after tyre problems.

He hopes to finish in the top 5 for this event, said to be one of his favourites.

He said in a press release earlier today," I like Japan, fast flowing stages with a little challenge in places. The Scooby is good, great car for this rally, and I can't wait to see how we get on."

The BRC driver has 2 BRC events and 1 WRC event under his belt, and he also took part in the Colin McRae Tribute Stages Rally earlier last month, which he won.

[Exhausted]

02:55.66
02:58.85
02:55.61

I'm not expecting much from this rally, and my position in the championship is pretty much sealed if I enter the last 3 rallys of the season, and perhaps even score a few points.

[Roy]

What is further the plan? I read in some threads the 'drivers' post times to jso1985. Stage times, Day times, total time? What must I do?

Can anybody give me a hand? Do I post all the times? And where?

[Pawprint]

you PM your stage times to .... um...... ????????

[NOR]

The best way to post it, is fill in the excel time table and send it to jso1985.
If you are member of Yahoo cmr2 group, you can find time table there. If not, send me PM with your email address.

btw I wrote the cheat for mirror and nothing happend likewise. Do anybody know what could be wrong?

[Will L]

on the cheat menu make sure you press ok/enter instead of triangle/esc otherwise it won't accept the cheat code

[jso1985]

what Will L said :up:

as for the times, you can send me the timecard to my e-mail [email:1s54ciqh]jso_1985@yahoo.com[/email:1s54ciqh] or via PM(no need of the excel file, it's just to make things easier when doing the stage-by-stage results) either way you need to send me your stage times and day totals.

to Exhausted and Tannat need a clarification here, wich cars are you using for this rally?

[tannat]

I'll be in the Ford for the rest of the season

[Exhausted]

to Exhausted and Tannat need a clarification here, wich cars are you using for this rally?

Ford for the remaining 3 races please! :D

[tannat]

2:48.75
2:46.19
2:48.55
2:47.85
2:48.46

Still a second off our PB, but we didn't use a lot of imagination for our setup....


Tannat will be carrying additional sponsorship on this rally from Sho-Chiku-Bai Sake'. Probably the house brand sake' at the chinese restaurant right down the street.... :p

[Will L]

2:46.19 - Very good tannat :D Nice one ;)

[Juha]

2.58.86 - overshot a few corners
2.53.86 - getting better
2.50.40 - still missed two corners
2.50.98

I'm back onto the PS1 for a while now because I'm not confident in the handling and reliability of my PC. It's been a while since I last did an Australian stage but I like them. I had almost forgotten how good they are. :D

1. Tannat (Ford Focus) - 2.46.19
2. Juha (Ford Focus) - 2.50.40
3. FocusChampion (Ford Focus) - 2.51.28
4. Will L (Subaru Impreza) - 2.53.70
5. Exhausted (Ford Focus) - 2.55.61

[tannat]

2:46.19 - Very good tannat :D Nice one ;)

Thanks, but it won't hold a torch to cyborg_hun and Marcel.. :(

Gotta keep your lines neat on these stages-too easy to slide....

[I am evil Homer]

2:50.21
2:48.36
2:54.84...oh dear...totally messed up one of the corners going through a gate!
2:48.72
2:47.66

[tannat]

2:50.21
2:48.36
2:54.84...oh dear...totally messed up one of the corners going through a gate!
2:48.72
2:47.66

:up:

Good runs, Homer!

[Pawprint]

I thought I would have time to do this rally, but have left things too late,, so doesnt look like it's gonna happen.

[Will L]

Will Completes Rally Japan ~ wrc3f.tk news

Subaru's rookie Will has come through the Rally Japan after slogging it out through 18 stages. He was involved in many different offs, including off road excursions into the greenery, into rocks and off bridges. Subaru boss Paul Howarth said, "Will wasn't pleased with his times, but we can only praise him for the effort".

Will said, "I am really annoyed. We should have been 10 times quicker than that and we were constantly down at the split times, which is so frustrating when you are pushing so hard. We made too many mistakes in the process, perhaps lost a minute in total for the whole event, we hit rocks, went into the trees, and we had a big roll after a jump on Leg 2. Not pleased. "

[Marcel Haenen]

Marcel Haenen finishes rally Japan

This was a very difficult rally in wich we didn't get the car to work as we would like. We suffered from bad balance all weekend, which resulted in missing some corners and almost flying into the scenry at several occasions loosing valuable seconds in the process. At the stages where we managed to keep the car on the racing line, the times were very promising and we came close to several PB's. We need to win this rally and keep our fingers crossed that cyborg_hun looses more than 2 points on one of the remaining rallies this year.

[Juha]

Coca Cola team Ford's disastrous drive in Japan
A lack of time and budget forced belgian driver Juha to complete the rally with no recce at all. "It's impossible to set decent times. The only stage I know well is the shakedown and i'm guessing where to go on the other stages. At one stage I didn't even know if I had to run left or right! The notes are not detailed enough and are often late. We also ran a bad gearbox setting on day 1 which cost us a few seconds on each sage." This result might affect Fords programme for next year. The teammanager is considering to enter only the non-mirrored rallies next year.

[tannat]

Oz is difficult enough in non-mirrored arrangement. We had a leery moment at the beginning of stage 2, day 1 that made us rethink our pace. A 8/10ths-9/10ths rally for us, but our times are okay.

Along with the UK stages this one pays the highest dividends with extensive recce....



BRING ON IRELAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tannat

[jso1985]

Coca Cola team Ford's disastrous drive in Japan
A lack of time and budget forced belgian driver Juha to complete the rally with no recce at all. "It's impossible to set decent times. The only stage I know well is the shakedown and i'm guessing where to go on the other stages. At one stage I didn't even know if I had to run left or right! The notes are not detailed enough and are often late. We also ran a bad gearbox setting on day 1 which cost us a few seconds on each sage." This result might affect Fords programme for next year. The teammanager is considering to enter only the non-mirrored rallies next year.

I guess your lack of budget also forced you to send me an e-mail consisting of some weird codes but no timecard, isn't? :p :

Since it's obvious Juha completed the rally before the deadline, I will give him 24 hours to send me his timecard(thus giving other drivers a small chance to still run the rally, but I will publish teh results if I get the timecard while I'm still online), if having problems with e-mail you can always send it via PM

so far got timecards from:

Cyborg_hun
Exhausted
FocusChampion
Marcel Haenen
NOR
Ramore
Tannat
Will L

[jso1985]

Marcel Haenen does what he needed to do and wins yet again cutting the gap with Cyborg_hun to 5 points



1.- Marcel Haenen Subaru Impreza 41:25,79
2.- Cyborg_hun SEAT Cordoba 42:52,73
3.- Tannat Ford Focus 43:42,31
4.- Jso1985 Subaru Impreza 44:02,33
5.- FocusChampion Ford Focus(p) 44:05,69
6.- Ramore Toyota Corolla 44:31,56
7.- NOR Skoda Fabia(p) 44:41,76
8.- Juha Ford Focus(p) 45:15,46
9.- Will L Subaru Impreza(p) 47:09,69
10.- Exhausted Ford Focus 47:26,89

drivers standings
1.- Cyborg_hun 109 points
2.- Marcel Haenen 104
3.- Tannat 69
4.- Jso1985 66
5.- Ramore 49
6.- GrP 46
7.- Exhausted 26
8.- Dravas76 15
9.- Rat 15
10.- Juha 11
11.- NOR 11
12.- Luffield 6
13.- Sir Killalot 5
14.- FocusChampion 4
15.- 306 Cosworth 1
16.- Will L 1

Manufacturers standings
1.- Subaru 173 points
2.- SEAT 155
3.- Ford 98
4.- Toyota 53
5.- Skoda 47
6.- Suzuki 6




stage-by-stage results will be available as soon as possible

thanks for participating!

[tannat]

.- Tannat Ford Focus 43:42,31
4.- Jso1985 Subaru Impreza 44:02,33
5.- FocusChampion Ford Focus(p) 44:05,69

Good to see some really close midfield action... Cheers jso1985 and Focus Champion :up:


Truly pleased with 3rd here (unless Juha submits in trumps). We nudged a few trees and fences, but the panel bangers put it right at the service park.

Looking forward to Ireland.....

TARMAC ! TARMAC! TARMAC! TARMAC! TARMAC! :D

[Will L]

well done Marcel!

Argh, knew I was going to do really bad. :S

Mirrored tracks are what I despise.

[Juha]

unless Juha submits in trumps
What do you mean with that?

[Will L]

it means he had 3rd unless you posted a better time

[Juha]

He must have been expecting me to mail better times then? :D

[Will L]

Yeah! And it was the deadline anyway :S

[Roy]

FocusChampion wins points by debute

Focus Champion finished by his debut on the 6th place and was the best privateer. "Wow! Great! Our debut and we scored 4 points and are the best privateer! This result is our goal, but not expected" we even close to other drivers.

It was not an easy rally for the Dutch crew: "This was very difficult. In one stage I thought it was a right hander, but it was left. I am glad we had a good feeling with the car."

FocusChampion looked forward to the next rally at tarmac. "Tarmac is my favorite surface, but rally with friends is difference than a Championship. It would be hard."

"But the first point are scored! I drink a beer!"

[tannat]

He must have been expecting me to mail better times then? :D


Expecting might not be correct, but it would be wrong for me to assume they would be slower

You have speed, Juha. Cheers :beer:

[Juha]

Too bad it didn't show here. But I like the Cardiff rallysprint, so be warned. :D

[jso1985]

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