Must have been downhill or something ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
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Must have been downhill or something ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
It doesn't metter.. But when driver is going to the corner on limiter in 3th gear and is on limiter whole corner that's what I liked very much.. :)
I watched 4 days of non stop S2000 rallying in recent Croatia rally so this is my opinion:
S2000 is very attractive in fast,twisty corners because the cars tend to gently slide while they are OK at hairpins.
Generally they are attractive at fast sections and OK at slow sections
Which is more than can be said of WRC's.
I was at Targa Florio and all S2000 were great even in uphills :P also uphill hairpins ... yes, you need great drivers for that but we have plenty here =)
especially in the catalunyan round of the calender.Quote:
Originally Posted by Donney
sorry donney, but in my opinion that rally is no more interesting.
roads are to wide and so the wrc are driving through the stages like on a railway - no sliding, no action.
they should try to go to the north of barcelona to have more narrow and twisty tarmac roads.
In form of watching rallycars, I still prefer the WRC's at his moment. In my experience, S2000's are mostly (and pretty much only) spectaculair when driven on the limit, like I saw with Loix and Vouilloz at the Condroz Rally last year, but there's certaintly potential.Quote:
Originally Posted by Donney
Lately, their's been a flood of (recent) WRC's entering the Dutch rounds and it's just watertoothing to see and hear those cars. Therefore, I hope WRC's won't get banned in national competitions at least (which already happened in some country's).
But if we're talking WRC, nowadays it's a bland championship and if we want more manufacterers joining, S2000-like cars are defenitly the way to go.
That's true. Even a mediocre driver is able to make a good show with WRC although when talking about tarmac the most efficient way to drive is not very spectacular and therefore slower drivers are often more spectacular than those fast ones.
You're also right that S2000 is nice to watch only with very good driver and while pushed hard. It's not easy car to drive and requires very agresive style otherwise it's just a misery both for driver and spectators.
And that has to be a good thing. It brings the good drivers to the fore and forces them to be driven with aggression.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Mirek Fric [Cze
This is what worries me about the proposed new WRCar rules. In theory the extra power and torque coupled with simpler S2000 transmission should make more sliding, but if the power is there to pull them out of trouble and the torque comes as strong and low as a current World Rally Car then they might not have to be driven as aggressively at all.
I still hope for no restrictor in new cars and some other way to keep power within some safe limit. In that case new cars should have good and quite loud sound and also higher rpm than current WRC.