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Ford going into F1 is going to be less involved than Ford in WRC with MSport. They will pay some money to put a Ford sticker on the engine. At most they will make the hybrid parts and Red Bull Power Trains will make the rest. It could actually help MSport since Red Bull is now in bed with Ford and they tend to sponsor teams in other series for their partners. For example after they got Honda engines they sponsored a Honda NSX in the Japanese GT series.
Seems like the WRC is taking at least the next video game seriously. Here's hoping!
Why video games are central to the WRC’s growth plans: https://traxion.gg/why-video-games-a...-growth-plans/
Well it is codemasters developing it so should be good, although EA have recently taken the helms....hopefully they won't be able to ruin Codemaster's work too much, fingers crossed!Quote:
Originally Posted by BobJones
Well, they did a bad job with F1 22 so wouldn't hype the game up too much. Also, as it's EA there are probably going to be quite a lot of microtransactions.
A bad job? Lmao. It was kinda underwhelming for sure, because of that whole F1 Life stuff, but other than that it was a great game. Also it is being made be Dirt Rally dev team, which is different team than the one that makes F1.
Also have you stuck in 2017? Even the new Need For Speed didn't really have so aggressive microtransactions.
Having played the game a bit and looking at the reactions of the community I don't remember an F1 game in the past few years that has been received as bad as 22.
Regarding microtransactions, I base my opinion on the EA games I have played a lot and rather seriously (FIFA and Madden) but maybe microtransactions are mostly about sports games.
Yeah you are right in both. They tried new things, turns out it was a miss, and that's basically all (+ofc straight line speed bug, which took them some time to repair).
And yes, games like FIFA and MADDEN are based on the Ultimate Team, which is heavily based on microtransactions. But I can't really see how it could be implemented in a rally game. There are rumors that there will build your car mode, that's only place I can imagine microtransactions.
But I still believe in the game. Codemasters have kinda independent position in EA, so I believe it won't make much difference.
The poor job with WRC The Game by Kylotonn (until very recently) hasn't done WRC any favours at all. Most fans know Dirt Rally and Dirt 2.0 are far superior for realism and graphics. This has meant they were 'driving' classic rally cars and R5's rather than the mega 2017 cars.
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I guess Estonia is out then?
Why? Umeå roads were not fast enough? :P
From PR talk it looks like it will be one year only rotation with Estonia.
Jourdan Serderidis to compete in Malcolm Wilson Rally with Ford Puma Rally1! It's the first ever outing for a Rally1 car in the UK! Do you think he is going to win?
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/serde...in-rally1-car/
Fourmaux is already doing the event in a Rally 2 car but maybe yes! The rally is a round of the BRC however cant see anyone troubling a Puma from the prospective entries.
Wonder what they'll do with stages. They are super fast and very few crests and jumps. Already lots of chicanes installed for ERC rallies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenneth
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by sal yet again
Remember it's Serderidis. In Otepää he was battling FWD cars.
Yeah. Remember that Rally Estonia used to be a similar "gravel highway" (not the NZ kind of) rally before they started preparing it for the WRC event with crests and fixing forest roads. And I would say Estonia is a really nice event as it is now. Liepaja is typically just super fast roads, long straights, barely any jumps, huge road cleaning effect, and then the small roads get rutted very soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tauri_J
But I had already several Latvian rally fans tell me on twitter that the roads are great and I just need to see them IRL to understand it :D I admit some of those high speed "flat minus" corners must be thrilling to watch standing on those high banks but a whole stage can't be just that, and the chicanes are not a way to solve anything.
My bet is that Liepaja and Rally Estonia will be on a rotational basis. In '24 Latvia will have WRC and Estonia will have ERC. It's vice-versa in '25 and only time will tell how things will be in '26.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
I’m all for new rallies getting a shot, I have enjoyed the variety the Covid years have given us in terms of events.
As a Brit, I still can’t believe the motorsport bodies in the UK have allowed us to get to a point where we don’t have a round of the WRC given the history. I support the N.Ireland bid and hope that it happens, but my heart will never be in it the same way it would be back in the forests.
Well in 2016-2018-ish there was a lot of slow gravel and a lot of complaining about adding more of that.
If we now get Estonia, Latvia, Finland and NZ are we going too much the opposite way?
Personally I miss more of the likes of GB and Chile with medium fast and slippery gravel. Om those there can be big swings between stages. Fast gravel is great to watch but without rain it often is the same story all weekend (road cleaning first, then minimal position changes and tiny differences).
NZ isn't really that fast, at least half of it is technical and slow, kind of like Chile and GB or even Portugal. Even Mexico will have some fast bits.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
I can only assume Estonia and Latvia are not run same year.
Yes, if the guy with a 15-year old Citroen C2 appears again (position #14), Serderidis will be in trouble :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/8...lveralli-2023/
No, it was 15 year old kid at a position #11 in a Fiesta Rally 4 hehe and this kid was in a ditch about 1,5-2 minutes...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
But this kid will be great in the future anyway...
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In a word, no.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
I'm afraid that N.O.T was right this forum ( and wrc ) is dead?
well, go ahead, start a conversation and include us
Jesus Christ
Eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by spyros
If in the uefa champions league foruns people are saying the league is dead and soccer is not as big as before covid anymore.......imagine wrcQuote:
Originally Posted by spyros
Maybe, but the only reason is forumkillers like NOT and other morons, and the endless spam of cheap pills.Quote:
Originally Posted by spyros
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Martins Sesks in WRC of Latvia 2024 in a Rally 1 car confirmed.
Confirmed? Already 1 year before the rally? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Negaiss
This post was meant to be kind of funny. Of course it is not confirmed as rally is still 1,5 years away, BUT at the moment Sesks and his suporters in Latvian media are saying, that they will do whatever they can to put Martins Sesks in Rally 1 car. And there are some wealthy people and companies which would support Sesks chance to show his pace in WRC on his home ground. I would say - it is highly likely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
Well, good luck to him! He has the talent and the right attitude. We need such people in this sport!
BTW, is Ralfs Sirmacis still around?
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/berte...-m-sport-cars/
thats interesting. Toyota outing was too costly or Malcom being clever now getting him back with the info of the Toyota car?
Nah, I think there is much simpler reason. Almost every driver says that Puma is intuitive and very easy to drive. Also I can imagine there is much better team environment for driver like Bertelli in M-Sport.
https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2023/wrc...ith-new-yaris/Quote:
Originally Posted by Kenneth
In here he said Yaris was an easy car to drive, or at least easier than he thought. But who knows.
My theory is that someone at Toyota (company) leadership reminded Latvala, Fowler and co what their job is:
Winning, or at least fighting for wins. Not a single Toyota on podium in Sweden while they are giving payrides should sound a few alarms.
In case some people need idiotproof explanation: I am not saying they should be giving the 4th car to someone else. I am saying they should be focusing resources on making those cars that are entered perform. In this case they could have used team resources to run say Evans in a local rally beforehand instead of testing with Bertelli. (I do not approve running on local rallies, but clearly it is a working approach atm).
No.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarek Z
I see Sesks has switched to a Rally2 from the Rally2 - Kit, i didn't realize he was in that before, didn't look so good being beaten on some stages and one event by a Norwegian 15 year old i guess ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Negaiss
I don't think they "wasted resources" for Bertelli. Their test days are so limited that getting extra drivers and test days is just bonus for getting more data from the car. Maybe they used the money Bertelli brought in to run Katsuta in Kuopio? Rumors say TGR's budget isn't as endless as it used to be...Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Meanwhile, Evans is so lost with the car that I don't think one extra local rally would have helped him.