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Time to dust off the cars and get ready for another season of thrilling rally action!
The rally will be run with the following format:
Game Rally: Italy
Shakedown stage: SS4
Day 1: Single rally expert level
Day 2: Singel rally intermediate level
Deadline for submissions is on Wednesday 4th Febraury 15:59 GMT
For any questions, ask them here, newcomers always welcome
Have fun and good luck!
Seeded entry list
ML Motorsports Citroën (Citroën Xsara)
1.- Marcel Haenen
Red Bull Citroën Total Sport (Citroën C4)
3.- Jso1985
4.- Dravas76
Two Basses Rally Development (Citroën C4)
5.-NOR
6.- JTLarsen
Frozz Motorsport UK (Ford Focus 08)
7.- Frozzy
8.- PS29
RRT (Subaru Impreza)
9.- Ramore
Team Toyota Australia (Toyota Corolla WRC)
11.- Rat
Fine Wine Motorsports (Citroën Xsara)
14.- Tannat
15.- Paddy Cummins
Monster Motorsport (Subaru Impreza)
16.- Lugnut_USA
Suzuki Sport Finland (Suzuki SX4)
17.- Zes
18.- Tuomo
36.- Eetu
Drivers eligible for the McRae Cup(points for this cup will be only given when only when a non-eligible driver participates also):
Jso1985
Dravas76
NOR
JTLarsen
Frozzy
PS29
Ramore
Rat
Tannat
Paddy Cummins
Lugnut_USA
Zes
Tuomo
Eetu
Drivers eligible for the Burns Cup:
Dravas76
JTLarsen
Frozzy
PS29
Rat
Paddy Cummins
Lugnut_USA
Zes
Tuomo
Eetu
These extra cups are a great idea. Looking forward to my home event so hopefully I can get some good results on familiar turf. I'm confident enough in competing well enough with the Burns Cup drivers :up:
Looking forward to our first experience with the SEAT, I mean Citroen :D
Hoping for better weather than the IRC Monte........
Jso1985
the team name has changed now its
VK Kick Frozz Motorsport UK.
hopefully i will be challeging for one of the new trophies this season hopefully
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n.../focus2ire.jpg
Shakedown Complete:
The first part of shakedown went without a hitch. Slowly improved my times in the three runs. Decided on shortest gearbox setting, lowest suspension and very strong brakes. Will do another run tomorrow.
Times:
2.58.79
2.54.52
2.52.06
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...9/focusire.jpg
Good shakedown today, did struggle a bit with the transition from The Fabia s2000 to the C4, no major setupchanges done though.
I'm really looking forward to a new WRC season (Both game & real life)
02:55.72
02:55.27
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/126/ire2kp8.jpg
GREAT screenshots!
Think I have a Xsara somewhere-will try to snag a few of my own...
Quite a handful of understeer you got there, JTL :p
Hmm, It does actually look like I both failed entering the corner at a proper angle, breaked too hard only to understeer my way trough the corner.. trying a bit too hard to look good for the photographers :dozey:Quote:
Originally Posted by tannat
Will be looking forward to a couple of screenshots from you too!
cant wait to get into the rallying again!
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...ronosXsara.jpg
Quite an experience driving the SEAT. Feels fast but a bit wayward in the turns...
2:57.37 roll on stage
2:49.21
2:56.67 off sector 5
2:47.69
2:48.42
See my wheel angle, courtesy of el cheapo digital input wingpad controllerQuote:
Originally Posted by JTLarsen
I wonder how fast we'd be using something with a bit more fluent steering and not just full/nothing :DQuote:
Originally Posted by tannat
I forgot how great that Gauloises Xsara looked!
Is there any particular way you want the results? Just in order with the 10stages of day one then 8 of day two, with total time at end of each day?
download the results file from the yahoo.groups site.
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9...akedownoc6.jpg
...made a couple of runs in the Subaru, nothing earth shattering but looking forward to a fun rally.
2:51.xx was the best I managed in the shakedown, let's see what Monster Motorsport can do for the full distance.
Alright, completed my rally and sent the results in.
Rain was the story of my event - a good 1/3 of my stages were in the wet. Otherwise, a solid effort and a lot of fun. No idea where I'll come out in the order, but fun anyway. ;)
Wow, great to see someone using one of my old skins! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by lugnut_usa
The Red Bull Citroën Total Sport starts the Shakedown in the Ireland Rally. First to start Dravas76
2:53.24 First stages after 1.5 year
2:55.44 Bad setup
2:54.33 slide out the road
2:52.39 Best so far. Could be better.
...as a Monster addict, once I saw it I couldn't say no.Quote:
Originally Posted by JTLarsen
Hi guys!!!
What should I do in order to take part to this game?
Thanks!!!
I've never had a Monster drink, but their logo do make a great livery, both on the Ken Block Subaru (old and new) and on the protruck that entered the Dakar this year!Quote:
Originally Posted by lugnut_usa
1) Choose one of the WRC cars from CMR2 (no group B, etc)Quote:
Originally Posted by tolis11
2) Drive Italy in single rally mode, first at expert level, then at intermediate level
3)Note all individual stage times and overall day times and submit them to jso1985
It's that easy :D
I'll try to do this rally cold today..
I drove the Xsara for the first time today in the shakedown. The best time I managed was a 2:55.15. The car took a lot of setting up and felt quite nervous on the tarmac. I just hope that the car is more comfortable on gravel or mud stages. Still, after the shakedown, I felt I had a fairly good setup with which to attack the stages. Though I always wanted to remain somewhat conservative and avoid losing any chance of a good finish due to silly mistakes.
Day 1
The first loop was fine, conservative as I had planned. A lapse in concentration on stage 3, however, meant I ran wide around the outside of a barrier near the beginning of the stage. I had to reverse back out onto the road and lost at least 10 seconds. A minor off on the next stage didn't help either, though I still set a faster time on it than I did in shakedown, resulting in a PB. Another PB on SS5 boosted my confidence and SS6 was average. I almost got stuck behind another barrier on SS7 but 'avoiding action' minimalised the time lost. The rest of the stages were all personal best times. I finished the day quite satisfied and just have to hope that the 10 seconds or so lost on SS3 didn't affect my position too much.
Day 2
It didn't start off too well. I was a second off the pace of my day 1 time on SS1, which isn't much to complain about. But a roll on SS2 cost me at least 5 seconds and set of a messy rhythm for the next loop of stages. SS3 went well though I took a fair amount of risks and, despite spending an instance sliding across a ditch, SS4 was a new PB. As was SS5, by a good margin! The final 3 tests were good too, amongst them another best time on SS7.
So, in conclusion, I must take this first round of the season as a learning experience in the wild Xsara. I feel I now have a good tarmac setup for the next tarmac round, albeit a long time away. The confidence is quickly coming through. As for results, my shakedown times don't fair too well against those posted. Admittadly, my speed is not going to be enough to score points. My consistency, may just though. We shall see. If I'm somewhat on the pace of the midfield pack, I'll be happy. I've been too long a member of the backmarkers! :p :
First rally of the year 2009 and my first rally after my sabbatical year. What about starting that with one of my favourite surface, tarmac. After tweaking my setup, I start the rally.
Day 1: The day begins like my recon of the stage. But stage 9 and 10 arrived. Like usual problems. These stages are very twisty and that were I have my mistake.
Day 2: For that day, I decide to push a little bit. That was a good decision, for some stage, I do my best time.
Good rally, See you next rally.
I'm sorry peoples but my CMR2 will not load at all. It may take some time to fix, so Iwill not be contesting till it's sorted properly.
I wanted to apologize to everyone regarding the delay in posting stage by stage times for the Monte.
Hopefully I will begin this afternoon..
No worries, but I am looking forward to them :bounce:Quote:
Originally Posted by tannat
Is it possible to get an extension of the deadline till 23h59 GMT tonight? If so, I van get the rally done in time.
Me too. I've done the rally, but the paper with times is now at home and I am not...Quote:
Originally Posted by Marcel Haenen
Times sent in - forgot the deadline, sorry!
Day 1 was great, no rain and I really love the stages. Great setup, and hoping for top 3 or 4.
Day 2 was awful in comparison. All but 2 of the stages were soaking, and on a couple I forgot to change to wet tyres after the previous dry stage!
Overall, a good result is hopeful. Perhpas using Henning's Ford has inspired me to 4th on Ireland like real life!
Still too busy with my relocation so I'll skip this round. Good luck to all drivers who are present at the start of the season. I'll join the competition later in the season.
Finished the rally!
This rally felt like we didn't had any winter! The car felt just perfect. We had some slight wet roads on a couple of stages, but mostly perfectly dry tracks. The car gave us the confidence to push all along and we even set some PB's on the way. Perfect way to start this season.
Deadline extended to thursday 15:59 GMT(no reason to put it earlier, as I won't go on-line again before it)
Thanks for the patience(if not go and tell Zes your opinion :p )
Thanks to the extension I managed to do this event when I thought I was going to miss it!!! got lucky with the weather too - some light showers on a few stages but no major downpours.
Made a mistake on day 2 and lost a few seconds
won't affect the results, and I will still publish them soon(currently working on them)
but... which team and car Homer? :p
Will the results be out tonight? No rush, but my brother wants to use the computer and I wonder if its worth waiting?
Thanks very much jso!
WARNING! post below this one might be spoilers!
stage-by-stage results are now available at http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/...lly%20Results/
enjoy!
final results and standings will be published here soon
Thanks for participating! see you in NorwayCode:1.- Marcel Haenen Citroën Xsara ML Motorsports Citroën 41:16,95
2.- I am evil Homer ? ? 41:24,50
3.- Pettersolberg29 Ford Focus VK Kick Frozz Motorsport UK 43:33,61
4.- NOR Citroën C4 Two Basses Rally Development 43:48,71
5.- Tannat Citroën Xsara Fine Wine Motorsports 44:16,29
6.- Ramore Subaru Impreza RRT 44:48,85
7.- Dravas76 Citroën C4 Red Bull Citroën Total Sport 45:04,33
8.- Jso1985 Citroën C4 Red Bull Citroën Total Sport 45:13,74
9.- Paddy Cummins Citroën Xsara Fine Wine Motorsports 45:35,99
10.- JTLarsen Citroën C4 Two Basses Rally Development 46:11,11
11.- Lugnut_usa Subaru Impreza Monster Motorsport 46:14,32
12.- Zes Suzuki SX4 Suzuki Sport Finland 46:45,26
13.- Tuomo Suzuki SX4 Suzuki Sport Finland 52:16,93
Colin McRae Cup
1.- Pettersolberg29 Ford Focus VK Kick Frozz Motorsport UK 43:33,61
2.- NOR Citroën C4 Two Basses Rally Development 43:48,71
3.- Tannat Citroën Xsara Fine Wine Motorsports 44:16,29
4.- Ramore Subaru Impreza RRT 44:48,85
5.- Dravas76 Citroën C4 Red Bull Citroën Total Sport 45:04,33
6.- Jso1985 Citroën C4 Red Bull Citroën Total Sport 45:13,74
7.- Paddy Cummins Citroën Xsara Fine Wine Motorsports 45:35,99
8.- JTLarsen Citroën C4 Two Basses Rally Development 46:11,11
9.- Lugnut_usa Subaru Impreza Monster Motorsport 46:14,32
10.- Zes Suzuki SX4 Suzuki Sport Finland 46:45,26
11.- Tuomo Suzuki SX4 Suzuki Sport Finland 52:16,93
Richard Burns Cup
1.- Pettersolberg29 Ford Focus VK Kick Frozz Motorsport UK 43:33,61
2.- Dravas76 Citroën C4 Red Bull Citroën Total Sport 45:04,33
3.- Paddy Cummins Citroën Xsara Fine Wine Motorsports 45:35,99
4.- JTLarsen Citroën C4 Two Basses Rally Development 46:11,11
5.- Lugnut_usa Subaru Impreza Monster Motorsport 46:14,32
6.- Zes Suzuki SX4 Suzuki Sport Finland 46:45,26
7.- Tuomo Suzuki SX4 Suzuki Sport Finland 52:16,93
Drivers Standings
1.- Marcel Haenen 10
2.- I am evil Homer 8
3.- Pettersolberg29 6
4.- NOR 5
5.- Tannat 4
6.- Ramore 3
7.- Dravas76 2
8.- Jso1985 1
Teams standings
1.- ML Motorsports Citroën 10
2.- (Homer's team) 8
3.- VK Kick Frozz Motorsport UK 6
4.- Two Basses Rally Development 5
5.- Fine Wine Motorsports 4
6.- RRT 3
7.- Red Bull Citroën Total Sport 3
Colin McRae Cup standings
1.- Pettersolberg29 10
2.- NOR 8
3.- Tannat 6
4.- Ramore 5
5.- Dravas76 4
6.- Jso1985 3
7.- Paddy Cummins 2
8.- JTLarsen 1
Richard Burns Cup standings
1.- Pettersolberg29 10
2.- Dravas76 8
3.- Paddy Cummins 6
4.- JTLarsen 5
5.- Lugnut_usa 4
6.- Zes 3
7.- Tuomo 2