Rally Discussion and Bar Talk Thread

[lmmjvss]

So.... probably more old school rallying videos going behind paywalls? The world sucks, man hahah

[HKSjbg]

The 'VHS Rallies' project is coming to an end (as expected. Thanks for their efforts), but in their closing statement they say:



https://twitter.com/VHSRallies/statu...31490532348306

Anybody heard anything? Dirtfish video on demand service? Presumably concerns the Duke Video archive? If it were Rally.TV related, the line in bold wouldn't really make sense.

It is indeed sad to see it shuttered, many dozens, possibly hundreds of hours of mine have been lost to VHSR! Luckily there seems to be a lot more channels doing a similar thing (at least in terms of uploads, not necessarily the work to get those videos digitised) and some of VHSR’s old staples like Burns/Wilson era BRC are now on YouTube through other channels instead.

Recently I have been poring over some cracking WRC reviews of 1994, ‘95 and ‘96

1994: https://youtu.be/e3wmrrcACRA?si=rzCI8lRzgLL6H0bp

1995 rounds 1-7 playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...TrrOUONGc2cI48

‘95 RAC: https://youtu.be/yzKbNB_WcZI?si=GhtXQF60Qpwt7M_q

1996: https://youtu.be/tQMLOw2AJwY?si=K3cvTPCoREJLnL_h

Hopefully the project VHSR speaks of won’t be too far off, won’t conflate the broad spectrum of rallying with just the WRC, and won’t be obscenely priced. All this hard work costs money and I suppose VHSR has a day job that requires priority

[Brynmor Pierce]

The 'VHS Rallies' project is coming to an end (as expected. Thanks for their efforts), but in their closing statement they say:



https://twitter.com/VHSRallies/statu...31490532348306

Anybody heard anything? Dirtfish video on demand service? Presumably concerns the Duke Video archive? If it were Rally.TV related, the line in bold wouldn't really make sense.

I’d hazard a guess it’s the AMTV archive ( Alastair Miller) as that was for sale recently ?

[Jarek Z]

It's good to see such movie on the official website of Stellantis
https://www.media.stellantis.com/em-...nuary-5th-2024

[Brynmor Pierce]

The 'VHS Rallies' project is coming to an end (as expected. Thanks for their efforts), but in their closing statement they say:



https://twitter.com/VHSRallies/statu...31490532348306

Anybody heard anything? Dirtfish video on demand service? Presumably concerns the Duke Video archive? If it were Rally.TV related, the line in bold wouldn't really make sense.

Seems I was wrong, it’s actually due to Dirtfish buying the BHP Sport archive 12 months ago and looking to make it commercially available.

[HKSjbg]

Ahhh, maybe I can finally re-watch the 1987 British Open Championship finally

[lmmjvss]

Just me or all of that Dakar Hype is already dead? I mean, sure, Im interested... but not like the past 2 years.
Weird...

[Eli]

Just me or all of that Dakar Hype is already dead? I mean, sure, Im interested... but not like the past 2 years.
Weird...

No it’s not dead, whilst I wish it would be run over 3 weeks and in more than just one country, the scenery is still beautiful, the fight is still intense and this might be the first time since 2021 that a manufacturer other than Toyota will take the win. Also since 2021 you have the classics category to watch which is always interesting. The biggest shame is that there’s only Eurosport’s highlights of one hour after each day, and in this day & age, you’d expect a lot more coverage, especially from a race that is as unique as the Dakar.

[AndyRAC]

The biggest shame is that there’s only Eurosport’s highlights of one hour after each day, and in this day & age, you’d expect a lot more coverage, especially from a race that is as unique as the Dakar.

Yeah, but more coverage would cost money; and the ASO don't like spending when they don't have to....... #cheapskates #tightarses

[Myrvold]

Anybody heard anything? Dirtfish video on demand service? Presumably concerns the Duke Video archive? If it were Rally.TV related, the line in bold wouldn't really make sense.

I'm actually quite surprised about Duke not going on an attack.

I remember finding some old VHS tapes myself that I uploaded. Loads got taken down by Duke, even stuff they never had (other productions). And the ones that Duke also had, wasn't made by Duke, but was sold to Duke so they could distribute it to other parts of the world. So it should in reality only be geo-locked. Duke used to be extremely takedown-oriented.