Quote Originally Posted by Francis44 View Post
We also need to remember that if we keep a rally centered around a specific area and run all the stages close to the service park, we would also have a much needed improvement in the broadcast quality. We need to get rid of shoddy, grey, low quality onboards.
This is nonsense. Basically you want to run only city stages? Although I don't understand how the onboard quality (on All Live) is affected by the terrain. They have the transmitter aeroplane flying over the stages, and the distance to the ground is equal in cities and forests. The only exception is on mountainous rallies like Monte where a mountain can be between the car and the aeroplane, resulting in signal blockage.

It's a big dilemma for rally organizers to have the service park in a place with enough room and infrastructure for all teams to set up (there needs to be hotels and restaurants as well) but close to the stages. And some countries have their own regulations for liaison average speeds (Italy and GB come to mind) which make the liaison times usually longer than necessary.