Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
Anyone who is against the idea of Rally2+, try to remember how superior even the current Rally2 car is compared to the WRC cars of 20 years ago.

This shows some of the improvements in performance, braking and cornering as well as being lighter, safer, more efficient and cheaper.

https://youtu.be/dzQr2CEBXgY?si=UKjztrUQTfMRuQ7n

Then imagine Rally2+ with even more power and bigger aero...
I am against the Rally2+ for absolutely different reasons.

1) It must make Rally2 cars more expensive for the customers, there is no other option.

2) It must make either Rally2 cars less reliable or even more expensive because they were designed for the power they have now, not for what they would have with larger restrictors.

3) It would make national and regional rallying more expensive for the reasons listed above.

4) It would not bring a miracle drug for the WRC. It will make 1-2 seasons more interesting before the top 1-2 teams start to dominate again but all the cons for the national and regional competition will stay.

5) The idea that all Rally2 producers would automatically join the WRC is naive and more likely than not it won't happen.

The thing is that R5/Rally2 has been an exceptionally successful formula for national and regional rallying and I am afraid of what intoduction of them to the top WRC level would cause not for the WRC, but for the other levels of rallying.