[WRC] 73. Secto Rally Finland 2024

[WRCStan]

Good to see that Gryazin is RBR connoisseur as well. Makes sense to correct this since RBR has amazing Finland stages. Ouninpohja on that game is legendary.

Have you seen his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@NGryazin/videos
And the Semetin video referred to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Dfyaedp-g

I don't see one for this stage but he did some videos on other channels too;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEjs-5atI_U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNl2QVLEb0w

Deffo a sim fan.

[dimviii]

Lappis crash
https://x.com/dariushaloo/status/1819353422111359224

and from another angle
https://x.com/HMSGOfficial/status/1819371774628221431

[focus206]

What's the weather forecast for tomorrow?
Top 3 Toyota are close, I wonder if at any point they'll be asked to calm down. But Evans and Ogier are in for the title, Kalle wants the win. Neuville should keep trying to drive at a good pace in case something happens to the top 3 but no more than that, going flat out to catch them on speed will hardly produce anything positive for him.

[becher]

Lappis crash
https://x.com/dariushaloo/status/1819353422111359224

and from another angle
https://x.com/HMSGOfficial/status/1819371774628221431

Ahh that looks unfortunate.

[saco0o]

Not sure if he was whining, probably just frustrated with his driving and add some silly humour by using it as an excuse.

westerns dont get eastern humor sometimes haha

[Pfei]

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I have to stand by Gryazin on this one, as banal as it seems. I am also a "sim racer" and competed many times with Gryazin in online championships in Richard Burns Rally. He uses it for training, and in the world of sim rally comparing modded RBR to EA Sports WRC is an insult to RBR players. It's a hardcore ecosystem and elitism plays a big part in what game people see as more "realistic" than the other

Gryazin has always been a big RBR player and besides training he also does it for fun. He enjoys it and is a great member of the RBR community. He is very laid back, has always been very friendly and is, in general, just another one of us "gamers" when competing in rallies online.

I do believe that he was correct in calling out WRC for misquoting him.

Now I look at the quotes on WRC dot com and they have changed it to [rally game]. There is no way they are going to allow a twenty year old modded rally game to get publicity over the official EA Sports WRC on their own website, especially since the EA title has been so disappointing.

It may seem inconsequential and nitpicking, but non-sim racers would have a hard time understanding why the distinction is important to us. Heck, even in the sim racing world it's hard to understand why we take these things so seriously!

[CeskyOndra]

What's the weather forecast for tomorrow?
Top 3 Toyota are close, I wonder if at any point they'll be asked to calm down. But Evans and Ogier are in for the title, Kalle wants the win. Neuville should keep trying to drive at a good pace in case something happens to the top 3 but no more than that, going flat out to catch them on speed will hardly produce anything positive for him.

There is some rain overnight, I'm watching radar right now. But I think that it won't be that wet as yesterday.. Your sentence "Evans and Ogier are in for the title" really stressed me. Ogier is a true problem for Neuville and Evans

[CeskyOndra]

Btw is Managarium a time traveller? Just seen his pickems, wow :-D

[Morte66]

Being out of bed this early at the weekend is not civilised.

[Dontcut]

Being out of bed this early at the weekend is not civilised.

Depends on time zone. Helsinkin time start time at 9 is OK.
This road surface is something else, in a good way.