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[RYAN]

I don't know what I was expecting but I assumed there'd be more grip than there was! I guess that's a lesson, albeit a rather mortifying one (I did select soft tyres but reverted back for the shakedown to get a 5th winter set).

It's going to be a long week waiting for Sweden...

Wow that's rotten luck.

I have thought the next time I load the game I'm going to simulate going headfirst for a tree to see and see if I'm fast enough to pause and reset the car before Terminal Damage or ending up in an Unrecoverable position. I don't know if it'll work maybe you can't reset the car when going at a certain speed perhaps? It seems like a slightly scummy thing to do but I will try it once to see If it indeed is possible and then refrain from it if it feels like exploitative.

Just wanted to inform you guys I am out for the league. Workload has increased and I have little time left. The time I do have I want to use to drive my prefered combos.

Sad to see you go, Hopefully when things slow down for you and when there's a combo that you fancy playing we will see you back?



In other news I have my PC back from my PC guy, Lovely playing on max settings now. Just completed the 5-6 moments I had missed since Tuesday. Felt and looked great.😍

 

[MagpieRacer]

Wow that's rotten luck.

I have thought the next time I load the game I'm going to simulate going headfirst for a tree to see and see if I'm fast enough to pause and reset the car before Terminal Damage or ending up in an Unrecoverable position. I don't know if it'll work maybe you can't reset the car when going at a certain speed perhaps? It seems like a slightly scummy thing to do but I will try it once to see If it indeed is possible and then refrain from it if it feels like exploitative.

Sad to see you go, Hopefully when things slow down for you and when there's a combo that you fancy playing we will see you back?



In other news I have my PC back from my PC guy, Lovely playing on max settings now. Just completed the 5-6 moments I had missed since Tuesday. Felt and looked great.😍

If I remember correctly, the car has to be stationary to be reset. Could be wrong though.

 

[RYAN]

If I remember correctly, the car has to be stationary to be reset. Could be wrong though.

That would make sense, I'm glad that's the case to be honest.

 

[Dreadmed]

If I remember correctly, the car has to be stationary to be reset. Could be wrong though.

I'm almost certain that's the case, I was frantically mashing the d-pad as I couldn't remember if it was up or down that was mapped to reset, then I figured I'd let it roll into the tree and hopefully reset from there. Didn't get the chance as you saw...

 

[Darrenersmit]

Bah, over the hill I went. Agonisingly slow drop over the edge then rolled into a tree🤣🤣

 

[Adam Barber]

I used the Delta Integrale for Monte Carlo thanks to the Riccardo Errani clause. My run was going pretty well until the gearbox gave up on stage 6 so I had to call my Rally there. I'll be in the Galant for the rest of the season so need to get good for the reminding rounds

 

[MagpieRacer]

Very frustrated, slow slide off the road on Stage 7, unrecoverable and I’m out. Damn.

 

[Darrenersmit]

Very frustrated, slow slide off the road on Stage 7, unrecoverable and I’m out. Damn.

I was spinning wheels in reverse like crazy before the drop. It was very close to being recovered

 

[Imari]

Motobushi dominance at the top of the leaderboards. The slow really helps with not sliding off the road, but I'd like to also credit taking it extra easy around the @Dreadmed Crevasse. May he Rest In Trees, his sacrifice will not be forgotten.

I would like to request some bonnet pins that aren't made of cheese though. Mine break the moment I rub against a bush (which is fairly inevitable with the state of the road) and then the bonnet is flapping around annoyingly the whole way. I thought the point of those things was so that the bonnet DIDN'T move around and fall off?

 

[RYAN]

I'm glad I haven't been able to start my attempt yet. Lets hope I can learn from all these offs...

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Motobushi dominance at the top of the leaderboards. The slow really helps with not sliding off the road, but I'd like to also credit taking it extra easy around the @Dreadmed Crevasse. May he Rest In Trees, his sacrifice will not be forgotten.

I would like to request some bonnet pins that aren't made of cheese though. Mine break the moment I rub against a bush (which is fairly inevitable with the state of the road) and then the bonnet is flapping around annoyingly the whole way. I thought the point of those things was so that the bonnet DIDN'T move around and fall off?

The Mitsubishi looks like one of those cars which are built like a tank and can take a beating that would finish off lesser cars, I did get through 4 radiators in the rally though and did stage 4 with hopes and dreams alone cooling the engine 😬

 

[RYAN]

Motobushi dominance at the top of the leaderboards. The slow really helps with not sliding off the road, but I'd like to also credit taking it extra easy around the @Dreadmed Crevasse. May he Rest In Trees, his sacrifice will not be forgotten.

I would like to request some bonnet pins that aren't made of cheese though. Mine break the moment I rub against a bush (which is fairly inevitable with the state of the road) and then the bonnet is flapping around annoyingly the whole way. I thought the point of those things was so that the bonnet DIDN'T move around and fall off?

It is strange how weak the Bonnets seem on the game. I've had one start flapping just from lightly scraping a surface (no real impact).

Even when there is no damage there is a slight movement and shake which is kind of a nice detail. Although given how Bonnet Pins work not entirely realistic. Maybe in the older production based cars it makes sense but not so much in the modern stuff.

 

[Dreadmed]

I've only had it happen once or twice so I can't be entirely sure, I believe "wrecked" terminal damage still gives you the option to carry on from the next scheduled service (and a "full" stage time for the skipped stages). It's a pity the lemmings among us didn't have that option, they'd be serious scope for recovery drives considering the attrition rate.

That said, I'm interested in seeing how many actually get to the end.

 

[Darrenersmit]

I've only had it happen once or twice so I can't be entirely sure, I believe "wrecked" terminal damage still gives you the option to carry on from the next scheduled service (and a "full" stage time for the skipped stages). It's a pity the lemmings among us didn't have that option, they'd be serious scope for recovery drives considering the attrition rate.

That said, I'm interested in seeing how many actually get to the end.

It really, really annoyed me dropping off the edge. I knew if I got to the end of the final stage I'd be in for some points, and was being super cautious rather than my usual "if I crash I crash, let's go fast" approach.
The more I play this game the more I like it in comparison to DR2.0

 

[Hasnain282]

Dammit @GOTMAXPOWER (I'm assuming you had a puncture at the end of the last one as you lost a good chunk of time in the end)

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Dammit @GOTMAXPOWER (I'm assuming you had a puncture at the end of the last one as you lost a good chunk of time in the end)

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I was actually pretty lucky to finish the rally, I made a mistake right at the end of the last stage and destroyed the car but if the angle was any different I would've gone straight through the gap between the end of the fence and the start of the wall which would've been a unrecoverable fall down the cliff.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Dammit @GOTMAXPOWER (I'm assuming you had a puncture at the end of the last one as you lost a good chunk of time in the end)

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That’s insane, 3 seconds gap after an hour and a half of stages.

 

[Hasnain282]

The discord link has expired btw

 

[MagpieRacer]

The discord link has expired btw

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[FrankieStail]

Won’t have time to practice so I’ll try to jump in this evening to get rally done.

What tyres are best for this, winters all the way or are some set of stages suited to softs?

 

[MagpieRacer]

Won’t have time to practice so I’ll try to jump in this evening to get rally done.

What tyres are best for this, winters all the way or are some set of stages suited to softs?

Winters I’d say are probably the option for all stages. In the 7 stages I managed to complete, I wouldn’t have taken soft for any leg.

This is the ideal scenario where I wish we could cross mount tyres like in real life.

 

[Speedster502]

Dammit @GOTMAXPOWER (I'm assuming you had a puncture at the end of the last one as you lost a good chunk of time in the end)

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I've snuck in between you both - so close after 90 minutes of rallying!

 

[RYAN]

I have limited time today for me to get on and to complete my run so it will have to be no practice for me. I'm going to try my best to just finish and not push too much. There's very little room for error on Monte so I'll leave that for the more forgiving events. 👍

Edit - Ahhh, Had a great start to the Rally then wasted 2 minutes with a puncture on Pra D Alart. One of the stages I happened to remember too... 🥺 Oh well, Recovery drive it is Looking at the times I would've been right up amongst it too.😣 😄

 

[Hasnain282]

Were you driving with a puncture or did you replace your tyre? For myself I've found that it's better to just repair it even if you're like 5km from the end (especially on hardcore damage) just to avoid destroying the car

 

[RYAN]

Were you driving with a puncture or did you replace your tyre? For myself I've found that it's better to just repair it even if you're like 5km from the end (especially on hardcore damage) just to avoid destroying the car

Yeah I tried to make it to the end but the tyre blew and I spun. The car didn't feel too bad with just the tyre deflated, On the rim it was impossible though.

Edit - Finished my run, Home safe. I really enjoyed the Cossie, Glad I stuck with my usual Ford allegiance. Shame about Stage 5, I lost 1:55 on that stage alone😭 No complaints about this puncture though, I wacked the wall pretty solidly in all fairness.

Happy with how I finished the Rally though. 😊👍

Event Standings after S4 and S5.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Round 1 of the 1995 World Rally Championship is complete, Mont-Carlo took no prisoners in a rally that took on the best and won.

46 entered, 14 finished, massive well done to the 14 who made it to the end. @GOTMAXPOWER held his nerve in the Mistubishi to take victory by just 2.7 seconds over @Speedster502 and his Escort Cosworth in an immense battle for the win. @Hasnain282 made the podium in his Toyota Celica only a further 8 tenths of a second back. The top 3 separated by just 3.6 seconds 🤯, with 3 different cars represented.

A difficult event for Subaru with a number of top drivers falling by the wayside. Leaving @FrankieStail to collect a good handful of points for the Japanese marque who were hoping to build on the strong finish to their 1994 campaign. Ford will be delighted with a very strong showing once again at Monte-Carlo after Francois Delecours win last season, and 4 cars inside the top 10 this time around, with 3 of those qualifying for points. Mitsubishi will be the happiest team though, taking a strong top spot, also with 3 of the 4 finishers scoring points. Toyota will be happy with the debut of the ST205 in terms of pace, but after losing one of the expected top runners in the first stage, there's work to do ahead of Sweden to get the full contingent of cars back up and running.

Event Finishers and standings:

Rank	DisplayName	Vehicle	Time	DifferenceToFirst	Platform
1	GOTMAXPOWER	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	30:12.502	00:00.000	PSN
2	Speedster502	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	30:15.249	00:02.747	PSN
3	Hasnain282	SUBARU Legacy RS	30:16.183	00:03.681	PSN
4	RDA-JETS	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	30:55.713	00:43.211	STEAM
5	WRC Player	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	31:47.646	01:35.144	STEAM
6	frankiestail	SUBARU Impreza 1995	33:45.270	03:32.768	PSN
7	Neomone	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	34:05.358	03:52.856	STEAM
8	HajduPeti	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	35:10.319	04:57.817	PSN
9	Alex_Iv73	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	35:41.234	05:28.732	XBOX
10	furzelburzel	SUBARU Impreza 1995	36:19.390	06:06.888	PSN
11	thewrathofwhat	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	36:26.824	06:14.322	STEAM
12	mistrelwood	SUBARU Legacy RS	36:34.513	06:22.011	PSN
13	Gomaevo	Mitsubishi Galant VR4	39:59.785	09:47.283	STEAM
14	RedFox14rus	Lancia Delta HF Integrale	40:54.778	10:42.276	PSN

Championship Standings after round 1.

DisplayName	Rank	PointsAccumulated
GOTMAXPOWER	1	46
Speedster502	2	39
Hasnain282	3	36
RDA-JETS	4	34
WRC Player	5	32
frankiestail	6	31
Neomone	7	30
HajduPeti	8	28
Alex_Iv73	9	27
furzelburzel	10	26
thewrathofwhat	11	25
mistrelwood	12	24
Gomaevo	13	23
RedFox14rus	14	22
Takashi_IRINATSU	15	21
magpieracer	16	20
sinotov2008	17	19
TheAudioPulse	18	18
Akkuschreiber	19	17
kuni355	20	16
ABarber95	21	15
RuggishThuggish	22	14
fourpegs	23	13
lebowski2	24	11
vilkku394	25	10
yasun2020	26	9
NathannW94	27	8
WRC Player	28	7
cortecz	29	6
noro14	30	5
Unholy_Knifer	31	4
emiliojes	32	3
Hoganloaf	33	2
c07aea92ce6efb26	34	1
darrenersmit82	35	0
Grigory18rus	36	0
BrighToon1961	37	0
P308R	38	0
Houskic	39	0
DaniB58	40	0
tomo875	41	0
widdler	42	0
Dreadmed	43	0
anasterion00	44	0
0002kitty	45	0
Dino233	46	0

Manufacturer Standings:

Rank	Manufacturer	Points
1	Mitsubishi	34
2	Ford	32
3	Toyota	19
4	Subaru	16

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The real 1995 Monte-Carlo rally took place over 547 competitive kilometers across 21 stages and saw Carlos Sainz take the opening victory for Subaru, beating Delecour and his Escort by nearly 2 and a half minutes, with Juha Kankkunen taking 3rd for Toyota (mimicking 2nd and 3rd in our series). Tommi Makinen placed 4th for Mitsubishi almost 5 minutes off the pace.

Similar to our event, it was a tough one to finish, 199 crews began the rally, just 82 made it to the finish.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Welcome to the 44th running of the International Swedish Rally. The only all snow event of the season and will provide a cold and stern test for the drivers. With Monte-Carlo proving problematic for so many, expectations for more finishers will be high. As of this running in 1995, no driver from outside Sweden or Finland has won the event, will that change this year? strap in and lets find out.

Itinerary:
Day 1:Shakedown
Morning Service
SS1: Spikbrenna - 11.1km
SS2: Eksharad - 3.4km
Lunchtime Service
SS3: Eksharad 2 - 3.4km
SS4: Spikbrenna 2 - 11.1km

Day 2:
Morning Service
SS5: Aslia - 10.4km
SS6: Hof-Finnskog - 21.5km
Lunchtime Service
SS7: Vargasen - 8.2km
SS8: Hof-Finnskog 2 - 21.5km

Overnight service
Day 3:
SS9: Aslia 2 - 10.4km
SS10: Vargasen 2 - 8.2km​

 

[tomo 427 S/C]

These wee write-ups make it all worth it, so cool!!

 

[Darrenersmit]

Yes magpie racer, you going on my Christmas card list giving us a little event to get us together.

 

[Speedster502]

Great write-up @MagpieRacer!

Think Sweden could be interesting! I expect a lot of the top-runners from Monte that perhaps didn't make it to the end might do well here. Quite a bit less likely to get terminal damage from rolling off a cliff here...It already looks tight at the top of the leaderboard, so I expect it'll come down to who spends less time ping-ponging off the snowbanks