Ah ha. Hadn’t driven it yet, so didn’t know where Powys is. Nevermind. On with the program. Happy to drive anywhere.
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I’ve swapped Monte Carlo for New England (everyone kinda liked that one didn’t they?), I took all the rain out of Scotland seeing won’t be an issue, but will pick a different car class if that helps
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Just done the first stage of the new rally in the Land of my Fathers (Dad was Welsh).
I have a feeling this is going to be a long event for me, Never have I ever felt so unsafe in a car since I started teaching my wife to drive! Could I hell like control the back and it felt like the car was on top of a spinning plate.
I honestly don’t know what was worse, driving this car or the mental picture I was given earlier on in the day of Chipwich wearing a kilt.
No way will I ever get to the end of this. 
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I drove the Australia rally.
Remember what I told y’all about Spain and how I got too cocky and that made the rally really bad?
This is exactly the same thing.
I finished, not much more to say. It was dire.
I will upload a video of my only halfway decent stage soon.
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Keep at it @Camembert, the Sweet Lamb stage feels really good when you can nail it.
Powys is my home rally, I live about 20-30 miles away, so about an hour on Welsh roads. 
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I think it may just be a natural evolution. Initially it was a new thing to try out for a lot of people, then some may have decided it wasn’t for them. Numbers slowly drop until you have a core group that really loves it. Personally I’ve enjoyed every minute (except for flying off cliffs…), and love both formats. As Rhino mentioned, it may also be due to people’s time constraints.
Looking forward to that! Wanted to drive the 037 since the the Grand Tour did the story of them vs the Quatttos, but just never got around to it. Now’s my chance!
Also like the idea of swapping USA for Monte Carlo. Personally I liked Monaco, but I know it wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea.
My only other comment is I would have liked to see the H2 RWD class. The Escort has a sweet sounding engine. Perhaps swapping that with the R5s, as we’ve done a lot of them in the Alt Rally? Happy with whatever you guys come up with though.
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I’m down for that.
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Stage 1 - Bronfelen - couple of mistakes and then flew her into a tree at the end.
Stage 2 - Dyffryn Afon - sequence of mistakes into terminal damage and rage. LOL!
Really looking forward to some Rallycross this weekend … serenity now! … serenity now! …
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Got halfway through Australia. The open areas are mostly fine, though the fences can come up unexpectedly if you’re not paying attention. And the forested areas…
They’re very similar to Scotland. You’ve got a steep drop on one side leading to a woody death, and across the narrow track is a steep embankment with little bumps jutting out just waiting to pitch you into said woody death. Thankfully the dirt is much more rutted and grabby than Scotland so it tends to slow you down more before you go hurtling towards your favorite tree. The poor old Fiesta is getting quite banged up, but its plucky determination is pulling it through (for now).
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Stage 1 - went flying off into the same tree @Elby probably flew into right at the end of the stage, caught a small 9 second penalty.
Stage 2 - Went flying off a hill rolling all the way, recovered for a 1 minute penalty… then another 9 at the end.
Wales always gives me trouble, at least I wasn’t fighting the car. Overall I doubt I put up a great time
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I finished up Aus, despite retiring one of the stages and started to get my mojo back from stage 6. With no chance to win the rally it was good to chance to put some times down and try and minimise the difference and put down some times to beat.
On to Wales. I took the Stratos as its an epic car, though this was the first time driving it. I’m not sure I like the driving position as it felt like I was way too close to the front of the car.
With Wales, there’s a couple of really nice long stages that flow, not so much to bite you as Scotland and if its dry its quick. I’ve finished, currently leading, but I’m not sure how those times will hold up as a few of the stages when it was raining, I had backed right off.
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This was the one that cost me a 1 minute penalty
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And still all the people are cheering…
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Richard Hammond would approve!
Wheels
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Here is the promised video. Not great but my best stage in Australia, stage #7
Will start Wales tomorrow.
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Looks fast to me 
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Ran the first stage in Wales. Had a spin early on due to over-enthusiasm, but calmed down after that and ended up within 3 seconds of Keets at the end.
Then I got the dreaded “Connection Lost” message. Looking at the website my time uploaded, but in-game it’s saying I’ll loose my progress if I exit out to the main menu. Still sitting there trying it every now and then, but no luck so far. 
The most fun rally I’ve had so far is when Keets and I were within 5 seconds of each other at the end of Argentina, and given that we’re within 3 seconds of each other after the first stage here, I’m really looking forward to another run like that. Just hope that Racenet will oblige!
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I just calibrated my 1:1 G27 wheel to DR2 input. It’s 540 degrees more or less. Easy to remember because it’s 360 + 180. I should have done this a long time ago.
Sorry to get too technical here but if you set your G27’s Degrees of Rotation to 540, your sim wheel on screen should match your actual wheel. I find car handling seems more bang on with this setting …
Oh, and that “Allow Game To Adjust Settings” doesn’t affect anything. I just left it off because …
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I had a rough go of the Australia rally. When my car was ok, it was quick. Problem was it wasn’t ok very often. I was down on power starting in stage 2. Stage 3 was me dragging the car around. Stage 4, well I repaired the engine but not the Turbo, turns out it’s got zero power without the Turbo. Eventually I even broke something in the steering. So no power, terrible steering, but still somehow running.
I took all the repair penalties I could, One point I could fix the power, but not the steering, that was a fun 3 stages 
When I could get repairs I would get a few green sectors in, but man I kept thrashing the crap out of the car. I just kept limping on, points for finishing I suppose, but it was grueling.
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