Hope to do this…but man, this has been project week around the house for me. I’m covered in dust and just haven’t found a stretch to sit down. Enjoy reading the reports so far!
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Wife, “Why are you shouting, what going on up there?”
Me, “I’ve just spun the car and I can’t start the bloody thing back up, oh hang on I’m moving again”
Her, “Is it really that important?”
Me, “Yes it is, Chipwich isn’t far behind me.”
Wife, “Who is Chipwich?”
Me, “Some bloke in America who I have to beat.”
Wife, “Why is it important?”
Me, “YES I DID IT, I think I finished third.”
Wife, “Third? That’s not very good is it?”
Me, “Suppose not but at least I beat Chipwich.”
I think I’m getting too carried away with this. 
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I too had a project this weekend, lots of brush, branches in the yard, empty boxes piling up, some old bedroom furniture that needed to go and I was to clean out the fridge.
I’m not saying I drank a lot of beer while sitting around a fire, listening to some tunes out in the yard, but I’m not not saying that either… 
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Started the Alt rally in Spain but things really aren’t going my way tonight. About 3/4 of the way through the first stage I took a 5 right over crest a little too quick. Hit the ramp at the start of a guardrail which pitched me into the rock face, terminal damage immediately. Racenet must have been having a hissy fit because it didn’t seem to record properly; when I came back into the event it let me continue, though 30 minutes down. So now even if I finish because of the glitch, I’m essentially out of it.
Stupid, stupid mistake, really annoyed at myself. Gah!
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I took 2 tire changes mid stage and drove 2 entire stages on only 3 tires, you might not be as far out as you think 
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Thanks, but given the 12 stage rallies take ~1 hour, and I’m 30 minutes down, I basically need to drive twice as fast as everyone to get to an average time. I don’t think that’s physically possible.
Just really stings to be taken out on the first stage when it felt like a really good rally. I’m wondering if I should just retire anyway, since I’m basically abusing a connectivity glitch to keep going.
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it’s for fun still, might as well run it anyway, no need to stop unless you really want to.
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LOL. I drove most of the longest stage at Baumholder with both front tires flat. She sounded like she was dragging the oil pan and running on the hubs because the rims had been ground off. I tried driving in the grass for a while but worried about hitting one of those damn stones. I kept seeing flashes like there were sparks and a fire, but couldn’t get out to look. Would be funny if it would let you get out and walk around if you came to a complete stop. Maybe give you a hammer and let you beat things back to function.
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Thanks. Got a bit caught up and forgot that most important fact. Appreciate the reminder.
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Yeah you can still win some stages and show us all what real times look like.
Meanwhile I will be in scared grandma speed again. But hey, I am improving from glacier speed. It will take a while.
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Ok hands up those who go in the tuning up section before they race. All I ever do is change tyres and repairs. I never adjust things because basically I have no idea about all that stuff.
Also how do you pick your cars, I like to pick one that is least favourite if I can because I’m a bit silly like that, interested to see how others approach it.
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On picking cars, being German I’m biased towards Opel 
Audi and then BMW are my next choices. But then, for the Rally GT I use the Aston Martin instead of the Porsche. Maybe my logic for car selection is not so strong
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I change tyres and I repair. I leave everything else as it is.
Hmmm… I do it roughly by this priority list:
- A car similar to one I have driven or that someone in my family has driven. Examples:
- Opel Kadett
- Skoda Fabia
- Seat Ibiza
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A car with the steering wheel on the left (my angles are off in the others so I crash more often)
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A car that is kinda iconic (Opel Manta, Opel Kadett, Golf GTI, Audi Quattro, Subaru Impreza or the Citroen DS for example)
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A car available in red (I like red cars)
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I attempt to tune, although I could possibly be making my cars worse 
I pretty much rule out picking the car I’m fairly certain a majority will take. That’s about the only thought I put into my selections, trying to diversify the field a bit.
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Cheers guys, had my little sulk and feel much better now. . Will see how much time I can claw back and chalk it up to what could have been. Guess I’m up for a good finish in Finish rally, just hope I finish the first Finish stage before the Finish stage finishes my car. 
As for turning, I just change tires and repair. Similar to you guys, I don’t want to mess up something up I don’t understand. The one exception I might make is for final drive great ratios. In Dirt Rally (1) sometimes first gear was useless (too short at the start, need second immediately, and too short for hairpins), though I haven’t seen that in Dirt Rally 2.0 yet. The other reason is topping out in top gear. Normally I’d just keep my foot flat against the limiter, but in the Porsche at Germany I did that for ~15 seconds and heard a horrible grinding nose afterwards. Went away after a few minutes and engine was fine at the next repair, but now I’ll back off to not abuse the limiter.
For cars, I’ll usually take each option for a quick recce run. I’ll typically pick the shortest stage, but even then I usually only get to the first split, about the same distance as the shakedowns come to think of it. Then I’ll go for the car that best suits my style, rotating nicely but not trying to spin at every control input. That’s usually my choice, unless something else is significantly faster, then I’ll go with that, unless that one really wants to kill me (Stratos anyone?).
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Only 3 1/2 hours left to finish up Baumholder. If you’ve been waiting now is the time.
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A first step into a larger world. I have just joined my first multiplayer club. This one. And I am dantdbv
Now we will see when I am actually going to attempt a Rally here. Baumholder is out of the question as Flu induced shoulder and neck pain is holding me on the edge of a migraine. I am tempted, but I just know that I very much will pay for it after.
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already got ya all set, hope you feel better so and join in the fun.
Picking cars, I tend to pick a car that I would like to drive. e.g. I took the Lancer Evo X and the Aston as I’ve love to have a go in one.
I’m currently driving the Mitsubishi in the R5 Alt rally, purely because I didn’t know what to pick and thought it looked fun, but it looks like they all are.
Tuning, I tend to leave it pretty much alone, maybe shift the gearing if it looks like there’s a longish straight. For the last asphalt at Baumholder I lowered the cars ride height.
Most of the time I don’t think it makes too much difference, a lot will depend on driving style and its no substitute or magic bullet vs positioning the car correctly on the road or into a corner. Obviously YMMV.
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