Cross Platform Australian Dirt Rally 2.0 Club • GENERAL DISCUSSION

Sometimes it can be a toss up between wets and slicks with mixed weather. Yes, the wets will be faster / safer on the wet stages, but you'll also lose loads of time on the dry stage

Wouldn't have thought you would need a handbrake for RWD on tarmac?

Finally got on after a couple weeks of saying i'd do it but forgetting.
Normally I use a FR car in Group B RWD but this time i went with the Porsche.
I opted for the wets on the dry - wet opening stages, stage 1 i jumped the start and had a couple spins so i finished quite behind. Stage 2 went better and currently have the best time for the stage by 19 seconds I think (I expect that to change) despite a spin in the final sector.
Minimal repairs in the service area which was good, softs on and onto the next 2 stages.
Stage 3 I was 8 seconds down after 2 sectors and despite losing my concentration and flying off the road (11 second penalty) i was actually green. Made more time in sector 4 and was up on the best time. I think general slower pace and a few mistakes saw my advantage dwindle and despite being green in the final sector I finished 5 seconds behind and 42 seconds overall.
Stage 4 was awesome with a lot of high speed areas and was going great in the first half (down on leader but at least clean) however a couple of spins + having a power deficit to the Lancias meant that I was slower and didn't make any moves up the leader board

Put some times down in the M1 Procar (reeeeeeeeeee!). Couldn't catch you stage 1 @dj2ca but think perhaps a few mistakes put you behind in stage 2 and I managed to hold/extend that lead. I opted for softs stage 1 and 2. Stage 1 was longer at 7km so figured I'd lose less time on the 5km wet stage 2 on softs so long as I didn't spin, which I managed to do. Just some massive understeer to deal with given the big heavy FR car

I ran softs on stage 1 and 2 hoping the soft would work better on stage 2 which I thinknit did. Didn't help that at the end of the 3rd split or start of the 4th I went straight on into a guard rail on a right hander and damaged radiator so was short shifting and took it easy to try not to hurt the engine as I didn't know how much damage I was carrying and wanted a good car after service. Ran mediums for the next 2 stages and that was good.

@Kieran_B33 that was close over the 4 stages between us.
I think if I am first to do the stages I will finish every time as I'm not over driving it as the splits are all green. But then I'm not pushing hard enough to make time up because you think you are doing really well because the splits are all green

I only used it a couple of times, it probably wasn't needed but hell it's fun haha.

Did you clutch in too?

The day they make an affordable clutch and H pattern that feel realistic I'll start using a clutch lol

Just diggin', I don't have a shifter or handbrake either so use autoclutch and have my actual clutch pedal mapped to handbrake.

When finances permit, get a shifter and handbrake. I didn't go super fancy, just Fanatec but they are really good. I can't tell you how bloody great it feels to pull through the gears in sequential mode. Before getting them I mapped my clutch as the handbrake as well, it's the only real choice because trying to hit a tiny button while yanking the wheel doesn't often turn out the way you want it to haha. Even though my handbrake did just break I still love it. It was only a small part and I was able to get a temp fix going pretty easily. At least until I get my 3D printer set up so I can make a sturdier version.

Oh dear!

I've been waiting for you to do your run to see where I fell in the standings haha. I'm happy with P3 and very happy to get the stage win on the first stage. I have a mate who said he was going to join up and do this, I'll give him a kick in the pants.

I'm pretty sure I went with mediums in the first stage. They were a nightmare on the second stage though.

Man, I took softs stage 1 and you still beat me by 5 seconds on wets! I'll take stage 3 though!

Hey @KoAStR just a heads up, the links in the OP the should take you to the championship standings, recent results etc don't seem to be working and just direct you to the Dirt rally 2 homepage