Season 4 - Race 2

[Zieman]

It is time to continue season 4.

This time we're having an interesting duel, that ought to be a lot more even than it looks like on paper...

Cars:
Kiplali's Austin Healey 3000 Mk 1
http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=757
and
YorT's AC Cobra 427
http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=720

Stage: Original Finland 4

The Cobra has an awful lot more power than the Healey, but bumpy road and a rainy day may just make that advantage a disadvantage....

Event type: Hotlapping - drive as much as you like and upload your best time. If you improve your time, you can upload another replay and delete the old one, within the time limits, of course :wave:

Rules:
We will use the usual RULES.
TT Realmod2005 is mandatory -get it HERE (http://www.nogripracing.com/details.php?filenr=671)

Race starts on Friday 22.09.2006 at 19:00 GMT
and closes on Friday 29.09.2006 at 19:00 GMT

You can check the time HERE (http://www.worldtimezone.com/) or HERE (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/)

IMPORTANT

If you're unsure how to install the car (or even the TT Realmod), see the readme -files (and browse/search these forums) for more information.
Good luck and have fun!
:drive:

The leaderboard will be updated every now and then.

LEADERBOARD:

1. pjakesson........2:43:64...Cobra
2. Midi................2:44:51...Cobra
3. Rallyfan...........2:51:90...Cobra
4. Matra-Rancho..2:54:27...Healey
5. kiplali..............2:55:56...Healey
6. MerlinHellfire....2:56:45...Cobra
7. richard............2:56:54...Healey
8. Zieman...........2:57:99...Healey
9. YorT..............2:58:65...Cobra
10.GregoryB........3:05:78...Healey
11.JamesGT........3:15:36...Cobra
12.ernbar...........3:15:42...Healey
13.Volvo142S......3:29:61...Healey

[Volvo142S]

The Big Healey
auto/kb/squirrels (hiding)

Damn hard to catch/hold slides without a steering wheel ....

[Midi]

I remember that Healey was very tricky to drive because it has open differential. So i'm going with Cobra :cool::

[Zieman]

The Big Healey Here too!
Tricky to drive, but once you get the hang of it (like me :p ) pretty fun to slide around... Would like to see what someone who really CAN drive this car can do :wave:

2:57:99

Animals ON

[GregoryB]

I can't get the big Healey to download, so does anyone mind if I go with the V1.0 from October 2005? Unless I find I can keep the Cobra in its basket, of course, which seems unlikely.

[kiplali]

The only difference between the 2 versions is that V1.0 had a wrong sized info tga file which didn't work on some PC's... so no problem using that. Great to see you back mate:up:

Kiplali

[MerlinHellfire]

After backing-up everything (before adding the realmod), then installing add-on tracks, thus messing up the originals, is it enough to copy the backed-up track files to the track folder?

[Zieman]

The Realmod updates some of the track data too. Probably easiest would be to restore FTC cars and default tracks from the CD and then install Realmod again, just to be sure.

[GregoryB]

Austin Healey for me, can't resist that lucious soundtrack.

[MerlinHellfire]

Okay, just did that.
Had a couple of clean runs before, like without sinking in a lake or stuff ;)
between 2:59 and 3:04, but I´ll try again now before uploading a new time replay.

[JamesGT]

Cobra
3:10.98

I only had time for a couple runs.

[YorT]

Got real wet in the Cobra ;)

2:57:65

Drove the Healy and I thought I was quicker (easier to handle), but turns out I was quicker in the Cobra by 8sec!!

What a ride:eek::

[Midi]

This car is impossible to drive on these conditions. :roflmao:

2.44.51
animals on

[pjakesson]

This car is impossible to drive on these conditions.

Or as my fellow co-pilot would say:

"This is NOT what I call rally driving !"

Watch out Midi, I'm coming after you !!


Cobra 2.46.31

/Per Å

[ernbar]

HI :)

I drove with austin :D
One crach but i can't drive this stage second time :p

I haven't no file cheking exe beacouse i have PL version and "PL unoficcial patch" is isn't working too :(

ok replay in rar :D

[MerlinHellfire]

Boah, there´s twelve seconds more/less in it???:eek::

Cobra 2:56.45 ... control is nothing without power

[Zieman]

YorT, you might want to improve your time a bit, I'm going to beat you... :D
And while you're at it, you could avoid the incident with that rail too... :wave:

[richard]

Here is my time.


Relpay remove due to better time.

Richard

[Rallyfan]

Had time for 2 runs, i will probably be last, but anyway:

Cobra
2.51.90
Keyboard
Animals on

[pjakesson]

A small inprovement, 1 s faster, I'm getting closer Midi !!

2.45.31 in Cobra

/Per Åkesson

[pjakesson]

Ok my final try, at last I passed Midi (last upload)

Cobra 2.43.64

/Per Å

[kiplali]

Managed a 2.55.56 in the Healey with animals somewhere

Kiplali

[Matra-Rancho]

Had time for 2 runs, i will probably be last, but anyway:

Hello,

no Rallyfan, you won't be last... How can you drive the Cobra so fast with a keyboard? With my gamepad I cannot drive 50m in a straight line with the Cobra...
My best run in the Austin HELLey (this is the right name for the beast) is +3.5sec. to yours...

Seems that Midi and Per have found a significant shortcut :D in the stage.

regards MR

[YorT]

...
Seems that Midi and Per have found a significant shortcut :D in the stage.


Yeah, they have floaties on their wheels!! :roflmao:

[Rallyfan]

no Rallyfan, you won't be last... How can you drive the Cobra so fast with a keyboard?
My best run in the Austin HELLey (this is the right name for the beast) is +3.5sec. to yours...

I have driven with k/b as long as i remember, that is the reason why i sometimes have decent race results i think

I think my limits would have ended at 2.46.xx in this race though...

[richard]

Here is my final time.

[Zieman]

Allright fellas, time is up!
Final results should appear within an hour or so.
:wave:

[Zieman]

Results updated.
Some comments (quoted passages from my discussion with kiplali):

JamesGT: "...drifts into the barrier bounces off, hits it again and runs along the barrier for about 3 cars lengths until the end of the barrier..." => 5 sec penalty

ernbar: "...ran straight to a tree. Technically he continued the race after the hit on wrong side of the tree, but there wasn't much of a corner and coming to a complete stop is IMO enough penalty..." => no penalty

YorT: I feel bad for giving you the 1 sec penalty, but we have our rules, and even my careless boasting won't change that. With this I mean that since I couldn't improve my time, it is a bit embarassing to give you a penalty that reverses our final positions in this race.

Overall: nasty stage and tricky cars. Cobras eventually dominated the event.
Thanks to all who raced, fantastic driving, and congratulations to pjakesson for victory :trophy:
:drive:

[Volvo142S]

13.Volvo142S......3:29:61...Healey

Every rally needs a Sweep Car :D

[Matra-Rancho]

Overall: nasty stage and tricky cars. Cobras eventually dominated the event.
Thanks to all who raced, fantastic driving, and congratulations to pjakesson for victory.

Hello,
yes, very hard to drive, but fun at least...

seems that we always have two aliens :D which race with us...

regards MR

PS: In the replay section I have uploaded a "wild dancing" Austin Healey, think it's the same bug like the "dancing" Abarth 695.

[YorT]

YorT: I feel bad for giving you the 1 sec penalty, but we have our rules, and even my careless boasting won't change that. With this I mean that since I couldn't improve my time, it is a bit embarassing to give you a penalty that reverses our final positions in this race.


That OK mate, its what we call a racing incident in the game!! :P Got to go with the flow, roll with the punches, and try and do better next time. ;)

[Rallyfan]

I'm delighted with my position at the end, but now with my driving!
Whoever thought to use Cobra at a rainy asphalt stage was nuts but i mean that in a good way :D

[richard]

A good rally. 7th was a good position for me.

Does anyone know anything on the damage to the cars.
What file is it, and can it be edited?

[pjakesson]

Overall: nasty stage and tricky cars. Cobras eventually dominated the event.
Thanks to all who raced, fantastic driving, and congratulations to pjakesson for victory :trophy:
:drive:

Thanks,

I don't know why I this stage suited me. Perhaps driving a lot of
GPL has helped me, overpowered cars with low grip
resembles this stage/combo.

looking forward to next (real rally) race

Per Å.

[YorT]

Does anyone know anything on the damage to the cars.
What file is it, and can it be edited?

Are you talking about the amount of damage a cars sustains at a certain speed??

If you are then this is located in the car.ini

# min/max damage speeds (m/s)
DamageSpeedRange = {6.0, 11.0};

[Midi]

Nice race indeed, and gongratz pjakesson. :trophy: I didn't have patient to drive anymore, it was so damn tricky :)

[richard]

No, what l'm looking for is the file that alters things like the handling, loosing top gear, and basically the driveability of the car.

lf you take a car in RT and keep crashing it into a tree, or roll it down a cliff face, eventually the car handling is altered.

[Midi]

In RT it is also possible to retire. I retired once when playing around with Audi S1 at some kenya stage. :)