Wow, that was a great run. (DBO)

by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Saturday, July 30, 2016, 04:34 (3045 days ago) @ cheapLEY

I've still never had a stage that clean. It almost makes me glad we're on opposite systems--I can't see how thoroughly you'd destroy my awful times.

Heh, thanks. TBH some of the late model AWD cars make it a bit easier (driving the 2000's and 2010's sets are like being in a cartoon). Their suspension soaks up bumps a lot better, and they're easier to throw around hairpins. That particular car is sort of good and sort of not - it has those two advantages, but it's an R4 class which is extremely heavy. Sometimes it doesn't want to stop or turn as soon as I'd planned. That's why I recorded that run, it's rare that I get through cleanly in an R4.

I need to play this more.

Hell yes.

I'm still in the Clubman series driving a Mk. II Escort. I've been obsessed with the Quattro on Pikes Peak, though, and I've barely touched Rally Cross at all.

You might beat me there, then. I haven't spent much time on Pike's Peak and I still don't know the course. It's hard with no co-driver calls. I'm starting to recognize some of the corners, but only when I get right up to them, and I still don't know what order they're in.

Rally Cross makes me angry. It's well implemented and the driving is fun, but trying to actually progress sucks. The cars all tend to knock each other around at the beginning, and sometimes you can find yourself too far behind to catch up and finish in a good position.

I ended up tweaking my steering settings a little more. The stuff I was using worked OK for everything except the Lancia Stratos and 037 - those two were twitchy as hell. Think I have it dialed in now.