Dirt Rally league open to all

[little P]

https://www.dirtgame.com/us/leagues/league/77609/cannonball-run

Feel free to join!

**EDIT** This will be a practice run. Due to a few concerns re: save points and service areas the format will change to a save point after each location and an additional service area at the start of each new location to reflect a fresh car. I would ask that it doesn't get abused though by practicing upcoming stages over and over in free mode before you go for it and submit your time. Just drive the rally as it is done in real life (ie. don't practice just go for it) and it will be more fun for all

! NOTE ! All assists must be turned off please! This will have to be on the honour system, it's not all about winning it's about close competition so let's make it fair on each other.

This league is twelve stages in total over four locations. Each three stage rally starts in the morning and progresses through to night so look after those headlights...

Each rally comprises of two short stages and a long stage to finish which will have a service area.

Good luck gentleman!

- Season 1 schedule -

** No restarts or checkpoints so as realistic as we can get with this sim - look after the car! **

Car: Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500

Stages:

(X marks service area)

1 Wales, Fferm Wynt (S) Morning / Rain - - -
2 Wales, Dyffryn Afon (S) Midday / Cloudy - - -
3 Wales, River Severn Valley (L) Night / Overcast X - -
4 Greece, Ourea Spevsi (S) Midday / Sunny - - -
5 Greece, Ypsona tou Dasos (S) Sunset / Clear - - -
6 Greece, Perasma Platani (L) Night / Clear X - -
7 Sweden, Stor-jangen Sprint Reverse (S) Midday / Sunny - - -
8 Sweden, Skogsrallyt (S) Afternoon / Snow - - -
9 Sweden, Norraskoga (L) Night / Snow X - -
10 Wales, Bidno Moorland (S) Morning / Rain - - -
11 Wales, Pant Mawr (S) Midday / Cloudy - - -
12 Wales, Sweet Lamb (L) Night / Overcast X - -

 

[little P]

Ok I have completed the rally, made a little mistake with setting it up, in future there will be a service stage at the beginning of each new location, just look after your car and you will be ok.

There are currently six entrants, more to come hopefully.

I just finished it, if you can do it in under an hour that's a very good time.

I rolled it three times, had to recover the vehicle four times, had no punctures, and only two stages without a smashed windscreen.

It's brutal, and I loved every second! Good luck all

 

[Injen]

done. good run. 4s different from 1h-challenge, it is nice.

 

[little P]

Thanks Injen, that was a good practice run, I can't believe over the course of just over an hour's worth of rally stages there was only four seconds in it! Unbelievable.

 

[little P]

Ok, this is it, the big one (stop giggling at the back). The cannonball run! There's still time for drivers to join - feel free to join at any time using this link;

https://www.dirtgame.com/leagues/league/77609/cannonball-run

A rally championship taking place over six locations. Skill, stamina, control, discipline and a little dab of risk taking will earn you a place on the podium, or even the winners trophy if you are lucky enough!

Once again, all assists off please. Disabling HUD is encouraged, I personally drive with all hud elements off for the immersion. Plus it distracts the co-driver, and he needs all his concentration...

Event 1 takes us to Greece, good luck drivers, and watch out for those cliff edges!

I have put in a day/night cycle so we will be driving the first stage of each location in the morning, and will progress through the day until night and this cycle will repeat.

Car: 1985 Opel Manta 400

AMENDMENTS TO FORMAT:

There is a service area at the beginning of each location to reflect a car that has been worked on en route to the next location. You still need to take care of your car as all damage is persistent across locations. There will also be a service area on each long stage that will always follow two short stages. There is also now checkpoints added in at each long stage. Please don't abuse this system, it's there upon request to help us be able to take the rallies in chunks as not everyone can sit and do a whole twelve stage rally in one go. If you crash you crash, don't worry about it, it's a long championship and you'll be able to make up the time as you can be sure other drivers will be having their own issues and damage to contend with!

Each driver will have one week to compplete each location consisiting of twelve stages. I will post the event info up every Monday ready for the the Tuesday when the next location's rally will begin and update the standings as we go.

Remember drivers - to finish first, first you have to finish. This is a marathon, not a sprint!

Good luck out there.

 

[little P]

Twelve drivers signed up so far, this should be fun

 

[Injen]

CANNONBALL RUN - Kathodo Leontiou (practice)

 

[little P]

Nice run Injen! Some nice scandinavian flicks in there I saw

 

[Injen]

woops, dat was... mechanically. never used flicks in DR, but i got some skill from Automobilista and now looking for good trajectory.

 

[Jerad]

If I get some time I'll have to reinstall and sign up. I've been busy being sick and playing potatostation games lately.

 

[little P]

Nice one ID! Definitely worth it, it's going to be fun and we have around 16 signups as of this point

 

[little P]

20 drivers signed up so far!

 

[Injen]

im alredy completed first event. what can i say... damn night stages
it was good competitive with WildDucksAttack, at some SS we had tenths of seconds difference (what an intrigue!). final results for now:

WildDucksAttack 55:55.010 --

Injen 55:57.211 +00:02.201

i'll wait for results of other participants! good luck!

 

[little P]

Nice times wow. Again, that's an incredibly close time over an hour!

 

[Grumpy]

The Manta was really fun in Finland, unfortunately i had some mistakes, fortunately none of them were resets just stop reverse out and go.

Last stage however i got a rear left flat at just over 2min left of the stage, luckely i still managed to finish without repairing it.

I'm glad i stumbled over this forum and this league i love DiRT Rally and RWD is my favorite class.

 

[little P]

Ah that's the joy of rallying eh! Welcome to B2O Grumpy, glad you found us It's not all about winning here (thank goodness in my case) so don't worry about the times, in fact good job for finishing the stage with a flat for two minutes

Good luck in the future events of the cannonball run, and may you stay shiny side up!

Do you play any other games? We have a wide variety of games played here so maybe make a post here and introduce yourself, tell us what games you like to play etc.

 

[Grumpy]

I recorded a replay of one of the stages if anyone is interrested

 

[Injen]

I recorded a replay of one of the stages if anyone is interrested

perfect driving! I hope, at some day i got a wheel

 

[Grumpy]

Oh Monte Monte Monte, i've never learned to like Monte i always skip it in career mode and i have no expectations when it shows up in leagues. Well nothing different this time it was HORRIBLE driving, i recorded the three BEST stages and yeah well it's not nice to watch

 

[Deb]

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