RBR: the next recommended steps?

Hi folks, I won my first rookie level Rally championship tonight (safe damage level) which unlocked the Citroen, but I like the Peugeot 206 much more (so many good looking girls were driving them in my youth, must have been some kind of conditioning for me ;-). So was wondering what the next recommended step for a novice rally driver like my should be (my PB at harwood I is a 3m56 in the p206). Should I crank up the AI speed for the next rally championship or should I try a "reduced" damage mode rally on rookie level? I crashed numerous times during the first CS, and I fear I wouldn't be able to complete a single stage even on reduced damage settings. Or should I just hotlap trying to improve my times? Damn, this sim has so many roads to take (literally) I'm lost at what to attempt next ;-) thanks for your comments, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

I went from rookie / safe to amateur / reduced and had to knock it back to safe. if you still crash a lot you'll probably still need safe. reduced isn't real tolerant of heavy crashes to the front end... Charlie

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> Hi folks, I won my first rookie level Rally championship tonight (safe > damage level) which unlocked the Citroen, but I like the Peugeot 206 > much more (so many good looking girls were driving them in my youth, > must have been some kind of conditioning for me ;-). So was wondering > what the next recommended step for a novice rally driver like my > should be (my PB at harwood I is a 3m56 in the p206). Should I crank > up the AI speed for the next rally championship or should I try a > "reduced" damage mode rally on rookie level? I crashed numerous times > during the first CS, and I fear I wouldn't be able to complete a > single stage even on reduced damage settings. > > Or should I just hotlap trying to improve my times?

I say try a rookie CS with reduced damage. I'm running an amateur CS right now with reduced, and I'd be kicking butt if I could calm down and stay out of trouble. Instead, I sit somewhere around 8th. That's fine though, as it's forcing me to at least try to control my instinct to push REALLY hard. The CS is as much about finishing as it is going fast, and the risk of damage helps develop good habits IMHO. Ditto for hotlapping as practice. Nothing's more frustrating that concentrating hard for 3/4 of a stage, running well, and then sliding it into a tree after getting over confident. Alan

Im trying to do a champ on expert/realistic at the mo. I havnt got past the UK yet :) (best is 5th overall which wasnt good enough so i started again). The key is not crashing, not crashing is 10x more important than driving fast, even if you drive quite slow as long as you dont crash you'll do ok in any champs. Oh and btw when your on expert/realistic if you hit a bystander in the crowd the rally comes to a halt, a medical helicopter flies in to retrieve the body and you get a message saying something like "you have killed a member of the public, you must retire from this rally" I larfed and larfed

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:42:05 +0100, Dan Leach wrote: > Im trying to do a champ on expert/realistic at the mo. I havnt got past the > UK yet :) (best is 5th overall which wasnt good enough so i started again). > The key is not crashing, not crashing is 10x more important than driving > fast, even if you drive quite slow as long as you dont crash you'll do ok in > any champs. I agree. Having to compete in the final two stages of the GB rally with a cracked-up windshield in the rain was *not* funny. 8-P uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Heheheh the windshield getting cracked is just the worst :) i end up crawling at 10mph cause i cant see a thing :) Well, at least its realistic dan

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> I agree. Having to compete in the final two stages of the GB rally > with a cracked-up windshield in the rain was *not* funny. 8-P > > uwe > > > > -- > mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) > Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ > Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) > GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Dan Leach wrote: > Heheheh the windshield getting cracked is just the worst :) i end up > crawling at 10mph cause i cant see a thing :) Well, at least its realistic > dan Switch to bumper view...but that's kind of cheating I suppose.

> I say try a rookie CS with reduced damage. I'm running an amateur CSright > now with reduced, and I'd be kicking butt if I could calm down and stayout > of trouble. Instead, I sit somewhere around 8th. That's fine though, as > it's forcing me to at least try to control my instinct to push REALLYhard. > The CS is as much about finishing as it is going fast, and the risk of > damage helps develop good habits IMHO. Ditto for hotlapping as practice. > Nothing's more frustrating that concentrating hard for 3/4 of a stage, > running well, and then sliding it into a tree after getting overconfident. Just started a new season (mid difficulty) with realistic damage, and the realistic damage changes the dynamics a LOT. I'm not referring to the big 'uns either. I'm much more focused on keeping the driving tidy, because the little bumps here and there can add up to costly damage. Had a seemingly minor off (would've been w/reduced) in the rain and ended up with damage that took forever to fix. I won that stage, but the 30 sec penalty dropped me waaaay down. I now have more to worry about than pure speed, but it's more engaging this way. Alan