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"WRC Challenge Weekend 3"

That time is nearly upon us, hopefully we will be emailed the new code in the early hours of tomorrow morning ??
Good to see the points table taking shape.
I got zero points in challenge 1 and about 130 in challenge 2, don't think I will need to book any holiday at work for the trip to Cyprus.

M'kaaay... 9.23.04. Time is out. :(

I've had it, 9.19.10. Best stage times are 2.02.44, 4.30.64 and 2.45.34.

9.23.76 :)

Ok, after adjusting my driving to G1ngers and Diplomats style I have (after 3 attempts and several aborted ones) cud my time from 9.33 something to 9.28.50. I will keep trying, as I'm sure there still are some seconds lying around somewhere on the track. :)

that would be "to cut 13 secs off my time." and nothing else.

Thanks Diplomat and Ginger. I'll have about 4 hours tonight to cud 13 secs off my time. I hope I can do it with your notes. (and graphs that almost worked :))

I totally agree, the pacenotes are quite off sometimes. But they are important only until you know the track by heart. So that's not too much of a problem anymore.

The co-drivers notes do vary, like you say, some three's and four's can be taken at full speed and yet some three's are very tight. I use the little map on the left of the screen to judge how sharp a bend is, it helps me.

ehh, what a pity, the graph got messed up:(

anyway, I drew you a graph! it just didn't work out. sorry.

There is no universal receipe. Each corner has its own specs, I'd say. I'll try some ideas though.

Well, for hairpins maybe, I could say that I always brake hard as late as possible and then make a sharp turn inside, rather than going steadily and smoothly around the corner. It seems to have won me a lot of time.

And I can think of several "left 3" and "left 4" corners on the second stage which can be taken full throttle. Even one "left 5" is quite fast... On the other hand, some "left 3s" (for example, the one after the first checkpoint) are a true pain in the butt. The same applies to stage three, many full throttle "left 4s".

Also I think it is important to keep the car straight as much as possible (that's related to this hairpin thing I mentioned before). What I mean is that it may seem like a smooth going through a corner a little bit sideways, but your speed really drops while being sideways so I believe it is always good to jerk the car into the right position as soon as possible or actually you should be doing it throughout the whole corner (except for the hairpins where as I said, I go into it full speed, almost stop, turn around and go on). God, I wish I could explain it, I'd like to draw a graph for you, as to show what I think should be avoided in the corner...

' 3
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1 /
-----/ 2

Ok, that's some sort of a graph at least... So, you're entering the corner from no 1 and turn left exiting the corner at no 3 (hope you understand the picture now). Start keeping to the left in the end of no 1 and the point what I want to make comes when you are at the point when you're still sideways at the end of no 2. Get your damn car straight along no 3 BEFORE you go sideways on no 3! That's where I lose most of my time. If it was not understandable, I can try to explain it again.

Hopefully these were useful thoughts... Sry, if too detailed.