Dirt Rally.. looks promising!

Dirt Rally.. looks promising!

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Sheetmaself

5,663 posts

197 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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Right second times the charm, should start at 1200.
Please could someone let me know if its worked or if theres an issue.

MarkRSi

5,782 posts

217 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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Tonsko said:
Turn all of the driving aids off, use manual sequential box and drive slowly. Increase pace gradually smile
This is what I'm doing hence the my 'slow and steady' times... have to say the game really does come alive when using the 360 pad compared to just using the keyboard thumbup only done those two stages so far with the Alfa, looking forward to trying out some of the other cars/stages.

Speckle

3,448 posts

215 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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Sheetmaself said:
Right second times the charm, should start at 1200.
Please could someone let me know if its worked or if theres an issue.
I've managed to join this time with no problem.

Sheetmaself

5,663 posts

197 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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For some reason ive had to join it too, but cannot race.
Made me go onto website using ps4 and do it that way have i missed something. I cant remember how i joined your league but thought it was just search and select.

Speckle

3,448 posts

215 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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When I set up the other one ont he laptop, I was signed into racenet under the account linked to my PSN. It automatically linked the league to my PSN account and showed up under my leagues in Dirt Rally.

Unfortunately, I can't check the game and see if I can race as I'm currently at work.

ecsrobin

17,019 posts

164 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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Sheetmaself said:
For some reason ive had to join it too, but cannot race.
Made me go onto website using ps4 and do it that way have i missed something. I cant remember how i joined your league but thought it was just search and select.
It's been created on steam and not PS4. I joined then realised I can't race

Sheetmaself

5,663 posts

197 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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Right then that explains it, ill try again!

Sheetmaself

5,663 posts

197 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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Right new one set up
Piston-heads2 and you can race this on a playstation which is a bonus!!

JoyDivision

898 posts

202 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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PH XKR said:
Now I'm not the best at driving games but not the worst
Just stop pretending you`re in Smokey and the bum Bandit and drive it like a rally car you fanny.

ecsrobin

17,019 posts

164 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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Sheetmaself said:
Right new one set up
Piston-heads2 and you can race this on a playstation which is a bonus!!
That's me out of it. Stage 2 within 20seconds I was off a cliff at about 10mph and unrecoverable. I see you like bad weather wink

MarkRSi

5,782 posts

217 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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Thought I did well in the 3rd stage, then this sums up my 4th stage...



I should probably listen to my co driver more... hehe (can you adjust the note timings?)


Tonsko

6,299 posts

214 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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Were you going up or down that stretch? smile

You can adjust the co driver call timing, yes. In the options somewhere.

mitchell6

89 posts

153 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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ecsrobin said:
That's me out of it. Stage 2 within 20seconds I was off a cliff at about 10mph and unrecoverable. I see you like bad weather wink
Same as me did quite well on the first stage to 😢

MarkRSi

5,782 posts

217 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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Tonsko said:
Were you going up or down that stretch? smile

You can adjust the co driver call timing, yes. In the options somewhere.
Mostly up then suddenly down eek Got a fair number of penalties, could have restarted but wouldn't be in the spirit really...

Think it was the uphill stretch, reverse of the first stage?

Sheetmaself

5,663 posts

197 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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mitchell6 said:
Same as me did quite well on the first stage to ??
Could say that, i escaped after two earthquakes only to find snow in April

To be honest i set everything to random, i can change the weather for next one if people would prefer?

Mastodon2

13,818 posts

164 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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This game looks like it will be very good fun. I've just done my first few drives on the Xbox One, having a bit dabble here and there. I've got all the assists set to zero and on manual shifts. The very first thing I did was take a Peugeot 205 T16 PP up Pikes Peak - or at least I tried, I got a few hundred metres down the road before the car was so wrecked I called it in.

Next up, Mini Cooper in Germany, followed by McRae's Impreza, the Polo WRC, Evo etc etc, just testing the waters. The Metro 6R4 is a bit of a monster - wants to spin on a dime and doesn't seem to have great traction, sounds amazing though. On the whole, the car sounds are the best I've heard in a game, especially with headphones and the audio setting changed to headphone setting, very good indeed. The anti-lag on the Evo sounds absolutely superb.

I took the Audi Quattro up the tarmac PP course next, getting to the top mostly in one piece, but very slowly. I then had a go in the Peugeot 208 T16 that Loeb smashed the course record in, this was a big moment as it's one of all iconic motorsport vehicle faves and Loeb is something of a personal hero to me. As much fun as it was, it doesn't seem to have much, if any downforce whatsoever - it handles like it's on an ice rink like all the cars. We're talking about a car with a LMP racer wing and diffuser, a huge front splitter and undertray, aero side spats etc, slick tyres run straight off the tyre warmers - it should grip like hell and give even more grip as the aero increases - with the aero, weight of the car and the tyres, coupled with the top speed of 150mph or so, it should be completely unflappable over the flowing sections after the Devil's Playground section but it's not. This is something Forza does well - working aero simulation where cars turn in sharper and track a line perfectly through a corner once they are going fast enough to generate the working downforce from the aero. It's a shame that it doesn't really feel like it's there (to me) on the 208 T16 PP car, but otherwise it's a masterful experience.

It's still a shame the car selection on Pikes Peak is limited, but I doubt I'll get bored of driving that hill, I've wanted to do it in a game for years and I'm so glad to finally have the chance. It would be nice if at least Monster and Millen's cars (petrol and electric) get added in, even if they are DLC.

PH XKR

1,761 posts

101 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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I have never sworn so much at the screen. It is such a rewarding game whilst at the same time taunting you, 3 epic green sectors then within a sniff of the finish line you find the magnetic wall which catapults you off into the scenery! Then you nail it all, its epic, you compare to your friends and you are within a few seconds but find they have only driven the track once to your 500.

Thanks for the guidance guys, its much more fun now. Loving the rallycross the most!

JoyDivision

898 posts

202 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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PH XKR said:
Then you nail it all, its epic, you compare to your friends and you are within a few seconds but find they have only driven the track once to your 500.
Join the PH league, lets see just how fast you really are.

confucuis

1,303 posts

123 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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Can't wait to get this, waiting till my college exams are over though!

PH XKR

1,761 posts

101 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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JoyDivision said:
PH XKR said:
Then you nail it all, its epic, you compare to your friends and you are within a few seconds but find they have only driven the track once to your 500.
Join the PH league, lets see just how fast you really are.
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