Sweden done. Lots of mistakes. Fun to drive though. I tried all the cars before jumping in. BMW: Light from the back, wheels spinning too much with no traction. Ford: Quite slow with acceleration, not enough RPMs, but easy to take corners. Renault: Most stable from those, Good traction, but lots of understeering. I chose BMW in the end and ohh boy how sweaty i was at the end, lots of work with the wheel. Suspension and Dampners a bit more into Firm, Differential bit more into Loose and break balance 1 click into the rear, because i have no clutch on my pedals to make it turn better.

Summary:

S1: Clean
S2: Stuck in the snowbank for 10 sec
S3: Clean
S4: Roll on straight, lost lots of time because visibility was basically zero, slow driving
S5: Spin at high speed, reverse needed. Lost about 5 sec.

Overall i was flying like crazy on the stages (at least it felt like it was maximum what i could do) except the stage where it was snowing. Lets see what others will do :)

Ohh damn you Skully, you beat me. How did you manage to drive so fast on the 4th stage? it seems that stage was my doom, i lost 20 sec for you there. yeah the roll took about 5-6 sec but i had basically zero visibility to drive there. Maybe my monitor settings are bad? I basically just saw like 2-3m from the hood/bonnet, so i just had to use the co-drive words for the track :)

I beat you on Track 2, 4 and 5. It was stage 4 I gained most time, about 14sec. So when starting stage 5 I was only 3sec behind. I had a clean run on all of them pretty much. Track 5 was hard to see, but I know the track anyway. So not soo bad. Possibly using a 40" screen helped me to see better? I felt right on the edge of my abilities the entire time, really had to work hard with the wheel. I could feel the burn in my arms. And still I only just won even though you had a few costly mistakes.

I had fun, but I didn't even try to push. I just concentrated on keeping the car on the road and drove like I had tachophobia.

Quoting: Xpander... but i had basically zero visibility to drive there. Maybe my monitor settings are bad? I basically just saw like 2-3m from the hood/bonnet, so i just had to use the co-drive words for the track :)

Try turning off advanced fog. Although you might consider that cheating.

Quoting: tuubiTry turning off advanced fog. Although you might consider that cheating.

Thanks, i will try that next time. I don't think the fog is that intense in real life with snow. I never seen that intense fog when snowing at least :D

Quoting: Xpander

Quoting: tuubiTry turning off advanced fog. Although you might consider that cheating.

Thanks, i will try that next time. I don't think the fog is that intense in real life with snow. I never seen that intense fog when snowing at least :D

I think they're trying to simulate the way snowfall limits visibility, but it's not very realistic.

Ok new wheel(G920) new challenges. Did just 2 stages today after removing the stupid rubber plug from the break pedal that made it nearly impossible to break. Lots of mistakes because im not used to the handbreak being a button on the wheel.

S1: 3 spins, all with reverse needed, all in hairpin :(
S2: 1 spin at the hairpin, with reverse needed

will update later when i finish other stages.
Overall the new wheel feels much better, but just have to get used to the handbreak and pedals. Rest is quite enjoyable'

edit:

S3: 2 spins at haipin
S4: spin at the hairpin
S5: clean

Considering it went that bad im actually suprised i lost just 2 sec to Skully
Last stage went pretty well, at least the hairpins with my new handbreak setup, lets see what i can do in finland

I got an unrecoverable fall-off-the-edge on the 4th stage. As for learning the G920 - up until I fell off the track, I was roughly on par with my times from previous tournaments (i.e. ~1min behind on a long stage, 30s behind on a short stage) so I'm almost used to it after a couple of weeks. I left the rubber bit in, but adjusted the brake sensitivity so it hits 100% just at the rubber bit - though it might be a better long term solution to remove it.

Incidentally, did you find the buttons set up strangely in Dirt Rally on yours (i.e. button 2 & 3 are mapped wrongly in menus, so button 2 goes back as well as loads setup etc). I had to edit the DiRT Rallyshare/data/input/feral_lg_g920.xml

Quoting: Fakeman_PretendnameI got an unrecoverable fall-off-the-edge on the 4th stage. As for learning the G920 - up until I fell off the track, I was roughly on par with my times from previous tournaments (i.e. ~1min behind on a long stage, 30s behind on a short stage) so I'm almost used to it after a couple of weeks. I left the rubber bit in, but adjusted the brake sensitivity so it hits 100% just at the rubber bit - though it might be a better long term solution to remove it.

Incidentally, did you find the buttons set up strangely in Dirt Rally on yours (i.e. button 2 & 3 are mapped wrongly in menus, so button 2 goes back as well as loads setup etc). I had to edit the DiRT Rallyshare/data/input/feral_lg_g920.xml

yeah buttons are messed up like you described. i haven't dealt with the modifying yet, used keyboard in the menus so it wont do weird things. I first tried also to play with the saturation of the break pedal and made it 100% pressed once it hit the rubber, but then there was so small pedal traveling that i had no feel for the breaks and always locked up hardcore. So i decided to remove the rubber plug and its amazing now.

Hmm, I'm tempted to get my screwdrivers out and do the same :)

If you fancy editing the buttons, I think this is most of it:

Spoiler, click me

(Assuming default install for steam games library)

• Go to .steam/steamapps/common/DiRT Rally/share/data/input


• Open feral_lg_g920.xml in your preferred text editor


• Find this section:

</Action>
  <Action id="Menu Select">
    <Axis id="di_button_0" type="uniDirPos" />

  </Action>
  <Action id="Menu Back">
    <Axis id="di_button_1" type="uniDirPos" />
    
  </Action>
  <Action id="Menu Button3">
    <Axis id="di_button_1" type="uniDirPos" />
    
  </Action>
  <Action id="Menu Button4">
    <Axis id="di_button_2" type="uniDirPos" />

• Replace with the following:

 </Action>
  <Action id="Menu Select">
    <Axis id="di_button_0" type="uniDirPos" />

  </Action>
  <Action id="Menu Back">
    <Axis id="di_button_1" type="uniDirPos" />
    
  </Action>
  <Action id="Menu Button3">
    <Axis id="di_button_2" type="uniDirPos" />
    
  </Action>
  <Action id="Menu Button4">
    <Axis id="di_button_3" type="uniDirPos" />

• Add this bit underneath if you want to be able to switch weather/livery without using F3/F4 or whatever

  <Action id="Menu Left Shoulder">
    <Axis id="di_button_4" />
  </Action>
  <Action id="Menu Right Shoulder">
    <Axis id="di_button_5" />

I might have made some other adjustments to the file, but those should get all menus making sense.

In game, you have to go to the control/controller settings and load the G920 preset for it to re-read the values - though note this will reset your saturation/linearity settings, so make sure you remember, write down or save them first.

Finland Done. Enjoyed like always. Still can't get the hang of the handbreak button yet, but its getting better.

S1: Clean
S2: Clean
S3: Close call with trees, field trip
S4: Clean
S5: Spin at the hairpin with reverse needed

I didn't do a perfect run in Finland, about one bigger mistake per stage, but I'm ok with that. Had a funny moment within sight of the finish line on the rainy stage (which went really well otherwise) where I did a weird flip, got stuck on a tree trunk for a bit, then fell nose-first to the ground before slowly tilting back on my wheels. Should have tried to record the replay or something.

The BMW is really fun to drive BTW. A bit like the Group B Manta, but slightly easier to handle around the corners. Too bad about the horrible noise it makes...

Germany done. Terrible as always.The stages i had clean run, i matched with Skully, in fact 3rd stage was exactly same time as Skully got. But yeah, tarmac doesn't work for me somehow, i don't just feel the car.

S1: 2 spins on hairpins, both with reverse needed
S2: Clean
S3: Clean
S4: Small trip to the field
S5: Spin at the hairpin

I hit my one-big-mistake-per-stage groove again. Ended up third as usual.

I had a good run. No mishaps at all. Was a very fun drive. I like Germany a lot. I have no issue with tarmac.

Greece Done. Tried to drive carefully to not make any mistakes. Still did on the first 2 stages. I think i messed up the Gearbox setup also, felt like 3rd and 4th gear didn't have enough power on the uphill sections and lower gears were on the engine rev limit. Anyway, whats done is done.

S1: Crash into Ad board on hairpin, reverse needed
S2: Went straight on hairpin, crashed into post, reverse needed
S3: Clean
S4: Clean
S5: Clean

yesterday i sent a request to join the gol-4fun league. if anyone has the appropriate admin level to accept or deny that request, i would appreciate it. thank you for you time and consideration.
btw the way the request will be from ???[Linux]... apparently they lack support for asian fontsets...

Quoting: iwantlinuxgamesyesterday i sent a request to join the gol-4fun league. if anyone has the appropriate admin level to accept or deny that request, i would appreciate it. thank you for you time and consideration.
btw the way the request will being from ???[Linux]... apparently they lach support for asian fontsets...

Done! Sorry the page is idiotic and doesn't notify such things, so we dont check the crappy roster management all the time. Anyway, Have fun racing! Though this is the final Event of this season.

Quoting: Xpander

Quoting: iwantlinuxgamesyesterday i sent a request to join the gol-4fun league. if anyone has the appropriate admin level to accept or deny that request, i would appreciate it. thank you for you time and consideration.
btw the way the request will being from ???[Linux]... apparently they lach support for asian fontsets...

Done! Sorry the page is idiotic and doesn't notify such things, so we dont check the crappy roster management all the time. Anyway, Have fun racing! Though this is the final Event of this season.

thank you very much good sir!
no worries about joining so late in the season... I'm still trying get the physics of the game down anyway...just want to see how i fare against others

UK Done. Managed to find a pretty good setup before all the shakedowns were completed.

Summary:
S1: Went straight on hairpin, reverse needed
S2: Clean
S3: Rear wheel went into ditch, had luck, took some time to get back to road
S4: Clean
S5: Half spin at hairpin, nothing too bad