The Rejectful Eastern European Cars Computerised Series

[Pointrox]

5th? That's more like it - he might be not so hapless after all
Oh, and I'd like to know what the hell happened in T1. Whatever that was, it costed me leading the race

[JeremyMcClean]

Yesterday Dennis Scott raced his way to 20th place and scored five points at Vanuatu. Miraculously, his Trabant managed to stay on the track and not get into any accidents. The team is clearly estatic over the great finish. When we asked the team (which consists of Scott and a couple of other mechanics), they were with Alasdair Lindsay and clearly drunk celebrating their points finish. (No word on why Lindsay was with Scott's team in the first place.) The next day, we found Scott and his team packing up the car for the next race. Scott said that the result was the best of his racing career, and hopes for more points in the future. He admits that his start wasn't the best but he has great hopes for the future race. "It was the first race we didn't have to fix something," commented Scott.

[Bleu]

Quotes from Top Gear Test Track.

Qualifying was perfect. I tried to get 11th position and succeeded. Unfortunately race wasn't that good as I got spun by Simpson. My race was basically over after that.

The bad qualifying effort destroyed my chances. I was lucky not to suffer too much in the first corner incident. After that it was a clean race for me. I am happy to get second.

Comments from Vanuatu race will be given after the race organizer has published race highlight video.

[tristan1117]

Peter Senerson: (with an "er") Reject in rallying and REECS.

[Benetton]

Jorma Kalervo announces that he will immediately change to the Moskovitch team as the Dacia is a total crapbox. Apparently Kalervo had walked straight to Dacias HQ's in Romania and threatened to burn the place down.

Penguin livery stays on the new Moskovitch although the background color of the car will change from white to light green.

[This]

Van Dycke spent more times on the side of the car then on wheels, is he a stuntman or something?

Actually he's a superhero at night. More specifically he's the one and only personal space invader.

[Phoenix]

I can't understand why we're being so shite this season

[FantometteBR]

WTBP with Dinah? Second race in the row she retires... I guess she shouldn't take too much drinking with Zinda...

[simonracer]

Round 4: Vanautu

The F1 Rejects dream is alive - a race in Vanautu has finally arrived. It isn't F1 though, but the much more entertaining REECCS.

Qualifying.


Race.
You thought the first few races were crazy? Well, as the words to a popular '70's rock song go, "You 'ain't seen nothing yet". The Vanautu track is a huge oval, however to spice things up, the track owners added a few chicanes and a very narrow hairpin section. This hairpin section proved the undoing of many drivers, and if you were in a Dacia, Lada or Wartburg, your chances of making it through unscathed were nil. Combine this with the fact that the start finish timer didn't extend to the pits meant that this was nearly the craziest race in REECCS history.
It is just about impossible to go into detail about this race in this review given that there was so much action, so lets just say that all of the Ladas crashed at the hairpin, along with just about everyone else, except for the Polski-Fiats, who drifted their way through the hairpins (though were gutless through the rest of the lap, meaning some Skodas were in the mix for the top positions). The biggest surprise of the race was the fact that two Trabants finished in the points! Back at the front, it was Rafel Lepel who won from Samael Meerwick and Tetsuya Takagi.



No awards will be given for this race.

Is there going to be a review video for this one?

[Bleu]

What do I have wrong in my settings when playing this mod? There's one thing missing.

Trabants don't roll.

[FMecha]

Any news?

[East Londoner]

Any news?

Dude, people have other, more important things to do before running a computerised game, like exams or work. Be more patient in future.

[Stramala]

Any news?

Dude, people have other, more important things to do before running a computerised game, like exams or work. Be more patient in future.

Not everyone...

[MinardiFan95]

I've finally gotten around to making the highlights video for the Vanautu round: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaqjMf9HFgo

The next round will see the introduction of a new driver to the Trabant Rolling Over competition. After being fueled by a deadly combination of VB, Bundy Rum and Monster Energy at the F1RMGP Bathurst 24 Hours, Bazza the Bogan thought "geez, I could race better than these bathplugging James Hunt's" and found an ad in the paper for a "Slightly burnt V8 Supercar, $500 no questions asked". He bought the thing over the phone, confused by the sellers "bathplugging confusing" accent. He didn't seem to mind the fact that it was pink and had Cillit Bang sponsorship, or the fact that the engine had exploded (the seller had thrown in a spare "race engine"). Unfortunately for Bazza, the spare "race engine" was a REECCS Trabant engine, and when trying to enter V8 Supercars he was laughed off.
When he sobered by two weeks later it was only then he realised what he'd bought and then drove to the scrap metal place, only to be turned away because Trabant's are made from cotton. That night, he flicked on the TV to watch a repeat of Baywatch, but instead stumbled across the REECCS enduro highlights. He then proceeded to put stickers of all his favourite stuff on the car, and bent a rusty old barbeque cover into the shape of a bonnet.


Also, here's Jorma Kalervo's new Moskvich

[Davidellias]

where can I find template's for these things? I wanna join

[MinardiFan95]

Round 5: Monaco

Qualifying


The REECCS returns to Monaco for the second time, with a record 43 cars on track for one of the tightest street circuits in the world. Surprisingly all of the cars manage to fit on the grid, the front being filled with Polski-Fiats the twisty streets suiting the light rear engined cars. Unfortunately for them the large amount of kerbs caught them out, the first example of this being Tetsuya Takagi, who rolled in front of the pack at the first corner. Later on many drivers proved that two wide through Loews Hairpin doesn't work, with the high kerbs catching any car out, while the swimming pool section wasn't anywhere near as chaotic as last season. Back at the front Ruby and Leon Albertini had turns at taking the lead, though Albertini rolled and ended up mired in the pack. Ruby backed off a bit to avoid rolling over, however Skoda driver Jason Hamilton was catching rapidly, and on the last lap made an overtake into Portier to take the lead. He almost lost it at the last corner, when he hit the inside barrier at the last corner, but he crossed the line just ahead of Ruby, 5 seconds ahead of Zbynek Benes. Samael Meerwick continued his consistent run with 4th.

Results



Lolwut?: Tetsuya Takagi
Got beaten by a Trabant on a road course: Maxim Simonov, Helena Bertinelli, Rhys Davies, Nikolai Nurmovitsch
The Bradbury Award: Jason Hamilton
The Daniel Melrose Award: Leon Albertini
Brand loyalty (awarded to the top finisher for each brand of car): Jason Hamilton, Ruby, Jonas Mortarhouse, Frank Zimmer, Jorma Kalervo, Simon Garfunkel, Bazza
Rolling Start: Tetsuya Takagi

[MinardiFan95]

where can I find template's for these things? I wanna join

The bottom of the first post has a link to them, hopefully they haven't been deleted or taken down again.

[eurobrun]

Jason, you won the race, you must be extremely pleased with this result.

Yes.

[FantometteBR]

I think I shouldn't spend the night at the Casino, damn you Zinda! Now I feel bit dizzy...

How does people can race at this track? And with these cars? Well, at least I could see tunnel rolling...

[Waris]

I'm willing to suspend disbelief for 43 cars on track at Monte-Carlo, but how in the world could you get them all in the pit lane?!

That Vanuatu (not Vanautu) highlights reel was hilarious, by the way... But I have a suggestion: For the casual follower, like me, it's very hard to keep track of who drives which cars. Could you perhaps include the car brand in the results, so that I can laugh when a Trabant wins a race?

On a slightly related note, Samael Meerwick FTW!

[simonracer]

If it's OK -

Driver name: Simon Redman
Car: Wartburg
Number: 5
Sponsors: Castrol
Car Colour(s): Blue

[Stramala]

If it's OK -

Driver name: Simon Redman
Car: Wartburg
Number: 5
Sponsors: Castrol
Car Colour(s): Blue

That is a truly rejectful livery

BTW does this series visit Holland? I don't remember anymore. If so, Carsten Jancker will be running a one-off Rabobank livery for that round

[simonracer]

That is a truly rejectful livery

It's my lack of painting skills, and it's to some extent deliberate as well. It isn't professional, because this isn't a very professional series. I mean, 43 cars at Monaco. No serious championship would ever consider running that many cars in one race at that track.

[MinardiFan95]

Some of you may be thinking that this series is dead... well, you're wrong (at least for now). I'm going to try and run as many races as possible this week. Also, there will be no Monaco video due to me being a fool and forgetting to save the replay.

Also, the Lienz round will be replaced by a race at the BTC City Arena in Slovenia.

[WeirdKerr]

I am off to Bratislava in September (actually over the Italian GP weekend so id like to nominate myself for reject of the race for that race)so i hope to maybe see some of these cars in person.... just hope i dont get squashed by a trabby rolling..... lol

[dinizintheoven]

You'll be more likely to get run over by a Skoda, though not necessarily the one competing in the REECCS. Though the smart move would be to not get run over at all.

Next time I'm behind what used to be the Iron Curtain, I'll be playing Commie Car Bingo, and have at least one really rare car on there, say, an AZLK or a Moskvich Aleko. Or something Chinese...?

[FMecha]

Any word on this?

[East Londoner]

Any word on this?

Patience boy, PATIENCE.

[tristan1117]

Any word on this?

[Wizzie]

Any word on this?

Strawman's got a point actually. After all, it has almost been three months since the last race.

[MinardiFan95]

The reason this hasn't been running lately is because of exams over the past few weeks, and final school exams coming up soon... or I'm just too lazy to make the required highlights videos that make this series so great, or I completely forgot (I'm leaning towards the latter two as being the more truthful statements ). Anyway, don't expect to see too many REECCS races until about mid November, though I'll try and fit in a few every now and again.

[Wizzie]

The reason this hasn't been running lately is because of exams over the past few weeks, and final school exams coming up soon... or I'm just too lazy to make the required highlights videos that make this series so great, or I completely forgot (I'm leaning towards the latter two as being the more truthful statements ). Anyway, don't expect to see too many REECCS races until about mid November, though I'll try and fit in a few every now and again.

Mid-November... HSC I presume?

[MinardiFan95]

IT'S ALIVE!!!

Finally, the moment you've all been waiting ever so patiently for, the return of the one and only REECCS!

Round 6 - Lienz Rally Hillclimb

Qualifying



Race

It has to be said, this certainly wasn't one of the REECCS' greatest races. The narrow rally track layout prevented passing, and despite all of the twisty hairpins on the hillclimb sections, no Trabants were observed rolling over. You'd have thought that Jarno Trulli had made a one off guest drive with the train of cars forming in the mid pack, but these are 1970's cars from Eastern Europe so there's no power steering. Whilst there was a shortage of rollovers, spins and crashes, there were no shortage of jumps, with a railway crossing providing much off the ground action (see one of the images below).

The one driver positioned well enough to escape the train was Merak Keznorski, who simply dominated this race with a lights to flag victory. Leon Albertini and Jason Hamilton did make a challenge around the mid-point of the race, but Merak managed to build a larger gap towards the end. Albertini and Hamilton faded later in the race to finish 3rd and 5th respectively, with Zbynek Benes returning to the position he qualified in to take second. Tetsuya Takagi was the second best of the Polski-Fiat drivers in 4th, while Njord Munk only just beat Rick Simpson for the honours of best Lada, in 10th place.

Results


Awards
Got beaten by a Trabant on a road course (-3 points): Simon Garfunkel, Simon Redman
Brand loyalty (3 points): Merak Keznorski, Leon Albertini, Njord Munk, Jorma Kalervo, Frank Zimmer, Gio Van Dycke, Simon Garfunkel


The train enters the rally section for the first time


Albertini gives Keznorski a bit of a bump


Simpson takes a dive at the railway crossing


Keznorski crosses the line to take a dominant victory



Standings

[Nuppiz]

And Nurmovitsch being as useless as ever, brilliant!

[Shizuka]

Meerwick is still second? Wow. Just wow.

[FMecha]

Yes! It's back! Nice drivin', Tetsuya!

[MinardiFan95]

Who even cares about the results in this series? Here's what you've been waiting to see - the highlights video... and it even features some rolling Trabants that I didn't see when watching the race live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUiF4EqMLa0

Rolling Start award goes to Rudi J. Blass.

[Stramala]

Who even cares about the results in this series? Here's what you've been waiting to see - the highlights video... and it even features some rolling Trabants that I didn't see when watching the race live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUiF4EqMLa0

Rolling Start award goes to Rudi J. Blass.

[FantometteBR]

It was a very 'meh' race for the girls then...

[eurobrun]

How am I 3rd, I thought my driver was crap