The Trackmania Rejects Rally Championship

[Warren Hughes]

Reading the posts above: did people actually submit replays with glaring errors in them? It's just that I spent a long time getting my time down to a 1:47.1 and it surprises me that people would be happy with a run where they lost a lot of time due to a big mistake. Surely that should be a spur to improve your time further? Or have I missed the point and I should have just submitted the first half-decent complete run I managed?

[FMecha]

I wonder if mid-season entries are allowed or not.

[Shadaza]

Reading the posts above: did people actually submit replays with glaring errors in them? It's just that I spent a long time getting my time down to a 1:47.1 and it surprises me that people would be happy with a run where they lost a lot of time due to a big mistake. Surely that should be a spur to improve your time further? Or have I missed the point and I should have just submitted the first half-decent complete run I managed?

Well the way I approached it was to run for a while, stop playing, come back and try again. I just found that pausing for periods really helped with concentration. 1.48 was my first saved replay I was going to submit, I then worked that down to low 47's then lowered it further to 45. I think it would be silly to restrict peoples laps. Another method that helps a lot is to get a team mate, my brother is still a n00b at TrackMania but he had my checkpoint times in a lan game, I am sure that is what helped him lower down his time.

I wonder if mid-season entries are allowed or not.

Well we haven't even officially started yet!

[Stramala]

Yes FMecha, you can still compete, and you can still download the Prologue stage to drive, but your time won't be counted in the official results. Nonetheless, you haven't missed a championship round yet so you're starting on level terms with everyone else
All you need to do now is name a driver, team, car number, indicate whether you are a rookie to Trackmania or not (I'm guessing yes considering you mentioned installation problems) and choose a car from the list on Page 1 of this thread.

As for times, I don't know, maybe some people felt they were faster making a mistake and hitting something than slowing down deliberately for it. I can believe that in the case of a couple of drivers, only MinardiFan's run confuses me as he hit the barriers several times. I think some people forget that optimum racing lines apply on dirt as well as asphalt!

[FMecha]

I wonder if mid-season entries are allowed or not.

Well we haven't even officially started yet!

Oh. Dirt Fox Racing Project (powered by Mecha Grand Prix) will enter Onodera Ikari, driving Paolo Andreucci's Lancer Evo IX.

(And now I've got TMNF to work using the tmtp:// URI)

[Stramala]

I wonder if mid-season entries are allowed or not.

Well we haven't even officially started yet!

Oh. Dirt Fox Racing Project (powered by Mecha Grand Prix) will enter Onodera Ikari, driving Paolo Andreucci's Lancer Evo IX.

(And now I've got TMNF to work using the tmtp:// URI)

What nationalities are the driver and team?

[FMecha]

Team: Indonesian (see F1RWRS - DFP are affilated with Mecha F1RWRS team)
Driver: Japanese

Another question: how do I install cars?

[Stramala]

Team: Indonesian (see F1RWRS - DFP are affilated with Mecha F1RWRS team)
Driver: Japanese

Another question: how do I install cars?

No need. The cars are sorted at my end. It makes no difference to have them while setting lap times. You don't need them, just use the stadium car and I'll do the rest.

[Stramala]

TMMRC announces Manufacturer championship

After TMRRC canned the teams' championship, the organising body has decided to instead replace it with a manufacturers championship. Confirmed entrants so far are Ford, Citroen, Subaru, Mitsubishi, Lancia, Toyota and Porsche, however the German marque will struggle with only one car with which to score points. French manufacturers Peugeot and Reanult are also said to be interested in joining the championship, but have yet to put forward any entries to the series.

[MinardiFan95]

As for times, I don't know, maybe some people felt they were faster making a mistake and hitting something than slowing down deliberately for it. I can believe that in the case of a couple of drivers, only MinardiFan's run confuses me as he hit the barriers several times. I think some people forget that optimum racing lines apply on dirt as well as asphalt!

The reason I was so slow was that I only really managed one run without failing on the last jump section, and that for some reason Trackmania won't let me use the brake pedal as a brake, it has to have the brake on the same axis as the accelerator, so every time I lifted off, the car would brake. Think I might use a gamepad next time

[Stramala]

Apologies for the highlight reel taking so long. There are no automatic cameras in the game, all cameras need to be added and set-up manually in game. In other words, all race footage was also directed by myself

[Stramala]

Due to technical issues, encoding all the replays has taken a lot of effort, including getting someone in France to encode the videos for me as my computer decided to be a d*** and not work properly. Almost done now though. Also, round one, Monte Carlo, starts tomorrow and lasts for two weeks. Map pack will be posted soon

[Shadaza]

Looking Forward to it.

[Pointrox]

Hydook targets Monte-Carlo podium to kick title challenge into gear
A new-born Hydook World Rally Team begins its 2012 campaign tomorrow on the most famous rally of all. The classic Rallye Monte-Carlo will provide the Hydook squad with what could be the most unpredictable fixture of the 10-round campaign.

Twenty-nine-year-old Bosevic, who is going to have his official debut on rally stages in Monaco, is hoping to gain confidence on rally stages as the season goes.

"This is completely incomparable to anything I've ever done before", he said. "What is more, I will be competing with drivers who are far more experienced and therefore faster, but given my adapting skills I will not disappoint. Hell, I think podium finish is within grasp."

[Stramala]

It took a rather long time, but...

Prologue Highlights are live
This will be followed by individual onboard replays in the coming days, these HD videos take a rather long time to upload...

But now, the Prologue is behind us, and this week sees the start of...



Rallye Monte Carlo is six stages long, and a significant departure from rallies past - running mostly on gravel this year. The one exception is the final superspecial, taking place on the Monaco Grand Prix track. Crews have until Sunday 6th May at 2000 GMT+1 to sumbit times, as usual to be send to alasdairlindsay@gmx.com

The map pack is available for download here.

Good luck!

[the Masked Lapwing]

And THAT is how you do a highlights package! Very nice work kostas (and it's only on the replay how I see how badly I buggered up at the end )

[Wizzie]

My brother beat me in all 5 of the dirt stages for Monaco. But that's alright because I thrashed him in the super-special

[Wizzie]

After the best part of an entire afternoon setting times the two O'Lauchlan cars are separated by just over 2 tenths at the end of the rally. I don't think either of us can be bothered improving any further

[Stramala]

Perhaps Dean O'Lauchlan has a good chance of winning in Corsica and Trier then

[Wizzie]

Perhaps Dean O'Lauchlan has a good chance of winning in Corsica and Trier then

Right up until the point where he beat me by half a second on the special stage. Then I simply blew his time to smithereens a few minutes later. Odd thing is, in theory, O'Lauchlan should be the better dirt racer thanks to all his dirt track racing experience

[Pointrox]

Wow - that highlights reel is a top-notch job
I'll have to do better with F1R Masters coverage, teh heheheh.

And you might be right - steering wheel is shite for TrackMania

[AndreaModa]

Very very good highights reel Kostas, that was superb to watch!

[WaffleCat]

Brilliant highlights,Kostas!Now I know what I need to improve on.
chicanery,perhaps...

Also,I like the Monte Carlo track pack,although,I must admit,I spent 20 minutes trying to figure out how to take the second jump at stage 2 until I found a solution...

[tristan1117]

Great job on the highlights - Senerson flipping over at the end was the best part, in my opinion. I cannot start my runs till the weekend but I can guarantee that it won't go that well.

[Stramala]

BTW, Technical issues have been partially solved by switching to an XViD codec, but soundcard issues mean I still have to record video and audio seperately and manually sync them together. I think for practical issues, onboard replays will be encoded in SD rather than HD to save time.

[Aerond]

Brilliant highlights,Kostas!Now I know what Wizzie needs to improve on.

Brilliant highlights, indeed. Very impressed

[Stramala]

Brilliant highlights,Kostas!Now I know what Wizzie needs to improve on.

Brilliant highlights, indeed. Very impressed

If I had access to Adobe Premiere that would have been easy. However, I do not. I'm still using WMM. So yes, perhaps its time Melrose pulled his finger out and uppped his game

[Shadaza]

Great replay, I won't be challenging for the win at this rally. I am terrible at most of these stages!

*edit* Ok so I have improved on most of the stages, but the 2nd and 3rd dirt stages, I hate with a passion

The Monaco Super Special road stage is really awesome. Chasing time there was really fun, literally a flying lap in places!

[Warren Hughes]

Also, it should be known, 'smart jumps' do not come under shortcuts. This is an occurence where time can be saved by using a rise or fall in the road as a launch ramp to cut a single corner. I need to clarify that as I know for a fact there will be some of said jumps in Rally Norway, and possibly other events as well.

Is there one of these at Stage 1 Monte Carlo, or is that not actually possible to do? (You must know which section I mean)

[Stramala]

Also, it should be known, 'smart jumps' do not come under shortcuts. This is an occurence where time can be saved by using a rise or fall in the road as a launch ramp to cut a single corner. I need to clarify that as I know for a fact there will be some of said jumps in Rally Norway, and possibly other events as well.

Is there one of these at Stage 1 Monte Carlo, or is that not actually possible to do? (You must know which section I mean)

I only did one run of every stage and left it at that so I don't really remember. I remember for sure there is one in Stage 2, and there is probably one in Stage 1, but I can't quite remember. I'll have another run of it later and see what I find.

[Wizzie]

Also, it should be known, 'smart jumps' do not come under shortcuts. This is an occurence where time can be saved by using a rise or fall in the road as a launch ramp to cut a single corner. I need to clarify that as I know for a fact there will be some of said jumps in Rally Norway, and possibly other events as well.

Is there one of these at Stage 1 Monte Carlo, or is that not actually possible to do? (You must know which section I mean)

There's one on stage 4 or 5 about a third of the way in but really, that should be common sense for that corner

[Warren Hughes]

I've only attempted stages 1 and 2 so far but all I can say is I don't think the author medal is a particularly good guide for ultimate pace

[Wizzie]

I've only attempted stages 1 and 2 so far but all I can say is I don't think the author medal is a particularly good guide for ultimate pace

Trust me, on stage 2, it probably is

[Shadaza]

"Speciale 2" can die in a horrible horrible fire. It is a circuit Troll Trollington would be proud of.

I am just glad they had enough mercy to make the first chicane the first chicane and the last chicane.

[Shadaza]

I've only attempted stages 1 and 2 so far but all I can say is I don't think the author medal is a particularly good guide for ultimate pace

Trust me, on stage 2, it probably is

Also the author medals are really inconsistent. The last 2 I beat on my 1st attempt....

[Warren Hughes]

I've only attempted stages 1 and 2 so far but all I can say is I don't think the author medal is a particularly good guide for ultimate pace

Trust me, on stage 2, it probably is

Once I worked out where one of the jumps actually went to, I beat it pretty easily (at the same time as the gold in fact). Although now you've said that I fancy my chances a bit more

And Shadaza, I actually quite like stage 2

[Wizzie]

I've only attempted stages 1 and 2 so far but all I can say is I don't think the author medal is a particularly good guide for ultimate pace

Trust me, on stage 2, it probably is

Also the author medals are really inconsistent. The last 2 I beat on my 1st attempt....

Stage 4 was probably the easist of the lot. I had a horrifically bad run in stage 5 the first time round yet I still beat the author time

[Stramala]

Considering you guys have already beaten the author times, I have a feeling I will be nowhere near as dominant as during the Prologue

[Warren Hughes]

Considering you guys have already beaten the author times, I have a feeling I will be nowhere near as dominant as during the Prologue

This is good news for everyone. Although you did say earlier that you'd only done one run...

[Shadaza]

Considering you guys have already beaten the author times, I have a feeling I will be nowhere near as dominant as during the Prologue

The Monaco SSS author time was also really easy to beat