Was going along okay, swapping midfield times with the Three D’s (@DarthMol, @Deadlypinecone, @Dragonic) [that’s going to be your jazz ensemble’s name when you form it - The Three D’s.
Then, gracefully slid off the road at a barrierless corner midway through Stage 8. Forgot to change my tyres at the Stage 6 Service Point, so that was probably a contrbuting factor to my error, and to my Terminal Damage / Unrecoverable Vehicle. So close, yet so far away. Oh well. At least it was all short stages, as much as they were irritating.
Still a couple of hours left for the last one or two to finish their runs before we drive the rally circus trucks North and West, hop a ferry across the Channel and head to the muddy forest tracks of Powys in Wales.
Round #4 is the Welsh Rally:
This is the first of our longer events, with 12 stages to run through, and an extra Service Point to hammer out the dents and wash off the mud.
As @SlinX says, there are aliens among us with @Boogey, @Munage and @Massa back on the podium again. That said, he (SlinX) and @aldyr are both pretty close to the top 3, and have a sizeable gap to the mid-field runners, so I’m giving them apprentice alien status.
The 3 D’s of @DarthMol, @Deadlypinecone and @Dragonic hold station in the midfield after a very tight battle there. And then there’s the rest of us who bring up the rear - @czc, myself and @Entity all score points and keep things tasty at the back of the field.
All players who take part in any of the qualifiers will receive the Ford Fiesta R5 MKII as a free DiRT Rally 2.0 in-game vehicle. Designed as a replacement for its hugely successful predecessor, the Ford Fiesta R5 MKII, is built by M-sport and uses the latest ST-Line body shell. The car also features a new engine and chassis, alongside a notably aggressive anti-lag system. The Ford Fiesta R5 MKII will become available to all qualifying participants at the beginning of October, when the game’s 1.16 update is released.
I might as well say it here, but it applies to ACC too.
Every week, I come back to DR2 and I’m blown away. I vow, I’m going to summon Colin, because this game makes me hear colours and see smells. It brings the fear out to toy with you. Did i hang on to that corner because I meant to, or because I was lucky the surface was worn in, and my inside front wheel hooked into it? Play a few days, do some clubs, some daily’s for money. Maybe fuck up a finger or left heel, fighting with an H3 or Group B something something.
Why did I take a break again? Oh yeah, life got in the way.
So close, yet so far away. Oh well. At least it was all short stages, as much as they were irritating.
