Greece Done. Went terribly again, small mistakes cost a lot :(, but even without those mistakes i couldn't have matched Starving times on second and fourth stage. I think without those mistakes i would of been still 10-15 sec slower overall.

Summary:

S1: Clean
S2: Overshoot the hairpin, reverse needed
S3: Roll, by cliping a stone, reverse needed
S4: Crash into advertismentboard (it didnt even move), reverse needed, overshot the hairpin also with reverse needed

UK done. Did really bad again. Mistakes cost a lot. Setup was good though.


S1: Roll on the long straight, flew almost into the crowd, engine stalled. lost around 10 sec
S2: Crash into the ditch between trees, tried to get back up for 10-15 sec, got teleported onto the road +15 sec :(
S3: Small mistake on the hairpin, reverse needed, 2-3 sec lost
S4: Small bump into the fences, car spun. lost 4-5 sec

Quoting: XpanderUK done. Did really bad again [...]

Your "really bad" is still 40secs faster than my "almost perfect" on every stage :D

S1 & S2 Almost perfect for me, a couple of bumps and extra slow corners.
S3 & S4 Flew off the road a few times, got stuck trying to drive back on track, caught a few trees etc. Worse than normal.

I've missed a few rounds this time because of work, but I've enjoyed these cars - very forgiving and quite easy to control. Glad I managed to race this one just before the time ran out :)

Next i think i will make a Group B RWD for more distasters :)
That will be probably last Event/Tournament/Season i create. Someone else can take over then, if people still want to play this. I kinda lost interest in this game, not enough tracks, know most of them quite well already.

But yeah i lost about 40 sec in total with those mistakes there, so it could have been a lot better..but thats how the rally is. Mistakes happen. For me mistakes happen mostly because i want to cut the corners so much to win some time, but sometimes there are hidden bumps or rocks there that i dont remember and the car will be flying :)

I've had a busy week and honestly I was too tired to play, but I did it anyway. I went off track at least once or twice on every stage, and some parts I simply drove a bit too carefully, but nothing too catastrophic happened so that was good enough for third place. Unless someone does better in the next three hours of course.

I might be faster in one of the other cars, but I kind of like how the Subaru feels to drive so I picked it again.

Last week I forgot to finish my run. I had to save and quit after doing the first stage and only remembered about it after the event had ended. :(


Thanks for manning the wheel (pun intended) for so long Xpander! I don't feel up to taking over, but hopefully someone else does. It would be a shame to give up on the longest running GOL tournament after all this time.

And new event is up: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/index.php?module=viewtopic&topic_id=3554&page=1

I might still set up events if there is enough interest, probably won't take part in some myself though.

You are right, we can't just stop our longest running tournament :)

Quoting: GuestI would like to participate… If I had a wheel… Because some cars are just unplayable with a gamepad. The mini is ok but it’s impossible to play with some other cars.

Of course a wheel would be nice, and might even make me slightly more competitive, but I can enjoy the game just fine with my cheap Logitech gamepad. Some of the cars are really difficult to handle, but impossible isn't the word.

I have to admit I'm not doing brilliantly in the current monthly with the Stratos, but that car is just bonkers. I've tamed it a bit with probably a very slow setup, but I rarely dare to stomp on the throttle or steer very hard. And if I lose control, the only way to handle it is to simply let go of both pedals/triggers and try to keep the car pointing the right way until it settles. But hey, if I quite consistently finish in or at least close to the top tier in online events, I can't be that badly disadvantaged by my less than optimal controller. And there are plenty of people doing a lot better with gamepads.

I'm not trying to convince you that you should enjoy the game. If you don't, then you don't. What I'm saying is I do, despite the lack of a wheel, and I find the experience worth the steep learning curve. In fact, I've never been so hooked by a driving game in my life. ~380 hours and counting... Although I bet I would have moved on long ago if it wasn't for the GOL league.

Thanks for creating a new event Xpander and for doing it for so long now:-)