Richard Burns Rally
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Posted by Tim McArthur at 01:52 PM on Apr 30, 2008
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The scheduled Richard Burns Rally events will be run over a weekend long period, not a specific day/time. Instead, if the event is scheduled to at Midnight on Monday (Tuesday morning), you must log onto the Race2Play RBR server and complete all 6 stages within the 24 hours leading up to Midnight on Monday.

- You do NOT have to complete all 6 stages in one sitting. You may complete the stages in any order during the 24 hour window.
- Scheduled race time is the cut-off to have all stages run. Not completing all stages will result in a DNF.
- Only your first attempt at any stage will be recorded. Any attempts beyond your first attempt will not be valid or scored.
- We will be using "Safe" damage to allow people the best chances of finishing the stages.
- We will be using fixed weather so everyone has the same conditions.

Please make sure you use your proper and full name or you will not be scored. (I understand you can not have a space between names, that is OK)

If you have questions, refer to this post.

Posted by Scott Michaels at 02:12 PM on Apr 30, 2008
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What if you fail to finish a stage (due to damage)? Does that count as a completed stage (and you are scored as a DNF for the event) or do we get to try again? I hope the former but I wanted to check.

Posted by Sam Moss at 02:45 PM on Apr 30, 2008
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you can have a space between your names, open the RBRnet.ini and simply put a space in between your name and save :)

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Posted by Tim McArthur at 02:47 PM on Apr 30, 2008
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I did that and it only displayed the first name, not last. In either case, I will allow the non-space names for now :-)

Posted by Sam Moss at 02:58 PM on Apr 30, 2008
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in the lobby it shows only first name, but in game it shows it all.

Posted by Joco Gorenc at 02:59 PM on Apr 30, 2008
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It doesn't matter really. As long as Tim makes a mistake and names my teammate Wanko instead of Janko I'll be one happy chap!

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Posted by Pablo Martinez at 03:49 PM on Apr 30, 2008
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RBR events are limited to 20 drivers, is that right?

Posted by Scott Michaels at 04:19 PM on Apr 30, 2008
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Tim, FYI, the WRC "Super Rally" rule allows drivers who have DNFed out of the rally to restart on the next day with a time penalty of 5 minutes on top of the fastest stage time for each stage they dont complete. So maybe if someone DNFs a stage you could give them a scratch time that is 5 minutes slower than the leader? Only problem with that is that it would be impossible to DNF any rallys, so rallys would end up being really good for stats chasers. Either way works, depends on how hardcore you want to be.

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Posted by Tim McArthur at 05:50 PM on Apr 30, 2008
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I think that is a reasonable deal Scott. 5 Min may be too long for the length of stages we have in RBR, so maybe the 2 min will suffice? Still, a good idea/suggestion and something we can tweak during these exhibition events.

You can still DNF by one of two routes;
1) Not complete all stages
2) A second "crash out" would still be considered a DNF (?)

Posted by Jan Larsen at 08:01 AM on May 01, 2008
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What about aids? Any allowed? Because I'm a chicken and still use auto shifting...lol