hey bud,
Iām actually in the process of building a real stage-rally spec Soobie right now if you want some help for building the cars for our ārulebookā Iām more than willing to help out.
Basics, which Iām sure you know, but Iāll share with others are three different ātypesā =
AWD
FWD
and
RWD
Believe it or not, FWD is usually the āstarter carā for Rally. Big thing to make it realistic would be having in-cockpit only view, TCS, STM, and ABS OFF. = happily honor code would work. Cars without these settings and tuned right will indeed run faster in the dirt.
Basically, itās FWD, then to AWD and then some move on to RWD for a fully-rounded experience. So something like the 037 or Stratos would be ātop tierā cars being mid-engine and RWD. And they are difficult.
Iāve built quite a few, to spec. Basically take a car, any car. Gut it with race weight, add the Storm Island shocks, and tires, Raceweight flywheel, and cage and voila! Starter spec rally car.
then adding power to the engine, and upgrading to race diffs and the storm island gearbox definitely starts the āaction.ā
Iāve also built a 037 to actual historically correct B-monster group spec at I think 425 hp. Man sheās a blast, and hits the A-class limit without the rally tires. And sheās squirrely without them. But in a group of like-minded drivers, itād be easy. Weād have very similar cars, with similar objectives.
Also, in online play, setting it via āfreeroamā and then ācollisions offā makes it a great time. In reality cars race off in 5 minute intervals usually to keep drivers from getting near each other. Basic fact, hardcore stage rally is dangerous enough with the elements, not needing other cars to heighten the tension. That, and the driving lines are very obtuse and take up the whole road most times in sweepers and hard corners.
Also, to start out, there are quite a few ācross countryā events in-game that are very accurate. One in Casteletto comes to mind.
if anyone needs help or anything, or just wants some fun times, feel free to hit me up online and add me as a friend. I basically live for driving. In-game is way, way cheaper than real life. It works good enoughā¦
for now