Can anybody give me some advice, I'm fed up with being half a lap behind everybody else on the STCC new and bronze server on the rallycross tracks. All I seem to do is understeer into corners then oversteer out them. I've been using the inferno setups and am driving using a dfp. Thanks Neil

Hm... im no expert, but normaly, i prefer RWD for road racing, and 4wd for rally and drag. I never really like using RWD for rally, but um...

idk what im even saying.

You have to be really smooth in the XRG but you'll still be slower than a decent XFG driver on BL2. What sort of times are you doing? If you can get into the 1:13s then you're doing well, but expect to be a second slower than the XFGs.

The sets on Inferno are both good IMO.

The best I've managed on BL is xrg 1:19 xfg 1:16

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The best I've managed on BL is xrg 1:19 xfg 1:16

Ah. Sounds like you just need more practice at that circuit, generally. Looking at your stats it says you've only done a little over 1000 miles online - that's really not a lot. And nearly all of the laps you've done have been in front-wheel-driven cars, so of course it's going to take time to adjust to the RWDs. Stick at it. They're very rewarding once you get the hang of them.

Here is a good set for Fern Bay Rallcross long reverse, I gave this set to someone and they were getting 1:22's with it. For the short rallycross, set the final ratio to 4.700. and obviously flip the cambers around for the non reversed combos. What it really comes down to, is finding a rhythm on the rallycross tracks. Blackwood has a great rhythm to it. Also, rely less on brakes and get used to sliding to burn off speed.

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The best I've managed on BL is xrg 1:19 xfg 1:16

Then you simply need more practice on Rallycross. IMHO the XFG is a lot easier to handle, so start with that. Once you can do 1:14s or 1:13s, you can take the XRG for a spin.

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Heh, just try and drive the LX6 on the dirt. Your right foot will never have seemed so heavy. Teaches you wonders though. As mentioned, just keep practising, you need to slightly drift the corners to be fast, particularly the tighter ones I find (well, perhaps I'm just having more fun so it seems faster).

Bob: I agree with you (but some disagree with me): Flicking the LX6 around on tighter corners is surely quicker.

It's probably my favourite car, but I don't have the patience to drive it on the rallycross courses. In contrast, the RA feels strangely nice around BL2. I suppose the insane natural understeer helps.

I love the XRG on dirt! The RB4 is quicker of course, but not as much fun as kicking the tail out in a RWD I'm gonna try that set of yours jay, cheers :up:

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hey heres a tip, if you want to get out of that situation.. stay out of it! lol a big group of us in the silver/gold server just left because some people wanted to rally, and its a hard track tbh, its extremely hard to get the line right; but once you can drive the XRG, drive it! you'll get more points

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I love the XRG on dirt! The RB4 is quicker of course, but not as much fun as kicking the tail out in a RWD I'm gonna try that set of yours jay, cheers :up:

What about the XRT then?

you have to know that the gti is way more competitive than the gt in rallycross.

especially on the stcc servers i switch to the gti on those tracks (and i really don't like fwds, but i like rx ). in a gt you are too vulnerable to the driving style of most gti racers out there. if you lose momentum in a gti, it's not a big problem, because it is that light and gains speed again quickly. in a gt (edit!) you WILL lose positions even from a little hit into your side.

even if the WRs are pretty close together, in a race it's really difficult to win.

On the FE Rally, these cars are indeed very very close. After 2 years with LFS, I am a complete Rally circuit newbie. Two or three weeks now on the STCC servers and this was my first experience on any FE Rally and first real attempt at racing on BL Rally. I just had an excellent run with a fellow, MartyBlack, the other day. I in the GTi and he in the GT. He was in front and I was stuck like glue to his bumper through the dirt. I find FE Rally a very difficult place to make a pass, at least in the dirt. I accidentally tapped him a couple of times in the rear (small taps) and may have been able to use that to my advantage, but definitely didn't want to. I could catch him and stick with him through the dirt, but the extra power/speed of the GT out on the front straight let him pull away. Then back into the dirt and I spent that time catching back up to his bumper, but never did get much of a passing opportunity. Until he caught up to an insident that happened coming off the dirt. I was able to capitalize on that and get by only to have him come by again on the straight. An excellent chase that one was.

The GTi is the only FWD I like. All the other classes I prefer the RWD's. I love the way the tail comes out in the rally tracks with the GTi, then the front wheels pulls it around the apex as opposed to the GT's rear rotating the back end and pushing it around. Out on the road courses, unfortunately I cannot compete with the extra speed of the GT's in my little GTi. I can keep them in view up ahead, but just can't catch them.

The one other spot in FE Rally that hinders me with the GTi vs. GT is the slight straighter section in the middle of the dirt. Around the hairpins, the GTi owns, but then the hairpins are broken up with that bit of striaghter section that allows the GT to gain making the final corners of the dirt another catch-up section. I think without this slightly straighter section, the GTi would own the GT at FE Rally as you could catch and pass in the dirt, then it would be the GT trying to catch and pass in time along the front straight rather than already be caught up at the beginning of the front stretch.

Oh well, that's what racing is all about. Capitalizing on the strengths of your car and weaknesses of your adversary.

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but once you can drive the XRG, drive it! you'll get more points

Yeah since getting bronze I switched straight to the xrg.