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fredrickson - 25 Sep 2004 01:43 GMT

Man, I was playing RBR on arizona, lost the gear box, and then was able to
coast down the rest of the mountain and finish the stage. I was hoping the
service park was next, but it wasnt. So the next stage started and the
gearbox was still busted but if you babied the throttle you could get the
wheels to catch and move the car. But if you pushed too hard it would slip
and you could barely get any power down. Awesome

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Destroy - 25 Sep 2004 02:02 GMT

> So the next stage started and the
> gearbox was still busted but if you babied the throttle you could get the
> wheels to catch and move the car.

And what fun is finishing a stage tediously like that?

I find it annoying if you retire through the menu that Country stage of
racing is totally over with. Why, when you retire, can't you simply get
to the next service port area skipping only that one course?

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Dave Henrie - 25 Sep 2004 02:24 GMT

Destroy <ask@meplease.com> wrote in news:Vs35d.37127$B51.35874@twister.rdc-
kc.rr.com:

> I find it annoying if you retire through the menu that Country stage of
> racing is totally over with. Why, when you retire, can't you simply get
> to the next service port area skipping only that one course?

When Rally drivers tear up their cars, they are done for the whole
rally. If you can't get to a service point you can't continue. I'm sure
the drivers would LOVE to be able to rip the car up at 100% attack and then
skip a stage to get it rebuilt. There is more to rally than just tooling
down a dirt road.

dave henrie

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Charlie - 25 Sep 2004 05:35 GMT

realism. it's what rbr's about, in case you hadn't noticed :) :)

Charlie

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Charlie - 25 Sep 2004 05:35 GMT

that'd be the clutch slipping just so you know, not the tyres.

Charlie

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JM - 29 Sep 2004 19:11 GMT

> Man, I was playing RBR on arizona, lost the gear box, and then was
> able to coast down the rest of the mountain and finish the stage. I
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> you pushed too hard it would slip and you could barely get any power
> down. Awesome

I managed to do that, freewheeling most of a stage in France, shifting
between 4th and 5th (in the Pug) with no throttle just to get that little
boost, got to the end of the stage "You cannot get to the service area and
have had to retire" or something like that. It's nice to know the sim lets
you do it, but it really is utterly pointless :-)

cheers
John

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