Rainy morning, temperature lingered around 14 degrees. Clear sign that summer was all but gone, brief as it always is, to me at least. Diesel engine of my car rumbled as it idled in the yard while I ran through mental check list to see if I forgot anything (it will later turn out I...
by Tom Stajduhar · Published September 30, 2013 · Last modified October 5, 2013
Can we even begin to imagine what must it feel like to have such a successful career in motor sports? To be able to look back and see all those giants and challenges defeated and conquered. For any successful professional, looking back to the humble beginnings often puts things into perspective, so I assume it’s...
by Tom Stajduhar · Published September 27, 2013 · Last modified October 14, 2013
Takes a while for that one to sink in, doesn’t it. After Rally New Zealand announced their withdrawal from the World Rally Championship we were left with mixed feelings, ranging from “oh sure, it’s a long haul event, manufacturers are all stripped of cash and poor, besides it’s a small market so yeah” and “what...
Tough year, most likely lost in terms of drivers championship to Volkswagen’s Sebastien Ogier. For Citroën, its drivers and backers 2013 did not exactly go as planned, but in this sport, nothing lasts forever, no matter your plans. Citroën was a dominant force for such a long time that we almost got used to seeing...
by Tom Stajduhar · Published September 20, 2013 · Last modified October 1, 2013
2013 Rally Australia was spectacular. How would I know, I never set foot on the continent (but I do have cousins living there, ha!). Easy, just look at the photos and the videos. It was narrow, dusty maze of forest stages set on the tricky and deceiving mix of fast sections and twisty paths. The...
Random Thoughts / World of Rally
by Tom Stajduhar · Published September 20, 2013 · Last modified October 2, 2013
Why did I include Codemasters in the title of this article you ask? It’s simple really – they are, more or less, the only currently active developer capable of putting together a coherent rally racing simulation, even though their recent titles were more arcade-ish and not really enough hard core sim. It’s not that Codemasters...
Thousands of rally videos are out there, ready and waiting to be found and enjoyed, but you can also use them for educational purposes. For example, you want to kick off your co-driving career – online videos are great resource of information and first-hand (well, okay, second hand technically) experience. Of course, it’s up to...
Even Sebastien Ogier makes mistakes, even Sebastien Loeb made a few, everyone does. Just look at just about any rally driver (or co-driver, they hate it when media fails to mention them) currently competing in the World Rally Championship. Offs, punctures, rolls, missed or misheard pacenotes, poorly timed entries in the time controls… And somehow,...
