For a true rally fan Richard Burns Rally is the one and only simulation of this magnificent sport – despite other games trying hard, they ultimately fail at some point, mostly in matching the difficulty and the level of realism displayed in now already quite dated RBR. Despite the fact that original RBR was not...
Every self respecting drama needs to have a proper theme, a catchy and relevant tune to follow it’s story. And for weeks now this one song just keeps popping up whenever I thought of the current WRC epic story. You will recognize it as Pink Floyd’s famous Keep Talking. Just look at those lyrics –...
While we wait for more news about the latest issues arising between the FIA and WRC event organizers, several ideas on how the future of the World Rally Championship should look like emerged around the interwebs. Among the many I picked the Martin Haven sourced one, featuring 2-litre cars with rear wheel drive and normally...
Following the earlier article that briefly described the idea of “paralel universe” rally championship, based around spectacle and lower costs and using rear wheel drive cars (and no turbos!), one car immediately jumped up as a possible entrant. It’s brand new, it’s great value for the money and it drives like they promise it would....
Now there’s a concept for a proper rally championship, or Real Rally Championship according to the man behind the idea, Martin Haven, the voice behind so many motorsport event broadcasts on both radio and TV. While it remains to be seen just how serious Mr Haven was about this concept, I thought I’d share some...
Exciting news for the fans of the one and only rally simulation, Richard Burns Rally (RBR) – one of the famous stages of Rally of Scotland will soon be available as RBR track. Recreating first 8 kilometers of Loch Ard stage began at the beginning of 2010 and required constant work by the dedicated people...
The topic of newly established 100.000 euro WRC calendar fee refuses to die, and rightly so. We still don’t know much about it, apart from the amount. We (or should I say “I”) still don’t know if FIA expects the money attached to the signed contract for 2013, or will there be more time for...
This week’s edition of The Rally Show by iRally featured a string of interesting interviews with Dani Sordo, Dave Wilcock and David Richards – basically, Prodrive’s A team. Among many interesting topics covering past, present and future there was one thing that totally shocked me personally, although I can hardly say it came as a...
