Okay, this Advanced Rally Race was no where near as difficult as I thought it would be. I had two qualifying Rally cars in my garage (besides the rally prize cars that I own and didn't want to use for this) : I had a Mitsubishi Pajero Rally Raid Car '85, and a Renault 5 Maxi Turbo Rally Car '85.
I started with the '85 Renault 5 Maxi Turbo Rally car, and that thing was just all over the damn road; it would not go straight! Then I realized that the car was a FR. No wonder it kept wiggin' out; who ever heard of a non-4WD Rally car?!?!
So I switched to the Mitsubishi Pajero Rally Raid Car '85
thinking I would be disappointed and not be able to keep up. WRONG! These races were cake, even with this awkwardly tall truck-type vehicle that was less than 300hp. It did fine on the gravel, and smoked 'em in the snow.
But then I hit the pavement and had some trouble. This Mitsubishi Pajero Rally Raid Car '85 WILL flip over on turns, and easily; it is very top heavy. I had a hard enough time just keeping it on all four wheels. Even then though, it just couldn't keep up very well.
So I thought I'd give that Renault 5 Maxi Turbo a try again; maybe the pavement would be better for this car? It was. On the pavement, this car owns. But it is still a bit hard to keep control of... the back end keeps wanting to swing out. On stages with wet pavement, this is seriously accentuated too... and while I usually avoid driving aids, I suggest turning the active steering to STRONG, particularly on the wet pavement.
All in all, I really don't think you need to be too choosey with a car to use for these Advanced Rally races. Anything 300hp or better should do fine. As long as its a 4WD!
