GTPlanet Club Rally Championship Season 1

[MagpieRacer]

Hello everyone and welcome to the first full GTP Rally Championship!

It’s finally here, after lots of mini events and practice runs, the real deal is upon us. We have a very competitive field of drivers and we’ll be using the ultra competitive Rally2 class of car.

Season 1 will feature 5 rounds, with 5 stages per round and 2 services. Each round will last 7 days. Season will begin on the 18th December at 11am GMT.

We are using the WRC points scoring system (25-1, top 10 score) plus the power stage will be in play for those all important bonus points.

The calendar:
1. Rally Italia Sardegna
2. Rally Scandia
3. Central Europe Rally
4. Rally Estonia
5. Secto Rally Finland​

We have a mix of seasons in play and weather has been set to unknown for every stage. Expect the unexpected. Hardcore damage is OFF and stages will have moderate degradation.

The Cars:
Citroen C3
Ford Fiesta
Hyundai i20 N
Skoda Fabia Evo
Skoda Fabia RS
VW Polo GTI
Builder cars allowed

Let’s have a blast!

 

[MagpieRacer]

Welcome to Rally Italia Sardegna for round 1 of the GTP Rally Championship Season 1!
It’s winter, the air is cold and the weather is unpredictable, especially at altitude. Be on your toes on these rough tracks.

Itinerary:
Long service
SS1: Bassacutena - 7.5km
SS2: Sa Mela - 9.1km

Medium Service
SS3: Littichedda - 13.3km
SS4: Bortigiadas - 9.0km

Short Service
Power Stage: Monte Muvri - 7.5km

Good luck!​

 

[Cabelmania]

Question: Once a car is chosen you have to use it the entire season, or we can go banana and change it every time ?

 

[MagpieRacer]

Question: Once a car is chosen you have to use it the entire season, or we can go banana and change it every time ?

You can change it every time if you wanted to, there’s nothing I can do to stop that. But it’s more realistic if you stick with one car and makes reporting the rounds a lot more cohesive for me.

 

[Cabelmania]

You can change it every time if you wanted to, there’s nothing I can do to stop that. But it’s more realistic if you stick with one car and makes reporting the rounds a lot more cohesive for me.

And I intend to facilitate your work, so Hyundai I20 N Rally2 for the entire season for me

 

[flatthebest]

MagpieRacer I sent you a friend request to join the club if its possible​

 

[MagpieRacer]

And we are underway! Good luck everyone! Feel free to share what car you will be using for the series and post any pics you take as you go!

 

[Pfei]

I only have to drive 320km to get the Platinum so I figure as long as I do that I may as well do it with you guys.

Are builder cars allowed?

 

[MagpieRacer]

I only have to drive 320km to get the Platinum so I figure as long as I do that I may as well do it with you guys.

Are builder cars allowed?

👍🏻👍🏻. Absolutely, should have elaborated that in the first post.

 

[FerryF1]

This sounds like such a great championship!
Great template, and awesome calendar.

Unfortunately, the game is unplayable for me on PS5 after patch 1.4.
Had no issues before that, but since 1.4 the game stutters massively and the screen tearing is horrible.

So it's such a shame I have to respectfully decline a few entries in to our Club Events, while I await a new patch which will actually fix the game this time round.
Hopefully EA and Codies have it sorted out quickly.

Happy Holidays everyone!

 

[flatthebest]

Yesterday I drove the first round with only a little preparation. I am new to rallying and that is definitely visible in my times. But still, it was a lot of fun. Unfortunately in the last stage I had two massive screen errors so I lost control of the car and it resulted in a penalty. I had a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to the next round.

 

[Speedster502]

Screen tearing ruined my run a little bit, ended up just going off and losing confidence from then on. Also, weirdly, most my rally took place in summer then had a final stage with the more winter-y look to it. Bit confusing. That said some great stages that I haven't driven before!

Next round should be more to my liking 👍

 

[MagpieRacer]

Screen tearing ruined my run a little bit, ended up just going off and losing confidence from then on. Also, weirdly, most my rally took place in summer then had a final stage with the more winter-y look to it. Bit confusing. That said some great stages that I haven't driven before!

Next round should be more to my liking 👍

I can’t remember what season I set it to, it may have been winter, but I set the conditions to “unknown” for a bit of a random flavour weather wise.

 

[Speedster502]

I think the whole event was set to winter, but I certainly only saw winter conditions on the final stage. I had a weird season based issue a couple of weeks back, so intrigued to hear how it was for everyone else?

 

[space_wadet]

I think the whole event was set to winter, but I certainly only saw winter conditions on the final stage. I had a weird season based issue a couple of weeks back, so intrigued to hear how it was for everyone else?

I only had snow on the road on the last stage too. But maybe winter doesn't have snow unless you select snowy conditions? To be fair I'm not sure snow is common in Sardinia even in the winter, not exactly a cold place.

 

[MagpieRacer]

I only had snow on the road on the last stage too. But maybe winter doesn't have snow unless you select snowy conditions? To be fair I'm not sure snow is common in Sardinia even in the winter, not exactly a cold place.

Yeah the games pretty accurate in this respect. You’ll also only really see it when your at altitude.

 

[Cabelmania]

I'm gonna say one thing about my Sardegna Rally.................

3RD

I will make videos of all the rallies, so for more details you need to wait for those

 

[Cabelmania]

I'm gonna say one thing about my Sardegna Rally.................

3RD

I will make videos of all the rallies, so for more details you need to wait for those

The wait is over



At the time of recording I finished 3rd in EVERY STAGE Incredibily hilarious Althought I got 4th overall in the end (for now)

 

[Ali]

Well, my rally didn't go too well. Puncture on the third stage with 4km to go, and then a terminal crash on the last 100m of the stage. Didn't take spare tires because I really didn't expect to get a puncture here (I have no idea what I supposedly hit).

Easily one of my least favorite rallies in the game, together with Mexico

 

[ZeroTheNorth]

This was a tricky rally, stage 2 was the hardest by far. (And im doing all these without practice. >.<) Pace was great, but i made errors along the way. I hit the mountain walls in some stages causing me to spin, and i overshot 2-3 corners aswell. I went into the power stage with no spare tire, and i went fast but steady. Great time at the finish, but just barely missed 1st overall (At the of writing this) by half a second.

Overall, good start to the championship! Hope i can keep this pace and try to not make too many mistakes for the next events! ^^

 

[MagpieRacer]

Round 1 the GTPRC is complete! Sardinia proved a tough test, the wintry conditions catching out many drivers and the rough terrain made looking after the cars a real challenge.

Come the rally end, we had an astonishingly close finish between the top 3, separated by less than a second. @Dreadmed taking the top spot at the wheel of the Citroen C3, just half a second quicker than @ZeroTheNorth in the Fiesta. @RYAN taking 3rd spot a further 3 tenths back in the Skoda Fabia RS.

Rank	DisplayName	Vehicle	Time	DifferenceToFirst
1	Dreadmed	Citroën C3 Rally2	0:30:52	0:00:00
2	Zero_The_North	Ford Fiesta Rally2	0:30:52	0:00:01
3	RDA-JETS	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:30:53	0:00:01
4	Cabelmania	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	0:31:03	0:00:12
5	Space_Wadet	Ford Fiesta Rally2	0:31:32	0:00:40
6	Hasnain282	Citroën C3 Rally2	0:31:42	0:00:50
7	Pfei11	WRC2 Builder Vehicle	0:31:54	0:01:02
8	JabierFailure	Citroën C3 Rally2	0:31:57	0:01:05
9	Speedster502	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:31:58	0:01:06
10	magpieracer	Ford Fiesta Rally2	0:32:34	0:01:42
11	the13PeSK	Ford Fiesta Rally2	0:33:19	0:02:27
12	ukmikeya	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:33:32	0:02:40
13	Meadow142	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:34:10	0:03:18
14	aekara38	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:34:39	0:03:48
15	cutback73	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:35:00	0:04:08
16	flatthebest	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:37:01	0:06:10

Power-stage honours went to @ZeroTheNorth coming out on top for the maximum 5 points. @Dreadmed P2 for the 4, @Cabelmania taking 3 points for P3, @RYAN 2 points for P4 and jabierfailure PP5 for 1 point.

Rank	DisplayName	Vehicle	Time	TimePenalty	DifferenceToFirst
1	Zero_The_North	Ford Fiesta Rally2	0:05:09	0:00:00	0:00:00
2	Dreadmed	Citroën C3 Rally2	0:05:11	0:00:00	0:00:02
3	Cabelmania	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	0:05:12	0:00:00	0:00:04
4	RDA-JETS	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:05:15	0:00:00	0:00:06
5	JabierFailure	Citroën C3 Rally2	0:05:17	0:00:00	0:00:08
6	Space_Wadet	Ford Fiesta Rally2	0:05:26	0:00:00	0:00:17
7	Hasnain282	Citroën C3 Rally2	0:05:29	0:00:07	0:00:20
8	Speedster502	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:05:30	0:00:05	0:00:21
9	Pfei11	WRC2 Builder Vehicle	0:05:30	0:00:05	0:00:22
10	the13PeSK	Ford Fiesta Rally2	0:05:36	0:00:00	0:00:27
11	ukmikeya	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:05:45	0:00:06	0:00:37
12	Meadow142	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:05:50	0:00:00	0:00:41
13	aekara38	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:05:58	0:00:00	0:00:49
14	magpieracer	Ford Fiesta Rally2	0:06:07	0:00:16	0:00:58
15	cutback73	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:06:12	0:00:00	0:01:03
16	flatthebest	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:07:49	0:00:45	0:02:40

That leaves the championship looking lie this:

DisplayName	Rank	PointsAccumulated
Dreadmed	1	29
Zero_The_North	2	23
RDA-JETS	3	17
Cabelmania	4	15
Space_Wadet	5	10
Hasnain282	6	8
Pfei11	7	6
JabierFailure	8	5
Speedster502	9	2
magpieracer	10	1
darrenersmit82	11	0
frankiestail	12	0
Almu89	13	0
Hultberg420	14	0
cutback73	15	0
sinotov2008	16	0
Meadow142	17	0
NeilPearlJam	18	0
aekara38	19	0
ukmikeya	20	0
half_sourly	21	0
flatthebest	22	0
the13PeSK	23	0

@Dreadmed leads @ZeroTheNorth by 6 points, with @RYAN a further 6 points back to round out the top 3. @Cabelmania strong performance in the power stage means he's just 2 points behind @RYAN in what could be a real fight to watch through this championship.

The manufacturers cup is wide open, with Ford and Citroen securing 3 cars eligible to score, meaning just 3 points separate them. Skoda, Hyundai and Pfei all within touching distance of eachother. VW had no entries in round 1 so yet to get off the mark.

Rank	Manufactuers	Points
1	Citroen	33
2	Ford	30
3	Skoda	19
4	Hyundai	12
5	Pfei Built	6
6	VW	0

Round 2 takes us to the treacherous and narrow snow stages of Norway, a real test of driving accuracy and ability.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Welcome to Rally Scandia for Round 2 of the GTP Rally Championship S1.
The bitter conditions continue, in the only all snow event of the season, Norway hosts the series with some of the most treacherous passes and difficult sections we will face this season.

Itinerary:
Long Service
SS1: Ljosdalstjønn - 9.4km
SS2: Tovsli - 13.8km

Medium Service
SS3: Russvatn - 16.8km
SS4: Tovslioytjorn - 7.5km

Short Service
Power Stage: Fordol - 6.1km

Good luck!​

 

[Cabelmania]

Finished, video ready for tomorrow, but I gonna say, wow.............except for @Ali, Russvatn kicked EVERYONE's butt

 

[Cabelmania]

Finished, video ready for tomorrow, but I gonna say, wow.............except for @Ali, Russvatn kicked EVERYONE's butt

Define this a wild ride is a understatement It's incredible I'm 3rd overall right now

 

[MagpieRacer]

Scandias unforgiving forest tracks proved a challenge for everyone, but, only 1 retirement registered across the rally, showing some solid driving from everyone involved.

In the end, it was @Ali who took the overall victory, expertly guiding his Hyundai i20 to a commanding overall lead. @ZeroTheNorth came home p2 in the Fiesta and @sinotov2008 just a second further back in the Fabia RS. P4 to P8 were separated by just 24 seconds, with @Cabelmania the best of the rest behind the podium finishers.

Rank	DisplayName	Vehicle	Time	DifferenceToFirst
1	Almu89	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	0:31:23	0:00:00
2	Zero_The_North	Ford Fiesta Rally2	0:32:19	0:00:56
3	sinotov2008	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:32:21	0:00:57
4	Cabelmania	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	0:32:55	0:01:32
5	RDA-JETS	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:33:08	0:01:44
6	Hasnain282	Citroën C3 Rally2	0:33:10	0:01:46
7	Speedster502	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:33:13	0:01:50
8	Space_Wadet	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	0:33:19	0:01:56
9	Pfei11	WRC2 Builder Vehicle	0:33:48	0:02:24
10	magpieracer	Ford Fiesta Rally2	0:34:18	0:02:54
11	ukmikeya	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	0:34:34	0:03:11
12	Dreadmed	ŠKODA Fabia Rally2 Evo	0:34:38	0:03:15
13	the13PeSK	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	0:35:49	0:04:26
14	flatthebest	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:36:11	0:04:48
15	CheetahsMeow	Citroën C3 Rally2	0:36:31	0:05:08
16	BrighToon1961	ŠKODA Fabia Rally2 Evo	0:36:46	0:05:22
17	half_sourly	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	0:36:54	0:05:31
18	darrenersmit82	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	0:39:22	0:07:59
19	Frizbe	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	0:42:30	0:11:07
20	Meadow142	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:50:11	0:18:48

@Ali in action at the wheel of the Hyundai i20.

@Ali also took the power stage win for the bonus 5 points, beating @Speedster502 by just over a second. @sinotov2008 took 3rd, @RYAN P4 and @Hasnain282 taking the final bonus point on the Fordol power stage.

Rank	DisplayName	Vehicle	Time	TimePenalty	DifferenceToFirst
1	Almu89	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	0:03:22	0:00:00	0:00:00
2	Speedster502	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:03:23	0:00:00	0:00:01
3	sinotov2008	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:03:26	0:00:00	0:00:05
4	RDA-JETS	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:03:31	0:00:00	0:00:09
5	Hasnain282	Citroën C3 Rally2	0:03:34	0:00:05	0:00:13
6	Space_Wadet	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	0:03:35	0:00:00	0:00:13
7	Zero_The_North	Ford Fiesta Rally2	0:03:40	0:00:05	0:00:18
8	magpieracer	Ford Fiesta Rally2	0:03:41	0:00:00	0:00:20
9	Cabelmania	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	0:03:42	0:00:05	0:00:20
10	the13PeSK	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	0:03:43	0:00:00	0:00:21
11	ukmikeya	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	0:03:44	0:00:00	0:00:22
12	flatthebest	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:03:51	0:00:00	0:00:29
13	Meadow142	ŠKODA Fabia RS Rally2	0:03:57	0:00:00	0:00:36
14	Pfei11	WRC2 Builder Vehicle	0:03:59	0:00:16	0:00:37
15	BrighToon1961	ŠKODA Fabia Rally2 Evo	0:04:01	0:00:00	0:00:39
16	CheetahsMeow	Citroën C3 Rally2	0:04:03	0:00:00	0:00:41
17	Frizbe	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	0:04:04	0:00:00	0:00:42
18	half_sourly	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	0:04:09	0:00:00	0:00:47
19	darrenersmit82	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	0:04:15	0:00:00	0:00:53
20	Dreadmed	ŠKODA Fabia Rally2 Evo	0:04:25	0:00:30	0:01:03

That leaves the championship looking like this after Round 2:

DisplayName	Rank	PointsAccumulated
Zero_The_North	1	41
Almu89	2	30
Dreadmed	3	29
RDA-JETS	4	29
Cabelmania	5	27
sinotov2008	6	18
Hasnain282	7	17
Space_Wadet	8	14
Speedster502	9	12
Pfei11	10	8
JabierFailure	11	5
magpieracer	12	2
darrenersmit82	13	0
frankiestail	14	0
Hultberg420	15	0
cutback73	16	0
BrighToon1961	17	0
Frizbe	18	0
Meadow142	19	0
NeilPearlJam	20	0
aekara38	21	0
ukmikeya	22	0
half_sourly	23	0
CheetahsMeow	24	0
flatthebest	25	0
the13PeSK	26	0

@ZeroTheNorth holds on to P1, but @Ali having a strong debut round taking maximum points, throws him straight into the mix in P2. @Dreadmed and @RYAN are tied on points in P3 and 4 respectively with @Cabelmania just 2 further back.

In the constructors, just 11 points separate the top 4 manufacturers, with Ford leading Hyundai by just 2 points. With Skoda and Hyundai gaining points scores from three cars.

Rank	Manufactuers	Points
1	Ford	52
2	Hyundai	50
3	Skoda	46
4	Citroen	41
5	Pfei Built	12
6	VW	0

Round 3 will see us take on the all new Central European Rally on the tarmac of Czechia.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Welcome to the Central European Rally for round 3 of the GTPRC Season 1.
Drivers will be faced with high speed, smooth tarmac roads for this round, taking us through the beautiful Czechia countryside. Villages, flat out open road and tight forest roads make up this all new event, featuring in a GTPlanet event for the very first time.
Weather conditions are forecast to be mixed between services, so tyre choice on each leg will be critical.

Itinerary:
Long service
SS1: Osíčko - 9km
SS2: Vítová - 8.8km

Short service
SS3: Rusava - 14.6km
SS4: Příkazy - 8.6km

Short service
Power Stage: Žabárna - 15.4km​

 

[MagpieRacer]

I really do enjoy CER, it goads you into going faster and faster but unlike other rallies which punish you (cough Corsica), it seems to reward you.

Couple mistakes cost me though, hit the bridge in the first pass through it and then slid off the road on the penultimate stage, took the dry tyre so I could attack the 14km stage and take it easier on the wet 9km test, it doesn’t feel bad using dry tyres on wet track m, right up until you need to brake reasonably hard and then the car just slides, went off the road and got a very harsh 30 second reset.

 

[UKMikey]

I managed to rack up about forty seconds in penalties from not knowing CER in advance. If only I weren't too lazy to go for a dry run first.

 

[Speedster502]

Had a dreadful start to my CER run with a 14 second penalty on the first stage...onwards and upwards though right? 😂

 

[Cabelmania]

I admit that I did practice for this one, because of the changing conditions; I wanted to know the best strategy regarding tyres In the end I chose the safe choice to start with Wet tyres both legs and, since I am 1st for now at the moment of this post, it paid big time