Loeb Test

[929rog]

I got gold in the first two tests and cant get bronze in the third snow course. I have traction control on 1 and abs 1 how did you guys do it? I spent two hours on it last night! I need to get it done tonight.

 

[4everdelayed]

abs 1, tc 0

but I've read that with skidrecovery on, it would be easy to get gold.

 

[McEntee28]

abs 1, tc 0
Just go very slow on the sharper turns and dont rush. Its not that bad. I got gold on the second try and im not that great.

 

[FluffyPancake]

This is what I did and it dramatically increased the car's handling ability

Go to Settings-Options-Hardware-Change Button Assignments-Edit R1 button to (RA fuction) Menu. Then do the same for the dpad arrows up/down/left/right for the adust and select values.

Then once in the time trial hit R1 and set the front and rear to 50% 50%
(the Torque distribution setting)
this improves the car's grip and stability massively and also turn all assist's off and abs 1.

 

[Brun]

That's weird, I found Chamonix no harder than the others. I had traction control off for all of them, no other aids.

Oversteering through the corners is much more important in the snow. Brake earlier than usual, give the car a flick to get it sideways into the corner, and then balance the throttle and steering to power out of the corner.

 

[Blitz24]

I just ran it stock settings and I got Gold on all 3. I basically drove fast in fast out ignoring the gear indicators because for some reason, the car behaved perfectly.

 

[929rog]

Maybe its just me. I'm from Maine and am used to the snow so I have been in a higher gear than what it says to keep wheel speed down. The straights are easier that way as I had a hard time with it swapping and hitting the sides. As soon as the little one goes down I'll try and work at it. I killed the other two... One by 2 seconds... grr...

 

[Khaddar]

It's a somewhat unnatural challenge because the car is so badly set up for snow - if they want to set me a challenge of driving a RWD car on snow they should just give me a RWD. You can get around this by doing what FluffyPancake suggested - setting the torque split to 50/50 knocked around 7 seconds off my lap time. You may feel it's cheating; I did at first, but then decided that I didn't actually care.

But there's something weird at play in this challenge even so. With the Audi quattro I used for the beginner rally event I can go to Chamonix on a practice run and go comfortably under 4 minutes from a standing start, with the car behaving beautifully. Should a current WRC car really be so much slower?

 

[tinram]

e-brake seems to help me in the snow.

 

[929rog]

yah, this car acts as if its a 2wd..

 

[jmeGT5]

Yeah i did it first time, standard settings... just slide the car around most of the corners, no need to brake so slow for them all XD

 

[TheIshter]

Traction control off is important, and turn before the actual corner.

I'm sure you'll get the feel for it.

 

[929rog]

About 30 minutes and we will see. Right now B Spec Bob (bend over Bob) keeps making money...

 

[929rog]

silver.... 7 tries. grrrrr

 

[RB6]

It isn't like drifting either its very different in technique to sustain the cornering time.

the 2007 Formula 1 World Champion Kimi Räikkönen has switched to WRC this 2010 and he flipped the car on a lot of his races during his first year in red bull WRC.

The technique on driving in rally is completely different from racing on a track or drifting.

 

[JamboGT]

Try using the active central diff and give 50% power to the front wheels.

ther than that make sure TC is off, also ABS is no help on the snow.