Rallying tips?

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I made it throught the easy rallies with no problems, it was actually kinda fun. But the normal ones are a different story, I'm having such a hard time beating them. I even went out and bought the 1.2mil cr. mitsubishi and I still cant beat it. does anyone have any driving tips or anything that could help me :nervous:
 
practise, practise practise. Rallying is hard and it should be. Some people say it has gotten less realistic but I think the opposite. Because of the new physics you should really watch your throttle controll and need to learn how to go round corners powersliding / drifting.

License test should be helpfull.... :drool:
 
keep your front wheels always facing where you want the car to go and always think 2 or 3 corners ahead so you gett no surprises. don't drift too much or you will loose control. I find medium and hard rallyes very dificult also but i need to practice a lot too. My dad raced and won RL rallyes and this is what he told me but in gt it is harder than in real life. You can also try the rallyes with group b rally cars which are a lot faster but harder to control
 
try to learn & master rally with dfp 900-degree mode :) once u get used to it, rally in GT4 becomes much easier. Use the brake momentum (weight transfer) to make the car slide, apply the throttle gently/smoothly, and then let the rear wheel do the "steering" (powerslide)...countersteer needed for corrections :) dont use the 200-degree (too much) bcuz it doesnt give u the real feeling...cmiiw :)
 
I believe alot of it is just course memorization and throttle control. Throttle control is pretty much crucial around every turn you make so you have to modulate it carefully and don't overdo it.
 
Remember the DFP uses 540 degrees in the rallies, so it's not as hard as it sounds!

Throttle control is definitely the trick though, as others have said.
 
indeed, practice is the way to get through the rallies.

i too bought the $1.2m mitsubishi (shame it isnt the traditional ralliart colours... sigh. i love the Mitsu WRC05 i think it is the bomb) and completed the entire rally section (except for the tarmac ones, which required a heavily modified GT-R) with no mods to the car.

one thing that was interesting though, was i simply could not beat the impreza rally car '03 in any of the reverse rallies! i'd just exit and re-enter and pray i was put up against another car and voila. easy 20 seconds plus win.

and the handbrake can be useful when you feel you car getting a bit pushy, but dont overdo it it can lead to trouble

and TRUE! go to the licence tests and snag a couple of golds in the rally sections. especially in B and A licences where you can activate the throttle/brake indicators on the road. that'll be a huge leg-up into rally success.
 
Quattro20v
So how much do you have experience IRL?
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only once in a small rallye track with a rented ff stock car (nissan tsuru) and i did pretty bad the car understeered a lot and only did about 2-3 laps. my last lap was not that bad actually. however i do not have any experience in real rally competition
 
Boz Mon
...does anyone have any driving tips or anything that could help me...
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You have the right car. The Super Evo is the best of the rally cars. Add the Increase Rigidity option, set the ASM at 0/0, turn the TCS up to 10, set the final drive at 5.500, set the Autoset at 1, and buy the Stage 3 turbo option.

Other than that, use the cheeseball wall-riding technique of flicking the steering as you enter the turn so the car gets crossed up and tags the wall with the rear bumper. No 5-second penalty is assessed if you hit the wall with a rear corner of the car.
 
I dont think people realize the races are easier without huge amounts of power(except the tarmac rallies). All that extra power makes the car basically impossible to control. The mitsu super rally car had enough stock power(with oil change) to get me through all the dirt and snow rallies. I would turn all driving aids off so if you have to tap the e-brake very quickly your car doesnt lose power. If you have alot of trouble controlling the drift, practice drifting in a car with around the same power on the autumn ring.
 
I remember i posted a thread like this a few weeks ago....

You just have to learn to lift the throttle at the right time and drift accurately, don't floor it when you don't need to. You can't afford to crash in with those 5 sec penalties! :yuck:

Also, invest in a quality rally car such as the subaru impreza
 
Subaru Spec-C+All Mods+Dirt Tires=Win.

I easily smoked every race with it (well...maybe not EASILY,but i did them all within 5 tries)
 
You said it MachOne! Remember to properly shift too, shifting too late or early can cause increase wheel spin or no spin at all. It's good to have spin but not too much when going to around those corners. In most rallies you probably wouln't go past gear 2 or 3.
 
i guess which car you use is entirely up to you, but it would be wise to choose rally-oriented cars like the proper rally cars, or the production japanese turbo fours.

personally i found a heavily modded EVO GSR absolutely impossible to handle on the dirt and snow. the stock mitsu super rally car had the perfect chassis poise, power, torque (everything stock, except the dirt/snow tyres of course) for the off-road rallies.

yes, i know. I'm a Mitsubishi fanatic and proud to be.
 
Throttle control is very important when you're rallying since you've got less traction (for the record, I use a DS2 so I have no idea what a wheel will be like), especially on the Ice circuits.

First of all, you should practice each race as you unlock the tracks. Start with lower-speed cars such as the 1991 Celica GT-4 and work your way up - it's no use trying with the most powerful car you can find (such as a 205 E2) because you'll just spin it.

Remember, while wall riding makes it easier, finding the line and practicing makes it better - on Chamonix, I set a lap time 12 seconds faster by driving it properly as opposed to wallriding.
 

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