This is a great video, it's just kinda funny that it cameout around the time the RSF team started announcing their goal to clean up the graphics/purge some of the ugly stages from the game (Which they should definitely). I still think the immersion of RBR is great no matter the car/track (though this does go slightly down with really old snow stages, they look like HL1 engine full bright maps) because the sounds and the sense of speed you get (especially on triples) is unmatched and it's both terrifying and exhilarating. Long rallies especially really feel like you are in an event, where just surviving feels like a win (unless you're some Finnish Alien who is flying through stages, those guys are gods). I do agree though that setting the game up is a nightmare but when you realize how personal an actual rally drive/codriver team it is, it kinda makes sense. Not only are there different languages in a rally but also the same language can have different calls. I think they should definitely add in a PDF file though how to properly find these pacenote packs and voice packs, since they are actually really important but a lot of info on RBR is buried under a huge discord (it also doesn't help that, at least in my opinion, a lot of the guys on the RSF discord come off as incredibly snobbish and rude at times). The configuration for the controls is definitely annoying especially when considering that if you use an Hpattern shifter you need to properly configure a whole different plugin that ISN'T in the control menu to make sure it works and not conflict with anything else, and the FFB is a bit weird to setup but it makes sense if you think about it. I think that RBR will probably not die ever if nothing can come along to replace it. Even though you have to treat the game and setting it up to play it almost like you are preparing a real car, it's so good to drive in and feels so right all the time that it is really hard to move away from it for that sort of racing. Sure it doesn't have the amazing 2024 flare or the "ease of access" (though many other niche games are harder to get working) but once it all works and is dialed in literally no other game can rival it. The FFB response from the game on a DD wheel is legit unmatched, you get so much detail where it matters and it rarely feels "gamey." The fact it is a passion project at this point is another just mind blowing experience. You can do all this free content + championships for free while a lot of other companies kinda price gouge the sim racing market (that's not even including the actual peripherals needed to get a fully realistic experience). It's an art form of a sim at this point.

RBR is a hobbyist venture. Any game that deals with a mod community is for hobbyists. Unlike modern games with no mod community you customize to your desire. It takes dedication like any other hobby.

any papyrus sim works great with controllers, just turn steering linearity down in control settings, and raise steering ratio in your car settings. devs knew a lot of people didnt have wheel and pedals back then, and its not too bad, this goes for all games in the series, grand prix legends is a great one, and its totally free, well, the entire series is but GPL stands out. emulating the gran turismo games works too, and forza project plus works fine through an emulator as well, tons of options.

For 2. You had the space cause its a complex of corners and you were properly alongside to start them. It's common knowledge when taking a complex of esses, especially two 90's like Road Atlanta and some others, The car on the inside has the advantage on the first and disadvantage on the next. Swapping as the amount of turns in the esses are. He did not clear you completely on the first turn so he doesn't get the space on the second turn unless you get completely clear. If he was in your spot he would want you to leave space on the inside for him. But a lot of people on iRacing don't race you like it's anything but their track. Just a racing incident.

I now want to do some rallycross, i didn't know that there were so many interesting things on it! 1. My experience with rallycross was 100% from Live for Speed (the only sim my pc can take), and i didn't know about the joker lap 2. Those damn eyes will haunt me for the rest of my life 3. 3:40 🤨

What a fantastic video. I've loved RBR since the day I got it (2007ish maybe? as a young kid in the states it just wasn't readily available). You hit basically every point that I have with the game here. It's still so good, But so frustratingly annoying at times. I recently got a good friend into it and he's been loving it, But I'm apprehensive to tell him to try DR2.0 or EAWRC because he doesn't have as much patience for the bullshit that I do lol.

for me, sometimes I use the bumper camera angle in nfs heat and it really helps me out with driving, and I could really feel how to take a turn when I put it on that camera angle.

BTW, without any mods installed. You can switch the pacenotes from descriptive (I can't stand that either) to numeric (even reverse numeric if that's your thing). You simply need to double click on screen, and change two settings. I'm pulling a black on the settings names but I have a short video on my channel describing how.

toyota 'see ly car'........ yeah naaaar!

10:40 there is nothing wrong with more options, if you don’t like a certain stage then don’t play it. The graphics on all stages looks good to me.

I am developing rally simulators for mobile with quite comparable phisics with richard burns rally! In the next years I will work on pc/console projects too :D

These gamepad inputs are pretty twitchy. You could smooth out your physical inputs. I learned over the years by copying the inputs of AI's in games like GT4 and Rfactor (back then). Same thing for brake and accelerator. Turns out that some games and sims are great for that. It worked, but it is also more tiring for your hand muscles. But hey, nothing a grip strenghtener can't help. But of course, it isn't a match to the steering wheel, in terms of force feedback, autonomy of each of your limbs to a different module and overall comfort and versatility. When you're braking, head-to-head with some other car, there's less sense of control which will cause a crash during braking.

Please shift up earlier! Hurts my soul to hear you hit the rev limiter before every shift… 😂 (Besides, I think you lose torque near the top. Just watch the shift indicator.)

What a great video! I have barely even driven RBR, yet I’m very familiar with all the issues mentioned in this video. EA WRC is easily the best and most comprehensive rally game, _for_me_. It is lacking in several areas, but the competition is lacking way more.

what RBR does tell me, is how important getting the feeling of the car is for a sim.. something newer games fails at, whilst they are focusing on things that doesnt matter, like HD grass.

In a very werid way, graphics from early 2000s like in this game (on the better looking maps), are kinda becoming something ppl are starting to like, specially/mainly with drawing games... there is something very charming about the low poly pixel boxes... And im not even old enough to be really nostalgic for those, this game is one year older than me (i think)

In my opinion the best view I ever had in a racing game was by far the helmet camera in Shift 2 unleashed. Most recent games I played manage the cockpit view not even half as good, most are way too static some even allow to see the pedals which makes the cockpit block half of the screen leaving a tiny slit to watch whats going on on the road in front of you.

6:38 wait can i really get that as a pace notes mod?

6:19 or click at the top to select all.

beamng needs to step up.

I totally agree with many of your points, but also totally disagree with your conclusion! RBR is still the best rally simulator available today: it's physics model gives better immersion than DR2 and EA WRC, two of my other favorites. - The game is a nightmare to install and configure for the first time and to update. However, you only have to install once and then the update process gets easier when you have installed the latest update for a few times. - FFB settings with just the slider in the game and numerical values for different surfaces in the launcher are not very intuitive and does not allow editing individual effects. But it doesn't have to; once I found settings that work for Fanatec, the FFB communicates very well what the car is doing and the feeling of weight transfer is better than what the competitors can provide. - Some of the stages are so bad, they shouldn't be in the game. But also, there are dozens of good quality stages available thanks to the modders. - Pacenotes are very inconsistent between stages but you can edit them yourself! - There's no proper single player. But at least I don't need one; it's the online rallies and local multiplayer events that I enjoy the most. All in all, RBR requires huge effort, but the reward is high. On bad days I'm crashing all the time, but the feeling you get for finishing a rally is what keeps me coming back.

VR cokpit cam are superior

So close!

Nice finish 😛

😂😂😂

That end is heart-breaking lol. The last section after the penultimate gate is so hard to take quickly and you did great through there. Remember doing a club rally in the Stratos in Australia last year, the Kadett looks like a dream to drive in comparison😂

Brah! I was legit shook by that. 😮😆

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... I always hate it when that happens, but that's rally I suppose. 😔

HAHAHHA amazing finish

I was also a cockpit view fan i also used to it because rear view mirrors are working and have good quality in real racing 3

Nice video … I know this something you don’t have control of but you got a pretty annoying voice 😅 but you made some valid point

As a person who loves both GT cars, formula cars, and rally racing, Rallycross is without a doubt the most fun ive had racing, both online and against AI

RBR is amazing when everything clicks. It takes ages to set up the settings, you basically have to troubleshoot something before each race and then you gotta find that right track+car combo. Once you get it done, boy oh boy you're in for a fun time. I personally still remember my "best" drives in RBR, but I can't remember a single run in DR2 or any of the WRC games. I just wish it wouldn't be such a PITA to get to that point. This is also one of my pet peeves with RFactor2. You need a freaking masters degree to set up a single race. It's just not worth the hassle for me.

2:59 those eyes kept watching me at night

Ah, perfect timing, I was literally just trying to convince my friends to do some rallycross with me in Dirt Rally 2.0! If anyone wants to race, hit me up!

We do some fun combo evenings with the team from time to time. Legends on rallycross tracks are my all time favourite. The dirt trucks on a very short road course is also always tons of fun.

Yes, rally cross is the best. I raced it mostly within the dirt series and recently tried it out in project cars 2. Give me a ford fiesta or and MG metro, 4 other crazy drivers and let us fight it out in the dirt. Throwing cars around corners, timing jokers and seeing who comes out on top. Best fun there is. Would love to try the new electric cars those things must be punchy as fuck.

Man... This video should be watched by whole of simracing! I'm in this hobby since 2004 (excl. GT1 etc years on the PS1) with a Logitech G25 and rF1. Seeing Fanatec com up with simracing gear i could only dream of (the orange GT3RS wheel to begin with), joined iRacing in 2009. I'm still doing all the sims that exist, they all have their own strengths. I love this hobby SO much, yet i get further and further away from the community. I only race in iRacing with chat and voice chat off, even mostly racing AI because the racing is more realistic then racing humans who don't care much about crashing. I won't visit forums too often because i really got the feeling it's a 'spoiled kid' world nowadays. If you did full length races in F1 '97 on the PS1 and thought that was the best thing ever, you really can appreciate what F1 '23 does good, without being perfect. It's such a cool time to being a simracer! You got yourself a sub with this one mate!

Eurobeat!!!!-best song ever

Great video. Loved arcade racing games growing up, but got into GT7 last year and don’t think I could go back to the racers I used to play. Would love to get a wheel set up down the line, so your suggestions were super helpful. :)

Steering assist go brrrrrrr