So far I managed to complete day one of this rally, but more on that later.
When I first arrived in Scotland last week, I started practice in the dry on the South Morningside stage. It took me 7 (seven!) attempts to make it to the end... of the shakedown
That was quite unnerving. Oh boy, this will be a really really tough one and I need a completely new approach to this..
Then when the itinerary was released and I learned it would mostly be a wet rally, that turned out to be a blessing in disguise as it forced me to be nothing but cautious at every single bend and crest.
With real life getting in the way of proper preparations once more, I will have to drive all of Day 2 in one session today as time is running out. But regardless of how that's going to work out, I want to thank everyone involved in this championship.
While for some of you this RDRC is the right occasion to say goodbye to DR2.0 after spending hundreds of hours with it, for me it was the ultimate way to discover this game. I've owned the game for quite some time now, I just never got around to actually playing it.
This awesome championship forced me to keep trying to master these stages, no room for procrastination.
Thus, so far I finished in 5 of the first 6 events, and while obviously I could not even get close to the top times, I wasn't the slowest guy on any of them either and even managed to snatch a few championship points.. Visiting all these events felt a bit like a long trip around the world and I do look forward to also trying my teeth on the other not-included locations soon.
The awesome magazines, the long lists of competitors, the swift and accurate result posts after each rally, the long forum threads filled with stories, screenshots and videos of how everyone was doing, all this combined has made me feel like I was part of something really special. So:
To Ole Marius Myrvold , Jack Hintz , Michael Nelson and everyone else invloved in making this happen. And to anyone taking part and sticking with it until the end and telling us about is here. I loved it!
Now bring on day 2 of this Rally!