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This rally stage in BeamNG.Drive really takes every bit of concentration needed… (video.gamerstavern.online)

submitted 3 months ago by harrybo93@lemmy.world to c/simrallyracing@lemmy.world

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Hope you all don’t mind me posting these here. It feels like a nice way to branch out to people interested in this topic without being spammy.

Has anyone else tried BeamNG.Drive rally yet?

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[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Nicely done. Very smooth, if we ignore the "plant surprise" :) It's hard to know where you could shave any time off for the gold - whether it's an extra 5mph throughout the whole thing, or quicker reactions at some of those sudden tight turns. It looks a particularly tricky one. I definitely would have missed some of those turnings.

I'm not sure I've tried that specific course, but I've had a lot of fun with a few rally tracks in BeamNG. I'll likely give this a go again next time my wheel/pedals are set up. I think I'll be slower than you :)

Also, nice recording/video as well. Thanks for making it and sharing it.

[–] harrybo93@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Hey, thank you for the nice comments! Honestly, I think I could shave off another 10 seconds, but 20 seconds seems like a lot. I could improve my cornering a lot, but I’m limited by the fact that it is RWD with an ungodly amount of wheel spin and power that kicks that back end out so easily.

When you try the course, comment back here how you got on! I’m intrigued to see how other people find it 🤣

Edit: wrote times wrong

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I know this is about a month after you posted it, but I only just saw it at the weekend and decided to give it a shot myself. I've never tried Beam's rally mode so it was a bit of a thrown-in-the-deep-end experience, but after a couple of hours I got a star!

I was much less tightly controlled than you and only got a 4:16, so it'd take a fair bit of practice to catch up, but it was good fun. I always find Beam's relative lack of lateral grip a bit frustrating to drive with, but on gravel that suddenly becomes totally fine. I was throwing the car a lot more sideways than you, which seems to work for me... at least some of the time, but I'll need to clean it up to improve my time. It's possible that it's at least partly a consequence of me driving with a gamepad instead of a wheel & pedals setup though. I've got less fine control, but I can also go from full steering one way to the other basically instantly

I was able to go from the point at 2:23 in your video all the way to 2:40 at full throttle, so that might shave a bit off your time. I really need to figure out those narrow sections at 3:27 and 4:46 though, besides general smoothness I'm pretty sure that those are where I'm losing the most time

[–] harrybo93@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I’m genuinely chuffed you gave it a go off the back of the video!!! I’m always averse to tarmac driving so I always stayed away from it. So I guess that makes sense as to why I manage gravel/mud better 😅

You’ve absolutely nailed it about the gamepad- being able to switch between full opposite lock instantly is a real advantage on gamepad- the equivalent action on a physical wheel is a little neck breaking 😂

From the point of 2:23 onwards, I guess I don’t full throttle because I actually have very very little force feedback through that tree section- and the angle of attack is so narrow that if you’re misaligned too much, it’s instant tree. Not that I’ve done that, at all, multiple times….

This car is all about feathering that throttle so you don’t lose the back end too much because yeah as you say, going sideways is hella fun but you lose a lot of time haha.

Thanks for sharing, as well- great to hear!