It's mother fucking Friday and it begins one of the best stages in the world championship, Germany. Narrow, winding roads through vineyards on different types of tarmac/asphalt and almost as many hairpins as Monte Carlo.
They've started running SS1 and SS2.
>WHO KRIS MEEKE HERE
>OUNINPOHJA BTFO
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Modern day WRC is shit.
Give me WRC 1980-2005 any day
whats the difference?
I miss Mitsubishi's involvement more than anything, but some of the new drivers are quite talented, Skoda is back. And its fun rooting for anyone that isn't Volkswagen for the manufacturers Championship.
Any streams?
Who /countingthedaystomontecarlo2017/ here?
>Toyota back
>Citroen back as a proper works team
>lighter, wider cars with more aero and up to 380hp
Shit's gonna be so cash.
Group A era - You could buy the cars in the showroom and they would be pretty close to the cars on the stages, competition was stiff (Escort Cosworth, Impreza STi, Lancer Evo, Pulsar GTiR, Delta Integrale, Celica GT-Four, Mazda 323 GTX, Legacy RS, Galant VR4, Sierra Cosworth, Sierra 4x4 Sapphire and more)
WRC era - the same in the case of Subaru and Mitsubishi and a couple of other homologation specials, but also insane levels of competition, really high viewership and an incredibly large variety of manufacturers in a variety of cars. Some absolutely insane FWD kit cars too that would beat 4wd on tarmac
Group B era - You couldn't directly buy the cars aside from the insane homologation specials, but the machines were just insane and the competition tough
These days you get a crappy uninteresting car that isn't even available to the public in the Ogier vs Latvalla cup.
Maybe it would be more interesting if Citroen, Hyundai and Volkswagen released some production WRC editions of the boring hatchbacks in the series, or if the cars were crazy insane but until then it's just dull to watch.
>WRC era - the same in the case of Subaru and Mitsubishi
Actually, no. While Mitsubishi remained as the sole Group A competitor in the premier class, the Subaru entrant was a "prototype" WRC.
Can I watch this on a live stream? Im in the us
forgot to mention they'll also have center differentials again, although I don't know wether they'll be electronic or mechanical.
Since the introduction of the 2nd generation WRC regs in 2011, cars had a direct drive between the front and rear axle.