![]() How to approach a corner, how to approach incoming jumps so as to land at the right angle and not incur unwanted damage to your suspension. Of finding the perfect balance between many a component: speed, acceleration, breaking (and the type of breaking to pull off), even the very gear you should be in. WRC 8 is a game all about quick, mindful decision-making. Those who approach things with an arcade-like mind-set - or at the very least think that focus should only be invested in steering and acceleration - will quickly and easily find themselves slamming head-first into surrounding hazards or skirting off into nearby ditches. Just as it was in 2017, to those coming to the WRC license for the first time, it should be noted that WRC 8 is as unforgiving as it is demanding. ![]() It’s not perfect, but the twelve-or-so month break for the series has nonetheless been worth it. WRC 8 may well look like the same respectable outing on the outside, but it doesn’t take long for that impression to change. Having taken a year off following the commendable WRC 7, WRC 8 aims to be more than just an alternative for fans of rally sport - seeking to be the true competitor to Codemasters’ crown as the go-to name for authentic simulation-orientated racing. Has the developer/studio justified the supposedly extended break? If not, then why the yearly absence previous? In a genre, niche it may be, that has found itself dominated by the likes of UK-based Codemasters - and their consistent, quality output of racing titles covering a breadth of departments of the sport - over on the other side of the English channel, French-based developer Kylotonn have been happily supplying a healthy alternative to Codemasters’ dominance, via the World Rally Championship license, or WRC for short. I was sure we were going to lose car.While everyone may go on about just what exactly an iterative title can genuinely add to feel new and refreshing, a series having “taken a year off” will always impose greater scrutiny. “I thought we were going to lose the car but I got an extinguisher from Gus and we managed to almost shut it down and then the fire fighters came and finished the job. It seems there was an oil canister on the top of the pole which actually spread all of the oil on top of our car and it went down to the engine bay,” he added. While the car won't return to the stages on Sunday, he thanked Greensmith for his help in dealing with the fire. Lappi was convinced his i20 N would become engulfed by flames and he would lose the car completely. WRC Mexico: Ogier inherits healthy lead after Lappi exit.Tanak explains lack of pace at WRC Rally Mexico.“I didn’t have the correct rhythm and I was not maybe having the same flow when you really push and attack, I was just bit too late on the entry.” Read Also: It is hard to swallow but on the other hand when you fight for the win you still need to push and maybe I was not pushing hard enough actually. “There was a delay on the entry to the left and we went wide where the exit narrows and we hit a bank which spun us out immediately and then we hit with the rear, the electricity pole. There is a right with a cut and it goes straight to a left over a crest so I think I was a bit caught out with this cut. “When you drive more safe it is actually more difficult and I believe this happened now. “It might sound crazy to you but I felt like I was driving too slow,” said Lappi. Reflecting on the crash, Lappi believes it was the result of not pushing hard enough in the stage. The fire was eventually put out by fire fighters that arrived on the scene later. The 2017 Rally Finland winner used all of his car’s fire extinguisher to tackle the fire before eventually gets control of the fire when WRC2 driver Gus Greensmith arrived at the scene and handed him another fire extinguisher. ![]() Lappi revealed that oil from a canister positioned on the top of the felled telegraph pole dropped onto his car and trickled down to the engine bay, which ignited a small fire. Lappi and co-driver Jonne Ferm avoided injury. The former Toyota driver ran wide and dragged the nose of his i20 N into an embankment, which fired the car across the road where it came to rest after rear ending a telegraph pole. ![]() However, Lappi’s hard work was undone in an instant when he misjudged a left hander that resulted in a heavy crash on Stage 11 ( Ibarrilla), the first test of the day.
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