My uncle used to own one, which he drove rally with. Got to be a "co-driver" a few times. I can still hear the rocks hitting the bottom of the car. It was absolutely fantasic.
My dad used to own the rs2000 with the droop snood he tuned it and it had around 170 hp sadly I never seen it or driven in it becouse it got stolen somewhere in 1990
Would be great to see some Irish rally stages, whether it's the narrow, high-speed tarmac stages, or some of the twisting forestry rally stages that the championships do. It'd be a proper outing for this car - if you watch any Irish rally highlights programme, it's full of Mk IIs, and then when there's an historic rally, it's full of Mk Is. Very popular series of car in Irish rallying.
Seeing this gives me hope, you're by far one of the best on TH-cam when it comes to sim racing. And it shows, but knowing even you make small mistakes makes all us plebs feel better lol. Keep it up Jimmy. Hope to see you on the real track soon
Pelleministeri I agree as it reduces speed before a corner so it’s pointless the change gear before the corner cause you’re just going to have to changing back down again
@@Mk1man1 depends how far away from the corner you are, sometimes staying in the gear is beneficial. sometimes shifting up (like from 2nd to 3rd if you're a couple of hundred metres before a hairpin) then back down is considerably faster. but yeah redlining is pretty pointless unless you're trying to keep consistent speed while sliding through a corner (and sounding cool, obvs)
The escort is so fun with full rotation on the wheel. You find yourself dancing with the car through the stage. So definitely recommend 900 degrees rotation personally.
Really glad you've covered the Mk2 Escort Jimmer, my favourite rally car of all time. It was the only car I drove in the first DiRT Rally and cannot wait to try it again in DR2.0 👍 Awesome content once again. Keep it up 👊👍
I actually started playing this game recently, and for some reason this is the second car on my list when I go to select (assuming cos it's GOTY).. so I thought I'd try the H2 CMR Escort as my second car. This was like trying to teach a dog to fly an F22.
sup 2years to late, but dude the car is a workout holy shit. impossible to control. but i finally figured it out. but this car is imo the hardest car to drive fast. it's so unpridictiple in most stages. as the short wheel base makes the car spin out of nothing. and it never goes straight.
I learned the left foot braking & “turn right” before turning into the curve, thing when I was about six or seven when I raced quarter midgets. My grandfather, who maintained my cars (I had two, one as a back-up) referred to it as entering the corner high & cutting in low. He used to take me to Midget, Sprint & Outlaw races from as early as I can remember. I used to watch the drivers & their cars, especially the wheels as they drifted through the turns. It helped me when I started racing. Most kids in my bracket (divided by ages) put the brakes on as they entered the corners. I didn’t. I started high, cut in low & tight, worked my throttle & front wheels, as the rear of the car swang around part way, & thengave it full throttle coming out of the turns. 😊👍🏻 I was blowing kids, in my bracket, away. I had only three rivals. One was in the state east of me & the other in the state west of me. All three of us competed against each other in the Grand Nationals. That was on an asphalt track. I prefer dirt. It was so much fun. My car actually went over a wall, once. (Accident in front of me coming out of turn one. I went up high & one of the cars bounced off the inner most, ricocheted into mine, caught my wheel & somehow sent me flying. Those years were fun. Racing is a rush.
Old comment I know, but I also raced quarter midgets for about a year when I was 7. My dad (ex-stock car driver) was the only guy who had the car up on scales EVERY day. That car was bought 2nd hand with very little work done to it and we were beating kids in the higher age bracket the first night out. So much fun at the time.
@@BunkerBlogYeah, it was fun. I recently found a picture of me with my third place Grand National trophy. I didn't look happy in that picture. 😂 After winning so many races, coming in third was a disappointment, especially because I know that if I didn't have that rear axle bearing issue I would've taken first place. Oh, well. It wasn't meant to be. I've been plagued with bad luck my entire life. P.S. if you like racing video games, there is a game for the PS4 and PS5 named World of Outlaws. It's all sprint and mod-stock racing. 👍🏻
Absolutely my favourite, MKII Escorts were my first and second cars in real life. The BD engine is one of the best sounding engines ever and is modelled so accurately in this game. Not just the sound, but the way it revs and produces its power. I had to spend a lot of time creating a good setup for this car to make it more driveable, but you have to do that with all of the difficult to drive cars in this game. Now that I have that setup, it's just incredible. The H2RWD category is one of the best Dirt 2.0 has to offer, all cars in this category are awesome.
If you can't have fun in a sim then why so many people are doing it? What's the reason behind having favourite cars to drive other than them being fun to drive? :) Nice video Jimmy, looking forward for more Dirt Rally content
The Ford Escort is still very popular in NZ rally stages incidentally. They probably make up nearly 10% of the 250 or so cars we get going through our local rally here in coastal Otago each year. I wish CM would choose that rally next time they put NZ stages in a DiRT Rally game. It's similar to Hawke's Bay in that it's quite fast but a little different. One thing that is similar actually is how the Ocean kinda emerges over the road. It's quite nice when it's not raining.
Just subscribed to your channel (for the second time). I'm new to all this but I'm learning a ton from watching you and others on the Sim. New or not, seems to me your pedal technic is spot on. Talking and wheeling the car while listening to pace notes is a class all in itself.😂👍
in Dirt Rally 1.0 my most favourite was fiat 131 abarth, the handling was telepathic and was winning all with it. Was so much fun with rwd on gravel and snow stages.
the mk2 escort is Europe's ae86 in many ways. Even Gordon Murray (of Fan Car, McLaren F1, etc fame) even had a fully custom one built to his specs. edit oops he had a mk1 built... but they are the same ethos
Sean Price nope it would be no more successful as the Quattro, the 240rs was still essentially a road chassis like the Quattro where as the competition was all space frame purpose built rally cars and that is why when the 205 t16 and the s4 were quicker than the Quattro and why they would still have been quicker than the 240rs if it was 4wd.
@@ZeddNZ Doctor Zedd is a character from Borderlands 2 ... he's crazy .. and being a Kiwi, you're probably related (just a friendly jibe from an Aussie :-))
If you go into your files, you can find, "device defines" and scroll down you can find the setting for ffb is set at "0.9" on most wheels. For TM wheels, we found "4.0-9.0" seems to work well. You go thru the "Steam" et al files to find it. "Devin Booth" made a great video that shows the way to do it. (Baby in headset picture.)
I’m currently using this car in career mode and it is pretty good but I suffered a bit on Monte Carlo after the last two stages. The car suffers a bit with grip a lot there but overall I’m having a blast with it everywhere else!
The mk2 is very good but its just a bit down on power to be the best in the game IMO. I tried the integrale for the first time last night.... surprise of the week! I just couldnt stop driving it! It has to be right up there among the best in the game.... alongside the 911 RS, 205 T16 and S4. ;) Most of the cars in DR2 are very good in different ways, all have their own unique handling characteristics. It seems to be that the more you drive each one, the more you learn about its handling traits... the better and faster you get... and the more you love it. A bit dissapointed with the Quattro, too big, boxy, heavy, I find it a bit lazy and too understeery. The 6R4 is also a bit of a dissapointment compared to the DR1 version, It just needs a bit more power.... And make sure you move the torque bias forward about 55% to the front. Default setting is majorly wrong, period.
Well.. I was studying the rigid-axle cars. I got amazed thinking that this car won a lot. I have very few ideas about being fast in Spain-rally with this kind of cars
1:27 naturally aspirated isn't what makes u have to rev the sh out of it to get some power. Usually the opposite, adding a turbo is what might make you need to rev to get the power. I mean also non turbo older cars gave their power and torque at high rpm but turbo just had a more steep curve.
Well, i haven't played the game, so i couldn't judge if it is the best in there, but i LOVE my own mk2 RS2000 road toy! Also, my dad's a 2 time national historic rally champion in his RS1800, so i know very well how it feels IRL, so in my humble opinion it really doesn't get any better than this either! Great video, great driving! Awesome game, looks great and engine noise is spot on!
I know this is kind of offtopic, but why dont you have a bigger monitor for when you dont race in VR? Better immersion, easier judging of distances etc...
You left foot brake so you can trail brake. Note rally cars tend to not have a brake booster so you can brake while on the throttle. Other wise you'll have no brake pressure. And that's why rally brakes feel rock solid.
@Sean Price ask Jari-Matti haha Nah just good ol nations banter 😋 I was actually happy to see that Teemu Suninen gave Tänak a run for his money in Sweden. And I also like Esapekka. Really what ppl need to be scared of when a certain young Mr Rovanperä makes it to WRC proper. But at the moment I don't believe there's anyone faster in WRC than the Toyota/Ott Tänak combination. He is scary fast. And after touring crashes and lakes he has become ultra consistent. Most stage wins last year and only driver to win stages on all rallies.
@@jeracerx iirc the flares are actually bigger than the ones used on the WRC car to fit the different wheels, bonus factoid, 555, written as a hexidecimal is 22B
It's all about throttle control. I set the world record on this stage in this car totally stock setup and not upgraded at all. How you drive is the skill, setup tuning will give minor improvements. IMHO of course...
I love the rwd cars. I dont know why but the escort always has good drivers in real rally. I personally love the bmw m3 e 30 sooo much. But its hard to drive it.
Hey Jimmer would be cool to see a live stream of you doing time trials trying to set a top time in the world or a top ten or something. Think that could be fun
Hey Jimmy just curious to see what your suspension setups would be like, are they intense like in a experts way or do you have them set up beginner-wise
I would like to see at least a preliminary "car setup videos and basic instructional videos on Dirt Rally (I'm still working thru the initial launch). Do you "geek" on that? Is it worth the time? I mean, I'd bet you should A) be REALLY familiar with the initial handling of the car, as well as, B) the road surface before EVER reaching C) adjusting the gearing and suspension. Interestingly, I see you give pointers as you drive.
@@AmbientMike yeah the wheel weight is fine just no feel from roads, bumps etc. If you put dirt rally on you can feel the difference straightaway. Hopefully it gets patched soon.
At the college I used to go to and they had a rally team that included this car but there was a twist.... the Mk. II Escort that they had had the engine swapped with a 1st gen Focus Zetec engine. On one hand it sounds like heresy but it actually ended up producing more power than the original car so fair trade off I guess.
Sun Solaris Well, as long as it's still a 4-pot Ford engine, it's not considered heresy by any measure. I actually have an earlier generation Zetec engine in my own mk2 RS, which comes from a later '90s mk6 Escort. (The Focus uses the 2nd generation of zetec engines known as a black top, introduced in 1998) It's only a 1.8 16v compared to the original 2.0 8v that used to be in there, but in stock trim, it was already up 20hp compared to the old engine, with less maintenance and far less fuel consumption! Best part is there are even parts available for these (both silver- and black top engines) to replicate the look of the original, insanely high-revving 16v Cosworth engines these rally and racing cars used to have, and can be properly tuned to (very roughly) approach the performance of them aswell. So rest assured, these engines feel right at home in a mk2 engine bay for most enthousiasts!
What is the large gauge on the right of the dash for? I'm also impressed at how much this looks like New Zealand proper. The side of the road foliage is way too bright, but the track layout, the distant foliage and hills, even the fences are spot on.
i think the alpine is more fun to drive in this class. i had a go on this stage and did 8:44. it's not slow despite having half the power. escort probably has a higher potential fastest time though.
My uncle used to own one, which he drove rally with. Got to be a "co-driver" a few times. I can still hear the rocks hitting the bottom of the car. It was absolutely fantasic.
You should get your ears checked bruh
@@stupidrainbo maybe have still some rocks inside :D:D :D
2:09 "This being a rear wheel drive car means that it's always pushing from the rear"
Hello there Murray, nice to see you here
I still don't know how you can commentate so much and drive so well. I can commentate very little while driving. I have to focus.
@James Bond fuck off.
@James Bond sometimes it are work properly.
Talking out what they’re doing or goong to do help some people focus, im like that when i play a high speed stage or gt sport
I drive better when I'm talking to someone I don't know I guess because the driving becomes subconscious and you don't over think it much
Talking is second nature to him bruh
The Ford escort is just really really iconic it's very difficult to not spot one in any open rallies
My preference is the RS2000 with the droop snoot - but I'm a bit weird...
@@edwardburek1717 I remember droop snoot
Come to New Zealand, there's still a few Original BDA's still showing up to Historic sprints etc.
My dad used to own the rs2000 with the droop snood he tuned it and it had around 170 hp sadly I never seen it or driven in it becouse it got stolen somewhere in 1990
Mitsubishi lancer Evo is my go-to car when it comes to dirt
You might want to try to pour the coffee into yourself rather than on yourself. That might help.
He'll definitely feel something if he pours it on him though.
but not as expected i'm afraid
Brits don't understand how coffee works
He has a drinking problem obviously.
That's debatable
Would be great to see some Irish rally stages, whether it's the narrow, high-speed tarmac stages, or some of the twisting forestry rally stages that the championships do. It'd be a proper outing for this car - if you watch any Irish rally highlights programme, it's full of Mk IIs, and then when there's an historic rally, it's full of Mk Is. Very popular series of car in Irish rallying.
aaand maaybe and 86
Bet they're going to pull a half-life & Never make a third game.
Dirt Rally 2.24 / 2.5 / 2.75
Dirt Rally 2: 2
All we need is mods!
Third Rally, obviously
Dirt Rally 2.1x2
Considering they are making insignificant changes between releases, their will be 6, 7th and 9
Having to force myself to learn how to drive this car in career, it actually made every other car in the game almost trivial to handle. Love it.
10:39 just over nine minutes 8.57. Jimmy this is james.
This guy's keeping and lecture while driving and driving good while i can't even cough without hitting a tree right after
Awesome driving! My strategy is go fast, use wall to correct car position =D
I strategically use trees for the same reason
3:46 "Oh dear god"
Keep reading!
The group B Quatro is one of the most fun car in the game imo, it loves going sideways. The mitsi lancer group A is an absolute blast too
Seeing this gives me hope, you're by far one of the best on TH-cam when it comes to sim racing. And it shows, but knowing even you make small mistakes makes all us plebs feel better lol. Keep it up Jimmy. Hope to see you on the real track soon
Is it me or does this mic make it sound like he's in a top gear episode reviewing a mega fast car? Love it.
This game has been tons of fun. All of the cars have their own little things about them that makes you want to drive them. Loving it!
I love the Escort. For me it's the fastest way out of the first corner and into the first tree. Really enjoying it.
I used the Stratos for this purpose, looks like a jet, so perfectly fitting, although not made for driving fast over wet surfaces, ouff!
This car is so hard on the controller!! But this car in NZ was amazing!! Keep it up Jimmer!
If you changed gear slightly early (don’t redline it) since the power band is falling there so the power is higher early in the slightly lower revs
I have noticed the same. But i like to rev it instead of upshifting just before corner, just because
Pelleministeri I agree as it reduces speed before a corner so it’s pointless the change gear before the corner cause you’re just going to have to changing back down again
@@Mk1man1 depends how far away from the corner you are, sometimes staying in the gear is beneficial. sometimes shifting up (like from 2nd to 3rd if you're a couple of hundred metres before a hairpin) then back down is considerably faster. but yeah redlining is pretty pointless unless you're trying to keep consistent speed while sliding through a corner (and sounding cool, obvs)
Sam Fine I am agreeing with you that’s what I was trying to say just couldn’t get the correct words
Depends on your gear ratios. Engineering Explained has a great video on it. Think it's called "When should you shift?" or something
The escort is so fun with full rotation on the wheel. You find yourself dancing with the car through the stage. So definitely recommend 900 degrees rotation personally.
Really glad you've covered the Mk2 Escort Jimmer, my favourite rally car of all time. It was the only car I drove in the first DiRT Rally and cannot wait to try it again in DR2.0 👍
Awesome content once again. Keep it up 👊👍
No pencil = No best car in the game
haahhaa
Worlds fastest pencil.
Lancia fulvia?
@@ivailoparushev4004 ya ^^
I actually started playing this game recently, and for some reason this is the second car on my list when I go to select (assuming cos it's GOTY).. so I thought I'd try the H2 CMR Escort as my second car.
This was like trying to teach a dog to fly an F22.
sup 2years to late, but dude the car is a workout holy shit. impossible to control. but i finally figured it out. but this car is imo the hardest car to drive fast. it's so unpridictiple in most stages. as the short wheel base makes the car spin out of nothing. and it never goes straight.
I learned the left foot braking & “turn right” before turning into the curve, thing when I was about six or seven when I raced quarter midgets.
My grandfather, who maintained my cars (I had two, one as a back-up) referred to it as entering the corner high & cutting in low.
He used to take me to Midget, Sprint & Outlaw races from as early as I can remember. I used to watch the drivers & their cars, especially the wheels as they drifted through the turns.
It helped me when I started racing. Most kids in my bracket (divided by ages) put the brakes on as they entered the corners. I didn’t. I started high, cut in low & tight, worked my throttle & front wheels, as the rear of the car swang around part way, & thengave it full throttle coming out of the turns.
😊👍🏻
I was blowing kids, in my bracket, away. I had only three rivals. One was in the state east of me & the other in the state west of me.
All three of us competed against each other in the Grand Nationals. That was on an asphalt track. I prefer dirt. It was so much fun. My car actually went over a wall, once. (Accident in front of me coming out of turn one. I went up high & one of the cars bounced off the inner most, ricocheted into mine, caught my wheel & somehow sent me flying.
Those years were fun. Racing is a rush.
Old comment I know, but I also raced quarter midgets for about a year when I was 7. My dad (ex-stock car driver) was the only guy who had the car up on scales EVERY day. That car was bought 2nd hand with very little work done to it and we were beating kids in the higher age bracket the first night out. So much fun at the time.
@@BunkerBlogYeah, it was fun. I recently found a picture of me with my third place Grand National trophy. I didn't look happy in that picture.
😂
After winning so many races, coming in third was a disappointment, especially because I know that if I didn't have that rear axle bearing issue I would've taken first place.
Oh, well. It wasn't meant to be. I've been plagued with bad luck my entire life.
P.S. if you like racing video games, there is a game for the PS4 and PS5 named World of Outlaws. It's all sprint and mod-stock racing.
👍🏻
for a 50 year old car I'm always amazed how many escorts you see at rallies and how loud and fast they go, truly remarkable machines.
I'm glad you specified "car".
The GT Rally cars, particularly the 911, are awesome fun. The 911, you can really feel the rear engine pendulum
Loving every murderous second in the company of that thing. Also any Porsche on gravel is a fabulous, hypnotic unicorn trailing rainbows.
Absolutely my favourite, MKII Escorts were my first and second cars in real life. The BD engine is one of the best sounding engines ever and is modelled so accurately in this game. Not just the sound, but the way it revs and produces its power. I had to spend a lot of time creating a good setup for this car to make it more driveable, but you have to do that with all of the difficult to drive cars in this game. Now that I have that setup, it's just incredible. The H2RWD category is one of the best Dirt 2.0 has to offer, all cars in this category are awesome.
If you can't have fun in a sim then why so many people are doing it? What's the reason behind having favourite cars to drive other than them being fun to drive? :)
Nice video Jimmy, looking forward for more Dirt Rally content
The Ford Escort is still very popular in NZ rally stages incidentally. They probably make up nearly 10% of the 250 or so cars we get going through our local rally here in coastal Otago each year. I wish CM would choose that rally next time they put NZ stages in a DiRT Rally game. It's similar to Hawke's Bay in that it's quite fast but a little different. One thing that is similar actually is how the Ocean kinda emerges over the road. It's quite nice when it's not raining.
The Opel Adam is actually GLORIOUS
Just subscribed to your channel (for the second time).
I'm new to all this but I'm learning a ton from watching you and others on the Sim.
New or not, seems to me your pedal technic is spot on.
Talking and wheeling the car while listening to pace notes is a class all in itself.😂👍
Loving the new zealand stages on the channel. I'm a kiwi.
Same here! Very nice to see NZ stages
Another kiwi here, great to see they added nz to this game
Best gravel rally roads in the world here in NZ ;)
Meh, to me the colour of both the road and country side is too washed out and brown...not to mention the Ambulances aren't in the correct livery.
Although I love the stage, I wish it was labelled with the actual area, It's just north of Ruapuke in Waikato, quite a ways from Hawkes Bay
in Dirt Rally 1.0 my most favourite was fiat 131 abarth, the handling was telepathic and was winning all with it. Was so much fun with rwd on gravel and snow stages.
The Escort mkII is by far my favorite car. It revs very high and it reminds me of Ari Vatanen.
You can just see how Jimmy learned from REAL rally driving
He learned to go all the way.
ALL THE WAY ALL THE WAY ALL THE WAY ALL THE WAY KEEP GOING KEEP GOING ALL THE WA ALL THE WAY
@@seanbrady400 GENTLE GENTLE GENTLE GENTLE GENTLE.... really good
awesome to see you give jaroslav a bit of a shoutout i'm sure he'll be proud as fuck, he's such a genuinely great guy.
Having fun in sim racing is allowed? Blasphemy!
Rally sim is the grey area since there isn't anyone to punt you off track 😂
the dude who does barrel rolls and 360s in dirt rally effortlessly: allow me to introduce myself
the mk2 escort is Europe's ae86 in many ways. Even Gordon Murray (of Fan Car, McLaren F1, etc fame) even had a fully custom one built to his specs. edit oops he had a mk1 built... but they are the same ethos
Datsun 180B SSS the most under rated rally car ever
Sean Price nope it would be no more successful as the Quattro, the 240rs was still essentially a road chassis like the Quattro where as the competition was all space frame purpose built rally cars and that is why when the 205 t16 and the s4 were quicker than the Quattro and why they would still have been quicker than the 240rs if it was 4wd.
I just got a 180b sedan 4spd manual. So much fun to pot around in. Needs some work then rally time
The Escort mk2 is the best car 4 me too, it's so difficult but fun to wrestle drive
I was just driving this thing through New Zealand and Poland and i was surprised! Had so much fun!! Thrilling stuff. My new favorite with 205 t16.
Weird seeing my country on this channel, got to say it looks like a funny mix of north island landscapes with South Island bush scattered about :D
Best gravel rallying roads in the world ;)
I’d love to see you run the Porsche GT4 rally through a stage or two! Keep up the EXCELLENT content Jimmer!
stage time battle anyone? ;)
@@ZeddNZ That would be very entertaining. Great idea Zedd (Is that Doctor Zedd?)
@@RubberStig Not sure who Doctor Zedd is Sorry, I'm just your average New Zealand rally nut ;)
@@ZeddNZ Doctor Zedd is a character from Borderlands 2 ... he's crazy .. and being a Kiwi, you're probably related (just a friendly jibe from an Aussie :-))
@@RubberStig who let the West Islander into the room? :P
If you go into your files, you can find, "device defines" and scroll down you can find the setting for ffb is set at "0.9" on most wheels. For TM wheels, we found "4.0-9.0" seems to work well. You go thru the "Steam" et al files to find it. "Devin Booth" made a great video that shows the way to do it. (Baby in headset picture.)
A great advice if you love horrible clipping and want to destroy your wheel faster.
The bmw has been my favorite car so far. Very fun to drive.
Do you mean the M1 or the M3?
Either way, they're both awesome.
Had the game a month now, got the G29 wheel in Black Friday deal...should try other cars but mk2 is my era and i love it
im still playin dirt 3
Me too
I would play it too but the online is dead, I used to play that game a lot, I was really good at rallycross, such a shame
@@nicocontreras2838 yea it's still a great game, but I don't really care about the online so I'm fine with dirt 3
the phantom s13
And i am still playing cmr
Relatable
Just done my first season with the mk2 escort - absolutely loved it.
I love how Finnish people are good at rally and rally games
Man, that New Zealand stage looks great. Definitely feels like a lot of places I've been.
I grew up in the eighties so this car is familiar the way it handles on gravel. Brilliant fun!
Cool, I live about 45 mins away from this stage in real life :)
Awesome lets get more kiwis on the NZ stage leaderboards!!
I'm from Blenheim and I'm going to be competing in the WRC Rally NZ in September, so I'll see if these stages are as good in real life
I’m currently using this car in career mode and it is pretty good but I suffered a bit on Monte Carlo after the last two stages. The car suffers a bit with grip a lot there but overall I’m having a blast with it everywhere else!
I remember my dad driving Ford Escort mk2 in amateur rallies here in Finland in the 70s and 80s :D
The mk2 is very good but its just a bit down on power to be the best in the game IMO.
I tried the integrale for the first time last night.... surprise of the week! I just couldnt stop driving it! It has to be right up there among the best in the game.... alongside the 911 RS, 205 T16 and S4. ;)
Most of the cars in DR2 are very good in different ways, all have their own unique handling characteristics. It seems to be that the more you drive each one, the more you learn about its handling traits... the better and faster you get... and the more you love it.
A bit dissapointed with the Quattro, too big, boxy, heavy, I find it a bit lazy and too understeery.
The 6R4 is also a bit of a dissapointment compared to the DR1 version, It just needs a bit more power.... And make sure you move the torque bias forward about 55% to the front. Default setting is majorly wrong, period.
Be able to speak and drive like this is absolutely amazing!
This is absolutely first class commentary! Liked and subscribed.
Well.. I was studying the rigid-axle cars. I got amazed thinking that this car won a lot. I have very few ideas about being fast in Spain-rally with this kind of cars
cool car at my home country :) see a lot of them in new zealand rallies so glad to see your doing it right ;P
Let's get more kiwis at the top of the leaderboards for NZ stages :)
There's a baby blue livery too which I think that is a nod to Frank Kelly's (a modern-day master of the Escort) livery.
1:27 naturally aspirated isn't what makes u have to rev the sh out of it to get some power. Usually the opposite, adding a turbo is what might make you need to rev to get the power. I mean also non turbo older cars gave their power and torque at high rpm but turbo just had a more steep curve.
Well, i haven't played the game, so i couldn't judge if it is the best in there, but i LOVE my own mk2 RS2000 road toy! Also, my dad's a 2 time national historic rally champion in his RS1800, so i know very well how it feels IRL, so in my humble opinion it really doesn't get any better than this either! Great video, great driving! Awesome game, looks great and engine noise is spot on!
Jimmy, perhaps you can try the actual right-hand-drive configuration one time to see how that affects your driving skills.
Eh, in sims there are plenty of cars that go from right, central, and left seating that it shouldn't be much of a problem for anyone
legendary, it's the perfect way to describe the mk2 escort
Nice Dagenham dustbin
I know this is kind of offtopic, but why dont you have a bigger monitor for when you dont race in VR? Better immersion, easier judging of distances etc...
he lives in a tool shed.. space is probably an issue...
@@raidermaxx2324 shed reveal th-cam.com/video/ksWWqbc1mEU/w-d-xo.html
Also don't forget to try out the Kadett. If you want another car that drives pretty similarly to the Escort, I'd say it's the E30.
Love your channel Jimmy--if your ever in the states, beers on me.
The escort is certainly the most fun car in the game. I also like the R5 Fiesta when I want a drive in easy mode.
You left foot brake so you can trail brake. Note rally cars tend to not have a brake booster so you can brake while on the throttle. Other wise you'll have no brake pressure. And that's why rally brakes feel rock solid.
Codemasters should hire you in some way. I have never seen Dirt Rally 2 in better light than on this channel. :P
Finnish guy first in the leaderboard with Escort :)
Hence the name. Finnish line.
Oh really...;)
Hmm... The Estonian must have a later starting position because he isn't first yet. Maybe still in the stage :)
@Sean Price ask Jari-Matti haha
Nah just good ol nations banter 😋
I was actually happy to see that Teemu Suninen gave Tänak a run for his money in Sweden. And I also like Esapekka. Really what ppl need to be scared of when a certain young Mr Rovanperä makes it to WRC proper.
But at the moment I don't believe there's anyone faster in WRC than the Toyota/Ott Tänak combination. He is scary fast. And after touring crashes and lakes he has become ultra consistent. Most stage wins last year and only driver to win stages on all rallies.
Wot no 22b, dammit codies.
22B was never a rally car it's just a road car styled after the WRC car, since Subie switched from Group A regs before it came out
@@jeracerx Ok...Wot no GC8 WRC 99 - better? =P
The 1995 Impreza is the closest thing we have.
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@@jeracerx iirc the flares are actually bigger than the ones used on the WRC car to fit the different wheels, bonus factoid, 555, written as a hexidecimal is 22B
@@unklesgamingshed aside from the 1995 one, the 2001 one from D4 (or maybe Solberg's 2003 championship winner?) will come next month
curious to know what your vehicle setup is like, the stock in this was practically impossible to drive...at least that's what it felt like for me.
It's all about throttle control. I set the world record on this stage in this car totally stock setup and not upgraded at all. How you drive is the skill, setup tuning will give minor improvements. IMHO of course...
@@ZeddNZ Ya mate. In fact some of my issues have been resolved with a re-calibration of my wheel setup. Now it's a matter of minor tweaks...
I love the rwd cars. I dont know why but the escort always has good drivers in real rally. I personally love the bmw m3 e 30 sooo much. But its hard to drive it.
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They finally worked on the interior driver's view, it looks more real, clear and comfortable, not like the previous Dirt games.
Hey Jimmer would be cool to see a live stream of you doing time trials trying to set a top time in the world or a top ten or something. Think that could be fun
I'd love an external view
You could even just slap it at the end
*JARDIER!!!!*
Bruh how do y'all drive these cars so well i can't drive that thing without fuckin spinning out every corner
Free on PS this month, Lancia Fulvia :)
Pity is that, Dirt rally 2.0 hasn't added a few, of the 'Circuit of Ireland.' classic stages.
You gotta get an aeropress jimmer that way you can’t pour coffee on yourself ... brews straight into your cup, best coffee ever
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Hey Jimmy just curious to see what your suspension setups would be like, are they intense like in a experts way or do you have them set up beginner-wise
If you like to pour coffee on yourself this is definitely the car to do it. I can't keep this damn thing straight the few times I've tried it
Fairly sure I’ve rolled more times in this car than any other, but it’s very fast compared to its counterparts
I would like to see at least a preliminary "car setup videos and basic instructional videos on Dirt Rally (I'm still working thru the initial launch). Do you "geek" on that? Is it worth the time? I mean, I'd bet you should A) be REALLY familiar with the initial handling of the car, as well as, B) the road surface before EVER reaching C) adjusting the gearing and suspension. Interestingly, I see you give pointers as you drive.
Why didnt you mention the complete lack of road feel in your videos Jimmy? Is it an issue since release or was it always a problem? Cheers.
I mean the FFB is bad atm but its isnt a "complete lack" you still get some information through the wheel and CM knows it needs fixing
@@AmbientMike yeah the wheel weight is fine just no feel from roads, bumps etc. If you put dirt rally on you can feel the difference straightaway. Hopefully it gets patched soon.
Lots of frottle response is always good
Id like to see you do a video on the renault 5 in dirt rally. Its my favourite car to drive in the game. And i never see anyone else drive it.
The Ford is actually my dream car, ever since dirt 2, the first car I learnt to drive in manual. Any chance I get to drive it, I do.
Did you use a custom setup for it?
At the college I used to go to and they had a rally team that included this car but there was a twist.... the Mk. II Escort that they had had the engine swapped with a 1st gen Focus Zetec engine. On one hand it sounds like heresy but it actually ended up producing more power than the original car so fair trade off I guess.
Sun Solaris Well, as long as it's still a 4-pot Ford engine, it's not considered heresy by any measure. I actually have an earlier generation Zetec engine in my own mk2 RS, which comes from a later '90s mk6 Escort. (The Focus uses the 2nd generation of zetec engines known as a black top, introduced in 1998) It's only a 1.8 16v compared to the original 2.0 8v that used to be in there, but in stock trim, it was already up 20hp compared to the old engine, with less maintenance and far less fuel consumption! Best part is there are even parts available for these (both silver- and black top engines) to replicate the look of the original, insanely high-revving 16v Cosworth engines these rally and racing cars used to have, and can be properly tuned to (very roughly) approach the performance of them aswell. So rest assured, these engines feel right at home in a mk2 engine bay for most enthousiasts!
Check out Simon Mckinnley white escort and if you can find it Ari Vatanen the Touch parts 1 and 2. Awesome video as always, thanksz
What is the large gauge on the right of the dash for? I'm also impressed at how much this looks like New Zealand proper. The side of the road foliage is way too bright, but the track layout, the distant foliage and hills, even the fences are spot on.
all thats missing is the smell of rotten eggs
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lolz i thought id never hear that again
Jimmy, I'm shit faced and the first thing I do when I get home is watch you. Bae
i think the alpine is more fun to drive in this class. i had a go on this stage and did 8:44. it's not slow despite having half the power. escort probably has a higher potential fastest time though.