History UsefulNotes / Rallying

* Creator/RichardBurns

* Creator/MarkHiggins
* Creator/PetterSolberg
* [[Creator/SebastienLoeb Sébastien Loeb]]
* [[Creator/SebastienOgier Sébastien Ogier]]

* ''VideoGame/VRally'', released in the States as ''Need for Speed: V-Rally''
* Races in ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA Online]]'' can be set to the "Rally" mode where one player drives (Without a map or minimap) while another has to guide him. The mode is notably NintendoHard if the codriver doesn't have a headset, the driver will have to rely on direction arrows the codriver writes down.

The co-driver is more than just a passenger, mechanic, or a guy to help roll your car back on its wheels when you dump it in a creek. In-car video and audio will often feature the co-driver looking over a detailed set of notes and reading instructions to the driver regarding road conditions and what's ahead -- some of these drivers have become so well-versed with rallying that they can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mHzoRPWrus practically drive blind]] with only his / her co-driver's pacenotes guiding their way through. In most professional rally events, the notes are provided by the organising staff well in advance, or even by the driver having taken a dry run along the course[[note]]This is what is known as reconnaissance or colloquially a recce (pronounced as "wre-kee")[[/note]] ... but in older or lower-division rallies, the course itself may be kept secret until the end.

In TheEighties, rallying used cars that had significantly loosened restrictions compared to the rally cars of TheSeventies in terms of power output and use of materials, leading to the development of exceptionally powerful and fast [[NoOSHACompliance (as well as unsafe)]] rally cars. This category of cars was known as Group B. Major manufacturers like Audi, Peugeot, Lancia, Ford, MG Metro, Porsche (at one point even ''Ferrari'' was considering joining in, the Ferrari GTO started development as a Group B car), and many more competed for dominance in an attempt to create the ultimate AWD rally car, some of which were essentially InNameOnly versions of production cars they were based on, an (infamous) example being the Lancia Delta S4, a superficially similar yet mechanically unrelated variant of the regular Delta. The cars were so fast that the drivers were known to frequently experience tunnel vision while driving them. The class was disbanded after a series of deaths in 1986, but Group B is still recognized today as the GoldenAge of Rallying.

'Rallycross' events are different: these are lap races, head-to-head, without co-driver[[note]]Though crews do employ spotters to aid their respective drivers on the situation at hand, but unlike co-drivers, spotters do not ride along with the driver, instead watching the race from a convenient vantage point.[[/note]], on often purpose-built tracks. The cars are similar, though, and many techniques are too, although blocking is something a rally driver would have to learn, along with so-called "joker laps", which are extended[[note]]Or shortened, depending on the league; Global Rallycross Championship courses typically shorten the length of the track whilst the FIA World Rallycross Championship ones are a tad longer, slowing down cars which pass by it.[[/note]] sections of a track where drivers must pass at least once and ''at the right time'' in order to gain a strategic advantage in a race, usually called on by a spotter via two-way radio. In addition, the sport has attracted retired rally drivers like Sébastien Loeb and Petter Solberg, who moved to the FIA World Rallycross Championship league after their stint at the WRC.

->"If in doubt, [[DrivesLikeCrazy flat out]],"

* [[UsefulNotes/SebastienLoeb Sébastien Loeb]]

* UsefulNotes/ElfynEvans

* [[UsefulNotes/MarcusGronholm Marcus Grönholm]]

* UsefulNotes/JuhaKankkunen

* [[UsefulNotes/TommiMakinen Tommi Mäkinen]]
* UsefulNotes/MarkkoMartin

* [[UsefulNotes/SebastienOgier Sébastien Ogier]]

* UsefulNotes/DerekRinger
* UsefulNotes/KalleRovanpera
* UsefulNotes/CarlosSainz
* UsefulNotes/PetterSolberg
* UsefulNotes/OttTanak
* UsefulNotes/MalcolmWilson

In TheEighties, rallying used cars that had significantly loosened restrictions compared to the rally cars of TheSeventies in terms of power output and use of materials, leading to the development of exceptionally powerful and fast [[NoOSHACompliance (as well as unsafe)]] rally cars. This category of cars was known as Group B. Major manufacturers like Audi, Peugeot, Lancia, Ford, MG Metro, Porsche (at one point even ''Ferrari'', the Ferrari GTO started development to be a Group B car until its disbandment), and many more competed for dominance in an attempt to create the ultimate AWD rally car, some of which were essentially InNameOnly versions of production cars they were based on, an (infamous) example being the Lancia Delta S4, a superficially similar yet mechanically unrelated variant of the regular Delta. The cars were so fast that the drivers were known to frequently experience tunnel vision while driving them. The class was disbanded after a series of deaths in 1986, but Group B is still recognized today as the GoldenAge of Rallying.

In TheEighties, rallying used cars that had significantly loosened restrictions compared to the rally cars of TheSeventies in terms of power output and use of materials, leading to the development of exceptionally powerful and fast [[NoOSHACompliance (as well as unsafe)]] rally cars. This category of cars was known as Group B. Major manufacturers like Audi, Peugeot, Lancia, Ford, MG Metro, and many more competed for dominance in an attempt to create the ultimate AWD rally car, some of which were essentially InNameOnly versions of production cars they were based on, an (infamous) example being the Lancia Delta S4, a superficially similar yet mechanically unrelated variant of the regular Delta. The cars were so fast that the drivers were known to frequently experience tunnel vision while driving them. The class was disbanded after a series of deaths in 1986, but Group B is still recognized today as the GoldenAge of Rallying.

* Races in ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV GTA Online]]'' can be set to the "Rally" mode where one player is the pilot (Without a map or minimap) while a copilot has to guide him. The mode is notably NintendoHard if the copilot doesn't have a headset, the pilots will have to rely on direction arrows the copilot puts.

The UsefulNotes/WorldRallyChampionship has done much to popularise the sport around the world with its distinct driving style; the low-grip road surfaces encourage drifting to the point that some fans have joked about rally drivers never looking out the windscreen of their cars. Fans at rally stage events can have another unique experience ... safety allowing, they can go out and aid a driver! This is usually not frowned upon, as the usual case where a fan would have any way of aiding the driver is the position of a car being 'off track' and likely 'on lid'.

Typical modern rally will last around 3 days and feature somewhere between 12 and 30 stages, linked by untimed sections driven on open roads at regular, legal speeds, and service stops, often held overnight and / or in the middle of the day.

'Rallycross' events are different: these are lap races, head-to-head, without co-driver[[note]]Though crews do employ spotters to aid their respective drivers on the situation at hand, but unlike co-drivers, spotters do not ride along with the driver, instead watching the race from a convenient vantage point.[[/note]], on often purpose-built tracks. The cars are similar, though, and many techniques are too, although blocking is something a rally driver would have to learn, along with so-called "joker laps", which are extended[[note]]Or shortened, depending on the league; GRC courses typically shortens the length of the track whilst the FIA WRX ones are a tad longer, slowing down cars which pass by it.[[/note]] sections of a track where drivers must pass at least once and ''at the right time'' in order to gain a strategic advantage in a race, usually called on by a spotter via two-way radio. In addition, the sport has attracted retired rally drivers like Sébastien Loeb and Petter Solberg, who moved to the FIA World Rallycross Championship league after their stint at the WRC.

* UsefulNotes/KalleRovanpera

'Rallycross' events are different: these are lap races, head-to-head, without co-driver[[note]]Though crews do employ spotters to aid their respective drivers on the situation at hand, but unlike co-drivers, spotters do not ride along with the driver, instead watching the race from a convenient vantage point.[[/note]], on often purpose-built tracks. The cars are similar, though, and many techniques are too, although blocking is something a rally driver would have to learn, along with so-called "joker laps", which are extended[[note]]Or shortened, depending on the league; GRC courses typically shortens the length of the track whilst the FIA WRX ones are a tad longer, slowing down cars which pass by it.[[/note]] sections of a track where drivers must pass at least once and ''at the right time'' in order to gain a strategic advantage in a race, usually called on by a spotter via two-way radio. In addition, the sport has attracted retired rally drivers like Sebastien Loeb and Petter Solberg, who moved to the FIA World Rallycross Championship league after their stint at the WRC.

* Usefulnotes/MarcusGronholm

* UsefulNotes/SebastienLoeb
* UsefulNotes/TommiMakinen

* UsefulNotes/SebastienOgier

'Rallycross' events are different: these are lap races, head-to-head, without co-driver[[note]]Though crews do employ spotters to aid their respective drivers on the situation at hand.[[/note]], on often purpose-built tracks. The cars are similar, though, and many techniques are too, although blocking is something a rally driver would have to learn, along with so-called "joker laps", which are extended[[note]]Or shortened, depending on the league; GRC courses typically shortens the length of the track whilst the FIA WRX ones are a tad longer, slowing down cars which pass by it.[[/note]] sections of a track where drivers must pass at least once and ''at the right time'' in order to gain a strategic advantage in a race, usually called on by a spotter via two-way radio. In addition, the sport has attracted retired rally drivers like Sebastien Loeb and Petter Solberg, who moved to the FIA World Rallycross Championship league after their stint at the WRC.

Ironically, while the end of Group B led to several years of uncertainty and much slower cars, it meant that in the 1990s manufacturers simply switched to building souped-up road cars instead, leading eventually the appearance of cars like the Toyota Celica GT4, Subaru WRX, Mitsubishi Evo series, Ford Escort Cosworth and many others from the likes of SEAT, Škoda, and Citroën. These cars were not as powerful and as outrageous as the Group B cars but they did lead to a huge number of road-legal (almost)-rally cars appearing in showrooms that enthusiasts could actually buy, as well as giving huge image boosts to the likes of Subaru and Mitsubishi. Despite the massive power disadvantage contemporary top level rally cars are undoubtedly much faster on most stages than the Group B cars would be because of advances in suspension, aerodynamics and tyres.

'Rallycross' events are different: these are lap races, head-to-head, without co-driver, on often purpose-built tracks. The cars are similar, though, and many techniques are too (although blocking is something a rally driver would have to learn).

[[caption-width-right:350:"40 Right four, keep middle over crest..."]]

The co-driver is more than just a passenger, mechanic, or a guy to help roll your car back on its wheels when you dump it in a creek. In-car video and audio will often feature the co-driver looking over a detailed set of notes and reading instructions to the driver regarding road conditions and what's ahead -- some of these drivers have become so well-versed with rallying that they can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mHzoRPWrus practically drive blind]] with only his / her co-driver's pacenotes guiding their way through. In most professional rally events, the notes are provided by the organising staff well in advance, or even by the driver having taken a dry run along the course[[note]]This is what is known as reconnaisance or colloquially a recce (pronounced as "wre-kee")[[/note]] ... but in older or lower-division rallies, the course itself may be kept secret until the end.

The UsefulNotes/WorldRallyChampionship has done much to popularise the sport around the world with its distinct driving style; the low-grip road surfaces encourage drifting to the point that some fans have joked about rally drivers never looking out the windshield of their cars. Fans at rally stage events can have another unique experience ... safety allowing, they can go out and aid a driver! This is usually not frowned upon, as the usual case where a fan would have any way of aiding the driver is the position of a car being 'off track' and likely 'on lid'.