Installation You can use the plugin if you are a registered user in the rallysimfans.hu forum. After registration is complete it’s quite simple. All newer versions of the plugin will downloaded and installed automatically. You can use the plugin in the game under options/plugins menu. Plugin options Auto login – you don’t have to log in every time you start the game and plugin just once and the plugin saves your username and password. Show splits – when you are on stage you can see your time at the checkpoints. Download model – if you choose a car which is not installed to your game, then the plugin will download and install the car model automatically. If you set this to false and you don’t have the car model, then the plugin will use one of the default cars model of the game with the selected physics. Restore cars – after you exit the game and you start RBR next time the plugin can restore car models and physics to your last used setting before you used the plugin. It is recommend to set this to true in case you use other plugins too. Auto gear – auto/manual gearbox Gasket fix – if you set this true, the head gasket problem will not appear when you race with realistic damage level. This feature works in Online rally and in practice mode, in hotlap rank mode this feature is disabled. Safe mode – if you feel your RBR unstable you can run the plugin in safe mode. This option disables some of the plugins features include the gasket fix too. Car slot – you have to select a car slot which the plugin will use to install the selected car. Car installation and changing car skin The cars will be installed automatically by the plugin in case you set in the options the Download model to true. If you have the car model, the plugin will use it, if the plugin cannot find the selected car model it will download it. This means that when you click to start stage then begins the download and it seems like the game were freeze, but it works fine. The download depends on the users internet connection speed, with slower internet connection it needs several minutes, but with fast connections only a few seconds. After you downloaded a model once you can change the car skin free. Go to the car names folder in your cars folder and replace the textures (*.dds) to your own. Cars can be installed in practice mode too, if you select a car and car slot and hit the "install car" button. Car slots The car installation works properly only when you install into one car slot one car and another car to another slot. If you want to overwrite an already installed one, the car won’t work good, maybe you feel it weird and undriveable. You can select installation car slot in the options menu. If you use the practice mode, then there you can select car slots direct to your practice run. The available car slots in rbr are 0-7. Creating car setups to the new cars Enter the plugin and choose practice mode and select the car you want to setup and a car slot. Start the stage, then the car will be installed. Exit the stage and plugin (don’t exit the game) and go into quick rally in the main menu and select the car where you installed the new one and you can make and save your setup in the normal setup maker of the game. Using other plugins beside of rallysimfans plugin After solving car installation problem of the rallysimfans plugin, the plugin in not compatible with Wally's plugin any more. Parallel use is only possible if Wally's dll is removed from the plugins folder. After using the rallysimfans plugin Wally's plugin can restore into the plugins folder. Other plugins are no problematic. It works only if you set the restore cars to true in the plugins options. Registration and password Prease don’t use special characters in your username or password. If you use some special characters maybe you will not be able to log in the plugin. Special characters like: | < > û ú ó õ ³ £ $ ß { } ^ ect… Gaming modes Hotlap rank – the classic form of playing RBR. Only the default cars of the game can be used, the damage level is fix realistic and the gasket fix is switched off, but for help you can see your engine status on the screen with pressing "F1". Your goal is to drive your car on the stages to the limits. You can restart stages unlimited. Your best times will be registered on the site and you can see your times and raked positions here: http://www.rbr.rallysimfans.hu/rally_hotlap.php Online rally – you can run rallies with more stages. The rally includes minimum 2 stages, damage level can be reduced or realistic, the gasket fix is working depending your options settins and you can use all cars of the plugin depending on the rally settings. Tyre wear is working and the car will get new tyres at every service (when tyre choice is available) Entereing this gaming mode, the plugin shows the list of the actual open rallies. There is a continue rally selection in this menu. If your pc is crashed while loading the stage or there is a net problem you can reenter and continue the unfinished rally within 6 minutes after the problem. This works only in case the problem was in the game menu and the stage wos not started. Any crash or crash to desktop on a stage means drivers technical problem and this "continue rally" will not work. Every registered user can create rallies. The only limitation is that a user can have maximum 3 open rallies at the same time. If one of the 3 rallies is finished you can create a new one. You can find the rally list and the result of the finished rallies here: http://www.rbr.rallysimfans.hu/rally_online.php Here you can see rally details and results. In case of open rallies you can see only time differences and the stage times will be appear only after the rally is finished. Rallies can include more legs. You can set leg open times free, 2 or more legs can be open at the same time too. 6 minute rule: If the game/pc crashes between stages (while loading the stage or watching the result ect..) befor you start the stage and you crossed the finish line, then you can use the continue rally feature of the plugin within 6 minutes after the technical problem. In this case go to online rally and choose the continue rally and you will see the not finished rally till 6 minutes, but no later. You can continue with your last choosen setup, tyre wear, so there is no advantage or disadvantage because of this possibility. Practice – simple practice mode you can use all available car of the plugin with reduced or realistic damage level. It is a easy way to select and change stages, cars, weather, tire and setups, you don’t need to go to menu or submenus to change these. You can restart a stage at any time and you can change all this when you want quite fast and easy. Here you can install cars free and easy to the car slot you want. The following selections are available: - stage - weahter - car - all car of the plugin can be selected - install car - downloads and installs the selected car to the selected car slot - car slot - where you cant to install the selected car - tyre - worn tyre - true or false. False menas the car will have new tyres at the stage start. If you set it true the tyre wear will be take over from previous stage. If you restart a stage the tyre wear status will not set back, tyres has more worn condition. - setup - damage level By pressing "F1" the tyre wear or head gasket status will be displayed on screen. If you still don’t understand something just go to the forum there you will find some other users who can help you.