Going FULL SEND In My First REAL Race Ever

[@RyansRoadToRally]

Pretty pumped about this: get *your* name (or your businesses logo) ON the race car for the 2025 season here: patreon.com/r3rally

[@djs.m.d.r.a.5993]

Is this you: www.youtube.com/@TheLoamRanger ?

[@Amadeusz90]

Man, as someone who loves rally and fiddles with simracing (on a very amateur level tho) this series is so much fun to watch. Looking forwards to each episode.

[@DiegoBello]

Same here! This looks like so much fun.

[@aheadachewithpictures]

These videos are such well made high quality content, you deserve a lot more recognition, awesome to watch

[@RyansRoadToRally]

I appreciate that!

[@jackcraters]

I haven’t watched much but I believe he has another very popular KZbin channel and this is one he just started for this series. Which explains why his content is such a high level.

[@91plm]

Man you're starting to live the actual dream, i'm so glad for you!

[@GrilledPixeIs]

Youve gotta redo the sim now with the new measurements from the seat in the real car👍😁

[@RyansRoadToRally]

I jumped around in time a bit with this one. We installed the seats, raced it, then I took all the sim measurements a couple of days later. So they're all up to date!

[@GrilledPixeIs]

@RyansRoadToRally ah cheeky boy!!

[@hypr2821]

FUCK YEAH MAN, started off as a dream and you made it a reality. You're an inspiration to us all

[@christianpfuscht]

wish you all the luck on this journey. So fun to watch along, as I am a Simracer also, probably like many people that watch the Series. Keep going :D

[@xTacco994]

i suggest to get a JDM Subaru Power Steering Rack for lowering the steering ratio, with that you will do less rotations with the steering wheel and don't get crazy. Nice video btw, keep going dude

[@patrickbruijsten2831]

you did really great in the snow and look how far youve gone and come so far! found you a while ago by accident and i love that i did! greetings from the netherlands, have fun man!

[@JamesDownes]

Heart rate monitor on screen stats would have been fun 😂😊

[@RyansRoadToRally]

Totally! I'll have to have that data on-screen for my first stage rally 📈

[@miner4236]

@@RyansRoadToRally YES! Very curious about that

[@hitempguy]

Oh yea, your DMS struts are likely on gravel springs. Way too stiff for snow/ice let alone low speed. I think I have a set of snow springs kicking around

[@RyansRoadToRally]

Thanks! It's definitely a little stiff for this terrain/temp haha. How much of a spring rate change are we talking when switching from gravel to snow springs? My first stage rally will be on snow and ice, so I'll take all the help I can get!

[@Solidmorph]

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[@555DBurns]

Really cool man! I will definitely have to find a track day near me. Good luck! Can't wait to see what comes next.

[@Road2Racer]

I live for these videos!

[@maximumattackrallying]

Massive well done, Ryan. Really enjoying watching your journey!

[@PurpleSeaUrchen]

HELL YEAH! Glad to see the first send on this! good luck, you're looking good out there

[@emilytrojan4491]

You did awesome at this event, good call on bringing the heated socks it was so cold! 😆 Stoked to see you guys at a stage rally

[@RyansRoadToRally]

Shhhhhh don't share the secret of the heated socks! Those things will light me on fire one day... still worth it though. Thanks for the great photos!

[@waste4245]

Was epic to see how you got more used to the stage and started scrubbing off time, this is some awesome insight into arguably the best motorsport out there. Can't wait for this channel to blow up!!!

[@pault2417]

Love it dude, keep it going!!

[@kcorollas]

Hey sweet vid. I was the dude driving the white gc8 787. Hope to see ya on the ice!

[@CombatCactus]

Fellow Albertan! I definitely need to get out to one of these events, looks like a blast!

[@RyansRoadToRally]

Nice! Ya they’re a lot of fun.

[@airwolf876]

YESS!!! finally another vid, man i love that subie, great driving from you for the first time.

[@GardigoRacing]

Rooting for you! Loving the quality and passion you’re putting into sharing your journey. I’m just getting started on a similar path, so it’s super inspiring to see what you’re doing. Keep it up!

[@leandrosavio1054]

man i m so happy, because i love rally and you are living my dream, someday i will do the same, you are my biggest inspiration rn

[@Shepski15]

Kick ass Ryan!! Loved seeing Tom so into it too! 🤘🍻

[@RyansRoadToRally]

Haha yep, he's pumped! Most times he's the only one brave enough to get in the passenger seat of that car 😅

[@TheRaceLab]

Nice work! Loving this series and watching your progress! You should come do the "Fastest Ride on Ice" at the Bridgestone Winter Driving School. We'll up your game and teach you how to get rid of all that understeer by using your feet and no more than a half turn of the wheel. Plus, you get to drive brand new GR Corollas, GT86's, and Supras :) Keep crushing it!

[@FabianHumaJava1]

This Series is gonna be fire🔥🤘

[@FR25thereal]

i remember seeing finding your channel by the video you made where you drove a loan car at dirtfish, and ive followed every video since, this has been awesome to watch dude. I love it and i support every bit of it!

[@ErikBuilds_official]

Yo I'm so happy for you, I've been following you since the start and now you have your first race. Keep doing this man, you'll make it!

[@jeffmayo6002]

Huge tip is find someone willing to let you ride during a couple passes in the next rallycross event. (During practice). Pay attention to their throttle, braking and steering Input as well as how the place they car on the course to attack turns or low traction areas

[@johnsherry6021]

Man!! So cool ! Definitely having to work that wheel a ton

[@toogoody-x6y]

Dont know too much about rally, except its awesome. But, it seems a quicker ratio steering shaft would makes you a LOT faster! Amazing video. I love watching your videos so much - keep it up!

[@leandrosavio1054]

18:20 you were understeering, I could tell that you were turning the steering wheel a lot without need, this is probably a habit that comes from dirt 2.0, in this game the front wheels seem glued to the ground lol

[@Gunma_garage]

OMG I heard your voice, saw Subaru and thought omg thats Loam Ranger!! Im wicked pumped to be a Suby head AND a mtb head and see youre up to something else. Im here for it bro!! Pumped up all of a sudden lol

[@gusantinon]

that's soooooo sick. so happy to watch your rally journey and glad you're sharing it keep up the good work and good luck

[@alfredomunoz340]

I'm happy for you on your progress. I also love rally and have my own small budget sim set up, hope to see more and hope your channel gets more views.

[@poisonheart5318]

Man hell yea i was here from the first video and i was so pumped to see if you actually make it to the races (u know cos of the car and eveything) So cool to see you start racing.... Im with you all the way man best of luck ❤🎉☘️

[@MannyDemaga]

I have been wondering what you have been up to for the past few days. I love the series dude, I’m very happy for you 💪🏻🔥 and congrats

[@overnightbull]

Fellow Calgarian here and rooting for you. Great driving and congratulations on 3rd place. Cheers

[@ebagton]

This is Hype asf. You are really Living your own fr!

[@CHRIS_HITCHCOCK]

Greetings from South Africa. Great episode!!!

[@Cjrjfnsrkfjjrisdjrjf]

Wow, this video was absolutely amazing! The content was so well put together, and I learned so much. The effort and detail you put into this really shines through. Keep up the great work!

[@itsajaysharma]

You did awesome!! Congratulations!

[@vladroll2607]

Hell yeah that was cool! Excited to see more of your racing!

[@smittywurbenyagermanjensen1752]

Hell yeah brother! Good driving, hope it was a dream come true for you! Awesome that you got your not-a-car guy friend in with you for a run. Always the best!

[@cordlessbumper6360]

3rd place in your first race is amazing! congrats Man!

[@evanhandymtb314]

Came from your mtb channel and I’ve started to get into rally with my Subaru as well! Loving these vids keep it up

[@ericszkolnizak3975]

This is the best series ive seen in a long time

[@lukek1000]

Congratulations! I'm happy for you man!

[@TJ_illustrations]

Sweet! Love the video! I want to see some of your sim racing prep for these races! Are we going to get any of that?

[@fridonina]

First thing I noticed was that steering rack, on my sim I have set it to 420 degrees, like it more. Very nice vid Sir !

[@Clint_Moto34]

You sir are now my new favourite YT Channel. Love what you are doing.

[@letsgoridebikes]

I miss rally cross in Calgary. Was a lot of fun back in the day. Love that there was a Sterrato there. A good hack for the parking brake... gorilla tape the button down so you can quickly lift it and let it drop back down.

[@RyansRoadToRally]

I didn't know you were into rallyX! Very cool. I hear there's a great track in the Kelowna area.

[@jamie.maclennan]

3rd place for your first race, Congrats! This was so cool to watch, I can't wait to watch more of your races! Good luck man

[@allwinfernandes4400]

Really awesome on your first race loved the video, eagerly waiting for more to come, i have alert on for all your updates.

[@mikethomasmcm]

Nice to see James pop up in a video again!

[@Gawpy.]

your doing great man keep it up. one thing i would recommend would try to never lock your wheel that can cause a lot of understeer and a loss of time. loved the video!

[@johnnyz248]

That’s fun to watch. Good luck can’t wait to see what happens

[@kelldigi9454]

Awesome video! I had no idea Chris was going to be co-driving for you this season I can't wait to see you tear up the stages in Cochrane!!

[@Quillasious]

was super cool to see you at the event. Cant wait to see you at the ice dice!

[@nion406]

I finally found a rally channel based in calgary!! I can actually go to the places you recommend. Hope you have lots of fun

[@JackHarrison550]

So stoked for you mate! Congratulations on the result!

[@RyansRoadToRally]

Thanks man! I wasn’t doing much “waiting” while doing the “lift, turn, WAIT” technique. It was more like “gas, turn, *more gas*” 😂

[@Jbzy3000]

Great video. The improvement of the car and your driving skill seems to be immensely upgraded.

[@cameaston5632]

Yes that rallycross looks like awesome fun

[@daniellarsson3699]

This is gonna be awesome to follow. i will recommend this to my dad although he never watches KZbin, becouse he is busy with his pigs and work, i think this is something he would want to follow :P

[@The_-_Futurist24]

Been watching since the start of this journey and loving it! Wish I could do the same, my partner has bought me a rally school half day experience at least and I'm so excited!!

[@Road2Rally]

YEEEEEEE, can't wait to see your first rally dude!!!!!!!

[@ItsFknGeorge]

Always stoked to see a new upload I could be wrong, but it looked like muscle memory from Dirt Rally when you wanted to take those snowy corners. That is where the massive steering ratio is failing you no doubt. Going hand over hand for every corner of rallycross is going to destroy your arms "I can't believe you were Lamborghini drifting" cracked me up hehe

[@elmila__]

man you are an inspiration i wish rallying was more accesible in my country even tho it has a great rally history (sorry for bad english)

[@nilskarlsson9627]

Awesome, im waiting for every video of yours

[@beniz43]

Loving the series! Thumbs up from Ontario🤜

[@tomwright8346]

Channel that Collin McRea spirit baby!!!! When in doubt go flat out. 🚗 💨

[@k_chanii]

I remember Jason from Supa Drift in South Africa. He was pretty big there and I think he was from Cape Town. Good to see him still involved with Motorsport!

[@lachyborne4684]

Hey Ryan, these videos are awesome and super inspiring. Having watched your other channels, and trying to employ some of the tips you put out into my own, time attack track racing channel, its awesome to see some of these be applied here! If you want to take a randoms suggestion - Using a tool like race render as a helpful overlay could make your in car racing content, esp when you get to longer stages, be more engaging is what i found on my videos. In essence (if you havent touched this yet) you export the GPS data from one or many of your recording devices, or use a dedicated device, and then you could include speed, the position on the course/track, lap time counters, g force etc up to ecu data such as rpm and throttle position. hopefully its something that helps!

[@qwertyki9367]

this is proof driving with a gaming set up can translate pretty well to irl even if it may have flaws

[@chixongarage]

I did one of the winterseries races with northwest rally association at dirt fish and it was raining a good bit. The whole course became muddy soup and I learned quickly not pushing as hard in those conditions will help overall. I was sliding everywhere because I thought more power = more fast but the grip is the key. Loving the journey! Would like to hear more about the sway bar disconnect and how that changed the car?

[@NotBubZ]

dude! i loved this video. you gotta give yourself some credit with that exterior hood angle. when watching from your pov, it almost looks slow! i didn't even know that other angle was there until your 3rd lap, and it was by far the coolest thing to watch on screen! you should do some cuts to that angle at some points or make it a little bigger at some points to show how fast you're ripping it. love this!

[@dekmartrades]

So sick man! So happy for you man!

[@Tpd-jer]

Following this from sim upgrades to full blown car upgrades has been wonderful.

[@solidrift3366]

hell yeah, good luck on your journey

[@itssrust]

Its actually perfect that you're doing all the steps I've been trying to do so I can see how it pans out before spending all my money! Love it so far, are you going to be at the upcoming Test Day by chance?

[@meindorf123]

Well done! Great video as allways! It would be really cool to als have some shots from the outside if possible.

[@southern_potato]

I've done two rally crosses in my daily driver mazda 3, scared to keep going with it but they were a ton of fun. Would recommend just attending qnd hanging out if you want to get into it, most people will let you be a passenger

[@nicolbraaaa]

So sick ! Have loved the journey!!

[@Stiverson73]

Awesome job man! That was so cool 🔥

[@richmondneo1]

That was Awesome and impressive, I can't wait for more vids!

[@joe_shmo1429]

I've only just watched the video where you buy the car and I love it. That is my absolute dream car (same exact year too), and I would love to do professional rally racing one day, keep living my dream lmao (seriously though, good job)

[@gecko8553]

thats a good run!! in my experience, for snow driving, i felt it easier to be in 2nd or third. i feel like 1st has too much torque for the slippery grip. and less jerking of the car too

[@ws6619]

what a fun ride to be along with you! good vid.

[@dustyart580]

Congrats Ryan 3rd for your first rally wow them sim days are paying off..

[@FredrikpEk]

Hope you make it ! fun to watch! expensive like hell doh! :D

[@nastynatee88]

the steering ratio part is for real in some older cars, I always said that if I build a track day car from an older Honda a Quaife quick rack would be a must

[@fullmetalf4i]

"I dont care whats wrong with it, I just love it." - true race/track car owner right there!

[@Cyanbland_]

Congrats! Awesome video!

[@Mouzie_]

Great video. I can't wait for the next one!

[@Ge8Morgan]

Pretty cool seeing myself in front of you in a lot of those grid clips 😂

[@RyansRoadToRally]

Team EJ22T. You were rippin!

[@Ge8Morgan]

@ doin my best😂

[@NONCarCrew]

A Ziptie and a drill bit (or a cotter pin!) can keep any stock ebrake ready to release!

[@daniellarsson3699]

Im gonna build a BMW 325 with my dad in the near future, hopefully i get to race it also. If not, im gonna be his co driver. The sound in those V6 BMW's is MAGICAL :D

[@Kryptonate9]

9:34 Looks like the seat brackets are set up backwards. Use the hole for the back of the seat, slot for the front of the seat. Most of your body mass is towards the back of the seat. The slots are much weaker and will bend under large compression events (i.e. jumps) the way you have them currently. Kind of an important safety item nobody really talks about.

[@user-im2te2fg9y]

pretty sick bro. shame rallying never got huge in the states like it did Europe in the 80s and 90s we had rallycross to on some of the f1 circuits, half circuit half dirt

[@rbprojects9062]

Good job, I'd get some more castor on there if you can might help you're hands out when you swing the car back the other way