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Originally Posted by ScottyS

Wow. I've 4wd'd many of the roads back there --- some of that would be NUTZ in a Subaru! :shock: If I could afford to replace my whole car right after the race, I'd want in!

Fast dirt driving + navigation sounds like a blast...

TSD is usually *not* fast and *not* off road. It's all about getting from point A to point B on public streets in a prescribed time, sometimes with random checkpoints on the route.

In a Road Rally, each team of two people--a driver and a navigator--is given a set of route directions to follow, and the speeds at which they should travel the route. The route will generally consist of rural and quieter back roads. At the very least, you'll have a nice drive in the country!

The goal of a Road Rally is to travel the correct route at the correct speeds, and arrive at ``checkpoints'' precisely on time. You are scored on how closely to the correct time you arrive. A Road Rally is not a race, and no rally will ever require you to drive in a reckless or illegal fashion. Arriving too early at a checkpoint hurts your score, as does arriving too late.

Novices are especially encouraged to participate in Road Rallies. Novices compete within a special Novice Class, and not with the more experienced rallyists.

http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~moose/plug.html