Kink left severity 4

November 14, 2015 4:29 PM

Looking for a new esoteric language to learn? Try rally notes. Learn the symbols or study these sample rally notes. Not esoteric enough? Try the Jemba Inertia Notes System.

Fun example from Wikipedia:

"MC1 100 KL2 100 KR2 200 SQL 100 KR4 50J!→R2+ (D/C!) 100 +SQR 400 F→CR→KL4 100 MC2"

Translation:
From Main Control 1 (start), 100 metres straight to a kink left, severity 2
100 metres, kink right severity 2
200 m, square left (90°)
100 m, kink right severity 4
50 m, Jump (caution!) into immediate right hand bend severity 2 tightens (caution, don't cut [the corner, due to hazard on the inside]!)
100 m, oversquare right
400 m, flat (maximum speed) into crest into kink left severity 4
100 m to Main Control 2 (finish)

posted by Foci for Analysis (10 comments total)

Heh. My brother used to play Colin McRae Rally for hours at a time, so reading that I can hear the sampled voice from it in my head.
posted by Artw at 4:59 PM on November 14, 2015 [2 favorites]

Rallying is by far the most insane motorsport. I wish it got more coverage here in the US because man is it impressive.
posted by clorox at 4:59 PM on November 14, 2015 [2 favorites]

Growing up we went to watch it live as a family a couple of times, which basically went standing in a puddle at a curve in a mud track waiting for a car to drive past, and then another one later, and so on.
posted by Artw at 5:02 PM on November 14, 2015

What's the notation for "YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO MY CALLS PLEASE I BEG YOU"?
posted by creade at 5:33 PM on November 14, 2015 [6 favorites]

I somehow didn't consider Speed Racer-like navigators were a real thing. This is fascinating, thanks!
posted by filthy light thief at 6:22 PM on November 14, 2015

i would pay so much money to have a turn-by-turn nav app that would shout directions at me as rally notes instead of the boring 'in half a mile, turn right'.
posted by rye bread at 7:31 AM on November 15, 2015 [1 favorite]

Colin McRae Rally was so fun, you really had to concentrate to get through a stage. I'd get tired out just playing, I can't imagine how tough it is in real life with all the noise making your co-driver hard to hear too. Plus in real life it's a lot more expensive to reduce your car to a wheel-less smoking frame.

The guy in the Understanding Co-drivers for Newbs video is so chill, I want to watch him explain a hundred other things.
posted by lucidium at 9:03 AM on November 15, 2015

Weirdly there is no game where you struggle to read a mud and oil splattered map and yell out instructions over engine noise.
posted by Artw at 9:08 AM on November 15, 2015

If I was a co-driver the only thing my driver would be hearing would be various swear words and sobbing requests to slow down.
posted by PenDevil at 9:21 AM on November 15, 2015 [1 favorite]

Oh man, Samir and his navigator are the idea the Colin McRae team is looking for to finally create a fantastic single-screen two-player rally game.
posted by Captain Fetid at 2:07 PM on November 15, 2015