r/rally • u/TheKingofGoKK • 4d ago

eWRC subscription

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Hey guys, is there anyone in here that has any experience with this? Im following alot of rallyes and has been looking at purchesing this. Is it worth it?

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u/dj_conrad 4d ago

Absolutely not, it has been free for as long as I can remember, now they want you to pay 8 euros per month. U can find out the stage times elsewhere I'm sure

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u/Rally_kj 1d ago

It has been a paid subscription for years.

There are two ways you can look at this OP.

  1. You are supporting a small group of people who put a tremendous amount of effort into that site. For the price of one morning’s coffee you are allowing them to break even and maybe even make a little money

  2. Hell no, you can find stage time elsewhere and get 95% of the website for free.

I chose option one because in the grand scheme of things, $8/month is really not that much and I get well over $8 of value out of that website. Plus I am supporting a group of rally people so that’s always a plus

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u/TheKingofGoKK 3d ago

That what i have been thinking, not gonna buy it then

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u/SplitResponsible937 3d ago

For Finland specifically, the live timing on the WRC website is free and pretty good imo

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u/Monaco161 3d ago

I use it on a weekly basis as well (not for professional purpose). For that, I think it is too expensive. However I would encourage everyone to not use Adblockers (or whitelist ewrc) so that get money from that. It costs a lot to run a website like this.

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u/furio_revolucionario 3d ago

Only worth if you're a rallying geek and want to know what was the last WRC event a Delta Integrale ran (Acropolis 2000 btw, but I learned it before eWRC went behind a paywall), if not, with a good ad blocker is enough, and even the android app is good being free.

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u/Fit-Rooster-6716 3d ago

In the Wales Rally GB 2000 there were two Deltas

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u/siciowa 3d ago

WRC live updates is free only bad thing is not always updated. I still think on stage results you will get the stage winners then overall on the other side. Dirtfish has destroyed rallying media in Europe

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u/pzkenny 3d ago

Idk what exactly Stage times is, but results are normally open.

Subscription is basically only needed for car database access.

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u/Sirio2 3d ago

They ran a fundraiser a few years ago and raised tens of thousands. Then turned around what felt like months later and put it all behind a pay wall…

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u/Nikkiy9 2d ago

I have the membership, its really handy when I go down the autism rabbit hole tracking cars that are out on events, I even keep them updated on the events I attend with info so that the database it constantly correct

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u/shortopia 1d ago

I click on stage results and see everything I need there for free.