Janne's Designs

For many, this is The  Mk II Escort. (Or the Rothmans ones, gotta make those soon too) Definitely one of the most beautiful Mk2 Escorts in the existence of Mk2 Escorts. The real life counterpart with the undeniably beautiful wide arches being swung around UK's tarmac roads in true Vatanen fashion is some of the best things to witness in rallying and that's why I wanted to make this skin for RBR, despite our Escort's 3d model not being 1:1 match to the 1982 one that Vatanen drove. In the 1982 Manx International Rally Ari begun strong. Stage win on the rally opener and a tight battle with another fine fast Finn Henri Toivonen for the lead of the rally. Toivonen then started to disappear into the distance a bit leaving Ari battling with Terry Kaby first and then Jimmy McRae for the second place in the rally. Then on SS11 Glascoe 2 Ari started driving again on the level he's most famous for and did four fastest stage times in a row, leaving McRae into his dust and Ari inche...

Time for another Mk2 Escort!  This skin was chosen to be made by Onza. We had a "bet" that for every rallying reference he could sneak in to his entrance exams essays, he would get to choose a livery that I would make for RBR. He managed "only" one and this is the prize for it.  Ari's rally in 1982 Rally Finland was an uphill battle from the start. Audi had brought in the four wheel drive Quattro and it was superb on loose surfaces compared to the outdated rear wheel drive cars, such as Ari's Escort. Ari tried his best but the car couldn't take his intense pushing. The engine kept losing power throughout Saturday's loop in the rally and eventually on special stage 18, Kalliokoski, Ari retired from the rally from 4th position at the time. Hope you guys fare off better with this skin. Oh and congrats Onza on getting in to the school! DOWNLOAD Here's some more pictures of the skin in action. Pictures by me.

First skin for the Ascona 400 by me! This one was supposed to be done way later, but aesthetic_sofa (Lorenzo) updated the Ascona 400 template to be quite sweet, so I got hyped and made this skin as a result. The UV mapping in this car is quite a nightmare so probably will not make too many Ascona 400 skins. Also big thanks to Voittanen for finding me the font for the name sticker, and to Owen Morgan for helping find accurate text for the small number stickers! The livery is from 1982 Mintex Rally and the car was driven by Henri Toivonen, one of my favorite drivers. It was a long and a hard rally. Mintex Rally was driven late February and it was wet and muddy. Hannu Mikkola left everyone in his dust thanks to the mighty Audi Quattro, but behind him there was a proper battle between Ari Vatanen and Henri Toivonen for the 2nd place of the rally. The battle was decided on the last few tarmac stages, when Ari did not have tarmac tires there and Henri was able to overtake him there. I hope y...

 Long time no see mates! But now I'm back with a proper old school livery! This is Hannu Mikkola's livery from the 1982 Arnold Clark Scottish Rally. The rally where he did an amazing comeback drive. Although it was aided quite well by the fact that Mikkola was the only 4WD car in the rally. Regardless of the drive type, no rally car drives itself.  Mikkola's rally begun with a disaster. On the first stage he had a steering failure early on on the stage. Him and co-driver Arne Hertz tried to repair the car on the spot without succeeding. Eventually Mikkola decided to reverse (yes, reverse.) the car to the finish. It took him 8 and a half minutes to get to the end of the stage and he was in last place after the first special stage.  In the end (partly thanks to other top level drivers retiring), Mikkola ended up winning the rally by over 10 minutes ahead of the second placed Jimmy McRae. Don't believe it? Watch it yourself. As usual, I received some help with the finding ...