Richard Burns: A True Rallying Hero

Great video and nice timing with the November patch of WRC 10 hitting today. Please more of these.

He's forever my hero. Encapsulated everything to be proud of being British. Class act, gentleman and would never give up.

Britain had never had such rallying talent before? Paddy Hopkirk

Brilliant driver

A Fantastic video on a true gent of our sport, I hope many of the competitors on the various RBR Mods, watch and discover more of who Richard Burns was.

He was such a top lad and I admired him more for that than for his racing. Thank you guys for making this beautiful tribute video to him. I was incredibly lucky to have survived a cancer myself so, just let this be a lesson for all of us - no one is untouchable. Take good care of yourselves and each other, in equal amounts. <3

I'm not saying, that WRC nowadays is crap, but this, this is just better... I'm not blaming the drivers, I'm blaming time.

My all time motorsport hero. Best memory for me was 1997 RAC in the Evo IV. We were waiting in Radnor in heavy fog for Auriol & it was Richard. He only had the side lights on aswell. He was over 15 seconds faster than anyone on the one stage & took the lead.

amazing video pal. i still play the game. best rally sim still to this date....

Awesome driver a sad loss

I've never had the privilege to drive RBR, But i've definitely heard his name in my time playing Colin Mcrae rally in my PSP somehow. I don't know if it's through the game or outside of it. He was one of the most if not the passionate driver in the service park, he wasn't the quickest, but avoided crashes when it was absolutely crucial. He's not perfect like loeb, but in his time he was just sensational. The fans love McRae for his heroism on the stages and outside rally, but burns is a hero in his part of the simracing world. Both him and mcrae. Both are equally ranked heroes in my book

We are still out here playing rbr

nice vid... RIP Richard...

Great video and tribute 👏 👍🏻 👌🏻

I was wondering why nobody had made a proper tribute to Burnsy,sure top gears was good but it didnt show just how good and how hard he tried to get where he got

Richard Burns Rally на ПК или на ПС 2 лучше ?

I wanted to ask what’s the song name that you used in the end it brought tears to my eyes when I thought of Colin McRae or Rb

Great video! Great driver! Amazing simulator!

He was just a thoroughly nice bloke. I was so sad watching him get ill and pass. I was a huge fan of WRC back then, having 2 Brits going head to head at the top was so special. RIP Richard, RIP Colin, thanks both for great memories!

Edit, I'm now 36 years old. 34 is too young.

Unbelievable. Not even 40 years old and already deathly ill. :( Fate was not kind to Mr. Burns. Glad he at least showed the world what a talent he was.

I always really liked him. He seemed like such a good, genuine guy.

WELL SAID

Oh bruh i have the richard burns subaru impreza wrc 99 Rally monte carlo RC

RBR lives on through the WRC games.

Very well made I’ve only more recently gotten into wrc but even I can understand how amazing these drivers were just tragic how young burns passed.

Gamereactor made a written interview with the Warthog team behind RBR this year. Maybe you could manage to bring them to the UK or have a video conference with them all? The game is also 20 odd years and even better it would be amazing to have them discuss EA WRC etc, if they have tried it. Eero the physics lead has a motion rig and uses RSF RBR with NGP physics to see how it's faring. Also rally driver Gryazin was interviewed by RSF about how he's using the game for training(!).

Thanks for this lovely video, l only just found out he's from Reading near where l work and where my brother lives. And thanks for enlightening me l never knew he was as good if not better than Colin who l idolise as lm a quarter Scottish and a Macdonald but now l realize they were not only equals in the car but very good mates out of it. RIP to 2 all time world legends and heroes.

l was definitely one of the people who didn't rate RB the game. My mates and l trashed Colin McCreigh 2 many nights till the early hours. Flicking the Lancia S4 round the tight twists of the Monaco mountains was amazing fun and it was probably the best driving game ever. Arcade style recreates the split second tornado driving that goes on in the cockpit far more accurately than so called simulators that dont simulate that driving excitement at all. As you say with a sim you have to carefully consider your inputs and manage your speed ......BORING and so unrealistic.
lve not been in a rally but l did roll my BMW on snow 2 years ago and believe me you certainly dont have time to think in a situation like that, just react ... which l unfortunately didn't (l didn't have time to)

Died on my 1st birthday. RIP Richard

Lets face it anyone thats a fan of the bugeye impreza buys that car because of Burns not because its good looking because its not

I still remember owning rally magazines with Burns V McRae on the cover. I guess being irish and very young, i sided with the scot over the englishman. But having grown much older since then, it's Richard who i think lost out on an impactful career more than Colin.

I've recently got into rallying games due to Dirt Rally 2.0 and this is a great insight into the history and one of the legends of the sport. You've earned yourself a subscriber!

There's Evans if everything goes well then he will be the 3rd British Man to win it and the 1st Welsh To do so in the process

Burns was my fav wrc driver 1999-2003, and always is 😌 i meet Burns/Reid in finland rally 2002/2003, and i have Burns books with autograph, and many Burns diecast rally cars... Rip Richard Burns 1971-2005 😔