Quote from Linsen :

Even though lalathegreat is a demo racer, his point about setups is not as far off as some of you make it look, I think. The patch hasn't been out for too long and I think it's very well possible that further setup development might make the cars a little more even than they are now. I have to admit, I doubt that they will be as even as most of us would like them to be, but who knows.

I might be wrong here, but it seems to me that before the patch, the FXR had not been compatible for a very long time. It definitely wasn't for me. However, after some time (actually shortly before the new patch came out), I gave the FXR a new try and downloaded a setup from inferno (I think Flotch made it but am not quite sure). With that set I was actually faster on As National with the FXR than with the FZR. Of course, that doesn't count as much, as I'm far from being the fastest racer out there, but it seemed, that the FXR with the good setup suited my driving style a lot better. I wonder, if anybody else had a similar experience or if it was just me and maybe hope being the father of this idea (erm, I'm afraid that saying doesn't translate too well into english).

I definately think the FXO GTR suits my style the best, I've driven the other GTR cars, and I've become proficient (read, mediocre) with the FZ50 GTR, but I simply enjoy the FXR the most. I like the way it looks, sounds and drives.

I don't want to be forced to drive a car that I don't prefer simply because "That's what you need to do to win." Sure, that's the way it is now, and sure I can race with any of the GTR cars, but that doesn't mean it's right.

Also, as many have said, the FXO GTR is easiest to drive, I'll agree with that, in the sense that you're the least likely to simply lose the tail and spin out while racing, but I also think it's challenging and rewarding in it's own way. I don't think it should be slower just because you can correct slides easier than the other two cars. As has been said before, at the top levels, ease of driving means nothing, a good driver can be consistent no matter what car they are driving.

You can call me biased if you like, since I drive the FXR the majority of the time. I guess that is true, as I'd like to have more of a chance of winning with the car I currently enjoy. That being said, I have loads of fun with the GTR class as it is right now

Does anyone know how replays in the Papyrus sims work? They have the best replay controls of any sim out there. Play, pause, rewind, fast forward, frame advance and reverse, and the ability to cut just a portion of the replay. Even if this requires much more space, I think these type of controls would be worth it.

Ralph Sheheen at Monaco this year, "We have early pitstops happening sooner than usual."

Quote from lalathegreat :

U guys are acting like babies. What is the point of having the cars if they same are all very similar. seems to me that as soon u loose a race u blame
it on the car being faster.

It seems to me you guys arent taking advantage of the specific advantages of each car. Only reason i say this is because, i never see any talk on setups on boards. Seems everyone just goes and downloads what they think is a fast setup.

instead of asking the devs to make u faster how about u learn to improve setups.

As a demo racer, you know nothing about the unbalanced car classes. At blackwood, the XR and the XF are pretty close to even, and the XRT is in a class of it's own.

Quote from WGooden :

How about one of these in North America for once.

I'd love to see one of these here in the United States, but even if there was as much interest in LFS as there in in the U.K., transportation is a big problem, the U.S. is simply a lot bigger, and I think the cost of going to a LAN even would be prohibitive for most gamers. I've thought the same thing about a Karting event here, while it would be a lot of fun, I doubt most LFSers are going to be buying a plane ticket just of a day of karting. To quip a line from Australia, it's the tyranny of distance.

This kind of amused me, hehe

+1

It would be extremely useful for teams, leagues, events, or anything that's time sensitive

good idea

Quote from MARSH2a :

You may need to be 40 or older...
Avalon Hill Company's
Speed Circuit
and the GrandDaddy of all...
LeMans

Do you mean the movie Le Mans? If so I'm 19 and I've seen it, I own it actually...

Quote from Fordman :

Buttons, sod it, lets just have his wheel and with a FREX converstion kit, attach it to the DFP.

Then one ( cannot remember his name, but he's on here somewhere with his amazing cockpit ) wire the whole thing up

Are you thinking of GrandSurf? Here's his cockpit
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=3544

Pretty good IMO

While you're at it, could you mabye turn on avatars, please? I'll give you this cute little bunny.... :bunny:

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it's an interesting concept, but I'll believe in it when I see a prototype running on gasoline actually powering a vehicle.

Wheels are the biggest thing that always bugs me about rFactor, they look like they came of a low end game from 5 years ago. Even the ad picture of the new BMW F1 car for rFactor had me thinking, "wow, that looks bad" even though the model is very good, it's the wheels that bring it down. Other than that, having not played it, I can't pass judgement.

If you're interested, swing by NASSA by 500Servers and race with us for a bit. We're generally a fun group of guys to race with, come give it a try

Quote from rediske :

I asked Victor via PM about the avatars a week ago. He replied that I was the first one who had asked for them at all... Basically he said: since they were disabled when the patch was released and no one asked for the avatars to be enabled again he just left them turned off.

So with this thread there might be a chance to get them back....
I love them because they make recognizing people easier and they add some individuality to the users ...well sometimes

LOL! I never said anything because I just automatically assumed that they would be turned back on. I'm guessing most other people thought the same thing.

I don't really remember the email. Send a PM to Victor. http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=132538#post132538

There's a post by him so you don't have to go searching through the database to find him, too.

Good Luck

<edit>Beaten by Zeugnimod!!</edit>

Am I the only one who finds it's funny that Scawen says that it's impossible that it's coming from his part of the game, and Victor is saying it's impossible that it's coming from his part of the game? Clearly Eric is at fault then

Send a PM or email to Victor, and he'll be able to help you out.

This is a very strange problem, I've never heard of it before, it'd be nice is Scawen saw this thread, maybe he could help.

Or we could just Turbocharge the FZR, but keep it at 490BHP, that would be more similar to a 911 GT2 as well, IIRC.

It would sure help solve the turbo lag problem

I'd really like my avatar back, it really helped you to "know" people. Not exactly putting a face to a name, but close.

I personally hate images in sigs with a passion, and would never turn them on.

It's no screamer, but it's my dad's computer and all he does is photoshop really, so it's fine. I was just wondering if it's a total P.O.S. and needed replacing, but it seems to be doing okay. Thanks for the responses though

I get a 404 error when trying to download your sailing game, but it looks pretty cool. I'd like to give it a try

Quote from Ian.H :

<http://ds-autos.digiserv.net/> has all my scenes

I'm currently working on a BF1 scene too that I'll release when it's sorted.. in both Brazil and VRay formats:





Regards,

Ian


EDIT: Doubly OT.. heh, HTF do I change my flag here? I'm English, not British

EDIT2: I presume the BF1 is covered by the same copyright / conversion / release conditions as the other cars.. but if Scawen or Vic are still browsing this thread for any reason, could you confirm this either way please? I ask due to the deal with real life counterparts etc.. don't want to tread on people's toes

Thanks!!

The state of people who speak English as their first language is very sad these days, indeed.