All that says is you're writing longer essays at that age, not better essays.
If you've got a broad topic it can be MUCH easier to write 5000 words than 500-1000. Just figure out all of the subtopics, and write a bunch about each of them. Slap on an intro and conclusion, proof read and you're done. You need to be a lot more concise when writing a shorter essay and I find it can take longer than writing a long essay as you often have a LOT of editing to do.You may well be correct that your education standards are higher, but essay length alone does not show this :P It's like saying that someone with more posts on a forum is a 'better' poster. I will point no fingers, but we know this is not always true!
As for the essay of the OP, if at all possible, get it done within the next month! The essays and projects at uni I liked the most were the ones that had short deadlines. I HATED having a 4 month deadline cos I knew I was going to leave it right to the last minute, and be working on the essay as well as studying for exams. If only I had the motivation to get the essays out of the way ASAP I would have been quite a bit less stressed!
Another thing is making sure you are using reputable sources. I don't know how important that will be for your project, but make sure you check with your teacher and know what's acceptable and what isn't before you start doing too much work based on potentially poor sources.
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That actually sounds really good
Now if only my joystick twisted 
I think I need to upgrade...1. My high school work experience placement was a week in the Lotus Factory in 1998. I spent a lot of the time being driven around the test track in an Elise. Also had a handful of laps being driven by chief test driver Matthew Becker in an Elise, on and very regularly beyond the limit, which was one of the most amazing driving related things I've ever experienced. And to think some of my friends did their work experience at Sainsbury's!!
2. I am the 2007 Canadian National Autoslalom Champion for the CSP class. The Nationals was only my second event that year and I wasn't even planning on attending as I hadn't really raced in a year! Glad I showed up.
3. The first place I drove a car legally was on Brands Hatch. Exciting hey? Well, yes and no. It was an 'EarlyDrive' program for people under 17, where they close off a part of the track, and you drive it at up to 40mph, turn around and drive it in the other direction. Practice starts and stops, gear changes, and emergency stops, that sort of thing. The car I drove was a Kia Pride.
4. I have suffered from clinical depression for several years. It runs in the family and both my father and his brother took their own lives due to it. I have come close to doing the same thing myself at times. A little more serious than the other 4, and the only non-car item, but something that has been a big part of my life.
5. I have overtaken a Porsche 911 around the Nurburgring, on the outside of a decreasing radius turn, with my Dad in the passenger seat, in a 4-cylinder, automatic, convertible Mercedes rental car. This trip was one of the best times I ever had with my father and I'm so glad we were able to do it before he died. One of the memories I will cherish forever.
2. I am the 2007 Canadian National Autoslalom Champion for the CSP class. The Nationals was only my second event that year and I wasn't even planning on attending as I hadn't really raced in a year! Glad I showed up.
3. The first place I drove a car legally was on Brands Hatch. Exciting hey? Well, yes and no. It was an 'EarlyDrive' program for people under 17, where they close off a part of the track, and you drive it at up to 40mph, turn around and drive it in the other direction. Practice starts and stops, gear changes, and emergency stops, that sort of thing. The car I drove was a Kia Pride.
4. I have suffered from clinical depression for several years. It runs in the family and both my father and his brother took their own lives due to it. I have come close to doing the same thing myself at times. A little more serious than the other 4, and the only non-car item, but something that has been a big part of my life.
5. I have overtaken a Porsche 911 around the Nurburgring, on the outside of a decreasing radius turn, with my Dad in the passenger seat, in a 4-cylinder, automatic, convertible Mercedes rental car. This trip was one of the best times I ever had with my father and I'm so glad we were able to do it before he died. One of the memories I will cherish forever.
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I don't like the idea that the seat moves relative to the steering wheel (assuming I'm seeing it correctly). Looks SWEET though
Yeah, I guess bumps on the other tracks are mostly the kind you would notice if you were actually in the car, but not significant enough to upset the balance. I agree that South City is the only place with any significant bumps.
I think of all the tracks, Aston and KY should be smoothest, as they seem like the highest end, newest circuits. A club circuit like Westhill or Blackwood should be bumpier I think (although Blackwood has been recently repaved with the update I guess ), and Fern Bay should be MUCH bumpier IMO.
I think of all the tracks, Aston and KY should be smoothest, as they seem like the highest end, newest circuits. A club circuit like Westhill or Blackwood should be bumpier I think (although Blackwood has been recently repaved with the update I guess
), and Fern Bay should be MUCH bumpier IMO.Yeah, it was at RSC from the demo release date of August 2002, until the www.lfsforum.net was created.
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Unless you started playing before this forum started
I started in August 2002, along with a lot of others, when the first demo was released.My Mum drives a VW New Beetle Convertible, woohoo
Girlfriend drives an old Chevrolet Malibu, also woohoo
Girlfriend drives an old Chevrolet Malibu, also woohoo
Hopefully!
It's perfect the way it is. Race 2 server has produced some of the best racing I've ever had in LFS.That second one is great too Thanks for posting those.
Thanks for posting those.I would say they are fantastic road cars and fairly good track cars (if not lacking in power in stock form). I'll send you a PM...
We had some really fantastic races in this server again, it has really got me back into LFS and especially the LX6. The racers on there are clean and we are able to race closer than I ever have done before. So much fun I might have to post a couple of replays later because we have had a couple of the most enjoyable races I've ever had since I first played LFS (August 2002...).
Yes, I've had a '90 MX-5/Miata for 7 years now. It's my first car and it's been totally reliable and enjoyable in the time I've had it. There really isn't another car available for the price that provides more fun, IMO. I have been racing it in autox for the last two years which has been huge fun also, especially when you beat all sorts of more expensive machinery in a bone stock near 20 year old Miata
Probably understeer followed by sudden oversteer, then back to understeer, maybe followed by a spin That is nothing against the setup posted (heck, I haven't even tried it!), just my experience with the RAC so far
I might have to post a couple of replays later because we have had a couple of the most enjoyable races I've ever had since I first played LFS (August 2002...).Yes, I've had a '90 MX-5/Miata for 7 years now. It's my first car and it's been totally reliable and enjoyable in the time I've had it. There really isn't another car available for the price that provides more fun, IMO. I have been racing it in autox for the last two years which has been huge fun also, especially when you beat all sorts of more expensive machinery in a bone stock near 20 year old Miata
Probably understeer followed by sudden oversteer, then back to understeer, maybe followed by a spin
That is nothing against the setup posted (heck, I haven't even tried it!), just my experience with the RAC so far Yeah, it's been fantastic in the last week I've been on it. Lots of close LX6 racing, I am pretty much racing only here now as it's my favourite group of cars and some great racers.
Yeah. Imagine if LFS development was stopped for five years. Would you expect the developers to start from scratch again in five years, or pick up where they left off? The only time I could see that you would want to start from scratch is if the fundamentals are not correct at all in the current version, but that's not the case with NR2003.
Ok, well I think what I said is still valid, but it's just not the comparison you were making. So in that case, what is relevant to your discussion is only that "if you're driving at the same speed with the two sets of tires, the grippier ones will be safer" which is pretty obvious of course
I have thought a lot about this, as I've used several sets of high performance tires and cheap all seasons on my Miata over the last 7 years. I think that if you're going the same speed regardless of what tires you have, you will be safer with grippier tires, as you will have more grip in reserve. But if you are driving to the limits of your tires, you will be safer with tires with less grip.
For example, imagine that you are coming around a corner on the limit of grip at a fairly low speed with tires without much grip, and you come upon something in your lane. Given a certain reaction time, you will travel a certain distance before reacting. Now imagine you are coming around the same corner significantly faster with grippier tires. In the same amount of time it takes you to react, you will have traveled further than you would have on the tires with less grip. Sure, your grippier tires will be able to slow you down more quickly, but you will be traveling at a higher speed, and will now be closer to the object than you would be with less grippy tires (due to traveling further during your reaction time). Another potential problem is that if the only way to avoid an accident while at the limit of grip is to drive off the road, you will drive off at a higher speed if you're at the limit with grippier tires.
So any advantage in safety provided by grippier tires is more than offset by the extra speed you would be carrying if driving at the limit around corners with the grippier tires. Of course, if you're driving at the same speed with the two sets of tires, the grippier ones will be safer, but we're talking about driving at the limit...
I definitely see your point, but it's always a compromise when it comes to these things. Sure, I could get a set of Azenis and maybe stop a metre or two shorter, but then you're changing tires perhaps two or three times more often, which isn't economical. As far as summer tires like the T1Rs, I find that they are more perceptible to aquaplaning than the all seasons I used before, and they generally have less grip on cold frosty mornings than either the all seasons I used before or the snow tires I currently use during winter. So while I certainly agree that when the conditions are right, you will likely be able to stop more quickly with T1Rs or Azenis, when the conditions are colder or very wet, that's not always the case. Summer tires can get very hard and lose a lot of grip when it's colder out...
I agree with Tristan. Having had cheap all seasons and very grippy tires on my Miata, I do have one thing to add, which is that steering feel was a lot better on the sportier tires due to their stiffer sidewall. I enjoyed this about the grippier tires, but other than that I enjoyed the all seasons at least as much, as things happen at lower speeds. I also got FTD at my second autox in the wet with my all seasons which was fun. People came up asking if I was running Hoosier wets or something and I said I had the least expensive all seasons that Kal Tire sell So much of it is about how you drive, as Tristan alluded to.
As for driving in the snow... any summer tire will be pretty much useless for the most part, but an all season tire can do the trick for occasional snow. If you really have a lot of snow regularly I would look into a second set of wheels and snow tires, but it depends how well your all seasons do and how much snow you have.
So much of it is about how you drive, as Tristan alluded to.As for driving in the snow... any summer tire will be pretty much useless for the most part, but an all season tire can do the trick for occasional snow. If you really have a lot of snow regularly I would look into a second set of wheels and snow tires, but it depends how well your all seasons do and how much snow you have.
I'm picking a couple of dozen up tonight, you're all welcome at my place
Sounds good! Yeah, I did a bunch of laps over xmas and haven't really had time since then...
I've already done the LX4 and most of the laps for the LX6, don't worry, you're faster than me in pretty much all laps!
I wonder if it comes varnished or if you can pick your own varnish to match your nice wooden garage doors and such.
I'm not jesus but I'll check it out all the same, thanks for the link.
I'm not sure responding to that would be a good thing for me
But I have driven the 'Ring in real life and in all honesty it was slightly more enjoyable than squeezing donkey poop (however, I was driving a Merc rental car, I'm sure it would have been significantly more enjoyable than squeezing donkey poop if I was in a Caterham or something!).I think I might have to get rFactor, just for the one or two fun mods and the 'Ring... especially if it feels better than donkey poop!
Well I'm 4th in nutter rank already, so you guys join in and I'll get lapping again...
Actually, last time I did that it felt a lot like driving the 'Ring.
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