I'd like to sign up for LX6 if that last spot is still open.

Nice thought, I like the idea of multi-class racing. Hopefully there are enough people interested to make it fun.

Nokia 6015i. Does the trick for me. I have a Virgin pay as you go plan, and I top up $15CAN every three months

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Quote from chopaholic :

For a "Unfinished" game its not really good. You can buy new production games for that price.

Just wondering what will happen in like s5? Hmm £60 uk pounds. Stupid.

But in it's unfinished state it still has a lot more features and is a lot more fun to play than most finished games.

Quote from garph :

If my Nan is alone and she falls down in the night, does she make a noise?

What is she falling onto? :P

Inspector Gadget here!

Go Go Gadget G25!

Worth a try...

Haha.

How about this guy, I think he makes a good elf

http://www.elfyourself.com/?us ... 50e840aae0714c2bG06122412

Cool. What game do you race online? I see you have only one online race on LFS World

Last edited by Michael Denham, Sun 24 Dec 2006, 20:18.

Quote from ajp71 :

Well GPL offers something completely different to LFS, powerful cars with no downforce. They're a handful to drive and far more rewarding and frustrating than LFS in equal measure. They still don't sound bad for single sample engine sounds. Try GPLSO and it suddenly comes alive. GPL has is about the only sim that manages to make 2D objects look awesome, the better GPL tracks are still works of art, although the majority are no where near LFS standard a lot of them have a 'sense of immersion' factor that no modern day sim will ever achieve. GPL is one of the few sim racing experiences where you can genuinely shit yourself. Honestly no other sim experience gets the heart racing like it.

I think that sums up how I feel perfectly! I would often be sweating and exhausted at the end of a GPL race, it was so intense. I don't get that feeling with LFS, however I do enjoy the close racing...

Quote from Ball Bearing Turbo :

An LRF league would be nice.

Yeah, I'd be interested in that too.

Only just saw this thread....I have been looking to get into some league racing for the first time (never really got into it in GPL or LFS so far for some reason...). I'd be interested in a Canadian League if we got enough people together.

Quote from XCNuse :

im guessing this is our christmas present then?

can't complain, but it kinda ruined the christmas spirit, scawen i guess was the little kid that looked around for hours in his home looking for the presents and ripped them open

owell.. merry christmas i guess, i think this is the only present im getting unless i buy myself something else lol, enjoy your break scawen, you deserve it!

Quote from XCNuse :

i'm surprised it has been this long and we still dont have working water temperatures

You're acting like a spoilt 10 year old, just so you know. :P

Quote from [FuLLocK]JoK3R :

Not really the thing im looking for mate. Looking for layouts like this one.

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=16253

Hey, you're welcome to use that. And if you look in the layout database I have another one or two in there I think, you're welcome to use. I am getting back into making new layouts, so if you ever see a new one of mine, feel free to use it. Looking forward to seeing the server and having some online autox racing!

Regarding changing pressure for optimum contact patch...When autocrossing, whether using road or racing tyres, we put chalk at the edge of the tyre down onto the sidewall and then set the tyre pressure low enough that we are going to the edge of the tyre but not onto the sidewall. In my experience, that's how most people set their pressures in autox, and this was also recommended by the designer of the r-compounds I use. A bit different from circuit racing (?) as you're not concerned about rolling resistance, just contact patch and temperature, often on camber limited cars.

Quote from Alric :

Thanks guys will try them out soon. My wheel best turn up tomorrow

Did your wheel show up yet?

Here we go, found the first thread on LFS in RSC from 18th August 2002, in the archives....

http://forum.rscnet.org/archive/index.php?t-39373.html

The first couple of pages are from 2002, then someone bumps it in 2004, and some guy called Bob Smith comes along and asks "Is this dig up an old thread week?" The more things change, the more they stay the same! :P

Last edited by Michael Denham, Tue 19 Dec 2006, 20:11.

The new auto updater is fantastic, great addition.

I like the difference in the sound between having the roof up and down in the convertibles! I autocross my Miata and I always have the roof down when I race (without fail), because of course it gives you a much better idea of what's going on. I just feel a lot more connected to what's happening, being able to hear the exhaust note better and get more of a sense of what the tyres are doing.

I'll get some audio sometime soon and get some comparisons of roof up and roof down.

Last year I found the thread in RSC that first pointed to a demo of LFS in August 2002, but I've not managed to find it since.

General consensus on this idea last time it was brought up was that it would be best to wait until LFS is in more of a complete state to avoid the possibility of a negative review by people who might not care too much about the impact they could have on the game by such a review.... Good idea, but I think more appropriate further down the line. We know it's already a great sim now, but we also know some reviewers can focus on the negative or incomplete parts of a sim.

Last edited by Michael Denham, Fri 15 Dec 2006, 18:42.

I'm not in Alberta but I've been there if that counts :P

I'm in Maple Ridge, in Greater Vancouver.

Yeah, he's certainly inducing oversteer with some of his quick turn in moves. Balls of steel, balls of steel. And the driving skills to back up the balls....

For my road driving, I heel-and-toe when I'm driving enthusiastically, not for engine braking but because it means I'm in the right gear when I get off the brakes and get ready to accelerate out of a corner.

Heel-and-toeing (or shifting down a gear without braking, either way) will not wear out your clutch if you do it properly. If you have the revs matched correctly, you will not be slipping the clutch at all when you release it! There is no reason at all why this would wear out the clutch one bit, as you're connecting it back up when it's spinning at the correct speed. The time you can wear out the clutch more quickly is if you shift down a gear and let the clutch out without blipping the throttle, as the clutch slips until the engine revs come up to the right speed.

Great, saw this once, then it was bumped and it got me a second time, haha.

Quote from 96 GTS :

I haven't been to the cinema recently, but right now I would really like to see Stranger Than Fiction, I've seen it in previews on TV and it looks quite good.

It was alright. Not Will Ferrell at his best (like, say, Elf), but had some laughs in it. Not much of a plot (it's Will Ferrell...), would wait to see it on DVD. Will Ferrells love interest is pretty cute though.

I don't remember which particular meet this autocross layout was from, but sometime this summer (hence the name!).

You'll need to look at the replay to see how the course goes as I don't have a map for this one. Basically it crosses over in the middle, loops back around and crosses over again on the way back.

Have fun and let me know your times!

Quote from zeugnimod :

Thief!

Haha. I haven't checked the December Avatars thread yet, didn't realise I was ripping someone off Great minds think alike, eh?