Quote from tristancliffe :

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Or have you fallen into the trap of actually thinking diesel is better?

Oh oh... This could become an interesting discussion. Would you care to explain this blunt affirmation, please? I do not disagree but would like more facts behind

Now that's a nice problem to have...
My laptop can give 35-65 fps so I did not cap it, obviously. Good cpu and ram, limited gpu so full grid do not take a too heavy toll.
I assume that you would not feel any difference capping at 100 or 120fps, while relieving your system.

Yep.
So that you will feel somewhat special being one of the few allowed by your distinguished peers to race there. Money should not more be an issue now that you have found the way to the true sim.
In fact you should not need money at all after a while, because iRental will enlighten you to the true drivingTM and you will become a Nascar / Formula 1 champion (you still have to select road or oval racing for your career).
All credit cards accepted.

What I do not get is that you need a nomination to become one of the paying ginea pigs...
/Me smells masochism in the process

Quote from StableX :

after asking the question, what have you spent on makeup

My dear, You have no idea of feminine psychology! All this makeup was to please YOU!!!

Quote from Danke :

What you don't realize is that in real life, there's a Solstice-sized Burmese tiger trap at that very spot of the grass.

I love this thread :lovies3d:
(goes hiding before some mad guy from up north interprets my post and shows up at my door with an axe...)

Ah. So it MUST be this Laplace whatever messing up with you. If you want my advice a good hit between his eyes with a hammer onr any other tool of the same shape and weight might do the trick.
Always pleased to help

While LFS appeals to a wide range of sim racers (dedicated league racers, casual pickup racers, drifters, cruisers, wreckers ) iRental seems to be going for high income, highly dedicated or advertisement sensitive "latest gimmick addict" racers.

I can see Irental taking a part of the higly dedicated racers from LFS but the rest of the public will likely be unaffected. This sounds bad for LFS leagues, the impact on pick up races should however be minor.

Where I see a big difference is that standard competitors in sim racing world still "allow" a racer to use different sims, while with iRental the investment and continuous fees are so high that it will force more commitment - good for them, bad for other sims, very bad for your wallet.

I can not (and do not want to) give more time / dedication to sim racing and LFS suits me for its excellent ROI and instant pickup races, so I will not suscribe to iRental in the near future, however I would love to try it

Or maybe you're blond?

Not sure if it is a multiplayer games issue, just have a look around and see where all democraties are headed...

Quote from the_angry_angel :

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So yes, you can try and appeal to server admins to be more respectful, but at the end of the day some people are just bastards.

Monday morning blues???
Sun's shining outside, take a look at the bright side. Next weekend is already 1/2 a day closer...

This thread is still getting funnier after 28 pages.
Another great achievement for the harder & more realistic Tristan!

Quote from morpha :

Why?

My guesses:

wife / girlfriend (my case )
space (my case, laptop - no desk)
noise (my case, kids sleep when I race, and with the above no way)
money (it can take time to get by a good wheel for the youngers)
fear of addiction

did I forget something?

I confirm the bug, it already existed in Y19 but did not ring a bell for me due to mouse driving...

Want something different?
try ADOM
http://www.adom.de/
Runs on nearly any system, impressive replay value.
Disclaimer: No graphics - ASCII game, RPG; lots of humour and incredibly difficult
probably the best free game I ever played.

Quote from aroX123 :

And i found a bug on training, i have F5 as /ai, so i hit F5 while training race thing, and i can put ai, but max people on there is 12 i think

True, you can add AI on every lesson and it even crashes the game from time to time - LFS also removes extra AIs from the replays. Maybe remove this possibility?
But what is the point of adding AIs to training lessons ?

Your plan sounds good - waiting to test to be sure I understood what you meant though

Fantastic work on replays!
On my Swiss keyboard however the >< keys are not doing anything, rewind is ; and , for small and large increments, forward not found yet.

Quote from SamH :

... The forum is not in a state of malfunction. No changes are necessary.

+1 Keep it up. Thanks.

Quote from frokki :

If 'racism' is not the correct English word to describe hatress towards a nation or nationality, then what is?

Anti-americanism?

Quote from Bob Smith :

From another standand point, if you play the demo and DON'T want any more cars, then either the LFS demo is certainly too content rich, or you're not interested in sim-racing.

I think the demo has (had...RIP XRT) enough content for casual players to be entertained for years.
On the other hand the community and involvement of the devs, test patches process and suggestions show you, demo user, that LFS is a unique product. Just go ahead and read a few of Scawen's posts to realise it fully.
You should not buy a license to access more content but to repay the dev team for the fun you had and will have. That is your way to support the community and become an active part of it.
Thanks for reading

Quote from Glenn67, from a long dead thread:

Quote :

I rear-ended another car this morning.
I tell you, I knew right then and there that it was going to be a REALLY bad day!
The driver got out of the other car, and wouldn't you know it...
He was a DWARF!!
He looked up at me and said "I am NOT Happy!"
So I said, "Well, then, which one ARE you?"
And that's how the fight started.

Sorry for those who remember it too well, and sorry for all short sized persons named Happy - this is only a joke and surely does not reflect the opinions of ... or any of its ... and ...

Depends on the efficiency of you A/C system and the temp you set it at...
and also at what speed you are driving
no easy answer there, but for newer cars a self regulating A/C not too cold (max 4-5°C below outside air temp) is more efficient that open windows outside the cities (from my own experiments, instant fuel consumption on screen so not utterly reliable).

Edit: and Tristan is right about the elderly lady taking 5 minute to reach 50km/h after the green light...

Last edited by Mille Sabords, Thu 8 May 2008, 08:59. Reason : tristan was quicker

I spend a few days in Malta some years ago and the bus drivers have an interesting fuel saving technique:
Put it in neutral as soon as you reach the desired speed. Never brake except in emergency situations. Traffic lights are an indication vaguely similar to "use some caution when red".
Efficient but scary?
On a daily basis I try to anticipate as much as possible to avoid accelerating, keeping good distances with the cars ahead helps making a buffer for the nervous speed changes that take a high toll in your consumption.

Take it easy uphills,
do not carry useless stuff in your car,
close windows to reduce drag,
change gear up asap at steady speed,
check tyres pressure,
take the bus

Last edited by Mille Sabords, Thu 8 May 2008, 08:41. Reason : typo

Hey thanks for your query, I have checked out everything about you and I predict that your ideal job George Bush is a Office Gopher. Good luck in your new career.

Description Score
Salary 3/10
Education 2/10
Job Satisfaction 5/10
Community Contribution 3/10
Pulling Power 4/10
Uniform 4/10

Total 21/60

... and Tony Blair gives the same result

Last edited by Mille Sabords, Thu 8 May 2008, 08:24. Reason : more testing...