Quote from BigTime :

I really can't believe we're arguing this when drivers were dive bombing 5 and 6 cars back this last round of the season, and not a word has been said. "It's touring car racing, contact is part of it"

A little bit of contact is touring car racing. Note A LITTLE, like rubbing door panels in a corner. Bump drafting isn't minor contact, it's crashing into the back of someone at 15+mph. Bump drafting is to be left on the oval, in my opinion for all the reasons I stated above. This is just my opinion and, as you can see, even my crazy co-commentator disagrees with me. Maybe I'm in a minority here but whatever.

Quote from PMD9409 :

I waited a long while to respond to this thread, mainly because I just wanted a real good laugh, but this is just over the line retardation! Basically, what you guys are saying by us not being allowed to bumpdraft is this:

"Guys, we will not allow you to bump on the straights to wisely work your way up the field, instead, we are allowing to dangerously bump in corners, even at high speed. You might ask why? Well that's because this is for a good show, and people acting wisely is just plain wrong."

Thanks guys, I fully understand your concerns now.

Thanks Phil, I fully have absolutely no idea where you got that nonsense from. You were a perfect example of bump drafting going wrong, in race three of round six. You hit Nolan and you were off, no control. Luckily there was nobody near you to pick up the pieces.

Last edited by Mp3 Astra, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 13:25. Reason : Housekeeping

Point still stands: the whole thing is dangerous, unrealistic and unfair on a guy who managed to make a break on the rest of the field. That's my 3.5 pence. EDIT: Actually, it's more like 1.75 pence. Fail.

Last edited by Mp3 Astra, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 23:35.

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

Ever tried to bumpdraft more than 2 cars at once in LFS?

Doesn't work very well.

So, ultimately, the number of people in a team doesn't matter unless you're just talking about the availability of bumpdrafting partners in general. And in that case, tbh I didn't discriminate between teammates and non-teammates when I wanted to bump up the field this season. The only discrimination comes when it's a choice between a teammate and a non-teammate.

Check the 'cast, we had 4 car bumpdrafts on regular occasions. Lag really seems to help those ones, the speed boost is unreal. Literally.

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

Bumpdrafting enhances the team/squad aspect, IMO. Plus it's crazy fun.

Yes, but when your team/squad has 5+ drivers in the series, it gets a little ridiculous... Know what I'm saying?

It looks silly and unrealistic and, for me, I like to have a realistic race that's not enhanced by lag-induced bump drafting.

I would agree about banning bumpdrafting; it was very clear at Aston and Kyoto especially, that if you got yourself a partner you could cruise past everyone. It made for good commentating but I'd rather have standard racing and cut out the silliness.

This page has had one picture that was shite. I'm here to correct this:



Possibly my favourite ever C&H.

Let's not forget Chris Wilkinson bringing out a yellow flag on the final lap after flipping like a nub.

But good stuff, guys; very entertaining.

I will not explain my epic Clockwork Motorsports joke. I'll leave you guys to work it out.

We're 3 minutes away from quali.

Hey race fans !

The final round of the 2009 iCON Touring Car Championship is Sunday, June 14th from Aston National . As usual, our live coverage will start with the reserve shootouts from 1700 UTC. Commentary will be provided by Jonathan Palmer, along with Michael Passingham. We look forward to bringing you the coverage.

Coverage will be streamed live on Livestream (formerly Mogulus) at this link: http://www.livestream.com/itcc

It's the finale and Nolan Scott is looking to secure the championship. He has a small lead over his teammate Fredrik Enersen so it's all to play for at this thrilling track. Who's gonna take the glory?

Tune in to find out ! We look forward to seeing you all this evening !

Commentator said 'we race for blood' but then went on to say 'they're all gentlemen'. Friendly vampires, that's what motorsport is.

What a beautiful finish. This is what motorsport is about!

God, I love 'poo-joes'.

Quote from kirmy :

well apart from that, it did lead a race a few times

It lead when Paul Radisich decided not to make his pitstop til the last possible moment; he lead a lap but was caught by the leaders pretty much instantly, and ended up getting turned around in one particular race

:doh:

Despite the occassional stupid interjections, I'm finding this G25 conversation very useful! Do you think if you never moved the shifter it would never break? Or even if you left it always attached to the desk but just slid it up and down whenever you needed it; would that help the lifespan?

Thanks for the info, guys. I guessed it was like that having seen many 'Watchdog' episodes in my time.

The more I read and think about a G25, the less time I can hold off from buying one...

If you buy your wheel from Ebay, do they still cover warranties?

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=34512

Quote from boothy :

Well at Westhill they were listed as Scottish and had the flag, and its no problem with Bawbag in MoE - and TBH, I'd like it as well! All of the flags of Great Britain come with the tracker so it seems easy enough to do...

Maybe I don't want to lose your fabulous country from our great nation...

Quote from HVS5b :

Hi Admin blokes,

We at FUBAR Racing would really like to have a wee saltire against our team instead of the union jack.

I understand the tracker is the issue here.

Is it really a major fix (you're speaking to a total technophobe here :tilt because if not it really would be much appreciated

[SCO]

??

Cheers

The reason is the following: The sign-up post says:

Quote from Trekkerfahrer :

Three letter nationality codes can be viewed HERE

On that page, SCO is not listed as a nationality because, technically, it isn't really. I'm afraid you're all lumped under the Union Jack (GBR)!

But maybe the admins will see your passion to not want to be part of our Kingdom and change it.

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

i just don't bother with the last bit. :hide:

Don't admit this here! Someone might be an employee of a well-known petroleum company.... :hide:

Quote from Becky Rose :

I appear to be physically incapable of starting a conversation without one of the first things I say being to ask how somebody is, it's a trivial question, and one which establishes the pleasantries and allows a conversation to grow naturally and wander off down the path of aimless natter - this is grand, except...

Lately i've been doing a lot of hospital visits to a family member, he's very week and clearly asking if he's ok is going to be a really stupid question so I dont ask it.

The problem is, i'm so ingrained in starting conversations this way I struggle to start one any other way, and the last two times i've been i've stood there like a lemon.

grrr at social conditioning...

To provoke a pleasant answer, like you normally expect, ask 'how aren't you?'. It's not rude and it will begin the conversation in the way you are used to.

It wasn't him who actually scared me. I super hot woman could have popped up and I still would have had the same reaction.

Quote from Bose321 :

Oh, now I've watched the whole thing, I just shit bricks

What the hell were you laughing at before?

I'm still shaking slightly. I'll never trust anything like that ever again. I dragged the image into the address bar and it showed as a jpg but if you actually save the file, it's a .jpg.gif. I'm usually on the ball with this kind of thing; first time in about 2 years I've fallen victim to something like that.