While the sounds aren't that great a progression from previous SimBin titles, its nice to see that somebody is at least trying make an attempt to capture the dynamic nature of a race car engine's sound.
Sound is one of the stumbling blocks that current racing sims face on the road to proper immersion, some racing sims now feature quite high quality sound samples which from the car interior point of view are quite immersive, but current exterior view sounds in racing simulators are pretty lifeless because they're not near as dynamic as real sounds, for example they don't change all that much in relation to the position of the 'camera' relative to the car or the echo characteristic's of the car's surroundings (such as nearby buildings, walls, tree's etc, some sims incorporate tunnel echo but thats as good as it gets). Also its worth considering the changes in tone depending on the engine's revs LFS does this to a certain extent but most sims are pretty poor at it.
Maybe one day in the not too distant future a racing simulator will feature such a complex and dynamic sound simulation. Perhaps instead of trying to create engine sounds by crudely blending together looped samples of real recordings and varying their pitch in relation to engine revs, developers could attempt to sythesise the individual tones an engine creates throughout its rev range, and the simulator could use mix the tones to create a more detailed, dynamic and seamless engine sound. It'd probably be quite taxing on computer processors though.
Sound is one of the stumbling blocks that current racing sims face on the road to proper immersion, some racing sims now feature quite high quality sound samples which from the car interior point of view are quite immersive, but current exterior view sounds in racing simulators are pretty lifeless because they're not near as dynamic as real sounds, for example they don't change all that much in relation to the position of the 'camera' relative to the car or the echo characteristic's of the car's surroundings (such as nearby buildings, walls, tree's etc, some sims incorporate tunnel echo but thats as good as it gets). Also its worth considering the changes in tone depending on the engine's revs LFS does this to a certain extent but most sims are pretty poor at it.
Maybe one day in the not too distant future a racing simulator will feature such a complex and dynamic sound simulation. Perhaps instead of trying to create engine sounds by crudely blending together looped samples of real recordings and varying their pitch in relation to engine revs, developers could attempt to sythesise the individual tones an engine creates throughout its rev range, and the simulator could use mix the tones to create a more detailed, dynamic and seamless engine sound. It'd probably be quite taxing on computer processors though.
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Listen up everyone! He doesn't care! And you're all required to know!
The ghost of JTbo lingers.
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V8 supercars just down the road in Macau is something I'd like to see. 
Rubens and Michael developed unorthodox ways of deciding who would concede the next race win to who.
For a German, Sebastian Vettel has a good sense of humour.
I'd say full course cautions do exist in International Motorsport, just they're known as safety-car periods (In the UK this is signified by stationary yellow flags and a board with 'SC' on it displayed at each marshals post, not sure what the practice is elsewhere). Its also not uncommon for longer International endurance races such as Le Mans to be under safety car for quite some time after heavy accidents or particularly dangerous weather conditions, and in the case of Le mans they use several safety-cars, bunching the field up into several 'trains' around the circuit.
Daytona is an interesting case though being as close as it is to the sea, I can't off the top of my head think of any other endurance racing circuit particularly susceptible to sea fog.
There are some interesting differences which I'd put that down to the separate evolution of Motorsport in America and in International racing, which is traditionally largely European based. One noticeable difference is how unlike Europe, American style circuits often have the Pit garages separate from the pit lane. I put this partly down to climate, with Europeans having a greater need to have shelter in the pits given that Europe is predominantly wetter and cooler continent that North America. Also it may be down to the fact that in some of its form's American racing is considered a dry weather only sport.
Also noticeable in America is the predominance of 'Victory Lane', over the Podium more traditional in Europe, it seems that in much of American racing only the winner is celebrated.
I find it interesting how car and Motorsport culture has developed its own regional quirks and traditions in such a short period of history, its a shame that there are those who wish to homogenise Motorsport for profit, hopefully variety will prevail.
Daytona is an interesting case though being as close as it is to the sea, I can't off the top of my head think of any other endurance racing circuit particularly susceptible to sea fog.
There are some interesting differences which I'd put that down to the separate evolution of Motorsport in America and in International racing, which is traditionally largely European based. One noticeable difference is how unlike Europe, American style circuits often have the Pit garages separate from the pit lane. I put this partly down to climate, with Europeans having a greater need to have shelter in the pits given that Europe is predominantly wetter and cooler continent that North America. Also it may be down to the fact that in some of its form's American racing is considered a dry weather only sport.
Also noticeable in America is the predominance of 'Victory Lane', over the Podium more traditional in Europe, it seems that in much of American racing only the winner is celebrated.
I find it interesting how car and Motorsport culture has developed its own regional quirks and traditions in such a short period of history, its a shame that there are those who wish to homogenise Motorsport for profit, hopefully variety will prevail.
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"I slip this in Massa's coffee, puts about 3 tenths on his qualifying time"
...and somewhere a'midst all the shouting and vitriol, the money and the politics from all sides, the reality of the situation is lost. And it'll probably never be found, the scientific debate has been forever muddied by politics, human greed and passions.
Essentially the only way we'll discover the true nature of the climate now is to sit and wait to see what happens, place your bets.
Essentially the only way we'll discover the true nature of the climate now is to sit and wait to see what happens, place your bets.
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S'not the first time there has been a rear engined prototype 'vette, Chevvy ran an IMSA GTP corvette in the 80s...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frpalmer/3365290063/lightbox/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvette_GTP
Still, the new ones rather nice.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frpalmer/3365290063/lightbox/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvette_GTP
Still, the new ones rather nice.
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You don't have to hold an opinion only for argument's sake too.
Piquet and Salazar did not start the race due to an unfortunate pre-race incident involving superglue.
Don't forget that most major forms of energy production carry some risk, coal dust and gas can explode, dams can burst and even wind turbines can violently disintegrate. Also no nuclear reactor design is equal, most newer reactors rely on the coolant water to bounce neutrons back at the core or slow them to the point that allows fission to happen, and as such when these reactors lose coolant the reaction actually slows to a halt. Older reactor designs such as Fukushima and Chernobyl are of older, inferior and more dangerous designs wherein the reaction can continue in spite of a loss or overheating of coolant allowing the reactor core to get dangerously hot.
As such its a sweeping generalisation to consider all nuclear reactors to be too risky for practical application, infact if you want to be really pedantic there are swimming pool type reactors that are so stable they can be left running unattended overnight, unfortunately reactors of this type are only useful for research.
As such its a sweeping generalisation to consider all nuclear reactors to be too risky for practical application, infact if you want to be really pedantic there are swimming pool type reactors that are so stable they can be left running unattended overnight, unfortunately reactors of this type are only useful for research.
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Exactly, the armchair psychologist in me likes to think that the human mind likes to categorise everything it experiences into little labelled boxes, whether it be fashion styles, music, natural phenomena or political leanings etc. And once something is in its box it can be explained, understood and we can form whichever opinions or emotions from it we feel comfortable with.
We get really unsettled when we're presented with something or we can't categorise, because if we can't clearly define it then we cant rationalise and explain it, and people react to this kind of thing in different ways ranging from curiosity to hate and hysteria. And in our scramble to try and define such an unknown quantity as a major earthquake or nuclear disaster, some of us find comfort in filing it under the 'multinational government conspiracy' section in our minds, because that provides us with a comforting explanation to what are essentially random forces of nature we have at best a very tenuous handle on. And once we have these things filed in our minds we take in all the evidence which best fits the comforting little boxes of conclusions in our minds and reject all the evidence to the contrary, regardless of how weak the evidence is either way. In other words we develop a confirmation bias to help strengthen the structure of our beliefs and opinions we have formed in our brains.
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Its a place where lots of atheists go to be all smug and self righteous and confirm each other's opinions, well that was until I unsubscribed the r/atheism section. As much as I despise religion, being a pious and oppressive atheist is no better.
Now that sounds like a heavy night out on the town. :mischievo
As for conspiracy theories, why are some people so scared of the concept that a lot of things happen by chance and accident? Its as if people feel that when they try to believe in an explanation for every major event as being by some hidden motive it will give them the comforting notion that humans are more in control of their worlds than they actually are.
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