I have to apologize for disappearing like this after the race has ended guys (I almost did that before the race finished). The reason was that I got very frustrated at myself and disappointed with my crappy performance during the race and my lack of preparation for the event. The fact that killed me the most was not the crash I had at the chicane cause of my lack of concentration but the fact that Kev did the same mistake and I could have been 1st. No matter what, this weekend I lost two certain wins both in IGTC and here cause of my fault and that made me lose my fun. Anyways, 2nd place is becoming a bad habit lately so I will try and be more prepared next time and take the win. Looking forward to Blackwood which I really hate as a track... See you all later, hopefully at Wednesday.

Quote from Polma :

Got one "bug". On elitesquad is currently SO5, but next race is going to be on SO6, or not? It is this link - http://www.elitesqd.com/modules.php?name=LfsPb

1st post! wow. Anyway, Loco said that SO6 is not currently available for the application but I'm sure he will fix it when he has the time.

EDIT: I can see SO6 and everything is working fine for me.

Quote from lococost :

Well uhm you see, laziness is in my genes, I try to fight it, but often it gets the better of me, so please don't blame me, blame my genes.

I saw the chicane route is not yet in the program, so i'll try to get someone to fix that.

Lol, I don't blame anyone . I just say that your application is very useful and I use it pretty often. Keep up the good work (whenever you are not bored) .

Quote from HVS5b :

What, theres a button clutch as well? And this is quicker than autoclutch?

Jeez, sometimes the less I know the better

I just can't use the shifter with autoclutch, it feels oh so wrong

I'm off to check these WR's with button clutch when I get home. If it truly is as quick as you say, it should be removed imo.

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=39818 check post #16 here . And yes, I agree that auto clutch with shifter is weird.

Quote from ussbeethoven :

...Live timing provided by elitesquad: http://www.elitesqd.com/modules.php?name=LfsPb

By the way, this needs to be configured to the next combo a little bit better Loco, plus I'm not AR any more .

Obviously, someone with a shifter and manual clutch is slower on braking points and that is because your right foot has to be lifted off completely from the accelerator and press the brake pedal while in auto clutch the brake pedal can be pressed with your left foot while your right foot is still pressing the throttle. That's about one tenth in each braking required corner and let's say the track has five of them so you are already half a second behind. That does not apply when you use auto clutch and h-pattern shifter imo. Anyway, I even find auto clutch as a disadvantage when button clutch comes into play, for example pecholobo's hotlaps. Shifting with a button clutch gives you about two tenths on a straightaway compared to an auto clutch and better stability/control of the car at some corners (the last one is my opinion).

Well maybe the reason why some people won't use a shifter for their hotlaps is that it is a lot more difficult to do a decent time with H-pattern than an auto clutch or paddles. By the way, I used to drive and race with my shifter some time ago but the effort i put on it in order to win was a lot more than paddles so instead I only drive and hotlap with paddles... I used to win and enjoy most of my H-pattern races though!

Quote from shiny_red_cobra :

I understand your point of view, however, think of how many people actually have a G25. There are a vast number of people who don't have one, and they greatly outnumber the people who do have one. If the game restricts the controllers, we will lose all the players. We would lose the players who use mouse/keyboard/crappy wheels, but we would also lose G25 users because there will not be many people left to race against. It would destroy the game in my opinion.

Actually, it would be better to have this as an option, not force people to use it. Maybe it would also be useful if there would be a league with shifter-only drivers... Anyways, this is just my opinion.

Well personally I was a bit hesitating as well when I bought Vista. The best solution that helped me a lot was installing Vista on my second HDD and keep XP on my previous one. That let me use both of them, which seemed very handy and you don't have to choose only one of them and be afraid that you might not like it etc. Think about that only if you decide to spend some more money on a second HDD, although you might find that choosing which OS you like everytime you reboot might become a bit frustrating at some times .

Once again, good luck. LFS is a nice game so don't forget to have fun as well

I know this is an old thread but since i was wondering the same thing with R.Kolz I decided to post here some pre-Y hotlap times that I still have in replays:

AS3R/FZ5 - 1:58.86
FE1/MRT - 0:42.05
FE1/XFG - 0:49.49
FE3R/FZ5 - 1:32.76
AS2R/FOX - 1:00.58
SO2/MRT - 0:54.74
SO4R/FZ5 - 1:48.03
AS5R/FZ5 - 2:12.00
BL1/XRG - 1:32.75
BL1R/XRG - 1:33.68
BL1R/XRT - 1:24.16
BL1R/UF1 - 1:41.75
BL1R/FZ5 - 1:20.66
BL1R/UFR - 1:15.12
BL1R/FXR - 1:06.93
BL1/FZR - 1:05.12
BL1R/BF1 - 0:52.81
BL1R/XRR - 1:06.63
SO1R/XRG - 0:57.30
SO1/XRG - 0:56.91
SO1/XFG - 0:56.94

If someone else got some, please post them here if it's not a problem. I also decided not to put any lfsw names on the hotlaps just in case. I'm not 100% sure that all of them were the WR laps..

Indeed happy anniversary. You reminded me of all the good races we had together. Keep up the good work .

Quote from evilpimp :

Was a good race. Didn't expect T1 lap 1 to go so well tbh. Went really well.

Thanks for the great racing with some

Taylor you passed me when polma crashed :P Cheap!
But meh, after that I was catching up then i'd screw up all th time then u were so close but I had to get on the grass by accident :'(.
After that you were just too fast lol so I was focusing on staying in front of Harry. Then he caught up fast cuz of my screw ups again. So then there was some confusion while i was tryin to let him pass and I'd accidently block him all the time lol. Then I put blinker thingys so he'd move over to the side and pass.

I'm happy with my 6th place really... At least it was a pretty clean race.

Damn mate don't show me were to pass unless it's a blue flag . You are fighting for your position there. When I saw that sign i was really confused. "What the heck is that, some kind of trick to take me out?!" i said to myself . All in all, really crappy mistake of mine at the early laps that pretty much ruined the rest of my race. No one to blame there though. Next time it will be a comeback..

Thank you for the kind words guys

Never met Fox 2 so this might be difficult. Let's wait for his response..

Quote from Lynce :

This is the Idea:

RAC vs FZ50 and

[GR]Evolution with RAC vs Fox 2 with FZ50.

Rules:

3 laps. 3 races.

The circuit what they choose.

No chat.

3 mprs or sprs.




I need help to locate this exceptional racers and talk with they for this idea. Motive: My english.

The movie it is about the best race.

The most exciting race.

No nice effects. Only blur and camera work. No need more.


Can any person help me with this?

Seriousness, please.

Well, give me a date and i will see if I can make it. I'm a bit busy with school exams so don't shoot . Me against Fox 2 huh? . Nasty stuff...

Quote from Mark_Raven :

A few minutes ago, from my balcony... (...yes, it's my garden...)

And the last one it's my mower

Awesome place to live mate :wow:

Ok, here is my try. Hope this is useful.

Quote from R3DMAN :

high 34's on what track?

WE1/FZR

Indeed good work again. Nice pic of my helm. I seem rather concentrated there..

Hey guys. I don't know if I have chosen the right thread for this but I had a enjoyful practice session last night with Lep and I have tweaked a bit the last set he gave me (tyre pressures and camber) and I wanted to share it. I did some high 34s without managing to put any clean lap. Might be able to get much lower though even with race pace. Is it ok if I post it here Lep although im not participating?

Quote from Rudy van Buren :

1 thing about the layout where you get can grap mega time..

Out of the second chicane you can just go full trew the grass and grap about 1.5 sec.. maby it should be good to put som extra tires there so its just not possible?

Yeah, it's possible. Although you have the risk of spinning by touching the grass.. Putting something there would be better.

Lol Danny. I'm willing to keep you as a teammate, if of course you are not retiring for the league (I hope not).

Thank you for the invitation Loco, although I'm a bit too young to travel yet . I would for a team with Dave but if the team championship was official. Since it's just for fun I don't think it would be fair for others...

So guys, since AR is closed now and I don't have a team, anybody interested in making a team with me for the LXO Cup? Any offers accepted.

P.S. Didn't find a better place to post it .

Quote from SamH :

Well, the available CTRA admins had a discussion on this topic today, and we've agreed that with immediate effect the public infraction ribbons will only show cautions issued for 6 months before being retired from public view. Short and mid-term bans will show for 1 year each. Permanent bans will always show.

The infractions will still be visible in drivers' own MyCTRA pages, and of course the information regarding the infractions will be retained in the driver's notes (and will always be used when assessing reports by CTRA admins), but public stats pages will not display them once they become older than 6 months (short/mid bans 1 year) from the date the reports were filed.

We agreed that most drivers do improve, they learn from their mistakes and they make efforts to fix problems. It's entirely in-keeping with the spirit of CTRA to acknowledge this and for the public stats to reflect that same view. Additionally for drivers, knowing that a bad history will not always be a millstone around a driver's neck is inspiration to keep working on making their stats look better in the CTRA. Nothing bad can come from that!

Thank you very much SamH and the rest of the CTRA admins. This plan sounds fair to me .