Quote from aoun :

Thats what i was thinking. They look exactly like F1CE on PS3.

I was just going to post that! It's F1CE. Here is an Istanbul lap to compare:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5GSUH6qJ1Ck

The yaw motion of cars in Dirt and Grid defies logic and common sense. A lot of people are bothered by the unnaturalness enough that they just can't play them. A game can have cars turn properly and still be a fun (semi)arcade, but Codemasters don't seem to get it.

Quote from Ball Bearing Turbo :

Last I heard was a 45+ player race that had ZERO lag / warping (!!!), of which 12 players finished and my source finished 7th.

Why did only 12 finish? Does it mean there is proper damage? Or did they just run out of fuel?

Quote :

All I've heard so far, even from the eurofellows is that they love Leguna Seca

Who doesn't like Laguna Seca?

Why do you guys have this argument yet again?

Some people want to keep LFS restricted to "pure" racing, some think it should be expanded to other forms of motorsports so that the potential of the physics model is not wasted. There is no need to attack drifting on the basis that "it's not racing"--anyone realizes that. If you want to argue, lift it a level above where you are now.

I am not a drifter, but I don't mind LFS becoming an all-encompassing motorsports sim. Variety FTW, especially since the physics model allows for it without extra tweaks.

^ That is not a profanity so it's automatically not as funny

Shitty news.

Quote from hyntty :

It is true. Long story short, Kusbitca is a bigger man than Hieldfed. Now that Kurpitsa has lost weight the engineers can fiddle a little more with the ballast weights.

By probability laws, sooner or later you'll spell him Kurvitsa, and that'll be funny

Quote from cool_big_andy :

Here is my Chocobo Racing/Drift skin. I Hope you like it

Very nice, thanks for sharing!

Quote from Chrisuu01 :

This is gonna sound noobish but what on earth is CVT?

Continuously variable transmission.

The car would sound pretty weird, since the revs stay the same regardless of speed. Williams (I think) tested a CVT car in the 90s and got an extra couple of seconds per lap from it, but FIA banned it before they could actually enter it in a race.

Quote from deggis :

1000 Nm? Diesels make that kind numbers. That's quite unrealistic for petrol.

I didn't think before posting OTOH, maybe LFS could use a diesel *runs away*

Yeah, I know the Audi coupe is just artist's vision. Thanks!

Slightly off-topic: How fast would that be? A LMP1 coupe with about 650 - 750 bhp/1000 Nm V12@ 925 kg? Would it have a good chance of beating FO8 around most tracks?

Quote from Ball Bearing Turbo :

Brilliant :rolleyes:

What? That's the impression I got.

Quote from mutt107 :

dude that is AWESOME!!!

It seriously is Amazing skin.

+1

That does not mean I don't want a totally new track, but this is EASY in comparison. Hopefully something from this thread will be implemented.

Quote from scania :

I don't think freeze the engine develop 10 years is a good idea.

A good idea would be F1 firmly deciding what it wants to be -- an all-out manufacturers' competition or a "we have to cut costs, we have to make stupid rules to ensure closer racing" series. In the first case, most of today's regulations would have to go straight down the toilet. E.g. no reason to enforce 2.4 L V8's. Enforce min. mass, max. car dimensions, safety, emissions and energy recuperation systems -- so that advancements in F1 can trickle down to real cars. Aside from that, let them run wild -- active suspensions, exotic materials, unorthodox engines (e.g. rotaries), CVT, active aero to make overtaking easy. This would mean death of customer teams though. Williams would have to find a new manufacturer to unite with, the rest can go to hell.

If it's the second (which is almost the case anyway) they should STFU about being the ultimate form of motorsport.

EDIT:
actually, about the new manufacturer--I just realized that Nissan is the only major Japanese manufacturer not represented in an international racing series.

Last edited by Ahriman4891, Sat 12 Apr 2008, 05:40.

Congrats Tristan! I envy you in a good way

Quote from deggis :

But most likely not Audi branch. VW maybe.

Bugatti? Lamborghini? Would just sound cooler Also, Lambo will be taken more seriously if they actually compete with Ferrari in F1. For Bugatti, it would be a return to the days when the name actually mattered (which seems to be VAG's plan for the brand anyway, hence the outrageous Veyron)

Quote from hyntty :

There's just no apparent reason to like him.

+1

Quote from sam93 :

Also, get decent coverage, just not of the front cars

As far as I know that's decided by the F1 management, not the TV channel. Both ITV and Speed get the exact same picture, that's for certain.

EDIT: funny pic from another forum, sums up the race pretty well.

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Really? I thought it was based on the original Lotus 7, hence the 'L' in LX.

EDIT: I realize it doesn't really matter as the construction is very similar.

Quote from viluglio :

How's that, guys?

I think it's definitely better as a car livery. I don't know the team, so maybe a fan of the team will disagree.

Quote from Primoz :

Wait, ISI turns around the axis and not around the front wheels???

If your comment is related to mine -- no, I was replying to the GRID comment. I don't know why Codemasters do that -- I played DIRT demo for 5 mins and that was all I could take, and GRID looks like it's doing the same thing

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

Physics as well, iirc.

Wonder if they'll borrow physics from Blimey or develop their own

Quote from Furiously-Fast :

:sleep2:


Race driver: GRID please...

you do realize that it has the same terrible "rotate car around the vertical axis going through its geometric center" physics? Watch the videos at gamersyde or gametrailers -- the cars don't look right. Same as DIRT.

EDIT:
Is Lizard engine supposed to get new physics or just a graphical facelift?