The satellite pic shows the dust cloud roughly 150miles north of Scotland .
So what the heck is all the fuss about? Bloody bunch of idiots in control as usual.

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Bedford, MA (April 12, 2010) - With apologies to the poet T.S. Eliot, if you are a stock-car racing fan, "April is the coolest month" - both the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series visit Talladega Superspeedway, the fastest closed-circuit race track in the world. And this month, iRacing.com's 2010 World Tour presents the iRacing community with its only double-header, races on April 25 honoring both of NASCAR's top divisions. So every member of the iRacing community will have the chance to see for themselves the differences between the Sprint Cup and Nationwide cars with these full-length back-to-back races on the legendary Alabama high-banked oval.
"Based on the response we had to our Daytona 500 event in February, we expect a huge turnout of iRacers for Talladega," said Kevin Bobbitt, iRacing.com's director of marketing. "Many of NASCAR's top drivers will be doing 811 miles of racing on the last weekend of April, and this is the chance for our members see what that's like and to make back-to-back comparisons on how these two very different racecars perform on NASCAR's fastest and often most exciting track."
Bobbitt noted that the event is open to all iRacing.com members, regardless of license level, from the newest rookie to the most grizzled veteran. (iRacing.com is currently running a special promotion. New members can purchase a 3-month membership, which includes Talladega Superspeedway, for $25.00, which is 50% off the regular price. See www.iracing.com for complete details.)
Because the number of entries will be so large - as many as 2,000 of the service's 20,000+ members are expected to compete - the field is broken down according to skill and experience level into an appropriate number of iterations of 34 cars each, with each iteration of the online race running on its own server.
"Someone can join iRacing.com the day before and still compete," Bobbitt said. "They'll be racing with other rookies, while our more experienced members will be racing with others of their skill level. Everyone has a chance to win his or her race, and to experience the thrill of 185 mile-per-hour pack racing on the fastest track in the world."

$25 for a race.

thanks but i eventually found 3 versions of that file & changed them all, it still refuses to work. i give up

when youve seen to many noobs open threads that have already been & gone years ago. the op still lives in 1996, in a cave lit by a single candle.

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Dont have that option in XP.

No, i cant the file configuration.lua anywhere. Seems to be hidden in a sub directory somewhere?

I found something similar, 4dof motion sim 18,000 euro .
http://www.motion-sim.com/prod ... r-non-commercial-version/

ive been trying to get this to run in windowed mode.

-window does not work?

any ideas?

I see your point but im not complaining. Most of us are just airing our thoughts on the subject. The one thing that does concern me is that the devs choose not to communicate with the community. It is their choice to do so, so i respect that.

Looks good. (apart from the amateurish welding) Is there a prize for the fastest lap?

Quote from shaun463 :

LFS has hardly been delayed, .....

Go on, i dare you to explain yourself?

Quote from Bob Smith :

Right well I've taken a few photos next to a foot long ruler, so the size, depth, and location of the pothole is unmistakeable.

you forgot to measure the volume.

Im not being mean or anything & i understand its pretty convenient that someone has a big house just down the road, but why dont you race @ a proper go kart track??
GB has some of the best kart tracks in Europe, why not broaden your horizons a little?

Quote from mr grady :

1. join iracing. nothing is free in this life, if you want something of quality, you have to pay for it.
iracing isnt that expensive.

just my thoughts, now im off for a pretty damn clean race on a certain paying race sim, good luck LFS racers!

The answer isnt to run away & play another sim i already tried that. iRacing isnt just expensive its a rip off. You cannot even begin to compare the two (financially speaking). Dont join iRacing.

I really dont know why people worry about the quality of racing in LFS servers. If you want quality racing join a decent league, simple as that. LFS league racing is even better than iRacings in that if you make a silly error you wont end up pissed of cause your SR took a massive hit & now your gona have do another five races in the crappy slowstice.

Im glad i left all that SR rage & the wingers on the forum behind. Its so money orientated over there they cant see the wood for trees.

Quote from tristancliffe :

It's a goob job LFS doesn't actually need any hope and good will. Support it or loathe it, the patch will come when the patch comes. If you like it once it's released then you might come back, if you don't then you won't. Moaning, sarcastic comments or arguing doesn't make the wait shorter or more bearable.

Jesus tris you need to lighten up a little. Did you see the thread title?
This is a lighthearted thread bordering on jovial, trust you to be Mr serious about it.

Quote from spanks :

Why would you pay $150 for it if you hate the idea of paying for it? None of your points make any sense at all.

Hmm maybe hate was to strong a word to use, i certainly dont like the idea of renting something that just becomes more & more expensive. Why doesn't it make sense? I either try iRacing or i dont try iRacing, i didnt want to miss out on a sim that claims to be the best so i gave it a fair crack of the whip & came to my own conclusions.

Maybe it was a mistake to spend that much maybe it wasn't, i can always come back in two years or so when i feel its worth it & use all the content i currently own. With LFS as my benchmark iRacing still has a long way to go imo.

Jesus man, you made of money? Just prop them up with some old phone books/yellow pages.

No you can invert them, turn the sides 90degrees. may need tweaking to set it up but sides in portrait does work.

An update as to what stage the devs are @ would be nice. Seems we are already into the 2nd quarter of 2010 already. Lets just hope that no news is good news . (although you could call that, blind hope tbh :shrug
I think my hope & good will is beginning to run out.

Quote from StableX :

I think they should add in more stock content and change the bought track content each series. This way, it makes the class D more affordable for those coming through the ranks.

I agree 100% the stock content needs to be a better package. Also whilst its nice of them to offer payed up members 20% off Aussie content, its still extortion.
LFS cost me £24 i have owned full content for 5 years & i will get another car & updated physics for free (when its ready). In comparison iRacing cost me $150, all i got was 6 months of membership & a portion of the content. The biggest thorn in my side is despite spending 4x as much on iRacing i cant just go load up the software i paid big bucks for & have a play because of their restrictions.

Its just not a fair deal, i hate renting, it just means constant spending for virtually nothing & every time they release more content iRacing becomes more expensive & so on & so on. Just out of interest how much would full content & two years membership cost? (incl of aussie cont)

iirc you can type in the resolutions you want into the list. If that doesn't work try v1.09.
Also the softth forum is found here: http://www.kegetys.net/forum/index.php?board=1.0

If & when you get it working i would be interested to know what fps you get running that setup.

Im glad you like it but beware, its not all its cracked up to be. Certainly doesn't live up to the price tag, yet. When they bring weather, day/night transition & transmission model it just might be worth it.

i agree with you spook, that move was appalling Neal should have been given a warning or a one race ban for that idiotic bumper car manouvre.
its no wonder collard was pissed .

Ive been searching for a live stream for this but cant find one. Anyone know where i can view motors tv live?

the website has 1.1 available to download