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atledreier
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Just about every real-life track has got some 'quirk' that drivers learn about from driving the track. Roll with the punches. Avoid the kerb, or set your car up to deal with it. Simple.

Prime example is the 'hump' in monaco, where drivers swerve way off the line to avoid it.
atledreier
S3 licensed
My TH setup give me a real FOV of 136degrees. I'm sure with larger monitors or other setups there will be a need for even wider FOV. I'm not sure how easy it would be to do, though. I'm sure there's performance and clipping issues involved. Might even need a rewrite of some of the graphics code. But +1 if it's an easy fix, definetly!
atledreier
S3 licensed
I can remember from back in the day I used caster actively to enhance the feel of my setup. +1 for bringing it back, with realistic range.
atledreier
S3 licensed
Thanks a million!

Not only support, but fast too... You should go into business, dude!
atledreier
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One question about bordersize: Do I need to add the 'lost' pixels to the horisontal resolution?
If I set bordersize=40, do I need to add 80pixels to my horisontal resolution to make the side monitors come out right?

Quote :forceHorizontalFOV: Forces horizontal FOV to be three times as wide

What does that actually do? I get a real FOV of 130degrees in my setup, but LFS won't go beyond 120. Is this an option to override the ingame FOV?

I know you said you wouldn't provide support, but.... Please?
atledreier
S3 licensed
It works on my setup as well, dude! Awesome stuff!

AMD athlon64 X2 4200+
2x 7900GTX
AN8 32x Abit mobo
1Gb RAM
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Thanks a million for this!

I'll film my setup tomorrow, maybe.
atledreier
S3 licensed
That looks incredibly cool! I'll try it right away! Will post how it goes! Videos are very impressive!
triple/quad instead of SLI?
atledreier
S3 licensed
Hi!
I have an SLI capable system. LFS doesn't really take advantage of this fact, so I was wondering if I might somehow disable SLI and use the two cards in a triple monitor setup? I got a few 19" CRTs lying around unused. The cards are XFX 7900GTX on an Abit AN8 32x mobo.
atledreier
S3 licensed
I ran a 20 slot server on my very old celeron 166 with 512Mb RAM. The software is very easy on hardware. Uploadspeed is much more important than hardware.
atledreier
S3 licensed
Ok, if you're coming to Stavanger, and driving.. there's some roads you just GOTTA try.. Some great mountain roads around here, man!
atledreier
S3 licensed
What can I say... I agree on car classes. The need to be evened out, and as you say, keeping the cars withing a set of 'rules' will achieve this. This is how real car classes get defined, so why not LFS?

About tyres: Not sure how this can be achieved, but the current tiremodel need work. They feel better than before, but their behavious contradict common knowledge and literature on performance tires. I find it hard to apply real life solutions to problems in LFS. If this is tire-model issues or other issues remain to be seen. Gimpster has also pointed out some issue with suspension geometry than can affect tire and car behaviour. I suspect this will come in another thread.
atledreier
S3 licensed
That is SO a Photochop from RBR...
atledreier
S3 licensed
The way LFS is handling physics will make it hard to do multithreaded, I think. Only advantage would be to run all AI and gfx stuff on one thread and physics on another. i THINK the physics thread need to be on a single core, because each calculation depend on the one before it. I could be wrong though. Would be cool if it could be done, though.
next GURU race
atledreier
S3 licensed
Real cracker this time.

MRT on FE Club reversed.

Check our website
GURU Race sunday 13.8.06
atledreier
S3 licensed
Hey!

We'll set up a race tomorrow night.

XFR/UFR on Aston Club reversed. 30 laps, no mandatory pitstop.
20 minute qual starts at 19:00UTC

Won't count points or anything, just a scheduled fun race.

Hope to see you there!
atledreier
S3 licensed
Yeah, like Flippy said, it's not real easy recording keys that don't work.
But I solved the issue, though. It was my TrackIR drivers that intercepted the keypresses.
atledreier
S3 licensed
We were just racing. tried to get a few GURU online.. and ended up with a full server all night.

The server is 'GURU public'. It's a 20slot server, so just get in line!
We're doing it again tonight!
atledreier
S3 licensed
Hey!
Big thanks to all who was on the GURU server last night!
We're doing it again tonight, so please join the fun and action in the UFR and XFR on Aston North
atledreier
S3 licensed
Not sure if it's just me, or summer vacations are over or what, but there seems to be more activity lately. Even our GURU server was full up last night, and we had an abolute blast!
atledreier
S3 licensed
I use 1:1 pixelmapping on my Samsung LE40M61. I end up at about 1290x746 or something for no overscan. Looks awesome in LFS at fairly high AA (16x SLI AA). Just remember to turn on v-sync, as tearing is VERY apparent on a TV-set. As long as your PC can churn out 60frames or more you're ok. The immersion is great, and you can run wider FOV on a widescreen set and get better sense of speed. Add in a decent set of speakers and a good amp, and I'm all set!
Broken F-keys, need a DFP profile.
atledreier
S3 licensed
Hey!
A few of my F-keys are broken. If someone could make me a profile for a DFP where L3 is mapped to F9, and R3 is mapped to F12, I'd be grateful. Please email to mav(at)lyse.net.

Thanks!
atledreier
S3 licensed
Could it be that it differs from model to model, even from the same manufacturer too? I mean, I switched from a 7800GTX to two 7900GTX, and while I didn't take ant reference screenshots, it looks sharper to me.
GURU Trackday saturday aug 5th
atledreier
S3 licensed
Have a look, guys. Nothing fancy, just plain old fun on track!

http://www.grownupracing.net/viewtopic.php?p=5963#5963
GURU (Grown Up Racing Union) revival
atledreier
S3 licensed
GURU originally started because I was tired of losing to racers that could practice 4 hours a day all week, and then get bashed for being slow. This was way back in demo days. I posted on RSC if anyone was interested in forming a loose group of racers that are not the fastest, but try to be clean and friendly, and just be on track for a good time and good close racing, not winning at all cost. This post resulted in a very nice group of people, many of whom I can call friends today.
However, as time passed, other things came up for many of us, and races got scarse. Families demand our time, jobs. In GURU we actually have a life.

So now I feel the time has come to shake the tree again. Get some fresh blood, some new input and maybe even some new friends. Please take a look at our website at www.grownupracing.net. Sign up, race with us, see if GURU could be for you. And most important, join us on track for a fun race or five!
Final test, Fixed setup, road cup
atledreier
S3 licensed
Thought I'd do a final test for the new format, before I kick the cup into top gear.

And since most of you probably forgot what this is all about, I'll recap:

I'm doing a cup with the XRG on a fixed setup. The setup is based on a daily-driver, so it's soft, geared low, forgiving, and realistic. Everybody race the same setup, but tirepressures can be adjusted, like a real car. I will enforce the setup by having all of the racers send me their setup before pitting after the race. If you pit before you send me your setup, I'l disqualify you. Simple.
I'll score points for fastest lap (2), pole(2), and progressive for finishing position, like F1.

the thing is, I need a server for tonight. Anybody that can lend me a decent server for tonight? I'm thinking around 20:00-21:00UTC and as long as we find it interesting.

Please post if you're interested, bot in tonight's test and the cup itself.
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