Isn't it interestin gto observe how even an off-topic thread can get off topic?

I guess everybody finished Armadillo, then? I'm the only stuck guy around?

I just got to the guillotine level, and I solved it without a rocket too. Not much optimizing either. I'm proud of myself!

Hehe! Nice! You might have gone slightly over budget, though...

Ok, time to throw in the towel here. Level 20, the scoop. I seriously need help. I've tried everything I can think of for three days now. Please? A small hint? I have tried using a rocket to tilt the scoop, and counterweights. When the scoop is heavy enough I'm hopelessly over budget. I've tried a light scoop, with a rocket attached to a rope pulling it up. I've tried bypassing the scoop altogether, creatign a lift-thing under the teleport.. No good any of those. Help?

I've sent a PM to all interested parties with the details of the server.

Have fun, race clean, and don't be faster than me!

Ok, here's the list so far:

Maverick
Gimpster
Trauma
Little Devil
[Viking]
SniperX
LazerFX
FrankBullitt
BigDave2967
bo-kristiansen
TDSyco
bozo
STROBE
anttt69
hardcoreobscure
Cropsy

Anybody feel left out?

Last edited by atledreier, Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:43.

Ok, so let's do it in order of posting here, then... I'll compile a list and PM the password. The server was gonna be passworded anyway.

First come first serve, dude. I'll set up 20 slots. GURU have precedence, though. If this format is as popular as it seems, maybe we should make it a regular?

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No problem, was just curious. I'll try setting up the servers whith 2 different users and then we'll see what works. thanks for info anyway.

I'll try that as well, with my servers. It's could be just a copy/paste of configs that made the servers use the same ports? I het my ports messed up all the time...

It's first come, first serve. The server holds 20, so.. looks like the server will be full. Should be a good race.. very mixed skills too. I'm hopoelessly off the pace. My goal is to finish.

Besides.. almost 2 hours of race time.. Consistency will beat blistering pace any day. A good, stable setup that can do consistent times lap after lap without burning rubber is gonna do it!

Oh, I hope not! I know I need practice, but I'm lapping hopefully in the 42s. The faster GURU can do high 30s.

He's banned from GURU servers the next few years...

The race should last almost 2 hours, I guess.. using an average laptime of 2:45 times 38 laps is about an hour 45 minutes. Give or take. So that should end the race about 22:45.

But why did you let the little wienerschnitzel stay on the server that long in the first place? Had that been my server he'd be so banned you wouldn't believe it.. I'd happily abort my race to ban that twerp.

Good idea!

But does it really take you 5-10 minutes to refresh your server list? Mine takes like maybe 30 seconds, tops. And that's if you list all servers. You have pretty good server filters in there you know. Unclick empty, full and private servers and the list is much shorter.

Sweet! That's how I'll do it from now on!

Bet it was kindof and then

The server holds 20, so I guess the more the merrier.

Yes, you read it right!

GURU is alive and kicking again, thanks to the new patch and the renewed interest from the members.

The race will be held on a GURU dedi server at 21.00 (9pm) CET, saturday april 29th.
Track: Aston Grand Touring
Cars: GTR
Laps: 38 (304km)
Starting grid: reversed PB order.

The server will be open a good while in advance for practice.

Please post here if you're interested.

And if any of you are wondering what GURU is, take a look at our website on (temporary) www.norbirds.net

Last edited by atledreier, Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:20.

That music was awesome! I love the timing of the clip with the music. Towards the end, when the brakelight coinsided with the boom in the music... I got goosebumps.. literally! Awesome!

I'd love to get my hands on the title of that music, though...

The inner part surely do deform. Have a look in 'wheels' view and you see it very clearly.

Edit: reread your post. Disregard this post, as it's nonsense...

Still... 600kB is no problem for many servers, including mine. My connection can easily push 1.2MB/s constantly and burst of 2MB/s (but not reliably). I don't see why an option would be bad. As long as all clients have a ping of 66ms or less it should be fine. Maybe we could get a test patch with the raised limit just to see what happens? I'm guessing most clients could cope with 10pps or higher easily.

I'm on wireless as well, and I have no problems. I used a wireless USB thingy before, and that was bad... Real bad. Now I got a proper PCI solution that works almost as good as a wired network. Almost.

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it has to be something... just watch the renaults get off the line.. i dont know about this year seeing that we get little coverage (er.. not my fault) but last year the renaults just... flew off the start line compared to the other cars.. there had to be something..

I thought it was only Ferrari that got bashed for being better than the rest.. My bad... Does that mean Renault are cheaters too, then?

My GURU server is set with smoothness =6. I very rarely have warping on that server, and I I do it's the client that can't keep up. The extra packets put a 50-75% extra strain on the server connection, and for all clients, so it's a price to pay.