My dad e-mailed this clip to me earlier... it's just... unbelievable.

Welcome, Geraldine! Thanks for your quick responses whenever I've needed something.

Provisional results!

Provisional Results for Round 9:

Provisional Driver Standings after Round 9:

Provisional Team Standings after Round 9:

If there is anything anyone would like reviewed by the stweards, please ask here. If not, these results will become final. Thanks very much to Filur and FEL for stats and replay.

EDIT: problem fixed.

Last edited by axus, Tue 30 Jan 2007, 20:54.

Passwords sent out. Please contact me ASAP if you have not received one.

Passes are coming in the next 20mins or so, max.

Quote from Hyperactive :

Axus, you will never know if the person is lieing, so the stewards review may not be based on true facts.

Yeah, that's why I'm trying to make use of reserve drivers against the interest of the teams so they don't actually use the option unless they actually need it. What I'm trying to do is make sure that there are two cars on the grid for every team always, but it's only not the normal driver when necessary. Kev's idea is worth consideration too, definitely.

NB: ONLY VOTE ON THE POLL IF YOU HAVE INTEREST IN TAKING PART IN LXCC2.

I'm getting a bit pissed off (excuse my French) by all this driver swapping business - a lot of it is with good reason but sometimes we don't get an explanation and the change just seems tactical. That's not why the option was given. So for LXCC2, I'd like to make some changes in that regard and I'd like to hear some feedback on my ideas in this thread.

Firstly, there will be a limit to the number of different drivers that can drive for one team. I think that limit will be set at 4.

Secondly, to insure that drivers are more reluctant to give away their seat, these backup drivers will only earn points for the team, and not for the LX4 driver or LX6 driver of that team as it is now. They will make their own points in the driver championship(s). Another important note in this respect is that there will still be two separate driver championships - an LX4 one and an LX6 one. The important difference is that points in these championships will be awarded to drivers rather than teams. This means that you can still swap cars with your team-mate, but, you won't earn him any points and he won't earn you any points - instead you will have points in both championships. Also if one driver drives for more than one team as a reserve, his points from both will be added up towards his championship points.

The other idea that I'm toying with is whether to force teams to announce any reserve drivers at the start of the season or if I should allow them to announce reserves at any time. I'm leaning towards allowing them to add to the team at any time, provided that the maximum of different drivers has not been reached already because problems can arrise at any time.

The final additional rule in this respect (which is already a rule but will be much more strictly enforced) is that a good reason will have to be provided for a driver change. That reason will now also be reviewed by the stewards. If they feel the reason is not good enough, then you can't use your reserve driver.

So, the poll. Please take 2 options, one in each category:
Category 1 - Maximum number of drivers for one team:
The options are 3, 4 and 5 drivers (this is including the normal drivers themselves so it boils down to 1, 2 or 3 reserves).

Category 2 - Force teams to announce reserves before Race 1 or not?
It's pretty self-explanatory.

EDIT: D'oh, the last option needs a "2: " in front.

Last edited by axus, Tue 30 Jan 2007, 14:20.

Quote from mikey_G :

If it's possible I'd like to join.

There's two cars up for grabs - LX4 and LX6, take your pick
The LX6 is T7R|Exodus (cmckowen)'s seat, the other is T7R|Tristan (tristancliffe)'s seat.

Right, we had a grid of 13 racers I think, not a single glitch (only guy that timed out had timed out 4 times in a row before that so that tells you something - he wasn't even registered here). I have full confidence in the server restored. I think we shall use it for LXCC tomorrow.

Server passwords sent out. Please notify me ASAP if you have not received one.

IF ANYONE HAS TROUBLE CONNECTING TO THE SERVER TONIGHT:

Your DNS probably hasn't updated. Go into the following directory:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\

There you will find a hosts file. Open it using notepad and add the following line to the bottom:
213.40.196.103 master.liveforspeed.net

Then you should be able to connect.

Results, finally.

Provisional Results for Race 8:

Provisional Driver Standings after Race 8:

Provisional Team Standings after Race 8:

Bugger, true, Hyperactive. I see the vMaxHome server is down since the Master server update. Hopefully it will be back up by tonight.

EDIT: Server is back up.

Last edited by axus, Mon 29 Jan 2007, 14:23.

Racing Legends is still going strong... I think a little fairy might have told me something about a virtual wind tunnel based on the car's 3D model creating files to be used by the physics engine in real time (don't quote me on it though, my memory of the description is rather vague). This approach is awesome, IMO, for anything that's just too stressful to do in real time. Provided that the files are still generated through simulation, you don't necessarily lose anything in terms of the physics. Engine simulation, chassis flex and aerodynamics can be modeled really well in this way I think.

Results, anyone?...

Niels - as Todd said, those tests are from aged tyres. Modern tyres are much stiffer and hence peak at lower slip angles/slip ratios.

I will direct him to this thread once he wakes up though .

So can I have stats (there's a .csv file that LFS Stats generates - results*.csv) or a replay in order to do results for tonight's race? If not, I can do the .csv by hand from the finishing order (if someone can give me that).

Sorry to hear, Kim. Seems like everyone else is still on. Do you konw if it could have been something on your end?
EDIT: one of two disconnects from what I hear, so please tell me if its anything on your end and if I have anything to worry about.

Last edited by axus, Sat 27 Jan 2007, 17:27.

Sorry guys, made a bit of a mess here - this was intended for Monday when there's business traffic too so we can test the server properly, and I thought today was Sudnay. Its been chaned now.

Quote from niffer022 :

is this open to anyone at all.. i aint a clue about all this league business illepall

FXR- Niffer022

Yeah, anyone at all who can drive reasonbly well (please don't sign up if you can barely keep the car on track for half an hour). I should specify that you can only drive LX4 and LX6 - you can't drive the FXR. Gonna edit the first post right away.

Last edited by axus, Sat 27 Jan 2007, 14:53.

Hey guys - we've just had the server updated and it's running on a new port. We would like to do a stress test tomorrow night before using it for an actual race. At 7pm GMT, we'll have a get-together and race next week's combo:

Server: vMaxHome
Track: Fern Bay
Configuration: Black
Weather: Clear Day, High Wind
Laps: 10 laps

Format will be a little different - free for all 20min qualy and 10 lap race. No teams, you can run either car. If you're interested you can sign up here to join. Anyone can join - drivers from both LXCC divisions and non-LXCC drivers. Just say give your name, LFS license and the car you want to drive like so:

LX4 - Anton Tcholakov (axus)

You can only take an LX4 or an LX6
I'll drop you a pm with the password and we can see if the server will hold for Tuesday.

Last edited by axus, Mon 29 Jan 2007, 13:31.

Sounds good to me, much thanks.

I'd love to be there for this race as its an awesome combo but my PC is giving me a huge amount of shit and I don't know if I'll get it sorted in time. If not, I'll send out the passwords again from here (this is my dad's PC) and I'll have to ask Jeff to admin the race. I'll confirm as soon as I know for sure.

By real name, I mean your real life name.

Event 9
Date: 30.01.2007
Track: Fern Bay
Configuration: Black
Weather: Clear Day, High Wind
Laps: 15 laps

You know the drill.

Team Name
LX4 Driver - Real name (LFS license)
LX6 Driver - Real name (LFS license)