Quote from NSX_FReeDoM :

One question though, so which browser is actually the fastest?
Because when Chrome came out, they said its the fastest. Then Safari 4 came out, Apple then said its the fastest. Firefox 3.5 came out, people said its faster than Chrome. So which browser is actually the fastest? It's getting a bit confusing.

I'd say Opera is still the daddy concerning speed... It's blazingly quick (set it to immidiate page display and increase the number of connections if your bandwith can handle it and the page really is there in an instant) and it doesn't have FF's sluggishness to user input...

Quote from Vain :

At least on my singlecore laptop Opera 9.63 is vastly quicker than Firefox 3.5.
That's mostly to do with the way Opera responds to system events. It switches window focus or tabs immediately instead of having to think first like Firefox. It goes forwards and backwards also near-instantly while FF takes feeled ages to do the same task.
The addon-based SpeedDial for Firefox also completely kills the user experience. I don't want to wait for some 500ms to open a tab and see my preferred pages. Neither do I like it that Firefox takes a full tenth of a second to highlight the elements of the SpeedDial where Opera does the same task instantly.
Also, for some reason and contrary to what that study above claims, over here Opera appears to use less RAM than Firefox. Though that may be due to the setting I use in Opera whereas I used standard settings for Firefox.

On the bright side Firefox 3.5 doesn't feel quite as sluggish as older versions of Firefox did. So for people with the necessary system resources (e.g. dual core processor) it might be a good option due to the very good collection of addons.

Vain

Completely agree, the pages are now loading faster, but it's just painstakingly slow at reacting to user input... Also, I really miss middle-clicking on the tab-bar to open a new tab and I find the icon-/address-bar being below the tab-bar just makes more sense for tabbed browsing than the conventional layout of FF...

Quote from atledreier :

Try mentioning the development speed of LFS on this forum for a true display of fanboyism..

No need, it seems a new fad to complain about LfS on the iRacing forum, I'll just rant there...

Seriously, nobody in his right mind here would disagree when you say the development speed is (too) slow... However, once you start with development has stalled or you demand Scavier accepting your business strategy people will challenge your post, and rightly so...

Quote from PMD9409 :

Ok, so then many users leave because iR doesn't add new features, then what do you think will happen? At the moment it is probably more people are joining than leaving, so they are thinking "if it is not broken, don't fix it".

iRacing say they have 12000 members, I guess about half (or more) of them with a frozen account... Wouldn't you agree that getting those 6000 back and holding them would be easier (and cheaper) than to attract thousands more for a quarter or less? Especially bearing in mind that those 6000 have already shown interest and intention of driving in iRacing...

Quote from Jertje :

It's been stated many times that the development teams are split in such a way that physics, track and car development are separate entities within the iRacing development team. If they stop working on cars, it only means that they stop releasing cars, not that they can magically start improving physics at a faster rate. The car modelling teams would just be doing nothing; they don't magically convert to physics engineers and immediately integrate into a completely different team efficiently.

They might not be experts, but a helping hand is a helping hand nonetheless...

Quote from The Moose :

In which case it's obvious that the content makers are more than earning their salary, and the guys in charge of the core simulation features have been on holiday for 5 out of the 6 years of development.

There is no excuse whatsoever to still have none of the features i mentioned. If Scawen and Kunos can manage to implement them in their sims then the multimillon dollar, huge staff project that is iRacing should have them, and should have had them from release.

iRacing is great in so many ways (i like it far more than i thought i was going to) but hugely lacking in others, and theres no excuse for it at all.

The races are clean and produce a tension i've not experienced in public server racing before, but it all feels a bit "gamey" at times and that is hugely disappointing.

I said that (not as explicitly, but still) in a thread about why people don't subscribe(!) and got told off to be able to "hold off until I think there's enough features implemented" to make my monies worth... iRacing certainly isn't lacking fanboyism...

Team Name: Guglhupf Racing Team
Car Number: 11
Drivers:
R.Pirringer [Brilwing] AUT
G.Haiderer [Isehwurscht] AUT
B.Bendl [bbman] AUT

I heard on the iRacing forums that Chris is designing a new version of the Obutto... I hope/expect him to get the measurements down to a level where euro parcel delivery companies will finally take the packages...

Quote from tristancliffe :

"Username already taken" - so presumably you've either done it, or someone has tried to be a git!

There is a clue...

Quote from Pablo Donoso :

I dunno, I would have bought it on my real net handle, "F2OOO" but I forgot the password when I bought the one I have now, so I had to make another one.

Quote from BenjiMC :

FOM has taken MY videos that I took of the F1 race that costs £200!!!! per ticket down form youtube. Apperently i am breaking some copyright?

Claim intellectual property on the video shot with your own camera? Unless you signed a paper or there is licencing text on the back of the ticket it is your property...

Quote from Bandit77 :

do we want to continue smart assing?

You just added to my statement rather than contradicting it, refuting yours yourself in the process... I can't see a discussion unfolding on you coming around and agreeing with me, so no...

Quote from Bandit77 :

If you look at it this way, you also save petrol by using your regular brakes.

Actually, no... You're even wasting it, as the amount of energy coming from the fuel that previously propelled you along is now turned into useless heat in the brakes...

Only question is how much were the other teams sandbagging... I suspect the RBs were flat out to test if their upgrades work as expected, but you usually keep your cards close on Friday...

Quote from anttt69 :

do the rookie series even race on daytona?

No, but you can look at it that way: you've purchased Daytona and now play three months for free...

GTR:Evo claims to have the most authentic version... Comparing it to videos (never driven the real thing), I would agree although some things still seem off...

Quote from coors68 :

Hi, guys
Thank you for replying.
I understand that XFG will not effect h&t very well.
Then I will change car which is XRG to practice h&t and get better lap time.
Thanks again.

You don't seem to understand - Heel & Toe is just a technique to prevent locking up the tyres under braking... The effect on your laptimes will in best case be minimal - your line and how soon you can put the power down (and subsequently hold that speed difference down the whole straight) will affect your times so much more... I'm not saying it's completely unimportant, just that it won't make you as fast as you hope it to...

Just think about that: even in South City, a very twisty circuit, you're on the brakes maybe 20 %, you should never be off both pedals, that leaves 80 % of the track applying the throttle - where do you think lies more potential?

Scawen said that he can do a basic aero model based on the actual shape (state) of the car... However far he has progressed with that and if it's even featured in the near future we can only speculate...

Anyway, as most other physical objects on the track I suspect broken off parts won't stay around for long - I'm guessing they'll be removed as fast as cones or tyres are reset...

How about setting the file to read-only? You have to expect some problems though, as you see such high values aren't foreseen(?)...

Quote from Nicce :

hello peeps..

i´m looking to edit the .dds file for the rubberline´s @ tracks..

u know the black raceline that is orginal in the curves "looks like 100 race cars allready been through the corner before u"
i´m not looking for the tyre skidmark dds file that one is called: racelinealpha

You're out of luck: it's the same texture for both...

Quote from ajp71 :

The wall isn't the issue here, it's avoidable contact after the finish.

Not entirely true... Even in the best possible case a car would be thrown back onto the track which is also inacceptable...

I don't see why the walls have to be placed right on the edge of the track in the first place, you clearly see if there is a wreck there is no room to slow the car down before hitting something hard...

Quote from AstroBoy :

Maybes his being paid money stacks as taller then him imagine.

Not really an achievement, now is it?

Radio Le Mans is almost as bad as the Eurosport commentators... Discussing about how a F1-driver is used to 3 half-hour stints and so on... Are they forgetting Wurz started in Sports Car racing before changing to F1? And on that basis, Kristensen would be used to 3 10-minute-sprints... :banghead:

Quote from Bboy-MassUK :

Thats ok then. Ive already been flammed once today for mentioning my Rig Specs in a post.lol

That wasn't flaming, that was a friendly tease... Don't let it bring you down and you'll have a good time on here...

Quote from TAYLOR-MANIA :

Who knows, maybe Vettel could've won the last race, but Button punished him and made no mistakes. His drives are championship winners.

I think you once again saw what was pretty apparent in Monaco - the Red Bull seems to have an incredible aero package, but it just doesn't have the mechanical grip that makes the Brawns so superior...

The problem with all the fuss right now is: it's much easier to just say something sucks than to come up with something workable oneself... I bet as soon as a breakaway is final they'll all go into cut-throat-mode to try to get rules fitting their team best, ultimately failing because they can't find anything they can agree on...

Quote from james12s :

was plannin on going to the race this year but money means we cant but i am gonna do the full 24 on tv, managed 19 hours last year, and im gonna be on the eurosport forums to especially if theve got the up all night club going again

Other than allegedly the Eurosport Player (which you have to pay for), I haven't found anything that broadcasts all 24h... Everybody seem to just make hourly summaries with a longer bit at start/finish...

G25 and LfS, no problems at all under 7 (64 bit) - I'd even say performance is a tad better than under XP...