F9...

If you want to find out more about the assigned keys, take a look at the docs\keys.pdf in your LfS-folder...

Quote from theirishnoob :

they added nascar ???


Wankers!.

Knowing that the licence went to iRacing from 2010 on, we at least know Polyphony has to release GT5 this year...

Quote from UncleBenny :

So did any LFSers make the initial Pro series list?

http://members.iracing.com/iforum/thread.jspa?threadID=38273

My oval rating has been improving now that I've gotten a handle on the truck, don't think I'll be anywhere near the top 250 in 2 months though.

Michael Hohenauer aka huHu_

#11 Guglhupf Racing Team will miss this event...

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

Didn't know the sim-racing enthusiast didn't have enough choice already.......

Yeah, loads of sims out there with the latest Beemers, Porsches, GTRs and so on... Oh, wait - there isn't a single one! :doh:

Just a guess here, but I THINK the only people knowledgeable enough to decide are the devs... And I don't see a red name here...

I can only comment on the CSPs...

In short, throttle and clutch work brilliantly, but the very long throw can't be adjusted as the pot stops working because the magnet isn't right next to it anymore... As for the load cell - I haven't got it in a sufficiently working state all evening - I get an effective travel of just 60 steps... For a few moments it seems to get better, then I have to throw a good bit of my body weight to get it over 20%, and sometimes it stop registering load at all, even when I basically stand on it - as it does right now...

Fanatec is working on a new firmware - I hope that redeems those problems...

Quote from BenjiMC :

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame

Yeah...

You may not have noticed, but the only times there were anything else than static cameras and the odd interview were when the race was broadcasted on DSF, a german sports channel... So the next time you'll see something other than s/f-straight and paddock will be on Sunday from 13:00 to the finish...

Webstream for the ADAC 24h is online... It's only ads at the moment, the real stream should start in a few minutes... I could make out two streams, both seem to be the standard DSL-stream... Anyway, here the URL to both streams (like last year really):

http://wige-iptv.com/cms/livecast/24h/live3-4.asx
http://wige-iptv.com/cms/livecast/24h/live7-8.asx

The live map is also online at http://events001.gps-explorer.de/ More teams than I expected to show, seems a bit slow though and the map itself fails to load...

Last edited by bbman, Sat 23 May 2009, 13:31.

Might not fit THAT well into here - anyway, a reminder that the ADAC 24h race is on this weekend... And you can watch the whole race live on the internet: http://adac.24h-rennen.de/news ... 24h-live-im-internet.html (news bulletin in german) There will be two streams which will require DSL, the higher quality one even 2 Mbit download capacity... They'll be streaming from Saturday 15:30 to Sunday 16:30...

Additionally, you'll be able to watch where the cars are on the track on a live track map from GPSauge.de: http://adac.24h-rennen.de/news ... auge-auf-der-strecke.html (also in german) It has to be said though that only teams who choose to run the transmitter will be displayed - so it might be pretty scarce...

Quote from mutt107 :

lol what a dumbass

Both of them actually... Driving 10/10ths in a full course yellow is mindboggingly stupid... And the other one disrespected the first rule for exiting the pits: don't cross the fecking lines!

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

What the hell have you done to your car?

Slap the stock grill back on, it looks stupid without it.

Nah, it looks... happy!

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

I could list various firearms and vehicular goofs.

Heh, every second film has a weapon firing after you could clearly see the slider is locked back (=no ammo left)... The other half has an unlimited clip-size hack on...

I didn't (I clarified that in the very post you got my statistics from)...

Quote from richard dk :

Barber Motorsports Park haven't bought (yet)
Infineon schedule
Road America haven't bought (yet)
Road Atlanta haven't bought (yet)
Silverstone schedule
Watkins Glen haven't bought (yet)

You should REALLY re-read my post...

Quote from gezmoor :

Simple fact of the matter is that turbo engines have a better torque curve for racing on a lot of circuits.

Fixed that for you...

I wish people would stop turning my words as if I said the deal is a bad thing...

To clarify, things I'm NOT expressing are:
-it won't help iRacing
-we won't get more members
-oval guys are favoured
-roadies get nothing

If there would be an iRacing version of the LfS bingo, I'd win it with ease just with the replys to my post(s)...

It will bring many members, yes... And I've lost count how many times I've heard those new members will race the road side as well - BS... Just look at the road stats, not that many US-flags there... I tried the oval side (I may try again sometime), I find nothing in it, why should it be different with someone else the other way round?

There really isn't much info in the announcement, that little bit is dug deep in a wall of marketing speak. The only things it clearly states are:
-NASCAR gives its name
-there will be a NASCAR-sanctioned league starting next year

Yes, it will make iRacing much more visible (only in the US though), but there is absolutely no mention of Grand-Am, TV coverage or anything... IF it had been continuous TV coverage (at a reasonable timeslot for added bonus), THAT would've been worthy of all the "think big"-talk IMO... Let sim-racing talk for itself, we don't need copying - that's my view...

@richard: You could've just looked up my LfSW-profile, but I post it here anyway: Bernhard Bendl

Last edited by bbman, Sun 17 May 2009, 10:49.

Quote from PMD9409 :

iRacing partners with Nascar.

http://iracing.com/newsEvents/article.php?id=106&lc=1

For all that "think big for #4!", this is pretty underwhelming, to put it diplomatically... One thing more for the oval guys to play with, but helps the road racing side of things nothing at all...

I'm also not sure how iRacing's target group and NASCAR's following are supposed to match up...

Quote from Migz :

I was about to ask the topic creator why they were looking at/on a gay website......then i realised it was Becky.

Why is it something different with her? It shouldn't matter who it is...

Just a reminder that at 1750 GMT, the second round of FIA GT is started at Adria Raceway... Earlier today, Wendlinger got Pole 3 tenths of a second before the two Maseratis, and the Brixia Porsche of Martin Ragginger snatched Pole - the first time for Porsche at this track...

Quote from BigPeBe :

This thread actually reminded me of one unrealistic feature in LFS. Yes it's the small puffs of smoke from tires.

Weirdly if you get your tires hot enough, they will produce a bit of smoke even in the straights when you're not even burning any rubber actually.
This doesn't happen IRL.
It's not maybe the most important things to get corrected in LFS, but it can be a bit annoying sometimes, at least when watching the replay.

If there's no already, someone should make a improvement suggestion out of this.

Actually, only one thing is wrong: the heat model of the surface of the tyres... They heat much more rapidly (and also cool down much more rapidly) than in LfS - just think about the burning sensation you get from falling down on the street - and that's a speed of maybe 20 km/h (at best) where friction didn't even last half a second... Get the heat model right and you'll see so much more realistic smoke generation...

Quote from Intrepid :

Slavery was only abolished around 200 years ago and I can assure that really isn't a LONG time at all.

By that logic, the two world wars happened just yesterday... Yesterday wasn't that rough though...

Quote from zeugnimod :

I disagree.

He's right though... If you're behind, it IS your fault with the ONLY exception being brake testing... Only once you get alongside, things change...

Quote from jimaxx :

One of the Surreal members was planning to remake it propely, and like...set it up right and not change the date on the day its supposed to be done, I'll have a talk with him and see if he can get it done.

If it is and anyone needs me: give me a call (PM)... Didn't play for like two years but did reasonably ok back then...