Yea I figured that was the case Sebastian, but I'm just saying in general I'd rather people sign themselves up. But your on the list of pending participants.

I would prefer it if people signed only themselves up to the event. I have not enforced it for the two "offenders" but I will not accept it from this point down.

Yes, the participant list is growing at record rates, but I will do everything I can to make sure as many people get a chance at the fun, so there shouldn't be much need to sign up friends, even if they approve.

Just so people are aware, I did not add participants to those that "signed up" before I posted the details, and whom did not sign up the proper way. (See first post).

Bambo - I will consider and test that track at some point.

Okay all, I've added the date and time:

Head-to-Head: The Gathering Event will be held Saturday, January 8th, 2011 at 19:00utc.

Car/Track Combo is yet to be determined. I will announce it as soon as possible, suggestions are open.

Great! Sounds like there is plenty of interest. I will sort out dates, combos and other info, then post back here requesting for sign-ups.

As the date is not set in stone, it'd be hard for people to confirm their spot. But beyond that it would be first come first serve, for those 20.

I haven't been active in the multiplayer aspect of LFS for quite sometime, casual racing (as I've found this last week), has been reduced to minimal. So this is checking interest, which may be extremely high - or possibly low.

If you will be wanting to enter, just keep watching this thread for when it starts.

This is not an invite only event, although I do hope to see many familiar faces, and hopefully a few new ones.

Hey racers,

It has been an astronomical time compared to what it was meant to be. But I have finally found the _real_ internet again, where I can actually race online.

So on behalf of Sim Racing Society I would like to say it is time to run a Head-to-Head event, as we've been burning to do for a long time.

Combo information, date nor time (likely to be 19:00utc) are not set at this point. The event will be held on a Saturday or Sunday in January 2011. There will likely be a test event prior to this, just so I can make sure the systems work and all that fun stuff...

Stay tuned, and as always - Immerse Yourself.


Head-to-Head is not a traditional race. This is 1v1, "Head-to-Head", for 1 lap and 2 races. Each driver gets a chance to lead a lap, unless a Pass-to-Win was initiated by the following driver passing the leader. Always aim for the best time possible, as the better time gives you the following position in the next round, provided you didn't get knocked out. For more information on the rules, please read: The Head-to-Head Rule Book, thanks.

When: January 8th, 19:00utc
Combo: TBD

To Sign-up:

Full Name Registered for the Series (LFSUserName)
Past events participated:

Ex: Tim Beaudet (blackbird04217)
Winter Series 09, Summer Series 09, All-Stars, Test Events? None? etc



Sign-ups (This is not the final participant list)
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1. Tim Beaudet (blackbird04217)
2. Eduardo de Souza (du Souza)
3. Niko Demec (HighRoad)
4. Scott MacDonald (Mackie The Staggie)
5. Tommy Østgaard (Tomhah) (can't make it)
6. Adelin Demetrius (BAMBO)
7. Chris Ford (CSF)
8. Chris Wilkinson (Wilko868)
9. Sebastian Hutchinson (Seb66) (can't make it)
10. Zdeněk Cagaš (Kid222)
11. Anton Moroz (EliteAti)
12. Oscar Hardwick (oscarhardwick)
13. Niko Puntola (nikopdr)
14. Reno Kööts (VTiRacing)
15. Bernhard Bendl (bbman)
16. Chris Karsten (Chrisuu01)
17. Patrik Seidler (zeugnimod)
18. Oskari Rinne (manneF1)
19. Arturs Jonaitis (ennD)
20. Joe Holmes (Kart-36)
21. Stefan Alfons (Stefani24)
22. Nolan Scott (bigtime)
23. Ryan Cullen (Tur8o)
24. Tomek Nogieć (Imol)
25. Niall McEvoy (niall09)
26. Nathan Lamothe (nathan246)
27. Taha El Alaoui (evilpimp)
28. Patryk Koltowski (patryk_dk)
29. Jason Lovett (jasonl220)
30. Roland Osza (Töki (HUN))
31. Simon Cattell (SCA-F1)
32. Christian Kistner (kiste)
33. Martin Kapal (Flame CZE)
34. Przemek Wdowiarz (przemek21061995)
35. Andris Pavars (andRo.)
36. Niall Murray (n-murray)
37. Sean Williams (xtraction)
38. Axel Falck (MonkeyHead)
39. Mathias Wentjärvi (suzuki94)
40. David Williams (DaveWS)
41. Connor Mason (91mason91)
42. Elon Berisha (ElonB13)
43. Jonathon Pickard (rc10racer)
44. Shaun Dacosta (shaun463)
45. Alex Gassman (minimaxman)
46. Andy O'Brien (aobrien)
47. Eimantas Kasperiunas (oldnavy)
48. Laurynas Matonis (prOmo_LTU)
49. Thilo Falkenberg (TFalke55)
50. Ralph Purvins (sjava)
51. Jarno Lehikoinen (MaunoKasa)

Accepting as many people as sign-up to gauge interest, and possibly a 32 player event / two 16 player events... In the worst case a maximum of 20 participants will be accepted for qualification, at which only 16 will actually compete in the event.

The 20 participants _MAY_ or may NOT be first come/first serve. Sim Racing Society reserves the right to pick through the desired participants by any means; first come, past h2h participation, speed etc.

Last edited by blackbird04217, Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:49. Reason : Added participant(s)

I believe this thread is at least two-weeks early, an as such I have not committed to any goals/plans for 2011. However several ideas are on the table;

I plan on releasing my indie project, which I was hoping to release in 2010, but it continues, depending on available time.

I would like to build my next PC, but that depends on extra finances.
I would like to get my motorcycle fixed up and go riding more this year.
I would like to go on a few weekend long hiking trips, hopefully including my dad for some of that 'quality' time.
Perhaps I may continue the pay off the smaller student loan, I will have a better chance starting the new-year with a solid job.
Head-to-Head Racing Series will make a return, in some fashion or another.
I'd like to start my other planned league(s), with time permitting.
Maybe finish my scrapbook from my adventure almost 2 years ago!
Maybe go to the LFS Karting Event, cross the puddle for the first time and hangout.
Maybe I will create a more realistic reading/writing goals of like 12 books and 12 2-5 page stories.
Take more photos?

These are all just thoughts, I will come back closer to the new year to commit to those that I deem possible, and important to me at that time.

Quote from logitekg25 :

there needs to be one for 2011 now

In a few weeks, yes. But it is a tad early I think.

B U M P

Okay guys & gals, 2010 is nearing an end shortly. Just over a month remaining. I can say I haven't made many of my goals this year. I wanted to pay off my "small" student loan, of which I kept paying the minimum amounts, and I am glad I was able to do that all year considering I only had 3 months of work in the Game Industry. (Changing very soon). So that goal will continue into 2011, since I will have a solid position, it seems at this time.

As for reading, I did read a lot more this year than I have in the past, which I consider good. However I only read about 12-14 books from cover to cover. Probably two or three more if I added up the miscellaneous articles/chapters. And certainly well over if you add any reading from the interwebs, which I don't count.

Writing, well this was a flop. I think I have seven, one page stories I wrote, not including forum posts, blog posts or other internet related writing. So, I busted on the reading/writing end for faults of my own, where-as I can't feel bad at all about the financial goal. I don't think I will continue the writing goal at this time. I have other ongoing plans/goals etc that seem to have higher priority than reading/writing to me. So on with those.

I am about to put some more effort into the A.I.R.S. project using LFS for a few days. I don't expect to make leaps of progress, actually I am planning on rewriting a lot of the networking, and making an official protocol for the A.I.R.S. project so that at a later date it will/should be compatible with more than just LFS.

At this time I still don't want to release this publicly, due to the setup of the PPJoy virtual controller being less unfriendly than I would like. I will be sure to share replays of my programmed driver as it makes progress as I already did above.

I plan on making an LFS communication program that takes all Insim, Outsim and Outgauge packets, and converts them into packets that AIRS will use. The communication program will also receive control packets from AIRS which it will use to play LFS via the Virtual Controller. None of this is news to those who followed along, really all I am doing is separating communication portion of the project into a separate Communicator.exe.

Once this step is done, I should be able to run the Communicator.exe and LFS.exe on my laptop, while programming/running AIRS on my desktop. Finally.

Unfortunately I don't see much going on beyond that at this time. I've been swamped with my Indie Project, making code samples and doing programming tests. Trying to find a job, which I may have finally done. Helping and visiting family... But, with this puzzle piece out of the way, I should be able to start the more interesting pieces since I have been offered a little bit of help.

Thanks for the interest, and hopefully I will work on this project more in the year to come.

I can't say this is the most recent image, but the area is typical... I took the screenie while eating some Chinese Take-out...

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/3272/p1030752a.jpg

TV Remote
Bowl of Chinese
Laser Pointer (cat)
Camera cloth, (camera would be there, but was obviously in use!)
Some birthday cards, months after...
My dead cellphone, though I want to use it again eventually (my other phone sits next to it, but is likely in my pocket)

Small updates, but still even little progress is still progress. Which is a good thing. http://www.ludumdare.com/compo ... s-deadline-come-and-gone/

Thanks for the support guys!!

Not one bit at all, I've been updating my twitter "twitter.com/timbeaudet" whenever something changes on the project. I am looking into writing another blog post shortly, maybe tomorrow night?

But yes, feel free to post about it, share the links etc.

Last edited by blackbird04217, Mon, 1 Nov 2010 22:26. Reason : added my twitter info

You can get fuel through outgauge, but it is not shared over the system; ie - you would need each player to connect to your specific outgauge application. I don't think it should be added to InSim for security reasons alone, what if I don't want people knowing my fuel usage? There is a reason F12 while spectating a car besides 'yours' doesn't show fuel.

Quote from DieKolkrabe :

I'm following this

Quote from TehPaws3D :

Hey that looks pretty nice, Well done.

Quote from shaun463 :

Looks like some damn good work.

Thanks for the support guys, time has been extremely limited over the last few weeks, and I am about two and a half weeks behind where I want to be, but I am committed and I will see this project through to the end.

Well guys I have the very first gameplay footage video available. It actually is _not_ footage of the gameplay, but is from a replay.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va1kOtma4pI

I haven't got sounds, and didn't even make a voice over : / but it is just a teaser for those that wanna follow.

Enjoy.

It is very likely that won't happen, although I promise it will have a pretty unique feature that I hope will be enjoyed by many. It isn't that parts couldn't be purchased and added to build your own car, but that isn't in the plans at this time, and I sorta feel it takes away from some of my goals with the project.

That isn't to say this is as serious as LFS though, because it isn't.

New updates for anyone who is following along. Also, I think I've picked a name, although I haven't set it in stone yet; Scrapyard Racing Inspired byTehPaws3D. The theme will be lighthearted, fun, and somewhat 'junk' or scrapyard based.

Anyways, for the new updates read here:http://www.ludumdare.com/compo ... ckbirds-lack-of-gameplay/

Well guys I have new updates to the blog. Not a whole lot has been completed progress wise, but I added a couple more screenshots and discussed current plans and the little progress that has happened:

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo ... /blackbirds-falling-down/

As always, enjoy. Also feel free to follow along at: Twitter.com/timbeaudet

I'm not sure it is entirely fitting, and the game isn't really about building cars; although I have a setup phase planned where you can setup the car for a particular race. It will be surprisingly simple compared to LFS's setups, but it will be fun...

I'd have to say, even if the name isn't entirely fitting; Scrapyard Racers is along the best name idea I've seen yet; though I have not picked it for the final name.

Friendly reminder, this project is not a simulation focused racing project. It would be more like Generally, for those that played/remember it. With some emphasis on strategy and resource management to give a better idea for those trying to pick the name!

Well the editor is nearing completion, best name I've come up with so far is The Best Racer : / Or Tim Beaudet's Racer. Heh, yea...

Anyways, I've added a new post, for those who want to follow along. I appreciate the kind words guys, and hopefully some of you enjoy watching this project progress from just an idea, to something real.

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo ... /blackbird-week-1-wrapup/

I can say it won't rival LFS, and I can (probably) say that it won't be as arcadey as hyntty wants! However I believe/hope the physics will be somewhere in the believable realm, but also easy to grasp. I want turns to require braking, but I think the brakes will be a little more over powered than realistic, just for easy controls.

A demo is in the plans, certainly but I don't want to talk too much about what/how it will work since it hasn't got to that point, even though I have an idea how I want it to work.

TehPaws3S - Yes in the editor you build the track with nodes, which basically hold a little bit of information that can be manipulated. Then the track is build procedurally off these nodes. This reduces the work load quite a bit. I need to get some food in me, and then get back to work since I have a long way to go...