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blackbird04217
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To cover additional shipping charges? I am not sure, you would have to ask the seller. I guess shipping because it took a long time to get it over there in the first place.
blackbird04217
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Quote from JO53PHS :What did you use (if anything) to secure the camera in a fixed position? The camera appears to move around at the start - try to avoid moving the camera at all for the best results..

The camera was still - he mentioned he had auto focus on, which is why it seemed to move around a bit.

That is really cool- I wish (and wonder if) my camera can do that - likely not, just a simple point and shoot- but it has taken some awesome pictures so I will have a look in my menus.
blackbird04217
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As I've said before, "fault" isn't necessarily what we need to be concerned with. Who cares WHO is to blame. Lets get it stopped the best we can. And I agree with Squidheads post above, nobody should be boycotting BP - it's a fact of our current day dependency on oil that shit happens...
blackbird04217
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Quote from fastmule :TSW2
bars are moving but a gray bar is the first one and its is pegged all the way?

Your clutch is fully engaged. You need to configure it to invert the clutch axis. There is an invert 0/1 near the axes list or control list.
blackbird04217
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What are the symptoms?
Engine off? rev's too low/zero? Are you stalling the car?
Engine rev's high but no moving? Have you shifted out of neutral?

More information from your end about how the car is behaving might be useful. SoftTH has nothing to do with car movement.
blackbird04217
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Quote from lemming77 :rFactors physics is good enough that half the Formula One grid are using it to give their drivers on-track practice while off the track.

Proof please? I'd be interesting in learning more about this 'fact'.
blackbird04217
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Graphic card drivers? Overheating artifacts?
blackbird04217
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Quote from z-ro 8 :Doesn't anyone take pride in their grammar anymore?

I try. It does annoy me quite a bit to see posts like: "y u b so gd 2day" I mean we have 26 letters and full words for a reason, maybe I just need to get with the times?
blackbird04217
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Quote from Bob Smith : About 16 out of every 1000 posts end up in there.

That is kinda a scary number. 1.6% of all posts go in the bin. . . Meaning you've tossed about 30 of my posts . . . Hmm : /
blackbird04217
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I don't really know about the stockcars, but if LFS starts adding real-life tracks I wouldn't mind seeing Lime Rock, Road America and a bunch of other nice tracks added. That said, I don't want to focus on ovals, although I feel for that part of the community, one or two proper ovals and a car to go along with it would be a nice addition, even if those wouldn't be massively used by me.
blackbird04217
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Quote from ACCAkut :I wonder how different the public reaction in the US would be if the responsible company were named US Petrol instead of British

*saw a short report showing US citizens being asked about it on the streets, hang them in public was one of the more gentle responses*

I love it when people take the view point of a single person/group - typically an outlier at that, and makes it sound like a general thing. I can't speak for the other large portions of US citizens, but I can say that isn't even close to a response I have. As you can read far back up, accidents happen. I don't think it matters who is to blame, because equipment fails, things go wrong. It's a fact of life.

Do I particularly enjoy the oceans turning black? No, but it is something that happens, has happened and will continue to happen with the demand that very close to the entire world puts on the oil resources.
blackbird04217
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I can't answer for bladegt, but I have 3 22" Acer monitors - and being a triple screen setup maybe it is something you'd be interested in hearing about.

I've never had any performance issues, but then again when I upgraded to the 3rd monitor I bought the best gpu at the time; GTX 280 which put a solid dent in the funds but was worth it. My secondary card is an 8800 GTS XXX. I can run LFS on fullest settings - not sure about the AA / AF settings as I don't pay much attention there - I may have 2x but I don't think it is very high.

In anycase; running a resolution of 5040x1050 (3x1680x1050) I get a solid ~70fps abuot 90% of the time. On the start grid it might get into the high-40s' / low-50's depending on track and number of cars - but even this is still very playable and not visually disruptive. The real killer here is the fill-rate of the huge screen buffer. And also using SoftTH which copies part of the buffer from the 280 to the 8800, but I have never had anything bad to say about it...

EDIT: I should mention that I haven't really messed with AA or other settings. And the difference in framerate from bladegt to mine is either CPU related, or possibly fill-rate related - both could be argued as LFS is a bit hefty on the CPU side.
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blackbird04217
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Quote from RiGun :God damn it, the Starctaft 2 beta ended and there isn't even a post with updates on this, this saddens my soul, I bet Diablo III will be out before this new patch.

And your point? You can use it as another thing to play while you wait.
blackbird04217
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Quote from broken :The words register and login don't sound like that to me really.

Well bear with the language barrier a bit? I can't quite get the true point of it myself, but I didn't get the impression it was to unlock LFS or perform any cracking of any sorts. . . Though, I am not sure what else is meant.
blackbird04217
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There is a way in the Ctrl-F / Alt-F options to assign that to a wheel button. And you can make the text say "/shift p" without the quotes, assign it to the wheel button of choice and there you go.
blackbird04217
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"Redbull to tower: I just sh*t my pants..."
blackbird04217
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Quote from J@tko :Oh I did that once on CTRA, but a bit different. I was beeping my horn across the line as I was about to win, but I had the stupid clown one, so I pressed shift-h to change it, but caught shift-g which put me into auto gears and got me spectated about 50m from the line

That is full of fail! (And I'm not talking about spectated for shift-g...) You in first? All in good fun of course!
blackbird04217
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Oooh. That wouldn't be very fun. Typically I wait till the end of the race, save a replay then get screen-shots as desired. Also this allows you to pick the perfect camera shot.

There isn't a way within LFS, and I am not sure but it may/may not be possible with external things. JoyToKey could make it so you have a button on your wheel/gamepad do this for you.
blackbird04217
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I am not defending anyone, and not saying things could or could not be handled better. Honestly it's been quite some time since this started and all attempts thus far have failed? That is pretty crazy.

But to pretend that this stuff doesn't happen, and doesn't effect our blue and green little planet would be a lie. This isn't even the largest oil spill in history, according to wiki. Which was shocking to me. And yes those are horrifying pictures, but imagine all the fish and other animals, as well. It is a giant mess, but there it comes with the territory. Same with other sources of "power" that we have.

Even 'clean' energy of converting falling water into electricity has is disasters. Nuclear power plants have their own disasters and waste products, just as oil is using a non-renewable resource, that took millions? of years to be 'made'. Energy is not free, no matter where it comes from. Including these wind farms, hydrogen driven cars, solar energy. Everything has a price and long term effects that we may not know about now, and may not until a century or more after they become the main source of energy... But nothing is free.

I guess, we have to accept it for what it is, but it would surely be a lot better if instead of pointing fingers at everyone, we would instead hold hands and fix the damn problem. People blame the US, then turn and blame BP, then turn and blame the equipment manufacturers. Then you have the scientists and field experts saying that it might be leaking faster than BP claimed - well then so be it, use your expertise to come up with a valid gameplan on stopping the thing.

Sure politics, and money and other things are involved on a level I won't try to understand, and certainly won't pretend to understand. But standing around with fingers pointing elsewhere isn't solving anything. I do hope this get cleaned up with as minimal environmental disaster as possible. But to pretend things aren't effected is a lie, we effect things even when things are going well. Even if the ocean wasn't turning black we would be effecting the environment.

Am I a complete 'green' person, hell no. I won't try to claim I am. But I do _try_ to keep it in mind from time to time.

*Some of what I said was speculation on my part, although it all came from hear say at the very minimum.
blackbird04217
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Nice pics DWB... Reminds me of my hike a bit, although much drier looking.
blackbird04217
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Oddly I've broken both wrists multiple times, but never while skating.
blackbird04217
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The LFS automatic transmission won't shift that early. It waits till the car gets much closer to redline / optimal shift points... For racing purposes and not fuel economy like most real life cars.

As Bob said, you can shift when you want. It will make the acceleration slower as you are not within the cars powerband. But also remember most real cars with automatic transmissions will remain in lower gears and climb to higher RPMs when your foot is on the floor. So do consider a bit how that comes into play.

I'm not sure what the purpose of shifting that early would be during a race,
blackbird04217
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Just make some sacrifices somewhere else in your budget. Things are not free. LFS cost as much as going to the movies 2 or 3 times. Depending on how often you go to the movies, it will take a week, to a month - possibly a few months. If your not a movie goer, then find what you do spend something like $5 on, and make a small "sacrifice". Or the next time you buy Call of Duty, Need for Speed, or any other AAA title out there that is overly popular for ~5hr of "entertainment" think of buying LFS instead. It has been the cheapest entertainment I've ever bought... Played now for more than 4 years. Not too many products can I say that about. Well worth the tiny bit they ask for, and don't expect handouts; just make a small sacrifice where you spend your money, and use that to save and buy LFS.
blackbird04217
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Change this option to no. Options -> Misc -> AI use player colours
blackbird04217
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Quote from roadrash17 :this is slightly avoiding the question at hand, but I feel I should mention it. Depending on the weight of the car, the car has a sweet spot for minimal gas usage. On lighter cars it is roughly 65 MPH and on heavier cars, such as trucks it is more towards 45 MPH iirc. So, the fuel usage is going to depend on the weight of the car for the most part.

You are right about the sweet spot, but it is more to do with resistance; air resistance, rolling resistance, friction in the transmission and all other resistances acting on the car/truck. Not it's mass. Granted it's mass plays a big role in getting to the sweet spot, but once there maintaining it is the same.
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