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Greedy Bernie fails.
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Sigh.

How people can be so anxious for a fwd trolly.

Have some patience. It's not like LFS is badly broken at the moment. High nose doesn't give you speed, you can filter cruising and MRT is still awesome.

I can undestant the excitement a bit. I remember when CMX viewer was such a tease before the first S2 release was out, the cars where there for months, now we got one car you can't drive. Couldn't care less. I'm going to like the patch, but at the moment I'm just curious what else than a new car we get. I'd have my money on Easter as they like holidays, but not a big deal for me.

And I read something about the devs calling their customers idiots. Can we have a quote on that please?
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Jack likes to play fort.

Or maybe it's his new home.
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Quote from speedway :
Sorry again for the incident in race2, next time i make sure my wheel is properly tightened to the desk and wont come off -resulting in a spin and major havoc- again.

Did someone save the replay of that race btw?

Replay attached.

Had a blast in the first race. Almost every lap was pb, was chasing down the top three and got 3rd when loco spun. Was fun, but I wish it had been more of a race.

Can't remember much from race two, only that huge crash on the first lap.

But the long race was a freaking nightmare of all times, I was just too tired to drive I guess. Had to pit after doing a huge flip on the last chicane and lost a lap. After that I managed to spin on my own at least three times. Disaster really.
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Was the weather dry for the whole second practice session? Had to leave for work in the middle of it so I couldn't see, but nice to have Ferrari on top. I'm not putting any money on anything for the qualifying before saturday practice is over though.
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I don't understand how it's not clear.

They tell Lewis to let Trulli pass, then he says he has done it.

If they claimed they didn't tell him to let Trulli pass and he just overtook them they are lying.

McLaren failed the trust of the steward by lying what they had told Lewis to do. I can't understand what's the controversy. The penalty given to Trulli was based to the assumption McLaren were telling the truth and in my opinnion failing that trust deserves a punishment.
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Quote from tristancliffe :An inline 4 four with a crossplane crank? i.e. only only one cylinder at TDC at any moment and 90° between firing points? It'll vibrate itself to death in about 2 minutes.

Quote :In late 2008 Yamaha announced they would release an all new R1 for 2009. The new R1 takes engine technology from the M1 Moto GP bike with its crossplane crankshaft, the first ever production motorcycle to do so. Crossplane technology, puts each connecting rod 90° from the next, with an uneven firing interval of 270°- 180°- 90°- 180°.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_YZF-R1#2009

I'm not sure what that is suppose to mean, but yeah I guess it has such...system.
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Greed got what it deserved. After such good and blessed drive they should have been happy with their 4th place.
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Well, I hope you can get to it some day. I say you start with ditching the social life and sleep. For motivation, I'm sure we can send you some jaffa cakes and cookies.
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Quote from Bob Smith :That version was never publically released, it was leaked by a beta tester. As such, the devs do not want that copy distributed further, so if you happen to come across it, please do not post links or instructions here. Thanks.

Btw, have you worked on your ultimate tweak tool lately, or have you buried it for good?
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I don't doubt that fast light cars can't get airborne. But I'm not sure if the speed that Soutcity jump needed was realistic for the box the car is.
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Can't we it 1 hour earlier to 18:30 UTC, 19:30 +3 starts to be late for me at least.
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The third Concept skin for the Easter Island Pirates team.
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How many is there actually?
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25,42 kg
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Quote from pearcy_2k7 :http://www.tomgarner.co.uk/uploaded_images/caterham.jpg - Maybe not so unrealistic Blackout.

That's is a much bigger dip than the South city slope, or at least it looks like it. But yes, maybe not that far, although I wonder how such box would manage the speed in real life.

Quote :Theres a picture somewhere of a modified Caterham like car at the ring with a big spoiler and body mods but i can#t find it now

Donkervoort D8 RS maybe? http://www.ultimatecarpage.com ... 69/Donkervoort-D8-RS.html

That actually has even crazier power to weight ration.
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Quote from JeffR :It would be nice to upgrade the current LX series to reflect the current Seven replicas, like the Caterhams.

A real Caterham CSR uses a 4 cylinder 2.3 liter engine and comes in 200 hp and 260 hp version. An LX4 could be 140 hp, LX6 200 hp, and LX8 260 hp, even though all would be 4 cylinder engines. With 260 hp, top speed increases from 140 mph to 255 mph.

Bias ply racing slicks for the LX8 (or LX6) would be nice and duplicate the slicks used for many Caterham based racing events. I tested the patch Z LX6 and the LX's physics has improved greatly since the S1 days. It's no longer that difficult to drive.

Yes, yes I totally agree. A beefier LX would be so awesome. I know they are not the most favorite car as it can be tricky for the beginner, but it provides awesome racing when you got to drive it with people who can.

LX8 is in the terms of internet almost epic fail. The LFS physics where not up to date when it was made and a heavier V8 doesn't suit such car at all. And of course, that the car would have been too fast for a box with the LFS physics.

LX6 with slicks and about 190 kw and power to weight ratio of 500 hp per tonne is rather awesome. And not that far from reality either as that's what the Caterham R500 is.

And of course it's mainly awesome, because it does this.

Flying car might have been too powerful, but it was still awesome.
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Quote from DevilDare :Fair enough. Lets say Kubica Vettel didnt crash and Trulli wanst penalised.
Hamilton would of been 6th. 18th to 6th in one of a shittiest cars on the track, i think i still would of been very happy. And the point i was making is that the Ferraris were laughing at him, especially when he made the comment about pushing hard in the race. And he did while the Ferraris were kissing the walls and blowing up or whatever happened to almighty Massa.

You can't laugh at Lewis without being a Ferrari. Should try I guess, because I've always wanted to be a motorcar.

You got to see the irony on the situation compared what he said last year and where he was on the grid now and stuff he said. Have some sense of humour.
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Trulli made a better job than Hamelonton. He started dead last from the pits and technically finished 3rd. But as he is not a miracle wonder boy he doesn't get any credit for it and it was pure luck. Lews did it with pure skill.
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Quote from PaulC2K :
I really do think the tyre rules are a joke though, insisting on skipping a tyre compound in order to make it shit for the drivers at some point....

Yep, and we can see how dangerous that got in the last laps.

But got to give credit for Bmnoton and Brawn GP. Amazing dominating speed start to finish. The old brazilian was a disappointment for me, had thought he had more experience than try that sort of desperate move on Kimi. Haemealton also had great finish, surprised he ended up that high, he did have some luck, but still well done for him.

The race itself looked like a noobfest at times, some good overtaking but I think all that action was down more to the bad tires they provide than new aerodynamics. It's silly and as I said, ended up plain dangerous in the end, especially those tires escaping free on the track. I doubt that the low setting sun didn't help either.

Oh, and why it took so ****ing long for the safety car to get on the track the first time? You could straight away see in how bad position Nakajima's car was, and that there was debris on the track, still it took them ages to get SC up. Plus, why on earth they didn't black flag Vettel when he tried to finish the race, that's just stupid as him defending his position in the first place and causing the crash.
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Quote from danthebangerboy :Its bloody uncontrollable IMO.

I had a few evenings in real life driving about on a muddy field in a 2.8 V6 mk2 ford granada with a locked diff and well built engine and standard 185/60/14 road tyres fitted, and i was able (after a little practice) to get that to go around corners at a decent speed.

any RWD car on tarmac should be easier to control than a car with a good 160bhp being driven on mud with a locked diff i would say.

Comparing an old beat up Ford with to a mid engine sport car doesn't work, no matter how you twist it doesn't. Two completely different things.

What makes the RAC "hard" is the lack of rear abr and the rmr layout, just as ussbeethoven mentioned earlier.

I find it much more easier car to drive than FZ5 the whaling boat, it's harder than LX6 most of the time, therefore more rewarding to drive.
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But the diffuser and rear wings are two completely separate things.

There is a clear rules for the wings that says they can't bend under set testing weight.

There is a hole in the rules what it comes to the diffuser, and it's legality is a matter of reading the book in different way. There is no way to measure if they are illegal or not.
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Team would loose the points I guess, drivers would be left untouched, I think it has been the case whenever such rulings have been made, not completely sure though. Unfortunate if that happens, having double standards and making something illegal and punishing afterwards is not fair. As that means the ruling body could just ban the winning car in the end of the season saying it was illegal because we don't like you.
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Quote from DevilDare :
I mean, this is just a sign that the diffuser problem will be brought up and Brawn, Williams and Toyota will be stripped of their wins/points. Thats what i think anyway.

Can't see them taking away the points that have been taken with a car accepted legal by the race stewards. They might ban the diffuser, but taking away points weeks after the race doesn't sound likely to me.
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Quote from senn :Boost spiking. You need to use a proper electronic boost controller and external wastegate instead of using a bleed tap and fuel cut defender


Nah TBH i have no idea, networking isn't my thing :P

He is talking about online user spikes in LFS.
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