Howdy,

Odd question. I have the topic-mentioned wheel. I've calibrated it, but I still get this problem. The gas pedal doesn't work quite 'right'. It jumps up in power. For example, if I press slighty harder, the ingame 'gas' bar stays still, then jumps up a bit, then stays still. Sensitivity is awful, in other words. Does anyone know how to solve this?

They don't have any specific drivers; they use Winbloze generic drivers.

Any advice, at all?

Agreed, although there would have to be a filter for how far through the race you are. Let's say you have a race at Ky. 4 times in a row, some nugget spins out, and takes the whole pack out. For 4 races, everyone is going to have the same crash:distance ratio. That could ruin somone's overall ratio, making it impossible for them to join a server. Has to be done carefully.

Joe Walsh - I like big tits.

Quote from Hankstar :

I was thinking that a CCRS would really only be used for public servers, especially oval racing, and especially with the FO8 which can be a missle of do0m in the wrong hands. Of course most competent racers can handle starting one of those, but there's always a percentage on a pubserv who haven't worked out how to get one off the line without doing a whirling dervish impression A roll-start could help eliminate some pick-up race grid chaos.
With leagues etc. you pretty much assume the guys you race against know what they're doing.
I'd just like to see the option there. It would be a nice addition to LFS imho.

After a day of racing, I still can't get the FO8 off the grid every time. I agree, this would be an awsome option for public servers. Might also eliminate those 'afk' drivers from wiping out half the grid when the ydon't move.

Quote from Gunn :

I highly doubt that the person who hung the flag upside down was having thoughts of burning your country's flag. Mistakes happen. No harm done.

Whereas I agree with that, I think it's inexcusible for such a 'mistake' to occour at such a highly-watched event. Imagine if they had hung an American flag upside down, or British, or any other "well-known" flag, there'd have been outrage. I agree with the post, it's insulting and offensive.

Nuff said. Good race.

Quote from L(Oo)ney :

You lot rember LFS rocketman (think it was that). Pretty much did the same thing as what you described mdmx, gave you a speed boost at the touch of the button.

Anyone remember what happened when it was leaked? I do.

Not a good idea imo mdmx, unless you let us know when people are using it, so it cant be used to cheat.

Ooh.. I wasn't around then, what happened, what happened? (I'm eager to hear the dirty!)

Quote from 2WDinNZ :

I use the same wheel and it works fine.

Install the drivers, they work fine. They do. At least for me.

Another thing.... It could be the calibration on the wheel itself.

Pry off the disc in the centre.
Undo the 4 screws you see.
Pull the wheel off.
Undo the screws behind the wheel. All of them
You will have seen the small, silver, reflective thing by now, and you will ahve understood that the laser or LED on the circuit board uses this to tell where the centre is.

I plugged in the wheel with masking tape on the reflective thing and it just turned and turned and eventually stopped.

So what I'm saying is, that it might not be all software related.

And I'm sure you meant to add "Try this at your own risk. I am not responsible for any damage or injury caused"

*SageNod*

Hehe, good one.

I'm inclined to agree with both points, too. And yes, I use to use hazards to thank people for letting me in/out of a situation. Often-times, groups of 'boy racers' in the UK have hazard-codes, to signal certain things. Not just a hazard light anymore! It's a Public Message System!

*Cough*.

False starts, awsome idea.

LoL.. Both me 'n the wife thought that was hallirious

From experience, under-steer at high speed (If slight) can cause the wheel to become 'light' and loose. Heavy understeer normally results in a 'thrashing' from the wheel. This was without power steering, by the way. I think the difference is slight, but noticable. I don't have FF wheel, so I don't know how it works/feels, but this is my experience of throwing a car in to a spin at 112mph. It can feel lighter.... But if it feels light enough to make a 'genuine' difference to the feeling, that's worthy of such a long discussion, your car is likely to roll... Per experience again.

During my time as a banger racer, we used to reduce pressure in tyres to force the car to behave in different ways, dependent on the track we were on. But yes, too much adjustment and it becomes unpredictable. It has to be.. Delicate

Quote from willemA :

@dave_w11, things have not improved, the restartretards keep pushing 'restart' till the limiter runs out.

I'm completely fed up with the T1 wreckers and the restart retards.
Personally i think restarts are a major pain the the butt.
Quite a percentage of drivers can't manage to not mess it up in T1 or even on the straight leading to and going from a T1...and i'm even more fed up with people immediatly pushing restart as soon as they go off.
As the initial poster says,and i agree, it's usually the people causing a major wreck fest who vote restart...
If you can't make it through turn 1 without wrecking or being wrecked it's tough luck...get your car back on the grey part and drive on.
No reset car, no teleport to pit, no restart, no nothing...
Ive been in busy races where i got punted of in T1, got back on the road and drove on to win, just because everyone keeps on teleporting to the pit as soon as they make a mistake or get punted of the track. People should drive.
Right now most public LFS races are mostly "wreck/pit/exit pit/car reset" fests.

Just give the servers the option of 'no restarts'...

I agree, a 'No restart' option would be good. Sure, some people would hate it, because they didn't cause a crash, but it's a good way to force people to learn how to avoid those broken cars.

A lot of these T1 crashes can be avoided alltogether if you hang back. I always do, beacuse the loss of a second there allows me to steer through any crash, and zip away afterwards.

Caution is the word of the day.

Thank you..

Yes, I thought the fuel load might make some difference. I'll try lowering that. As for the throtte-cut, I don't know if I can do that manually with auto-clutch. I only have four buttons on my wheel, which are set to gear-up, gear-down, look left, look right (I consider clean driving more important than anything else, so I have the look buttons easily accessible)

As for the use of the track.. Yeah, a few people have told me that. Guess I should be a bit crazier on the track.

I've had this happen to me, too. I think it should be impossible to change your name to a name in use on that server already.

Yes, I do. Reason? Ever heard of a game called 'Fire&Ice' on the Amiga? I don't recall who made it. They had a EULA on the discs that came it came on. One part said something to the effect of: "The publisher of the software states that failure to say 'WhoWillyWolly' will result in the legal ownership of the running machine to be transfered to the publisher".

Unfortunately, had they been serious, they would have had *legal* grounding to sieze control of many Amigas. Sad, really, but an unfortunate truth. Also, rumours of Windows 3.11 (For Workgroups) EULA containing a section relating to shoes. Publishers have humour, but a publisher who's humour is a little *too* serious can actually result in legal battles.

EULA's are there for a reason. Not reading them is no excuse if you get burned.

(By the way... I always add 'Failure to read this will result in ten cows dying on your front lawn from some bizare illness' to the EULA/agreement/disclaimer of my software.... You've been warned!)

Quote from XCNuse :

if they are so protective... then they wouldnt sell the game to the public..

its like.. buying a car, if you BUY it.. you can do whatever you want.. same with all games you BUY.. some have regulations; but all pertain to releasing to the public.. quite honestly im pretty sure they dont care what you do with it.. just as long as you give them money

Actually, that's totally incorrect, I'm afraid. You have the permission of the author/producer to use the software, you do not 'own' the software. The people who make it are the owners, you're just an end-user. Never read the EULA that come with games?

I'd like to see Caravan racing. Miss that from the 'Old days'

I have a 'Trust' ... thing. It came free with Midnight Club, but it's actually pretty decent. Four paddles and a gear-shift (Althought 2 of the paddles share the same code as the gear-shift ). Peddals are plastic, but tough and durable. Foot grip, too. All for free!

Howdy, I was hotlappin' today, out of boredom (demo servers empty, pah), and I found I was unable to get 'good' times. Any chance somone could look at this replay, and tell me if there's anything specificly wrong with my technique, or if it might be setup-related?

Lap 6 is the best (As you will see). Any advice or tips appreciated.

Quote from mrfell :

Received the jpeg today, so being bored at work, made this for a giggle.
Needs a front passenger!

LOL, that is so cool!

Personally, I think there is a better option. Instead of 'ripping' the information out of one piece of software, and converting it to use with another piece, simply re-write the information. You could probably create a 3d repr of a race-track in a few days, given the right information (measurements). You wouldn't have to re-create every element (trees, bridges, grass color, or any textures for that matter). Doing it this way, you would avoid having EA or some such on your arse for ripping content from their software.

That at least one less law suit to worry about

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And if you really skirted around the rules and laws, you could no doubt create subtle but definate differences between Track.I.Made and Real.Monaco, and say 'Hmm. They're simliar, sure, but they aren't the same track'.

No license fee induced. Much the same way you could create a Lotus Esprit for LFS, and call it a 'LZR-200', make a few subtle changes to the look/style of it, and you have no law suit.

Last edited by BlackSpider, Fri 19 Aug 2005, 23:21. Reason : Addition...

Hehe, yep. I told you this before in a post :P
Must be like me.. Forget to read posts anymore after a few hours. *Sagely nod*

And yes, I used to cruise Norwich, to my displeasure. "Big Yellow" was always packed on a Sat. night. Neons-a-plenty

I can't drive anymore, so I don't have a car. I used to have a tuned-up Ford Fiesta, 1.3, and a Citreon 1.8 turbo, diesel. I was a boy-racer, I'm afraid. Yanno the score, no need to go flargy about what I had on it. It was ghey, I realise that now I've grown up and gotten a life.

Not totally sure, but I think it can be considered illegal to suggest. Conspiring to commit piracy and/or breach of copyright. Of course, I'm not a law graduate, just a hobbyist