Quote from Impreza WRX :

In an open differential, You have this: -|>X<|- The >< are the sun gears atached to the axles and the X are the two planet gears attached to the differential. When moving, the planet gears push on the sun gears, which turns the axles. With 100% slipping, the planet gears roll around the non slipping sun gear, and turn the slipping sun gear at twice the speed of the differential. So the slipping wheel is going twice as fast at the same RPM than it would not slipping at 100% slippage.

so on a normal fwd (built in last 15 years) would the speedometer read the average of the 2 wheel speeds during a wheelspin?

i agree. then someone will likely graph all the dates of the announcements or do some numerology on them, so to predict all the future announcements until 2012!

Quote from Scawen :

It's relative to atmospheric pressure, just like all tyre pressure measurements in real life. A totally flat tyre reads 0 psi on any guage. But in fact it's not really 0 psi, it's atmospheric pressure. No tyre guage will tell you that a flat tyre is pressurised to 14.7 psi.

oh no! i just replaced a tyre i had with a slow leak, because after 1 week it would drop from 33psi to 16psi.

i thought that meant it had lost almost ALL pressure, but now i realise it had only lost 1/2 the relative pressure!

oh well, at least i now have 4 decent tyres for winter...

Quote from Hyperactive :

To see some real pics from the track, check this video of one topgear episode: LINK REMOVED

From there, download the video "zonda versus lambo", even though it is a big one, it has some good angles. Would have pasted some screenies, but no idea how to take screenshots from movie...

apparently, if you open and play two windows media player windows at once, you can copy and paste off the 2nd window!

[quote=tristancliffe][quote=Mazz4200]

On that pic above, don't forget to put the 'Hammerhead' corner, cos from the lines you drew it looks like you forgot about it.[/quote]

yeah, that has to be in, as it looks like the hardest corner to get right!

Quote from branney :

ok after a long time with my steering wheel to one side (playing battlefield2, working etc), i am back. this track looks awesome! can i try it?

just in case it has been forgotten, is there any progress, and have you already too many testers? thanks

Quote from afastest :

Then maybe you should post questions like this in beginners' (noobs) section?

emmm.... ok

i think what he meant to say was "welcome to the LFS community sooty!"

I was racing the bot, when it lagged (ping was 183ms when i joined) and i hit it. I typed 'lag' by way of an apology to server owner if watching.

It, or the owner, said 'you on dialup?'. i replied 'no' then it said 'get it fixed'. I stopped the car and said i could send a replay if wanted.

Then I tried to apologise again by saying ping was 183, but i didn't think that was too bad to race with, to which the response was 'bull**** get lost moron' and i was kicked off!

Does anyone know if this guy programmed his bot to be so unfriendly, or is the guy himself an idiot?

ok after a long time with my steering wheel to one side (playing battlefield2, working etc), i am back. this track looks awesome! can i try it?

Quote from Bob Smith :

The cars covered are (currently) only the cars with road tyres (I know, all the "boring ones" ). There is only one setup per car atm, but it shouldn't work badly on any configurable. Obviously you're welcome to adjust camber or gearing particular tracks.

fair enough to adjust some things on the race cars, but on the road cars it would be good to leave everything fixed, IMHO.

if the gears are too long, you have to take the corner faster so as not to lose revs. if they are too short for on the straight, you have to take advantage of drafting.

if the camber is making the tyres heat unevenly on a particular track, you have to choose whether to adjust your driving, or make an extra pitstop. would add some variety i think!

Quote from Bob Smith :

Perhaps I'll do a high and a low downforce set for each car, at least that way people will have some immediate choice.

that seems a good workaround!

Quote from Woz :

The fixed setup should be Bob's easy race setup. They are not the fastest but would give some great racing.

i like the sound of this. i'm assuming he has made an easy to drive setup for each car? if not, which cars are covered? and are they general setups to suit all tracks? or are there variants?

ok, anyone interested please PM me the following:

1. 3 favourite cars, in order of preference
2. favourite track
3. favourite race length (for all tracks, not just the track given for answer 2)
4. what time zone you live in

we can discuss which setup to use once cars and tracks are chosen, if there is enough interest

Quote from ayrton senna 87 :

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Hey, I just bought my Corolla GTi off eBay in Chorley

Hi, I have been with LFS a long time now, but I don't race as often as I like.

I am not the fastest but I do pretty well against other casual drivers (pickup races) partly by being faster and partly by avoiding crashes!

I have just invested in a Driving Force Pro and a TrackIR Pro, and I am looking for a team to join.?

I'm not sure if someone mentioned LPG? Apparently it is less prone to spontaneous detonation, which is what the RON or Octane rating of fuel measures, and so LPG can be used with much larger Turbos and more aggressive engine tuning than Petrol or Diesel!
I would also like to see a diesel. Diesel has more energy in it than Petrol, but it can't go to such high revs, because the flame front travels too slowly for it to fully burn in time. This is why turbos are commonly added in order to increase cylinder pressure and thus burn more fuel per revolution of the engine.

Quote from Vesa :

Would also be sweet to hold a factory league with everyone having to drive the same car/setup. Was just thinking today if this has been mentioned. Obviously has on many occasions.

Are you serious about that, because I hope somebody is! I would sign up straight away!

If no-one else wants to do it, maybe I will organise if enough people are interested?