Quote from LRB_Aly :

Allright but who says that this guru screen wasn't edited to make it look foggy, or more retro. That's not a real hint on weather effects. Fog only reduces the visibility (if it's only a graphical update).

True but its still a weather change. Things like rain and darkness are much more coding your right.... but the fog pic would soften the surprise of full-weather IMO (then youve got all the effects of weather on the car etc, doesnt feel like theyve had time to code that).

Maybe they will just disappear and thats the surprise - we have to finish S2 ourselves heheheh

Weather effects wouldnt be a surprise now though would it, given they have shown us the fog already... rain maybe Id be surprised, nightime racing now I would fall off my carbon racing seat (yeah right Ive got a carbon racing seat)

Naaaaa thats a crap surprise! (quoting Skyline_Drifter)

Theres still the Subaru thing as well.... but I VERY much doubt Scavier has had time to code all of that... and Eric the models... etc. I think Victor has time to do the site stuff cos he's super human.

Lets hope so!

Quote from Honey :

moreover, the devs must have copyright to put that picture, that legally means that lfs has the license to reproduce the BMW-F1, hence the devs have the license to put it in the game.

i think there is no doubt about that, also it seems that this only part of the surprise...

That sounds pretty feasible!

Wonder what the surprise is then.... yummy!

Quote from MyBoss :

For some reason I feel the release is going to be today. One week after the first "update"

lets hope your right! I feel it will be friday...

Remember the physics changes might make it a little easier to keep them on track

I love the way you can drive to the different tracks... takes a long time to get from kyoto to blackwood though sheesh... cmon devs!

Quote from deggis :

Welcome to the last century, S6 is the next big update!

Thats all fine and well, but lets concentrate on whats in S7!

So this new patch is out, but im bored, wheres S3?

I think the PPU might have a limited life, given the other problems people have mentioned (needing it to get the full potential of a game). However read something yesterday that sounded much more realistic - move the Physics processing to the GPU(s).

http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=32535

Quote from der butz :

my wundervoll silent sys:

3200+ Barton running almost at light speed (2200MHz)
512Mb of RAM, almost as fast
80+40GB funny but loud HDs
2 (!!!) cupholders for me and my girl, one of them can write on cds very fast (12x)!
no floppy disk drive (I prefer the hard ones)
radeon 9600pro with a silent channel-like cooler
a soundblaster card to blast some sound
a beautiful rally gt pro wheel to twist and turn (it fights back!)
a 21-inch crt which I "borrowed" at work
some keys and a funny mouse without any cables installed
last but not least very few propellers in my biiig old server case. They keep all the stuff cool but quiet.

coming soon: an x800 or whatever.

Gets my award for funniest computer description yet

Just goes to show whats possible with a bit of practice and determination.

I didnt believe you there Tweaker so did it again myself, even though I had done it before and missed it. Your right its LFS alright! Thats pretty cool.

Quote from Hankstar :

Yes, I'm talking about England

hhehehehehehehehe

dont know many people that switch controllers per car, no doubt most ppl will say its a pointless suggestion.

Quote from Azaazaa :

Exactly same here. I have Microsoft FF joystick and DFP. I use the joystick in LFS, because I'm faster with it and I also find controlling the car much easier/comfortable with it than with wheel. But in RBR it's the opposite, wheel feels better in it than joystick.

I find that really weird, myself and Stikyiky were always faster on the wheel and it seemed to open the game up properly. I cant go back to my other control methods as they seem to unrealistic in comparison.

Suppose everyone's different and they have their preference.

Carsten_DK, if you dont have the balls to make an effort and get good on the wheel, mouse or KB then this is the wrong game/sim for you. No matter which control method you choose, there are people that can do top ten HLVC laps with those control methods, just because you cant do it doesnt mean the game is bad.

I cant play golf but its not the game's fault is it?

Anyway, BYE BYE dont let the door hit your arse on the way out.

Quote from speedfreak227 :

I think i can shed more light on the topic.

There are two types of friction; dynamic and static. the coefficient of friction is a number relating the stikyness between any two surfaces. the coefficient of static friction is ALWAYS higher than that of dynamic friction.

think of it this way. when you're pushing a heavy box on the floor, it's hard to get it moving, but once it starts sliding it's much easier to keep it sliding. that's because you've gone from static to dynamic friction conditions.

with a spinning tire, as the tire slows down and is slipping less, more asperities on the tire's surface contact more asperities on the road surface and have more time to momentarily interlock and create a directional force.

did i explain that clearly? it's late and i'm over tired.

BTW, this is why it's faster to stop a moving car by NOT locking up a wheel. once a wheel locks you've moved into dynamic friction between the rubber and road surface and therefore lost a certain amount (approx 1/6 to 1/3) of your frictional force.

speedfreak227

Looks like a good explanation to me! Bearing in mind my non-techy-tyre knowledge

Just noticed this thread - well done Scawen and Geraldine!!

Congrats on the new addition, I've got two young boys and they are just great. Have fun!

Has anyone got any figures for the amount of space and bandwidth hosting this uses?

Looking on the net I can find unlimited bandwidth packages but they dont offer much disk space...

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just read something else that says unlimited packages are not worth it, as they will no doubt cap it once the ISP realises its a high usage site.

Does a company exist that will host this thing without breaking the bank?
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Last edited by ButterTyres, Sat 25 Feb 2006, 10:17.

Have to agree with everyone here, usually graphics drivers or DirectX versions.

Not sure what graphics card you have, but I have a Gigabyte 6800 and it insists on using the actual Gigabyte drivers, not the Nvidia ones. I have all sorts of problems with the Nvidia ones so make sure you get the drivers your manufacturer intended by checking their site first.

funny thread, havent laughed that much at a forum thread for a wee while

Seahorse, OK so on reflection you have some valid points. Maybe IE is getting better these days, maybe not. Compatiblity is not everything you know!

I only use Firefox because it works for me and I feel a little more secure using it, I've tried all these others, but didnt like Opera (doesnt work through authenticated proxies either) and didnt like the idea of the IE engine in a fancy jacket either, any IE exploits would still work inside those browsers too.

Those Firefox bugs you point to, notice none of them are "An attacker could gain complete control of your system" - whereas usually, when an IE hole comes out, its complete control of your system. I can live with a few bugs here and there, which I have seen none of in this version of FF, maybe Im not using it very hard though eh

I'm glad IE has 90% of the market share, as it means the hackers spend their time finding holes in that rather than the browser I currently use.

Having up to date anti virus isnt the end to all problems either, I have seen several virus's get into our corporate network with up-to-date anti virus. This is because there can be a 1-2 day delay in getting the signatures up to date. Just a little food for thought.

For info, I dont run a spyware scanner, virus scanner or firewall on my machines. I merely run checks online with Trend and sites like that to make sure I'm clean once in a while. Obviously I have a hardware firewall at the perimeter though. Some might say Im a bit mad doing that, but its all down to how you use your machine (or how badly you use it!).

The Firefox myths website you linked to is a better reasource, explaining some of the things that are touted about Firefox. I agree with all of them, still doesnt stop me from liking Firefox better. Also with the current hole in Windows automatically exploitable from IE I still feel more secure right now. Even today with the hole being widely known for more than 3 days, not all the virus scanners are picking these exploits up yet.

We are obviously going to have to agree to disagree on this as neither of us are going to back down. I like what I like and you like yours. Doesnt mean you have to jump into a discussion that has nothing to do with compatibility and say "Firefox sucks".

Now can we leave it at this and get on with racing?

Quote from mrodgers :

And he says he has a DFP, I have the Momo Racing and just want to confirm with the Momo you can have separate axis as well. Again, same, set in Profiler/Windows Gaming Options and in LFS for combined.

I have the Momo with seperate axis.

Also I ditched the profiler eventually as I found the wheel more reliable without it (would sometimes lose its force etc).