Hello,
I'm doing a "entrepreneur's aim" (dunno if the term is right - a summary of a business idea, with all aspects discussed, tables, graphs etc.) for my bachelor thesis and the business I'm planning is a GoKart race track. There is information I could not find on the net niether get it from an operator of an already existing racetrack, but it's vital for the planning part of my work...

The question is> How much do Kart tyres wear (i guess it's best to fit the hardest tyres for public use)? How often do they need replacing (front/rear)? How much does the ordinary maintenance of a kart cost (like replacing the clutch, brakepads, etc)?

Please does any of you know? I'll be grateful for any input... Thanks!

Quote from dontsimon :

When finding speed and the limit, in RL you'd start well under your limit and push upwards, edging faster and towards the limit.

In sims, you generally do the opposite, attacking a track over the limit, then edging downwards until you are within your limit. It's fundamental difference and one that really affects how we drive compared to RL I guess.

Hopefully a sim at some point will give the options of greater consequences which forces us to approach driving more like RL. nkPro's full mode does this to some extent.

well i would say that this depends on the mentality and experience of the driver... Due to lack of time I can't practice much so I usually drive like I would in RL... easy on the first laps, then pushing the limit... and I found out that racing almost without practice only in league races where every mistake counts (I haven't raced a for fun race on public servers for a loooong time now...) made me drive only at about 95% of the limit...

Just awesome! Great job by DoN as usual!

Quote from Simpson :

Hello
I think "drive trough pits" instead of "30s" penalty when falstart would be better (if we want to make game more realistic)
30s would be good on 1 lap race.

afaik already there... you just need a race with more than 3 laps...

a big THANK YOU fot the patch Scawen! its really great

Quote from Vykos69 :

or even more. 2-5 or 2-7 seconds, so it's more obvious.

2 - 5 is according to FIA rules...

this has been suggested a few times before... LINK1, LINK2, LINK3

a nice RWD match for the UF1 could be the Skoda 110R with a slightly stronger engine... the stock specs are:
1100cc engine 46,3 kW, 880 kg -> 52,6kW/kg

Last edited by Chaos, Sun 8 Apr 2007, 10:04.

I'm glad you like it guys but with sending you some I can't promise anything but asking Dan Matt if he's willing to send them... He's the one who paid for those stickers, so he has the final word...

well we don't intend to make any profit on selling those... only to partly cover the expenses (most of the stickers will be given away for free, some as prices in league races)... so i hope the Scavier guys will have an understanding for this...

To show that we will spread Live For Speed across the country, Dan Matt got us these nice stickers Weather proof - so i already have one on my car A big thank you Dan Matt for getting these stickers done! We will distribute them where possible and also sell some to the Czech LFS racers

apology accepted NIKI...
it was not only the accident... after this i was a bit "shaked" everybody just passed me like i was not there, then 4 laps alone> no fun... and finally on almost the final lap i dunno why i crashed into the fence, ruined both front dampers and the car did not steer... so i spectated and thought that the next race i would start from the pole and have fun blocking the faster guys... but nope... i had to start from last, held on for one lap but then just saw you guys getting away and i don't see driving alone as fun...

dodo> ok, i'll see in what mood I will be next week...

pls sign me off... i love the XRT, but why the hell do i have to get always involved in some crash that ruins my racing?i thought this would be fun, but almost every race some guy had to prove me otherwise... i got only one nerves and i would like to keep them healthy...

why not add a simple line into the license agreement that if you are caught cheating online it would void your S2 license?
this simple measure should keep anybody from cheating online... and there would be no need for additional anti-cheat coding for Scawen...

what do you think?

420 for me

Quote from dodo.ger :

yeah, why the hell did you think that?

chaos in my head i guess

omg, why the hell did i think the race was today ... damn, i was looking forward to this like this :hyper: and i missed the 1st race :sadbanana
well see you next time guys...

Quote from felplacerad :

Delete it yourself

Edit, go advanced, delete (radiobutton) delete this message.

yesterday i would have svorn, that the button was there, but did not react... today it worked flawlessly... too tired i guess

Quote from Linsen :

It's pronounced Liv (Tyler) for Speed.

Exactly, I know that, and still say it wrong in the interview in the begining... but when saying the www i got it right illepall nervosity i guess , but its true that the majority says Life... why? who knows

Quote from Don :

the whole show is only 15 minutes long, and is packed with reviews, interviews and contest, so we can be happy for the 3m40s that lfs received. It wasnt actually meant to be a review of the game, but as a "interview with lfs players". They recorded about 30-60 minutes of material, i dunno why they chose only the RA but hopefully, we can hope for a proper review in future?

only RA ... they wanted us to have one race, so we did... everybody chose their car and we kept together... there was no time for a few proper races... and i think they recorded 30min max...

Last edited by Chaos, Sun 4 Feb 2007, 23:57.

thanks guys! i'm happy that the effort paid off... we are already seeing new faces on our website

Hello everybody!

I'm pleased to announce the airing of a short Live For Speed review in the only Czech nationwide broadcast gameshow named GamePage on the Czech Television. It was aired Yesterday before noon. I have to thank all the people who made this happen. Namely Gabelhirsh from Actual Linux e-Racing Team for his contact on the CzTV editors, Jet & Tairo & Gabelhirsh for coming to the set in Prague and making the psychical support for me (I was nervous as hell ), DoN gets the credits for the subtitles and Los for grabbing the show on TV! Thank you guys!

hi-res video (114MB) / lo-res video (26MB) & subtitles

Quote from danowat :

Very nice video, not sure about the "octavia" bit though

The system of the league was according to the real Skoda Octavia Cup... and the FXO has nearly the same specs as the race version... except for slicks...

I'm all for any new config, not to mention track. At Aston I would like a layout on which you come to the AS Club fast chicane even faster, so that you would have to brake (at AS Club, you don't have to brake in any car) before the fast chicane...

For me the first time in years, the sound went off in LFS. Shift+w didn't help, only reconnecting did... It was in a league race (see replay, bug is still there), time about 2:07 (you have to be at 1x time), the weird thing is, that it killed the sound engine at almost everybody (only about 4 people continued without problems)... weird thing is, that if you fastforward past this moment, the sound engine is fine... i guess the cause of this was eraser's car going weird...

Last edited by Chaos, Sat 27 Jan 2007, 13:45.

you're welcome dodo glad i could contribute to smooth organisation

i'm looking forward to race with you guys! Da Hoe, Jos, Lococost - last time we met on the track was in S1 days!

Last edited by Chaos, Sat 27 Jan 2007, 10:56.

Quote from dodo.ger :

only 16 cars on sprint tracks? never noticed that...
are you really sure about that chaos? you havent been on s1 server maybe??

then ill only take 16 signups for now.

yea, i'm sure, i organize the 1.Czech LFS League and nearly had a problem with this...

a note to dodo> SC Sprint tracks can only have 16 cars on the grid...
sorted my schedule -> sign me IN