Erm, babelfished from the main page:
Now the bold bit, I translate as meaning, if you cant make it to one of the stops on the tour or want to practice, you can buy the game at 'attractive prices' ie. get an LFS licence, and expect the best drivers online (that's US!).
Here's the URL http://www.intel.com/deutsch/r ... deuHPAGE+Main_Racing_tour , perhaps one of our native german speakers to do a better job on the translation.
Now the bold bit, I translate as meaning, if you cant make it to one of the stops on the tour or want to practice, you can buy the game at 'attractive prices' ie. get an LFS licence, and expect the best drivers online (that's US!).
Here's the URL http://www.intel.com/deutsch/r ... deuHPAGE+Main_Racing_tour , perhaps one of our native german speakers to do a better job on the translation.
Hmm, lovely babelfish...
Yeah, I think my first lap in the new patch is going to be F1 at Aston North Reverse. Should be interesting taking that long left sweeper at full tilt then trying to brake down for the hairpin while still turning.
Like Rouen in GPL, I could never get it right there.
Like Rouen in GPL, I could never get it right there.
Yeah, its cruel and unusual
Like saying to a kid on the first of december, 'One day this month, you're going to get all the presents that you want, and each day we're going to tell you one thing, or give you clues, but you wont know which day you'll actually get the presents'
Yeah, but I'm talking about the commercial operation charging people entry to the 'Pit Lane Theme Park Experience'.
If I was an F1 fan who stumped up my cash to get in, got a go on the simulator, and was faced with a fictional track that I'd never seen before in my life, I'd be quite pissed off. In that context, you would rightly expect that the simulator featured a genuine F1 track.
If I was an F1 fan who stumped up my cash to get in, got a go on the simulator, and was faced with a fictional track that I'd never seen before in my life, I'd be quite pissed off. In that context, you would rightly expect that the simulator featured a genuine F1 track.
Ok, crazy thought.
It seems fairly likely that BMW Sauber will be using LFS in their new Pit Lane Theme Park, which is apparently being unveiled at Nurburgring GP this year (may time) http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s491/st94118.htm.
So the question is, will visitors to this theme park be expected to drive round Blackwood, or Aston? Will the multi-million pound BMW theme park experience include some fictional tracks from some developers that 98% of visitors have never heard of?
It seems unlikely to me, which means that OMG we might even, if we're incredibly lucky, get a genuine F1 track in the game. Most likely the Nurburgring GP circuit (not the 14 miler) seeing as thats where the theme park is starting.
It seems fairly likely that BMW Sauber will be using LFS in their new Pit Lane Theme Park, which is apparently being unveiled at Nurburgring GP this year (may time) http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s491/st94118.htm.
So the question is, will visitors to this theme park be expected to drive round Blackwood, or Aston? Will the multi-million pound BMW theme park experience include some fictional tracks from some developers that 98% of visitors have never heard of?
It seems unlikely to me, which means that OMG we might even, if we're incredibly lucky, get a genuine F1 track in the game. Most likely the Nurburgring GP circuit (not the 14 miler) seeing as thats where the theme park is starting.
Excellent. This must be the first serious F1 simulation since GP4 and F1C. Its about time someone had another stab at it.
Looks like all that Intel sponsorship in the German ESL pro leagues has finally come up with the goods. Thats networking for you.
Looks like all that Intel sponsorship in the German ESL pro leagues has finally come up with the goods. Thats networking for you.
Well I've just nipped in from the garden to see if its out yet. No joy, but seriously gents, if you are in the UK at the moment (southern bit anyway) GO OUTSIDE, it really is the most fabulous day we've had for months and months.
Spring is here, now where's that damn patch?
Spring is here, now where's that damn patch?
My wife is taking the kids over to her mothers today so that I can spend an un-interupted day doing DIY. So please release the patch today, preferably about lunchtime as they get back at 4.
Arghh, the waiting is killing me, I'm off to try and connect to a NetKar server, back in an hour.
I cant help but think that there is something fairly substantial left to be revealed.
If you think about it, since the original S2 alpha was released, we havent seen any new art content at all from Eric. So even allowing for say 3-4 months off after S2, that still the best part of 5-6 months work that we presume has been done by Eric.
So far we've been shown the updated tyre sidewalls (maybe a weeks work at most), the new cockpit displays which would have been part code anyway, 2 new aston configs involving some new kerbs and tyre walls which doesnt strike me as that much work, and lots of new lamposts (which is probably a fairly tedius cut and paste job, but still not months of work).
So the question is, if Eric has been working full time for 5-6 months, what exciting stuff has he been doing?
If you think about it, since the original S2 alpha was released, we havent seen any new art content at all from Eric. So even allowing for say 3-4 months off after S2, that still the best part of 5-6 months work that we presume has been done by Eric.
So far we've been shown the updated tyre sidewalls (maybe a weeks work at most), the new cockpit displays which would have been part code anyway, 2 new aston configs involving some new kerbs and tyre walls which doesnt strike me as that much work, and lots of new lamposts (which is probably a fairly tedius cut and paste job, but still not months of work).
So the question is, if Eric has been working full time for 5-6 months, what exciting stuff has he been doing?
Yeah, I have failed to get reg expressions full stop. I mean I know in principle what they do, but arggh that syntax does my head in.
Well, only if one method isnt powerful enough to lock the wheels. Which is rarely the case in LFS cars seeing as we can adjust the brake pressure up to the max.
I sometimes use some extra engine braking on the last shift just before the corner to loosen the car a bit on turn in and get it rotating nicely.
Can go wrong though if you shift a bit early
Can go wrong though if you shift a bit early
Hmm, that sounds kind of Ok for a first stab, but I dont see how its any better than LFS currently is.
Yeah, you'd definitely need to use shaders for heat waves, but smoke from a knackered engine could be done just using the current tyre smoke system with a different coloured sprite coming from the exhaust or from under the hood.
Well the net force on an object due to air pressure is the sum of all the pressures at its surface all the way round. So if the pressure on the underside of an object is higher than the pressure on the top side, this causes a net upward force.
The force applied by pressure always acts directly perpendicular to the surface itself, so if you have a high pressure area on the lower front quarter of a tyre, this is applying its force backwards and upwards.
Also the top surface of the tyre acts a bit like the top of an aerofoil, in that flow tends to speed up over it, causing a drop in pressure, which contributes to the net lift from the tyre.
http://www.virtualrc.com/
Like it says in the man's sig.
It is very realistic apparently, although I admit when I tried it, i couldnt tell whether it was running at ten times speed, or the cars are just insanely fast. Probably the latter, but its extremely hard to keep the cars on track as you need reactions like a ninja.
Yeah, in open wheelers tyres actually generate lift because the air can flow freely over the top, but not under the bottom, so you get a high pressure spot in the lower quarter on the front of the tyre.
Well, its very obviously somebody making it up for fun. But no matter, its pure comedy genius.
No-one can ever truly understand The Kid, tristan. And you were a fool for ever believing you did
Anyway, smile, this is the update thread remember, no bickering folks.
Same time here tommorow then?
Anyway, smile, this is the update thread remember, no bickering folks.
Same time here tommorow then?
Whatever Kid. Just keep taking the medicine dude.
My comment was simply that ride height affecting undertray downforce is a feature which has been in some sims since good old Geoff Crammonds GP2 (probably just a look up table back then), and it would be an important feature for aero cars because in reality it forces important setup decisions.
Scawen is obviously aware of it and wants to do the job properly when he gets time, and thats fine with me. Quite where you get the idea that you need to go off on another one about NetKar I have no idea.
Anyway, I dont want to get into an argument with you, I value my sanity
My comment was simply that ride height affecting undertray downforce is a feature which has been in some sims since good old Geoff Crammonds GP2 (probably just a look up table back then), and it would be an important feature for aero cars because in reality it forces important setup decisions.
Scawen is obviously aware of it and wants to do the job properly when he gets time, and thats fine with me. Quite where you get the idea that you need to go off on another one about NetKar I have no idea.
Anyway, I dont want to get into an argument with you, I value my sanity
Hmmm, I feel a little physics project coming on.
Fair enough, I knew it was moderately complex but assumed it was in progress. Look forward to it being implemented.
I think its a reasonably important development, as the current undertray force is a pretty big number compared to the wing forces, and if its not behaving realistically it has a proportionally large effect on the realism of the simulation.
God, I swear you're on crack these days. If you'd like to point me to the posts where I say that NKPro is fab, i'd be happy to eat my own testicles.
Shame there is no mention of the undertrays. They were the third big problem with the aero physics in S2.
Aero downforce and drag from the undertray is currently constant (but speed dependent) regardless of the angle of the undertray or the gap beneath it.
I'd rather expected that to be fixed, but maybe they're saving it for another update.
Hell, even GP2 had undertrays that gave different downforce depending on the ride height.
Aero downforce and drag from the undertray is currently constant (but speed dependent) regardless of the angle of the undertray or the gap beneath it.
I'd rather expected that to be fixed, but maybe they're saving it for another update
.Hell, even GP2 had undertrays that gave different downforce depending on the ride height.
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