Quote from Becky Rose :

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From what I can tell it's a bit like the LFS collision physics. The thingamies are going to hit each other really fast and they believe this will create matter. What they dont know is exactly what type of matter will be created.

Here's hoping there are no red and white barriers in the collider.

I hate to interrupt the chavm481 family tree discussion... but an interesting factoid on left/right had drive.

When I was in the US Virgin Islands, I found that people there drive left hand drive cars on the left side of the road. Apparently it has something to do with the stubbornness of the first road traffic there - mules.

Quote from SamH :

... Nothing else I've ever been involved in, real or virtual - from gaming to photography to amateur dramatics etc. - has held my attention for a solid 3 years before. Except one or two girlfriends from times past, but we won't go there
...

Two girlfriends would certainly hold my attention

I know this is in the early stages, but could we get a map of zones and penalties at some point?

Thanks

I think this is a great idea. I'd favor a drive-through penalty over any other options. Although it would kind of stink to get a DT on the last lap of 1 hour+ race and get a DQ for not being able to serve it.

Quote from chavm481 :

yup i can defy the ignore etch, anyways, i like gt5 more but im here to stay

Is there a GT5 forum that you post to so we can keep up on what you're doing in between posts in this thread?

When I was learning to drive there was no danger of me confusing a racing game with real life. The closest we had in those days might have been Atari's Pole Position, which was obviously nothing like driving a real car.

I've wondered what it must be like for teenagers of today learning to drive after growing up on modern racing sims.

Quote from Renku :

there are two 200hp versions:
a) 147 kW (200PSI) TSI 6-Gang-Schaltgetriebe,
b) 147 kW (200PSI) TSI 6-Gang-Doppelkupplungsgetriebe DSG

I've always wanted a Doppelkupplungsgetriebe.

Quote from Xaid0n :

Well I do like the idea, I mean Ship Simulator is one of those games where everything created by the users is strictly monitored by the Developers, if they like the content created, it's usually included in an updated patch and/or addon pack (at a cost).

ARCA Sim Racing has opened up to the mod community in this way also. You submit new content to the dev team. If they deem it worthy, it goes in an official patch.

But if we need a license to buy a gun, how can we defend ourselves against people in tractors?

http://www.dispatch.com/live/c ... =rss&cat=&sid=101

Quote from Sueycide_FD :

Sorry to interupt the jokes, but citiznes owning guns have been stopping robbers, and criminals for decades in america. I get a NRA journal every month and inside there is a section that recalls the stories a people getting robbed in their own house, but the tides turn when they pull out their gun.

I even take it step further. I wander around the streets with my gun and shoot anyone who looks like they might eventually rob my house. Nothing like proactive crime fighting!

It sounds like there are rough neighborhoods in some cruise servers. Are there some places where you park only to find that your hubcaps have been stolen? Very interesting. I guess even the cruising in this sim is very realistic.

Why not just put a Christmas tree stand on the end of your umbrella handle?

If you want people to look at you in amazement, that should do the trick.

Ah ok. I wasn't aware of the history. Thanks for that.

I saw this on RSC... ASR is going to let average Joes make tracks for them.

http://forum.racesimcentral.co ... p=3854660&postcount=9

Those familiar with ASR know that there have been big delays in getting tracks delivered on time. Now it seems they've turned to the community for help.

The key thing is that if you make a track, you have to submit it to the devs. If it passes their standards, they might put it in the game with an official patch.

Quote :

- All work must be original, you cannot use or convert from any other commercial product
- Creators are responsible to hold legal license for any software used to create/submit tracks, and may be asked to sign a consent/release of such
- You may use Rfactor track materials, agreements there have been made
- If you turn in or utilize anothers work, you are responsible for obtaining their permission
- If you are doing a real track, we will do what we can to obtain permission, but you're also expected to aid in getting the same
- You will be listed as a credited developer of the track and full recognition at the hosted track site when donwloaded
- Ficticious tracks are ok, as long as they can be used in a way with stock car physics
- TSF will grip the submitted tracks, optimize where needed, put real drivers onto the ones which are mimic'ing real ones and dev AIW's to work properly

Nordschleife in a stock car, anyone?

Blood is ok. Guts, broken bones, seeping wounds, the sound of someone vomiting... not so great.

I've been in hospitals a lot lately, so I've had a lot of all the above.

Quote from emqu :

Why cant we have...
15min practice
15min qualify
x3 races with points
The winner with the most points gets naked dancing lades/men to oscillate in her/his direction for 10 min.
Server changes track (random) and it all starts again.

We actually can have that (minus the naked dancers). The problem is getting the community to populate the server. This forum is littered with threads that say, "Hey I've got this great server that will run all those combos that never get run. Come join me!" Then nobody shows up.

The key is getting people to show up. When the STCC system started, it was able to draw a crowd because people knew of it from the race broadcasts. Once they had a steady crowd, people started coming to the servers in droves. The problem is reaching critical mass.

Quote from senn :

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i'm still looking for little tweaks here and there, how many can you find?

- Ian.H was banned

Quote from by.corner :

Whot I must to do if I don't wont to rotate tracks and cars?

I didn't see a way to set it to not change, but you can set it to change after a very high number of races, like...

NumberOfRacesChange=100000

That worked for me.

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

...I basically cruised to victory...

Ah, there IS cruising in iracing! But is there Burgerking?

Oh, but there are tuner options in LFS. Paint the nose of any skin black - Viola! Instant Le Bra!

Quote from GeForz :

...Boxes are like 5% of screen height and 10% of screen width and they stay relative to the screen size. You can proof that very easy by switching to windowed mode (shift+f4) and resizing the window to 5:10 and 10:5 ratios...

That's a good point. I do run LFS windowed, although it's in whatever aspect ratio it gives me, not resized. I'll have to try that fullscreen sometime.

It's a widescreen resolution, although not using the widescreen mode. I can see everything I need, but it's not like every other car, where the numbers are above the tires. Not a big deal.

And I'm using English.

I think I found a bug, although I'm not sure if it's new with Y2x. The numbers on the tire temp display overlap the actual tire in the FO8. I haven't driven the FO8 for a long time, so I can't recall if this was an issue before or not.

Yngwie Malmsteen at least deserves a mention. He was too much of a one trick pony to be the greatest of all time though.