Quote from Mp3 Astra :

I'm sorry to stoop to such a low level of intelligence, but has anyone else noticed a little rhyming pattern here? Scirocco and Rockingham... OMGZORSSSS. I hope someone else hasn't already said that.

Okay, I'm done. Back to sensible speculation.

It crossed my mind too that we're waiting for the devs to drop a pair of rocs on us.

This calls for a stakeout of every future BTCC event, every event at Rockingham, heck, every petrol station and car parts store in the UK in an effort to get more LFS spy photos.

In your "driver" setup screen in LFS, do you have the h-pattern gear shift set to h-shifter or something like that? Make sure it doesn't still say sequential.

Also, be sure that you're driving a car that has an h-pattern transmission. LFS won't let you use an h shifter to shift a sequential box.

There's a check box in the config screen to say "hold the key down" or something like that. You need to have that checked.

When you "shift" in notepad, you should see the letter assigned to the gear keep repeating.

Good to hear! I'm getting old too, but the determining factor for me is my kids' bedtime. Please follow the link to sign up.

Hi all,

I'm starting up an "independent chapter" at Race2Play (private league in R2P-speak) featuring the UF Baby-R. The 45% intake-restricted UFR, conceived by (and used with permission from) Concept Racing, is all tire and no power - great for tight racing. The series will run on alternate Wednesdays starting on October 7th. Click for more information.

The league is open to everyone, please take a look.

Quote from UncleBenny :

Probably doesn't affect you road racers as much, but iRacing has FINALLY found the photo finish issue that was giving wins to the second place guy instead of who was in first.

That's interesting. So at the big restrictor plate tracks, did you have a huge pack of cars jockeying for a close second place?

Quote from Crommi :

...I added this season's schedule in attachment which should explain it...

Thanks for posting the schedule, that helps those of us on the outside a lot. I'm wondering, are there many people who "slum it" in the lower series even though they could race in higher ones? I like racing slower cars more than the fast ones and I can't see myself wanting to go much past the D license events.

Quote from dawguk :

Also, what's the deal with regard to teams having to use both tyre compounds, like this year? Does that mean at least one pit stop will be compulsory?

Yes, the two compound rule is still in effect for 2010 unfortunately.

Quote from danowat :

I always sit down

Years of living with Women has conditioned me this way!!!

I always sit down since I'm the one who cleans the toilet. I guess that's a double strike against me - improper positioning and doing housework. If it's any consolation, I still pee on bushes and trees when I'm in the woods.

Quote from DaveWS :

I think its more a case of the tyre squeal sounds are too high, like in all cars IMO.

FWIW, when I saw the TDI Jettas in real life at Mid Ohio, you could only hear the tires, the engines are really quiet.

Word is that Danica is "almost certainly" going to try a limited schedule of ARCA (Daytona only most likely), trucks, and Nationwide next year, while still running in the IRL.

http://jayski.com/cupnews.htm#news-danica

Should be interesting.

Quote from Becky Rose :

What a guy.

Between taking the old Jordan/Midland outfit to strong form and sacrificing their biggest talent for the good of the sport and the personal interests of his own driver, I have to say, i'm starting to warm to the Force India team.

Apparently the loss of a really good driver doesn't bother him? Money (or allegedly, forgetting about a past debt) is all well and good, but you can't go out and buy a talented driver if you're Force India.

I suppose he didn't have much choice though.

I had the same problem. Check this thread for the solution, the last post in particular.

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=53893

I can't watch the video, so I'm not sure if you're looking for a program for a FFB joystick or a non-FFB one.

I use virtual-h found linked in this thread http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=5793 for my non-FFB joystick and it works quite nicely.

Quote from samforey12345 :

I don't understand R factor..

If i want to do a random race.. with track/car how can I? Why is it based on money.. it's so confusing haha.

I would love to use these mods but R factor has just confused me now all i want to do is race the AI on selected Car/track.

rfactor money cheat

I agree it's a dumb system, but it's easy to get around.

The ESPN crew mentioned the "2 spin rule" that most local Saturday night short tracks have - cause two yellow flags and you have to park it. Some variation of that would be a good thing, especially on a road course. Heck, a few online leagues I've run in use that rule.

Quote from carey :

...(although it seems to be an American trait to use controller/wheel names on here)...

You're right, I wanted to sign up as "Atari2600Joystick" but it was already taken.

Quote from aroX123 :

Hey, wierd question scawen. What will the update size be?

btw, LFS BiB!

It will be 1337 kilobytes.

Hmm, I swear the STCC system had a fairly sizable "finishing bonus" that applied no matter where you placed. It was there in CTRA too but it was much smaller relative to the license levels. Or it could be that my old brain is getting rusty.

I'm sure some oldies remember the STCC system as is was called prior to the CTRA X system. The scoring in the two was very different. STCC gave more points to mid-pack finishers than CTRA did. In the CTRA system, like Race Center, you had to finish pretty high up to get any kind of points.

I liked the scoring of the STCC system better, since I'm almost always mid-pack and I'm pretty clean, and I almost always finish. I like racing on Race Center, but I'm pretty sure I'll never be able to drive a TBO there. In the end, it's up to the people who run the server what kind of points system they want to use.

Quote from Live for Weed :

...breast hung... as long as the option is there, I will use them

I couldn't agree more.

Quote from carey :

Isn’t it common knowledge that FOTA has agreed not to use KERS next year...

The way I read it, KERS is optional, just like this year.

http://www.fia.com/en-GB/sport ... OneWorldChampionship.aspx

In no order, or the order keeps on changing
- rfactor
- ARCA Sim Racing
- LFS
- Dirt Track Racing

It's funny that we're saying it's a milestone, when the big round number is in kilometers. Shouldn't we be calling it a kilometerstone?