Mahlzeit.....

First for the records: I want the cars to be closer together in competition (I am avoiding the word SPEED on purpose).....I just do not want to be able to predict which car will win any championship.....

@Hoellsen - You are right in saying that weight penalties are not the way to take when trying to bring the cars closer together in competition, but at the same time I think it would not do any harm to add this OPTION now.

It might come in Handy for leagues and server admins and as long as it is an option I do not see a real problem.....

CU, Sebastian

I did not talk about the car.....but about the company.....the car was not 'hurt' but destroyed as you already said.....

I think Mercedes' approach was arrogant and that their punishment was well deserved.....

For more Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_CLR

CU, Sebastian

PS: Enough OT I think

Quote from Tanuva :

Although I don't think that the driver suvived that without a hurt...

Fortunately the driver, it was Peter Dumbreck, was not hurt.....even Mark Webber who flipped the CLR twice before the race was not hurt, if I remember correctly.....but Mercedes was

Okay.....lets say he contacted the Devs using the "Contact us" section - Why did he upload that lap then?

To me it is one thing to inform the responsible guys about an exploit - actually using the exploit is something different, right?

You know.....I really do not care about Hotlaps that much, but if someone brakes the rules he has to face the consequences.....

Quote from Eldanor :

DasBoese: There are other LFS forums you know...

So what?

@Phlos - Did he post here to inform the Devs? Did he try to inform the Devs at all? Not as far as I know.....

Showing that an exploit works to increase the preasure for a new patch is an old concept, but it does not have to work this way with LFS, right?

LFS is not Microsoft.....here you can TALK to the Devs.....AND: THEY LISTEN AND CARE!

Last edited by DasBoeseC, Fri 19 May 2006, 16:22.

He Cheats - He gets banned - Simple, huh?

Seriously.....if he only wanted to show that this was possible he should have send an Email or posted it on the forum.....

CU, Sebastian

LPI?

Great system.....always loved to lead the pack into lap 2 suddenly facing a car heading towards me.....


Seriously.....I rarely ran into drivers who were new to LFS that really made me want to kick/ban/avoid them.....

Newbie ≠ Wrecker

CU, Sebastian

Quote from deggis :

old 80/90's Group C or modern Le Mans Prototype:

http://www.aysedasi.btinternet ... 2004p/2004page2/04_11.jpg
http://www.mog-racing.de/pictu ... /956/1983_956_800x600.jpg
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/lolo.gege/24hduMans/2003/2003_13.jpg

The only new car class I could think of (if not then some kind of RWD car with similar performance to XRF).

deggis - YOU ARE MY MAN!

Quote from farcar :

LI don't think I've ever actually overtaken someone without them making a mistake of sorts.

.....isn't modern days F1-Racing cool?

I have seen (and heard) those beautiful Group C cars and the LMPs of the LMES last year at the Nürburgring and have to say.....I always loved the Group C cars for their looks and performance.....now I also love them for their sound.....just wonderful race cars.....even better than the LMPs in my opinion.....

The most beauftiful sound a race car can make? To me the Porsche 956/962.....simply amazing!

.....you know what really sucks?

My ISP just told me that I will have to wait ANOTHER WEEK until I get my connection back.....so I am STUCK AT THE DEMO :scared::doh::tired:

.....I have to play things like Half Life 2, netKar Pro (Demo of course) or Freecell.....it sucks :cry:

.....the number of german native speakers who could not write a propper 2-line Mail in german without making numerous mistakes is rising day by day.....and then these guys wonder why they can not find a job illepall

Mahlzeit.....

Quote from SamH :

Against that, you have the natural belief that exists in programmers' minds that THEIR simulation model is the best. I have little doubt that SimBin's perception of their own model, at programmers' level, is the way forward.

Usually that would be true but as Simbin did not develop the engine themselves they will take no pride in it.....if they feel the engine is not sufficient, swapping it would not be like giving away a baby.....

On the other hand the consideration alone would express quite some unhappiness of SimBin with ISI and/or their engine.....SimBin knows the ISI-Engine and is by far the best developer when it comes to exploiting it to the limit.....swapping the engine would cost lots of money and time as they would not only have to buy the engine, but also take their time to get used to it.....

But I have to admitt.....as an owner of GTR, GTL and rFactor.....I can fully understand the wish to swap the engine.....

CU, Sebastian

Quote from Hallen :

Anyway, the videos on this site are outstanding to watch...

http://supervroum.noalia.net/chameau/spy/

.....amazing stuff.....really.....especially when you watch these guys starting bump-drafting like mad.....somehow I am not sure if I had the nuts to do something like that in real life

On the Topic......START USING COMMON SENSE!!!!!!!

....I think that should be sufficient

CU, Sebastian

100% agree with Noccy

.....you forgot about the ban vote which Turn-In started.....

Mahlzeit.....

About the FXR being competitiv in endurance racing.....take a look at the results of the Masters of Endurance.


The FXR is NOT gentle with its tyres.....we almost always had to pit due to tyre wear and only once due to fuel consumption. And whoever said it is near impossible to spin the FXR has never driven it fast enough over long enough stints.....trust me

CU, Sebastian

Thank you!

.....and the "Mahlzeit" I use is meant as greeting, derived from a german comic:

http://www.kleines-arschloch.de/



.....but now.....BTT, please

Last edited by DasBoeseC, Wed 15 Mar 2006, 22:41.

Mahlzeit.....

Talking about physics and facts might be careless.....even though we tend to forget this - physics is a natural science and thus never can be absolutely accurate.

We must not forget, that we use models to describe reality as close as possible.....that does NOT mean these models match reality

I also often saw people using 'laws' developed for physics of rigid bodies when talking about tyres.....seems 'a little' strange to me

This whole topic is highly interesting and I think many of the things said might be as much 'on spot' as possible

I highly enjoyed the read about tyre wall heights.....no one should ever stop learning.....THANKS

CU, Sebastian

I wanne SEE it.....come on mate get it for us

Ah.....I see.....stupid me

.....I guess that 'S1'-Button in the multiplayer is one of the buttons I almost never touched

.....eh....he can unlock the S1 content in S2.....so he is not limited to Demo content even for multiplayer.....

Some names can be found here:

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=3783

.....and I think this thread does not mention Moby who races Formula Renault, GPunkt who is the German Rally Cross Champion and Mark Striper who got his cockpit in a Porsche for a 2006 endurance championship by racing GTR (but he also races LFS).....

There seem to be quite a few at least semi-professional race drivers

CU, Sebastian