lol @ the problems with microphones in the press conference.

Doesn't work for me either.

Donington - 8 miles
Mallory Park - 20 miles
Rockingham - 30 miles
Silverstone - 50 miles
Santa Pod - 50 miles
Bedford - about 60 miles
Cadwell - 70 miles
Snetterton - 120 miles
Dunsfold - 140 miles
Brands Hatch - 140 miles
Croft - 140 miles
Knockhill - 330 miles

Alonso flying, http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=44084

"The former world champion repeated his timesheet-topping performance from Friday’s second session with a stunning late lap of 1m44.506s – six-tenths of a second faster than nearest challenger Lewis Hamilton could manage."

Edit: I'm aware that was on soft tyres, but renault still look good here. Podium maybe?

Look, I drive with 540 degrees, but that doesn't mean I have to conciously think about countersteering more than you do. Once you've learnt something it happens subconciously. The rotation has nothing to do with how you think about it, you are just moving your arms less...

Welcome Karolis!

I dunno, I'd be sad to see lerts leave.

****ing stream is shit at the moment, keeps stuttering all the time, and they aren't showing enough t-cam onboards.

I agree though, it does look like a good track, and the night certainly adds some excitement imo.

Hamilton has done a lot of foolish things in F1, but this was not one of those instances. If I were in Hamilton's car, I'd probably have done the same as he did. If I were penalised like he was in that situation, I'd be pretty furious TBH. It's still a rediculous decision.

+1000.

P.S. Ask a mod to add a poll.

Quote from Zero7 :

Do you think this would be better than the 4670 suggested by cobra?

I realise that at the end of the day, whatever card I get it's going to be a huge step forward over the onboard card I have, although I may as well at least try to get the best price/performance card that's on the market.

That is very useful to know - it now makes more sense, thanks. Where would the X series cards that DaveWS suggested fit into this?

I'm not sure how good the 4670 will be, I'd expect similar to the Nvidia 8600GTS, since it still only has 128 bit memory, and probably will be more expensive than the X1950 Pro.

I guess the X1950 would fit in like this:

ATI | Nvidia

X1600s | 6600s
X1900s | 6800s

2600s | 7600s
2900s | 7900s

3600s | 8600s
3800s | 8800s

4600s | 9600s
4800s | GTX 280, 260, Geforce 9800s

However the X1950 Pro is slightly faster at most games than an Nvidia 7900 series card, which is faster than the 8600 series so I still think that's the best value / performance.

Just get the X1950 Pro that I linked to earlier. It's faster than both the 8600GT and the 9400GT, since it has 256 bit memory rather than 128.

Sorry I couldn't make it to watch, was it a success? Did the day go well?

This is still a pretty good deal too: http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-950P5

"You'll have so much crap on this tape.."

Haha, legend

But yeah, like Ray says good look to the drivers going to Rockingham tomorrow. I'm sure you'll have an awesome time as well.

Will we ever have a race where the top 8 isn't reversed??

0 here as well.

http://en.lfsmanual.net/wiki/Options#Controls

Scroll down to whatever you need. I'm not sure if you intented to be that vague though with your question.

The simple fact of the matter is this: LFS is not real life, and not all the same rules apply. However, the same principle applies; drive as fast as you can within the limits of the environment you are within, regardless of how "realistic" that may be.

But despite this fact, I will point out a few things. a) "Cutting" the chicane gains the tiniest of advantage (less than 0.05 seconds), and since you can get away with it in LFS, people do it. If I could get away with it IRL I'd do it, since a racing driver is always looking for ways to go faster and faster. b) Low 1:12's are still achievable without cutting the chicane.

Check out the following replay's of v1rg0 (Jack) and myself:

http://www.lfsworld.net/get_spr.php?file=33261
http://www.lfsworld.net/get_spr.php?file=10663

In these hotlaps the chicane cutting is minimal to the extent that it would probably be sensible enough in real life, and yet the laptimes are still very quick.

I hear this so called "unrealistic" tag quite often, and sometimes I feel it's an excuse.

Hell yes. Wish I could say something more useful though.

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Quote from Hyperactive :

I'd say the driving skills are the least what to worry about when speaking of F1 drivers. I'd say that the cars are really awful on wet, not that the drivers

Yeah you'd be right, but I was a little off topic there and was referring to everyday road users.

I think they should make the advanced driving test's manditory if anything (skid pan etc). The majority of drivers on the road today have no idea how a car reacts over the limit, and how to control it.

Either way, Felipe Massa DID NOT deserve to win yesterdays race.

Quote from Mazz4200 :

I missed the live race so had to make do with the rather abbreviated highlights show on ITV, but did Rosberg get a drive through after he cut the chicane at the bus stop on the opening few laps ?

What did Mr Allen make of Hamilton's penalty on the highlight's show?

Quote from tristancliffe :

Some of the comments here are gold, especially from the Hamilton Fan Club.

Are you going to post your view then?