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dawesdust_12
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Any screenshots of the 3rd person replay view? (It's hard to try out Rift mode sans rift now. Earlier tests would just go into rift display mode without device).
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Quote from DeadWolfBones :Just wanna say I've always been pro-Westhill, particularly in the faster cars. Hair-raising in the FO8.

Very difficult in the FO8. Nearly flat out for 70% of the lap, but the turn in point is key to be fast, lest you need to lift (or spin on the grass because of no outer kerbs)
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Quote from Breizh :There's nothing strange about using what works, and nothing more. Don't fix what ain't broke.

Then why don't we all drive Model T's? They clearly worked.
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Quote from Racer X NZ :TL;DR, Don't run XP unless you know why your running XP.

No. Don't run XP unless you have literally millions of dollars invested in machines that rely on some strange XP setup, and switching away from XP would cost you millions per day of lost productivity.
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Quote from Fordman :

He said more than 60FPS which is a very conservative guess. Even with a single GTX 760, I manage 100+ FPS with settings turned rather high. 2 GTX's just adds icing to the cake.
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Quote from amp88 :One of the most obvious examples would be some form of malvertising/drive-by-downloading which exploits vulnerabilities in browsers or the OS itself. The HTML5 FillDisk proof-of-concept exploit (see this video) is an example of effectively a browser exploit which requires no interaction from the user other than visiting a site with the exploit code. Due to the aforementioned increase in malvertising, this type of exploit code could be served by even popular/reputable websites (meaning you could be hit even if you didn't visit shady sites). All it takes is one compromised advert. These type of implementation bugs (the FillDisk exploit effectively worked by exploiting a poor implementation in major browsers) are exactly the sort of real world threat you leave yourself up to by using unpatched software. Up-to-date browsers and operating systems (along with AV/security applications) definitively decrease the risk of this type of infection e.g. by scanning or blocking remote scripts.

I'm also not sure how you can claim with absolute certainty that you've been virus/trojan/malware free for a decade, since there are certain types of malware which are very difficult or even nearly impossible to detect (rootkits, for instance, would be a classic example).

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Quote from Scawen :I agree with col it would be great to hear of some example stories of XP users who have fallen foul of these assumed (or actual) security holes. It would really be interesting. I have given my own counter-example where for around 10 years I have had security updates switched off, never installed anti-virus software and got no viruses, trojans, etc.

For my purposes, when I read any stories, I will ignore the ones about people who happened to visit a dodgy site while using MS Internet Explorer or ran an EXE they had no reason to trust. These examples are very simply avoidable, if you know how to look at a file name before you double click it and don't choose Internet Explorer as your browser.

Until I hear any such stories, my fear of increased infection risk through use of XP will remain zero.

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If an OS has required 12 years of security fixes, isn't it pretty easy to infer that there's still many more security fixes that could be applied?

Regardless, there's no trying to convince the technology amish that what they're doing is unsafe as they're exactly like the parents who claim that vaccines are evil.
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Quote from DANIEL-CRO :Didn't you stated that you want to lose weight? Go to fresh air, run, cycle, ... lfsforum won't help there.

I can't really go outside and do these things while I'm working!
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Quote from col :You've done a lot of shouting and name calling, but provided no evidence whatsoever. Lets see some actual data to back up your assertions. Show us some empirical evidence that XP is more dangerous right now than using the latest windows.

Well using Windows in general is about as secure as leaving your house unlocked with the door open.

That said, XP will never ever improve security wise. Any vulnerabilities that are still in the OS, which there are most certainly plenty, considering Microsoft has been releasing security fixes for XP every week or so for the last 12 years, there's no reason why that would have stopped other than them End-Of-Life-ing the product.

XP was a good OS, 6 years ago. Now you're just vulnerable to a plethora of potential attacks. The only way you're actually safe is if you literally unplug your ethernet cable,throw your wifi stick out the window and glue all your USB, internal SATA/IDE ports, floppy drive and CD/DVD drive.

Also Scawen, just because someone agrees with your antiquated and downright wrong opinion, doesn't mean that they're the "voice of reason" in this matter. It simply means they are also wrong. As a software developer, I'd expect you to understand that "no security updates means perpetually less secure over time", especially in an OS that was so popular as XP.
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Quote from tristancliffe :I still have to use 98 and XP, both at work and for racing. At home I have 7.

It's weird that people think it's suddenly less secure than it was though.

It's less secure because it's no longer getting windows updates (for Consumers at least). It means that any 0-day that a hacker finds in XP, will never get fixed. Over time, the list of vulnerabilities will grow and grow.

At least Win7 gets regular security patches still.

And I don't care if ****ing bill gates said he was gonna stick to XP, it's still downright moronic to keep it.
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The only places where I find XP to be "tolerable" is basically in manufacturing. Where there's millions of dollars of engineering and technical debt invested into a manufacturing device, and it's not networked at all. Any XP device that is networked in any way, is a terrible idea. It's vulnerable as hell, and unsafe.

Running a networked XP device is analogous to the anti-vaxers. You don't upgrade/vaccinate just for yourself, you do it to protect everyone.
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No. XP is dead. The people who continue to use it (outside of literally massive corporations with technical debt that require XP) are equivalent to necrophiliacs.

It's one thing to use some antique OS for hobbying like Amiga or even Classic Mac OS. But to want to use it as your daily OS is just flat out retarded. I don't know why Windows users seem to never want to upgrade.

At least Android users have the excuse of "Our carrier left us on Android 2.2 and never realeased an update".

Consumer Windows users have literally no excuse not to upgrade other than outright stupidity or just plain stubbornness.
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Quote from N I K I :Considering how slow AC is to move some leagues going if you NDR guys can get 15-20 cars for each race, this might be enjoyable in return.

AC doesn't even have pit stops planned to be implemented.
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Quote from DeadWolfBones :btw, awesome race to attend. Canadian crowd was enthusiastic and knowledgeable, facilities were good, got to walk the whole track at the end. Would definitely come back.

And because you weren't in Quebec City, you could speak English!
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Quote from Fordman :How do you chaps take lovely pictures that has been posted on here? Is there a pause and external moveable camera?

Cheers

Fordie

If you enable the Dev tools, there's a "photomode" camera. The pause is from a replay.
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Quote from CarlLefrancois : XP alive and well in my sim cockpit!

No. XP is dead. Microsoft isn't releasing ANY security updates to consumer versions of XP (only the embedded versions), thus by running XP you are a malware target and a potential malware hellstew to infect others.
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Quote from Crashgate3 :I think you hit a nerve. Does this mean Dustin is a fat drifter?

No, just fat. I understand that I'm unhealthy at least and do try to change it. Plus I'll never miss a chance to curse out Dennis
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Quote from Amynue :If you threat our curiosity as a threat, then we are sorry.

Well, like Scawen said.. the last time he got tempted by our curiosity, it costed him years of punishment. He's making sure he doesn't get bitten by the same snake twice.

The people who are still angry about the eternal delays are the people who haven't yet gone through the various stages. First anger, then frustration, then finally acceptance and patience. Lots of us have gotten to the latter stages. There's a vocal minority that still haven't progressed past the first 2 stages.
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Quote from Dennis93 :Dem fat people.

It's like telling racers that drifting is better and vice versa

**** you!
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Quote from R3DMAN :****.. i was watching myfreecams and i missed the booking by 5 seconds! lol

i aint waiting again.

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Quote from tristancliffe :Can't tonight. Having a long phone call with an ex-F1 driver about suspension, and then off to the cinema! Need to try the Donington mod (although I'm not getting my hopes up about early versions of a conversion of a conversion of a home made track). Maybe later in the week though...

Yuji Ide?
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Quote from Fordman :I agree Scawen, you try to start an honest discussion and it turns in to flame wars....

I know I started this thread, as I just wanted to see what other LFS people think, but I backed off due to all the "you said this" you said that" and non factional information.

LFS physics is x amount of years old now, so like I originally asked, is this now being exploited with keyboard/mouse users. I have nothing against mouse and keyboard users, but if this is a sim, surely if you have a wheel, pedals, clutch etc etc, you should be faster ( if you know the tracks, that helps )

Regards

Fordie

Why would input method matter? If you're able to input the best inputs to the car (steering angle, pedal position) with a keyboard, you should be the fastest. Not penalized because you're not using a wheel.
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Quote from Fordman :HI Hardcore People.

Just wondering, what performance difference could I expect. Here is the base system:

Z77 Pro Motherboard
16GB DDR Matched 1600 Memory
1TB Sata Drive
Geforce GTX 750ti 2GB

Now I will be replacing an [email protected] with an [email protected]. I know the latter runs Quad Core, and my current runs dual core, but will I see a significant difference, mostly in gaming?

Oh, it was a freebie

Regards

Fordie

The weak point will still be the GPU in gaming. I have SLI-d 760's and my CPU (i7-4770) is barely worked at all in most games.
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