Quote from Mustafur :

I don't think she married him to get into F1(that would be quite a daft thing to say), but it's definitely helped.

For instance she carries no notable Sponsorship unlike Simona, so how else is she there?

Whether it helped or not, it doesn't make her a "trollop."

Quote from tristancliffe :

Sexism would be to call her a trollop without justifiable reason. But the fact is that marrying and having sex with Toto got her a (testing) drive in F1. Not money, not talent, but sex and marriage. I think that makes her a trollop.

And where's your evidence that she married him in order to get the test drive? Patronage/nepotism != whoring yourself out for a F1 ride. That's the assumption you're making, and that's why it's sexist.

Quote from MoMo92i :

Everyone is also really friendly in professional motorsport but nobody will even tell you any hint on their setup.

And here you have it from a guy who's actually worked on a professional racing team.

Quote from amp88 :

It seemed pretty clear to me that he meant at least professional racing teams, including F1.

Yeah, exactly. Which is equivalent in LFS terms to organized league racing, particularly top level leagues like OWRL, MoE, GTWS, etc.

(Of course, individuals in LFS—even in top leagues—are more likely to share info with people on other teams than they would be in real life, since there's rarely any money on the line. But the pride/satisfaction involved usually provides strong enough motivation not to share.)

Quote from Forbin :

That was not my experience with motorbike club racing. You could go up to someone's bike and start checking it out and the rider may even tell you everything about it. They know if you beat them, you're simply a better rider.

I suspect Tristan may have a similar story, with the exception of one particular arrogant driver.

Club racing and professional racing are very different, just like open server pickup racing and competitive leagues like MoE, etc.

Quote from Forbin :

You really think they're hiding their spring and damper rates? There are far more critical things to hide on an F1 car that have nothing to do with setup and everything to do with the car's inherent performance.

They're hiding every damn thing they can, and trying to preserve every advantage they can. That's what racers/race teams do.

lol, trollop

definitely not being sexist, nope.

Quote from Forbin :

Card games by their nature rely upon deception and obfuscation as a game mechanic. Not so much with racing. You can know everything your opponent can and will do and still lose handily.

Tell that to F1 teams. Sure, drivers make a big difference, but they still hide what they're doing in the garage.

Quote from Racer X NZ :

Dynamic weather, track etc will be the best solution for this, changing conditions make setup a lottery so there's a better fix than chasing your tail to lock down the program.

I think this is the first Racer X post I'm 100% in agreement with.

Realistic changing course conditions will require teams to change their setups in real time (as much as is realistically possible, of course) and the ones that can adapt best will have the best success. I'm not just talking about rain and wind, either... track temp, "greenness," and marbles will all play a role, too.

But that won't fix everything. The fundamental argument is pretty simple: if everyone has access to everyone else's setups, all LFS racing is spec series racing. Spec series produce excellent competition, but not everyone wants that kind of competition. I feel very strongly that we should have the option to protect our own "car development" (such as it is, given LFS's limitations) and eke out every bit of competitive advantage we can via setup or whatever other means.

I think that's vital to the success of any game that aims to be a true racing simulation, and I want to really strongly encourage Scawen to come up with a way to ensure setups can't be stolen.

Ah, I see. Wasn't clear on the fact that it was a mod and not just a normal hotlap sped up in post.

Just out of curiosity, amp, why are all your hotlaps in ffwd mode?

Chrome is certainly better, but IE has improved a lot. Still don't have any use for it, mind you.

Boris, there's also chat in the "lobby" if you click the bottom icon on the left when you "Go to Pits". Basically a bigger version of the Python Chat.

Quote from kars19 :

http://get-good.net/index.php? ... ssetto_Corsa#Track_Addons

lol @ the BRZ from there...

Best race of the season, easily. Ricciardo is the real deal, Alonso is a legend.

There's a 1000km race? :P

Any LFS dudes racing right now?

Quote from danielroelofs :

Lol... I find it hard to believe that there is any government that lied more to its own people and the rest of the world than the us's government. Most recent that is completely factual is Syria. Really I can't understand people not seeing that the usa is provoking war over all the happenings during the last years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_you_are_lynching_Negroes

So... Mexico coming back, and Will Buxton tweeted this morning about good news coming for American F1 fans. I expect it has something to do with either Alexander Rossi, Haas, or the NJ/NY GP.

Quote from undertaker00 :

why

The idea is to fill out an entire garage with fun cars, not to pick a single one.

Quote from Fordman :

You don't need freejoin anymore??


Fordie

Should probably actually read his post...

Random stuff from July:

Quote from amp88 :

It's a very inelegant system. Servers which are in the 'no booking' mode automatically allocate all the server slots even if there aren't people on the server to fill them. On the server list they appear full. When you join you take one of the empty slots which has been pre-allocated. It seems as though the dev team think this is a satisfactory approach to the problem of allocating resources on the fly (i.e. it's a way to stop join lag and associated problems for those on the server).

Ah, that makes sense in an ass-backward sort of way. Thanks for clearing it up.

I'm still confused as to how multiplayer is supposed to work...

If I just check the "Only display servers that don't require booking" box, I get 1 or 2 options max. If I also check "Include full servers" box, I get dozens, and they all say they're full. But if I actually check the server info there's almost never anyone in there. Wtf?

Quote from Yuri Laszlo :

Eh?

For-profit companies who knowingly stick to a route in which two military planes have just recently been blown up in order to cut costs are completely different from victims of sexual assault.

The economic motivations of all this cluster**** make themselves evident at each successive stage of the conflict. Everyone involved is at fault.

Let's not forget that NATO supplied the initial separatist movement against which the Russian-backed separatists are now fighting with just as much firepower as Putin has given his friends, and their history of military fúckups is just as worrisome.

It's still victim-blaming.

As ACCAkut pointed out, these routes are and have been standard operating procedure. A military force of one kind or another shot a civilian plane out of the sky here. That should never happen. End of story.

danielroelofs, you really shouldn't encourage mental illness.