I was skating in childhood. That time I could only accelerate, keep balance, but didn't bother even to learn to brake. 
Last winter I started it again. Just in few minutes I learned again to keep balance and not to fall on my back as many do. I always see people standing in a wrong way (vertically, on straight legs instead of bending a bit forward), with hands flapping back, trying to hold by air. Looks terrible.
So, I'm above the average amateur, but much beyond anyone who studied in hockey/figure skating groups.
I figured out a good scheme how to skate. It doesn't matter how often, but more frequency will improve the progress, of course. 2 hours of skating. The 1st out I just heat up and adjust to skating (even if I go skating as often as once a week), steadily remember all I can do and don't dare doing tricks that are extreme for me. Just slowly, carefully and not agressively. Then, as the machine restores the ice, I have a coffee brake. The second hour I try doing new things.
Last time we went skatign with friends in the end of may, we were in 10 and there were 5 among us who skated few times in their life. I made a special signs for them (for a joke). In English you say "dummy", in Russian we say "chAineek" (teapot). The sign was a black teapot in a red triangle. Some of them put it on with proudness.
Last winter I started it again. Just in few minutes I learned again to keep balance and not to fall on my back as many do. I always see people standing in a wrong way (vertically, on straight legs instead of bending a bit forward), with hands flapping back, trying to hold by air. Looks terrible.So, I'm above the average amateur, but much beyond anyone who studied in hockey/figure skating groups.
I figured out a good scheme how to skate. It doesn't matter how often, but more frequency will improve the progress, of course. 2 hours of skating. The 1st out I just heat up and adjust to skating (even if I go skating as often as once a week), steadily remember all I can do and don't dare doing tricks that are extreme for me. Just slowly, carefully and not agressively. Then, as the machine restores the ice, I have a coffee brake. The second hour I try doing new things.
Last time we went skatign with friends in the end of may, we were in 10 and there were 5 among us who skated few times in their life. I made a special signs for them (for a joke). In English you say "dummy", in Russian we say "chAineek" (teapot). The sign was a black teapot in a red triangle. Some of them put it on with proudness.
I have Le Mans live on a usual TV channel :P
I've beaten the target PB, but still not among licensed. Waiting for the next license update.
This chaos is just annoying. Not in a single race I could avoid crashes on L1. Few times I drove into a wall myself, but usually there was always someone to push, hit, lag-explode me, brake into me in the hairpin, and then the best I can do is to drive to the 10th place and have hopes again for the next race. But this happens every time!
This chaos is just annoying. Not in a single race I could avoid crashes on L1. Few times I drove into a wall myself, but usually there was always someone to push, hit, lag-explode me, brake into me in the hairpin, and then the best I can do is to drive to the 10th place and have hopes again for the next race. But this happens every time!
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Yes, it does. I like it, and the small visit-card-lenses are cool thingies.
Not that soon as I thought. We had issues with Oracle BPM system in the office, had to have all hands to the pump. 
Came home at 23:00.
So, here is my temporary fast solution. Look, this is why one should read a lot. I usually sit close to the table, with hands on kbd under the desk, and the monitor stands at the other side, in 1 m from the eyes. In this case I had to move it close to me. Driving with mouse won't lead you to many wins, but in this case it is convenient.
In the second picture, this is a medium-size lens, 260*180mm. In the third, a visit-card lens. Makes crooked picture on high magnifying rate (as in the photo), but still does magnify, and can be a nice souvenir, if you can't find this in a store in your area.
Discovery #1: look through the center of the lens.
I supposed something of this kind, but couldn't imagine it would be such a problem. So, I had to rise the center of the lens (and monitor as well) up to the level of eyes. Still, these books in the picture were not enough. I didn't want to risk to raise things higher, and instead took an old small stool.
Not a discovery #2: you can look into the lens as close as you want, if there is enough magnifying and depth.
Discovery #3: the monitor looks very different. Things look like real-life-size! And the screen covers large FOV, which changes perception a lot! You can percept your car shaking with a different sense: if you roll over, it "feels" like you are rolling and hitting the ground. (You need "1g head move" parameters to be >0, about 0.03 m)
Discovery #4, not good: the picture is a bit blurry. Colours "leak" a bit, and the picture is not as shar as without the lens. Reduce the distance between the lens and monitor to reduce magnifying factor and also draw back from the lens, to reduce the angles of refraction. So, again a trade-off: FOV vs sharpness.
Discovery #5: it is better to use the lens in a dark room. I'll make a box, black lustreless inside, but still the light in the room will make glares.
Came home at 23:00.So, here is my temporary fast solution. Look, this is why one should read a lot.
I usually sit close to the table, with hands on kbd under the desk, and the monitor stands at the other side, in 1 m from the eyes. In this case I had to move it close to me. Driving with mouse won't lead you to many wins, but in this case it is convenient.In the second picture, this is a medium-size lens, 260*180mm. In the third, a visit-card lens. Makes crooked picture on high magnifying rate (as in the photo), but still does magnify, and can be a nice souvenir, if you can't find this in a store in your area.
Discovery #1: look through the center of the lens.
I supposed something of this kind, but couldn't imagine it would be such a problem. So, I had to rise the center of the lens (and monitor as well) up to the level of eyes. Still, these books in the picture were not enough. I didn't want to risk to raise things higher, and instead took an old small stool.
Not a discovery #2: you can look into the lens as close as you want, if there is enough magnifying and depth.
Discovery #3: the monitor looks very different. Things look like real-life-size! And the screen covers large FOV, which changes perception a lot! You can percept your car shaking with a different sense: if you roll over, it "feels" like you are rolling and hitting the ground. (You need "1g head move" parameters to be >0, about 0.03 m)
Discovery #4, not good: the picture is a bit blurry. Colours "leak" a bit, and the picture is not as shar as without the lens. Reduce the distance between the lens and monitor to reduce magnifying factor and also draw back from the lens, to reduce the angles of refraction. So, again a trade-off: FOV vs sharpness.
Discovery #5: it is better to use the lens in a dark room. I'll make a box, black lustreless inside, but still the light in the room will make glares.
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Finally, I've got my package: F330, 2 200x160mm lens (don't know where to use thoug ), and 10 visit-card lenses as a presents for friends. In 2005-2006 I had a different debit card, which was not accepted by some payment systems. Now the new one worked well, and I've bough some lenses.
First, I took my own lens depth calculator and reconsidered carefully the focal length and dimensions. Conclusions:
1. The main thing in the lens is large real FOV to involve peripherial vision, and monitor width improves your results a lot. 19" makes real FOV significantly more than 17", 20" is even more advantageous, and so on. Though, according to my tests, even 17" monitor works good.
2. 330 mm is the best length for gaming. 3dlens.com wrote "for gaming" in the description of F330, but not in F280's, and they're absolutely right. F280 is a bit short and makes not enough visible depth.
3. Significantly longer or shorter focal length makes lens very hard to use. Longer = less visible FOV; shorter = less depth, hence tires your eyes.
I'll make a box to attach the lens to the monitor and will post the pictures tonight.
), and 10 visit-card lenses as a presents for friends. In 2005-2006 I had a different debit card, which was not accepted by some payment systems. Now the new one worked well, and I've bough some lenses.First, I took my own lens depth calculator and reconsidered carefully the focal length and dimensions. Conclusions:
1. The main thing in the lens is large real FOV to involve peripherial vision, and monitor width improves your results a lot. 19" makes real FOV significantly more than 17", 20" is even more advantageous, and so on. Though, according to my tests, even 17" monitor works good.
2. 330 mm is the best length for gaming. 3dlens.com wrote "for gaming" in the description of F330, but not in F280's, and they're absolutely right. F280 is a bit short and makes not enough visible depth.
3. Significantly longer or shorter focal length makes lens very hard to use. Longer = less visible FOV; shorter = less depth, hence tires your eyes.
I'll make a box to attach the lens to the monitor and will post the pictures tonight.
I've seen this one. The player's body can hide beyond cars on the track, if you look with TV cam, depending on the FOV.
Compulsory pitstop: time penalty or DQ?
Had a 5-lap race with compulsory pitstop today. I forgot to pit, and when the leader finished, I saw a message "30 seconds penalty for late pit-stop". I didn't pit on last lap and was DQed. But the message "30 seconds penalty for late pitstop" remained on screen.
I think, when you are dq, the penalty should be erased as irrelevant. Even though it is not a bug, it looks like 1.
I think, when you are dq, the penalty should be erased as irrelevant. Even though it is not a bug, it looks like 1.
Then those who have expensive connection just do not play them. When I paid for external traffic, I sticked to the LAN, got everything from there and thinking twice before downloading anything heavy.
The update system is a bad news for those who have expensive internet at home (LAN w/ payment for traffic or even a modem) and use to download things in the workplace. Now you can't use the khalyava.
Not a bug, but doesn't look well anyway: in the credits screen, messages history (already unnecessary) is shown.
WTCC. Best racing you can watch. Very interesting racing, different cars, tough fight through all the distance.
Seat Leon Cup and VW Polo Cup are quite interesting, though the cars are the same. Especially VW Polo Cup looks like XF GTi: often they drive quite crazily.
Formel 3 is also interesting, though not through all the distance. Race 1 always has an interesting 1st lap, but then the drivers are sorted according to their speed and nothing interesting happens. In Race 2 the first 8 is reversed, and this makes it interesting.
MotoGP 125 and 250 classes are interesting. GP class is boring.
I've watched a bit of Australian V8 championship. That's pretty cool, especially the race #2, when the grid is reversed.
I was very enthusiastic about DTM, but now it seems not that interesting. Probably it is really like F1.
IndyCar looks nice on road tracks. Though the safety car is unrestrained.
NASCAR looks interesting when a race is compressed into 25-minutes review.
Renault WS - unfortunately now it is shown in a general sports channel, we see the 3.5 class only, not 2.0, not Megane. I prefer to check Aleshin's results on the internet.
Porsche Carrera doesn't let them fight for positions, it is quite capricious.
F1 - Quit watching it in 2003. Trains racing, positions are won at the switches. Boring. Period.
Seat Leon Cup and VW Polo Cup are quite interesting, though the cars are the same. Especially VW Polo Cup looks like XF GTi: often they drive quite crazily.
Formel 3 is also interesting, though not through all the distance. Race 1 always has an interesting 1st lap, but then the drivers are sorted according to their speed and nothing interesting happens. In Race 2 the first 8 is reversed, and this makes it interesting.
MotoGP 125 and 250 classes are interesting. GP class is boring.
I've watched a bit of Australian V8 championship. That's pretty cool, especially the race #2, when the grid is reversed.
I was very enthusiastic about DTM, but now it seems not that interesting. Probably it is really like F1.
IndyCar looks nice on road tracks. Though the safety car is unrestrained.
NASCAR looks interesting when a race is compressed into 25-minutes review.
Renault WS - unfortunately now it is shown in a general sports channel, we see the 3.5 class only, not 2.0, not Megane. I prefer to check Aleshin's results on the internet.
Porsche Carrera doesn't let them fight for positions, it is quite capricious.
F1 - Quit watching it in 2003. Trains racing, positions are won at the switches. Boring. Period.
Yep, they are gay and funny
It is fun, so let it be. I wish 3d engine allowed branching of roads to make a small city. It is a great challenge to keep rules when you can go crazy being safe
Ask flight simulators fans why do they play the simulation. Why do people fly Cessnas, B737 or A320 online or offline? One could say "Airliners in X-Plane steal people from playing Red Bull Air Race [in X-Plane as well]".
If someone likes LFS, but is tired of competitions (doesn't matter if he's bored with winning or gets only negative emotions from his own bad driving). That person may go to CityDriving and just drive the way he/she likes.
Unfortunately, currently there is a complete chaos there. Everyone speeding, not keeping their lane, drifting, etc.
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It's rather easier to make LCD hi-res glasses and put them on your head.
It happened all the time (before this patch) on long circuits (FE Black, KY GP Long). When they pass the finish line, LFS stores their knowledge in memory.
Due to turbolag you'll get low power if you keep it in the max torque range. You'd better rev the charger as much as possible, which means 100% throttle.
I may say something stupid, since I have't looked into skins_dds folder at home, but...
I suggest LFS to add suffix to dds files:
skins_y/XRR_SCHNEIDER.jpg (1024) => XRR_SCHNEIDER 1024.dds
skins_x/XRR_SCHNEIDER.jpg (512) => XRR_SCHNEIDER 512.dds
then LFS selects which best suits your settings: min(max(available skins), your settings).
You're right that default skins mess with yours, but what if you want a colour scheme with a default skin?
Well, I don't know, m.b. it is possible to separate defaults into another folder and show them together in skin selection dialog.
???
I don't see any need in "my skins" folder. You put your skins into skins folder, others' skins go to skins_x or skins_y.
LFS needs
0) renaming and deletion button for color schemes, like for setups
1) timestamp checking if a skin is already converted to dds or if it was updated
2) automatically move large skins to _y and small to _x
_x and _y are the folders where you put the skins you don't want to use yourself. skins folder is for those you may use. That's it.
LFS needs
0) renaming and deletion button for color schemes, like for setups
1) timestamp checking if a skin is already converted to dds or if it was updated
2) automatically move large skins to _y and small to _x
_x and _y are the folders where you put the skins you don't want to use yourself. skins folder is for those you may use. That's it.
On South City, maybe except S01 and SO2, RB4 has an advantage:
in the slow section, you don't need much efforts to block your opponents if you are quick enough. Just keep to your racing line. At the exit of the slow part, you just run away from them. FXO can't accelerate in a slow turn, either XRT (hard to keep it under control). Then, if you were quick enough, you've made a gap that they can't make up at the straights.
in the slow section, you don't need much efforts to block your opponents if you are quick enough. Just keep to your racing line. At the exit of the slow part, you just run away from them. FXO can't accelerate in a slow turn, either XRT (hard to keep it under control). Then, if you were quick enough, you've made a gap that they can't make up at the straights.
A quick solution to Shift+S addiction:
Options\Game\Alt+F1..F8, add /shift p in the Alt+F1 box.
So, you use alt+f1 when you want to telepit, and shift+s if you want to spectate immediately.
Options\Game\Alt+F1..F8, add /shift p in the Alt+F1 box.
So, you use alt+f1 when you want to telepit, and shift+s if you want to spectate immediately.
Illegal street F1 race! OMG, COOL!
But why not race on Riccardo Tormo circuit?
But why not race on Riccardo Tormo circuit?
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Reliant Robin, banger prepared.
In the new patch, all the GTR cars will be better balanced, which will allow racing in 1 class. The second GT class can be made by loading GTR cars with ballast. XFR and UFR may make the 3rd class.
Though, you can see so many collisions in LMS, that I'm not sure if LFS racers, who are quite careless, are able to drive safely.
Though, you can see so many collisions in LMS, that I'm not sure if LFS racers, who are quite careless, are able to drive safely.
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