Quote from tristancliffe :

You think his tractor book is bad.

I was given this the other day, to help with my racing. I reckon it's worth a second per lap.
http://www.reynard883.com/misc/me_and_my_racing_car.pdf

I heard McLaren are in need of a bit more technical info these days.

I downloaded it for the first time aswell. Quite an enlightening and refreshing experience to be honest. The cars handle like you would expect a car with 400bhp and hardly any downforce (understeer is unbelievable). I learnt the hard way in finding out that there is a grippy racing line which seems to take an unusual pattern Only real reason I haven't spent more time on it is that the cars all ring like a school classroom fire bell at high revs. It Must be something to do with my soundcard.

'grats Norbi, keep it up!!!

Got my brand new polo shirt with colour logo. I love it!! The embroidered logo is really well made and just the right size, so you don't look like a walking billboard. I've worn it for three days now, gonna need to wash it soon. Really has surpassed all my expectations.

Thanks for all your suggestions, especially DEVIL 007 for pointing out that the graphics card is the wrong slot and for giving me an alternative better spec system.

Although I think I will keep an eye out on ebay for a couple of weeks, and try and get a good price comparison for the kind of system I want, before I commit to the stress of building a pc from scratch.

I looking to build a gaming/work pc (LFS, RBR, Flight Sims) on a budget of about £300 max for the pc.

So far I've got:

MSI Saturn 890 AM2 Mini Tower Barebone - VIA K8M890Pro Chipset With 350W PS http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/120687 £69.99

AMD Athlon 64 4200 x2 http://www.overclockers.co.uk ... 1&catid=6&subcat= £64.61

Team Elite 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 800MHz Dual Channel Kit
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-005-TG&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat= £23.49

Western Digital WD800JD Caviar SE 80GB 7200RPM SATA/150 8MB Cache - OEM http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/59556 £26.34

Samsung SH-S183 SATA 18x DVD±RW/RAM Black - Bare drive OEM http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/127260 £20.56

Point Of View 7600GT 256MB DVI AGP Graphics card http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/127243 £65.19

Total = £270.18


I'm not really literate with all the hardware speak but this is what I've concocted. Is there anything I've missed out or any components that should be swapped?

Any ideas would be very appreciated.

I think the rule states that there will be a standardised Microsoft ECU in all cars. Do you think that some form of TC will be integrated into this? Otherwise I'm ecstatic about this prospect, just hope Bernie or Mosely doesn't tamper with it.

Let me in!!

The first time I ever played the LFS demo online at Blackwood, was just exiting the pits when I got ploughed into, and my car managed to get stuck on the fence. Epitomises the demo servers though.

Eventful race without too much overtaking that we have come to expect from the Moto GP.

Sete Gibernau replacement Troy Bayliss, did a sterling job to bring the bike home in first, and led for the whole race.

Even more shocking was to witness The Doctor make a mistake on his own accord, when he ran out of tyre. A mistake that even Rossi couldn't salvage anything from, finishing in 13th.

This mistake argubly cost Rossi the title, as Hayden took away his title crown with a 5 points lead in the riders championship.

Quote from Hyperactive :

Power shifting

LOL!

Hope he recovers without any life-long injuries. You really appreciate peoples' work in these situations.

Hi, my name is Eddie, and I have an irrational fear of escalators.

Could someone tell me what degree's rotation to wrc cars use?

BTW this thread has also enticed me to buy the game aswell, great advertising guys!

Same age as me and sounds like a real likeable guy, Rest In Peace.

Has anyone got the pool 1 replay?

Quote from ShibbyMan666 :

www.theshiponline.com now that is a funny online game i've recently started playing. Also spend a fair amount of time playing Battlefield 2

I'm tempted to buy that once it is officially released for a laugh, anything original gets my thumbs up.

Quote from Jakg :

mind if i ask how much it cost to insure?

£560 on my Mum's insurance, otherwise it would have cost £1020, both of which were with Direct Line.

My polo mk2 only cost me £75, it runs faultlessly, years MOT, 4 months tax, cd player and speakers. Couldn't ask for more for a first car on a shoe-string budget.

http://www.hisparally.com/gale ... 202006-Hisparally-187.jpg

LOL!!! I have never laughed so much at the computer, some of that stuff is just spot on, great work.

First race of the season that neither a Ferrari or a Renault won, Only Jenson could do it.

Quote from drift_apprentice :

I once had that "...insim time out" error too. It turned out to be the fact that I unzipped all the wav files and the config file in the main directory of LFS.

You have to have a sub directory in LFS called "Spotter", in it, u should have all the wave files and the config file. The "LFSspotter.exe" file should be in the main LFS folder, NOT the "Spotter" sub folder.

Once I did that, it worked like a dream! try that. Oh, dont put any password in ur admin password area. Just leave it blank. Thats what I do, and pit spotter works in single and multiplayer modes just fine.

Thankyou, your advice finally got it going.

Would have gone, but I got tickets for the MotoGP instead.

Quote from tristancliffe :

Turn off TC and do some laps. Then add 700bhp (for qualifying) and tell me if 10 people in LFS could cope. The standard of driving (today) is abysmal in the BF1, and it's one of the easiest cars in LFS (though you tend to need one, perhaps two, nooby laps to find out where the grip/speed is). I can't understand how everyone is spinning at every corner all the time...

and I haven't even seen the oval recently, but I guess that's even worse cos the nooby noobs hang out there.

Completely agree, for me the car feels as though its on rails. As long as you take a minimal amount of what you have learnt in LFS , and apply it to the BF1, it really is almost impossible to spin. I think people must be driving the BF1 without actually recognising that LFS's physics still apply.

There are some very avid followers of what is the pinnacle of motorsport on this forum. But in any thread to do with Formula 1, for every poster that likes F1, there is another that thinks it is boring and BTCC is much better. illepall

So will driving the BF1 for some LFSers generate a new found respect for F1 drivers and the sport, or is it only the F1 fans that truly enjoy LFS's new open-wheeler?

Last edited by Eddster, Sat 22 Apr 2006, 20:34.