Alright, enough talk -- I took the plunge! It's not THAT expensive plus I didn't get GTA V yet so I'm allowed to indulge myself.

I have no idea how the (async) multiplayer works but if anyone cares and would like to arrange something here's my steam profile.

I live in Gothenburg but sadly haven't got the slightest clue about amaterur racing (or "pro" racing for that matter). There are at least 4 karting tracks, though and I can definitely vouch for two of them!

http://www.gokartcentralen.se/
http://www.gokart.se/
http://cityarena.se/
http://www.gokarting.nu/

I'd be happy to try to answer any other questions you might have, though.

Again regarding the racing scene, if you are daring you might want to try creating a thread in english over at the swedish-speaking forum garaget.org. Here's a Google Translate link to the events subforum of Västra Götaland: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.garaget.org%2Fforum%2Fviewforum.php%3Fid%3D33&edit-text=

(I am not an active member, I just know OF the forum so I dare not say how friendly they are).

Edit: "amateur shitty car races which are extremelly cheap and lots of fun". You MUST be referring to "Folkrace". There are some links to local clubs at the bottom of this page.

Last edited by felplacerad, Tue 28 Apr 2015, 14:33.

Quick preview for the curious people. I hope you don't mind, Flame:



Very cool!

Last edited by felplacerad, Mon 27 Apr 2015, 19:19.

Also, http://www.johannesrojola.com/msc/index.html

Cool!

Obviously it would have been nice to be able to configure each AI driver with some more granularity. But after looking at the beginner AI drivers being super cautious for a few laps earlier I think the restriction approach might actually be better than lowering their skill level.

I mean, I'd rather race a pro driver in an under performing car than a beginner driver struggling in a car they can't handle.

For a second I figured you could work around this issue by saving a start grid and then HEX-editing the AI drivers individually.

Unfortunately it appears as if whatever the "Skill level" setting is set to when you start the race will be applied to all AI drivers. This seems to be the case even if you use the save/load start grid feature.

Edit: I guess an alternative would be to create custom setups with different intake restrictions and/or voluntary added mass. Just make sure that the "AI use player setup" setting is enabled in Options -> Misc.

Last edited by felplacerad, Sun 5 Apr 2015, 14:22.

Hehe, nice!

So when are Stunt Car Racer type tracks coming to LFS?

Quote from racer autov8 :

Quote from felplacerad :

Found a little quirk with the installer(s) as well:

Patch installer: If you run out of disk space on the drive where %TEMP% (ie: C:\Users\Thomas\AppData\Local\Temp) is pointing the installer will fail with a not very specific error message (screenshot 1).

Full installer: Even "worse", it just freezes without any (obvious) message what so ever (screenshot 2).

Edit: After reviewing the 2nd screenshot I now notice that the text changed to "Installation aborted - Setup was not completed successfully", but that's (probably, and in my case obviously) easily missed.

Run the installer as admin. It might help.

Hehe, good one! One could wish privilege escalation would help with low disk space!

Found a little quirk with the installer(s) as well:

Patch installer: If you run out of disk space on the drive where %TEMP% (ie: C:\Users\Thomas\AppData\Local\Temp) is pointing the installer will fail with a not very specific error message (screenshot 1).

Full installer: Even "worse", it just freezes without any (obvious) message what so ever (screenshot 2).

Edit: After reviewing the 2nd screenshot I now notice that the text changed to "Installation aborted - Setup was not completed successfully", but that's (probably, and in my case obviously) easily missed.

Last edited by felplacerad, Sat 28 Mar 2015, 22:25.

Please note that this version is not compatible with the current (test) patch (G/G3, respectively). Players will not be able to connect to this DCon until the client is released.

Edit: Scawen, I hate to ask but do you have any rough estimate on when the minor (not test) version will be out? Since this patch is incompatible with the "stable" version host admins need to think twice about updating.

Last edited by felplacerad, Sat 28 Mar 2015, 15:42.

Quote from Taavi(EST) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgVo6nyD4qo

What's the point of this "1080p" reupload? Clickbait? :P

The original video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W01TJ6Mhsgg

Edit: In case anyone is wondering where people find these videos, you could either follow LFS Tech @ YouTube or LFSRacing @ Twitter.

Furthermore, you may find the RSS feed I setup useful. It follows the devs here at the forum as well as Twitter.

Last edited by felplacerad, Sat 28 Mar 2015, 13:47.

Found a tiny bug when shamelessly searching the forum for my own username:

https://www.lfs.net/forum/-1/search/felplacerad

The "Spoiler - click to reveal"-anchor for spoiler tags does not work in the search result view. Nothing happens.

I guess this event is missing:

Last edited by felplacerad, Sat 28 Mar 2015, 11:27.

Quote :

Drift Stage is a modern evolution of the classic arcade racer - an homage to the culture, cars, and games of the mid-late 80s and early 90s.

Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1910344764/drift-stage
Website: http://www.driftstagegame.com/
(Alpha) Demo: http://supersystems.itch.io/driftstagealpha

Well, technically I guess we'd have to wait for this release as well, since it's still just an alpha.

But still, looks very intriguing!

Windows, Mac, Linux <3 - (Unity, so no surprise there).

Edit: Ugh, beating the expert target was harder than expected.

It's a bit annoying not being able to stop the drift by lifting off. The only way to quite drifting is to counter steer just the right amount. If you don't steer enough, you'll continue drifting, if you steer too much, you'll obviously hit the outside wall. Drifting is slow (duh) so to be quick, understeer into the corner, hit a late (and tight) apex so that you can exit the drift early. Some corners, such as the two right hand sweepers near the end of the lap can be taken flat out without drifting.

But FINALLY 1:19:782.

Last edited by felplacerad, Mon 12 Jan 2015, 20:25.

Quote from Scawen :

For anyone who is interested, we have written a log of our experiences trying to register for VAT MOSS:
www.lfs.net/vatmoss

Scawen, the @LFSRacing link at the bottom of the page is incorrect.

(Currently https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FLFSracing&h=dAQEefb4L).

Good luck with this. Obviously frustrating for everyone affected -- directly, or indirectly.

Last edited by felplacerad, Sat 3 Jan 2015, 18:00.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.#Known_ATA_S.M.A.R.T._attributes

199 - UltraDMA CRC Error Count
The count of errors in data transfer via the interface cable as determined by ICRC (Interface Cyclic Redundancy Check).
I guess this could indicate an error with the drive but could also be caused by a bad cable. Perhaps switch cables and keep monitoring this value.

200 - Multi-Zone Error Rate
The count of errors found when writing a sector. The higher the value, the worse the disk's mechanical condition is.
62 errors in 400+ days doesn't seem horribly bad. But once again, keep an eye on this to see if the value increases.

I wasn't aware that SMART stataus did not updated on the fly. Make sure to follow MadCatX's advice to run a diagnostic tool periodically.

Generally, I'd NEVER trust important data to a single drive, regardless of it's status. If you want to be safe, back it up to a separate drive/location continously. If you want to be able to continue working without any disruptions, get another (or two) drive(s) and configure RAID.

Actually, doesn't Samsung offer 3 years of warranty? In my experience retailers/manufacturers will replace a drive that throws a SMART error (regardless of it's severity). If the values highlighted above increases, create an RMA ticket.

Lastly, here's the status of one of my drives. It also PASSES but it's reportin errors and I don't trust it:

Last edited by felplacerad, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 13:09.

Quote from DANIEL-CRO :

/admin=password ?

Hehe, almost. Turns out one of the admins could not be trusted and spread the password, I guess ...

For that reason it would be nice with per-user passwords or keys that you would be able to revoke. But this will do for now.

Yep, Cheers Vic!

Perhaps the LFS Remote logging capabilities will be extended at some point. But if you need more verbose logging before then disabling Insim Relay should solve the issue with "anonymous" bans.

Edit: or keep your admin password in check!

Ah,

Yes, that makes sense, and possibly confirmed. I sent a /msg command via the remote and the log did output:


Thanks troy.

Maybe Vic can be poked to send some source data long with the command packet to the host. Sure there will always be ways to hide but at least that would be something.
Actually, not even the connection from the LFS Remote "proxy" is logged on the server.

Furthermore, I don't know if LFS has built in encryption but the LFS Remote appears to send the password in plain text over HTTP. And the certificate used for lfsworld.net is only valid for lfs.net/www.lfs.net.

Last edited by felplacerad, Sat 22 Nov 2014, 14:46.

As a server host I am trying to understand the output of deb.log when it comes to bans.
In the following example, I can see that user1 bans user2 for 1 day, and then removes the ban:


No problem there.
But I don't understand what initiated the following output:


user2 (an admin) changed the number of laps, and then was banned for 99 days.
This kind of ban, without an apparent "source" has happened more than once.

How can I find out who (or what) is continuously banning user2?

As far as I (and the logs) know, thare are no InSims connected other then LFS World's InSim Relay.

Last edited by felplacerad, Sat 22 Nov 2014, 11:10.

That's awesome, Vic. Cheers!

Edit: And good point, Flame. I didn't even think of that aspect. Too much foil ...

Hello,

I'm all for spreading the word about LFS (trust me on this one).
And I can understand that the Facebok, Twitter and G+ buttons provide both a service to the user and help to promote LFS. Nice!

However, by implementing those elements on the website you allow third parties to track you, present "personalized" ads, and (I'm guessing) even identify you if you've got an account at, for example, Facebook. Not so nice!

Sure, there are gazillions of way to protect yourself:
- Installing plugins to block tracking and/or ads (Adblock plus, Privacy Badger, Ghostery ...)
- Using private sessions and/or disabling referrers.
- Doing crazy things with your firewall or proxy.
- etc ...

But the most simple method probably is to simply enable the Do Not Track (DNT) setting in your browser. It doesn't require any plugins or about:config tweaks. And all major browsers support it.

Downside is, this setting does nothing unless the website owner adheres to it. Hence this post.

Vic,

How about updating your code to check for this header and, if it's set, skip the rendering of the social buttons (and possibly even Google Analytics?).

https://www.eff.org/issues/do-not-track
http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-tracking-2011-11

Last edited by felplacerad, Sun 2 Nov 2014, 21:50.

.se mirror updated:

FULL - http://filer.liveforspeed.se/LFS_S2_6G_setup.exe
PATCH - http://filer.liveforspeed.se/mirror/LFS_PATCH_Z25_TO_6G_setup.exe

Yeah, no. I can't fix that. I figured perhaps I had forgotten to wrap htmlentities/htmlspecialchars around the link but it's fine. Im quite sure # is a valid URL character anyways ... To be sure I tried putting &#35; in there instead but nope.

Actually, the feed even validates (yay!).

So I'm out of ideas. Probably a bug in the ticker. :\

Last edited by felplacerad, Fri 26 Sep 2014, 23:56.

What addon? I could have a look to see if its fixable.

Added LFSRacing tweets to the RSS as well (but no retweets, mentions or stuff like that).