I highlighted the very important sections in green. Everyone is asked to read this before the race. You can also use this topic to discuss this procedure.
Server crash procedure
What to do when the server crashes during the race?
SERVER CRASH PROCEDURE
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*** HARD CRASH ***
Time
X
X +5min
X +5min
*** SOFT CRASH ***
X -10min
X
*** REST OF PROCEDURE ***
Y
Z
Z
Z +5min
Z +9min
SERVER CRASH PROCEDURE
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*** HARD CRASH ***
Time
Event
X
Server crash, every racer gets a disconnect.
X +5min
Topic posted on LFS Forum, trying to restart server.
X +5min
Drivers driving at the moment of crash should be connected to IRC Channel #moe located at Gamesurge server.
*** SOFT CRASH ***
X -10min
The first racer gets disconnected.
X
Between X-10min and X at least 6 drivers disconnected. The server is probably lagging too.
* The numbers of "6" drivers and "10" minutes is provided as a GUIDE. It is the admins decision to stop the race and restart the server.
* Example: 5 racers are disconnected at once, this could be seen as a 'soft crash'.
* DO NOT ask for a restart during the race, as this will be punished as CHATTING. Only when the admin asks for opinions, you are allowed to chat without a penalty.
* We cannot take the standings as they were when the trouble started, because it is impossible to determin the exact time. We realize that the affected teams will loose time by getting a disconnection, but we can only ask you to accept that.
*** REST OF PROCEDURE ***
Y
Server restart, stability test. Only admins are allowed on the server.
The admins, who are part of a team, will drive a lap to test if the Tracker is working again.
Of course this lap will be deducted from their teams totals.
Z
Server restarted and stable, admins will tell the racers (who are still in the IRC channel) to connect to the server.
New Remaining Race Time:
New Remaining Race Time is the Old Remaining Race Time rounded off to a time in hours.
Old Remaining Time between A:30 and A:59 --> New Remaining Time is A + 1h00
Old Remaining Time between A:00 and A:29 --> New Remaining Time is A
*Example: Remaining Time at moment of crash (time X) was 4hours and 35minutes, the race will be restarted with 5hours of race time (meaning the race will be 25 minutes longer).
*Example: Remaining Time at moment of crash (time X) was 3hours and 20minutes, the race will be restarted with 3hours of race time (meaning the race will be 20 minutes shorter).
Z
Drivers racing at the moment of server crash connect to the server.
In case a team was planning a driver change just after the server crash, the 'new' driver can resume the race.
At this point it is NOT allowed to actually get on the track, we gather in the lobby on the server and sort ourselfs to the standings according to the tracker.
Z +5min
Start of the new session.
To keep things equal, everyone is allowed to drive up to the end of the sector their were in at the moment of the server crash.
We use the tracker as reference.
Example (Aston GP as example):
* The tracker shows a yellow 1 behind your team name.
You are allowed to drive up to the first split line (the place where you see your first split time). On Aston GP this is located after the first (slow) hairpin.
* The tracker shows an orange 2 behind your team name.
You are allowed to drive up to the second split line (the place where you see your second split time). On Aston GP this is located in the fast corner that leads to the Aston National part of the track.
* The tracker shows a red 3 behind your team name.
You are allowed to drive a nearly complete lap. You line up a few meters BEFORE the s/f line.
When you arrive at your correct place, switch off your engine to save fuel.
Z +9min
Everyone should have arrived at the correct place, the admin calls to switch on your engine.
Then everyone is asked to say "Ready".
When everyone is ready, the green flag is given.
Please do NOT try to overtake people when you are driving away, your tyres will be STONE COLD. Give people room, drive a slow warm up lap and then start thinking about the race again.
Most likely there will be teams who just crossed a splitsection line, and the car driving 10 seconds behind didn't. This will mean that after the restart the gap is bigger. We know that and we can only ask you to accept it.
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He was refering to the question about what controls he used...
Oh no, you couldn't have possibly reached saturation. Back in the 0.1 days we had to play those demo cars for like 1.5 year before we could try out something else...
But get an S1 or S2 licence, because you're worth it :lfs:
But get an S1 or S2 licence, because you're worth it :lfs:
No we made a new one with the new skin (the updated one).
Here's a large image with all the renders on it
http://moe.mm2c.com/images/full.jpg
Renders are all done by Oxygene btw, so a big thank you to him
:up:
Here's a large image with all the renders on it
http://moe.mm2c.com/images/full.jpg
Renders are all done by Oxygene btw, so a big thank you to him
:up:I've done some updates on the site. All the new teams have a render now.
Not as good as the logos made by Tweak, but here's the one for the 24h.
JPG is preview, PSD is the one to put on your car (which is not mandatory).
JPG is preview, PSD is the one to put on your car (which is not mandatory
).First qualifying results:
1. 19. 2:40.78
2. 16. 2:41.44
3. 10. 2:41.55
4. 05. 2:42.56
5. 11. 2:42.65
6. 23. 2:43.01
7. 01. 2:43.61
8. 07. 2:43.63
9. 09. 2:43.83
10. 20. 2:44.24
11. 22. 2:45.10
12. 21. 2:45.33
13. 17. 2:48.42
Not qualified
No. 8 - teamnic
No. 18 - tHUNder Racing
1. 19. 2:40.78
2. 16. 2:41.44
3. 10. 2:41.55
4. 05. 2:42.56
5. 11. 2:42.65
6. 23. 2:43.01
7. 01. 2:43.61
8. 07. 2:43.63
9. 09. 2:43.83
10. 20. 2:44.24
11. 22. 2:45.10
12. 21. 2:45.33
13. 17. 2:48.42
Not qualified
No. 8 - teamnic
No. 18 - tHUNder Racing
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Moe on IRC
Since today we also have an official MoE IRC channel. It is #moe on GameSurge. You would really please us to be connected to that server during the race. Make sure that at least one driver of your team is connected and stay in touch with that driver. That way it is possible to reach everyone in case something happens. The last thing I want is to hunt down everyone at 3am because the server died or something.
So, everyone connect to #moe on GameSurge.
So, everyone connect to #moe on GameSurge.
24h Aston GP - Qualifying
A reminder that the first qualifying will be today (Sunday) at 21.00cet. I advise all teams to join this session too, because we will be with 14 or 15 teams, and that is just too much for the last session.
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We even got mentioned in the article, I should get a copy of this magazin 
Then we would finally be able to win from lefty 
Adjustable caster on real cars
When setting up a car in LFS you can set the caster somewhere between 1 and 6 degrees for the GTR cars, and very accurate (up to 2 digits behind the comma). I was wondering if (and how) this is made possible on real cars? Is it really possible to have such a range, and is it also possible to set it up with such an accuracy?
I dont know if our tracker can handle that, but lets see first if we can get one server full
The most used car is the XRR, so I guess it is the best endu car. But you can also try the FZR, who is generally fast and I think easier (no turbo lag)? Then you also got the FXR, which is very good for getting out of sand traps I think you should just get a car that suits the most teammembers best and go with that.
I think you should just get a car that suits the most teammembers best and go with that.The 24h race was always planned for the aston gp track. I think an equal amount of people will like aston more then kyoto for that matter, so we wont swap tracks We already did the 12h at kyoto
We already did the 12h at kyoto Yes, 6 drivers is the maximum. But I dont think you would want to drive with more then 6... that would be an organisatoric (spelling?) nightmare. And 4 hours devided over 2 days isnt that bad... You just need some nutters who want to drive at night I think I know who's going to be that nutter in my team ... 
:throwrose
I think I know who's going to be that nutter in my team ... :throwroseIf its up to me, that date is final. Its not a brilliant date for me, but earlier/later is even worse, and we dont want to postpone it to februari
But as you can see I have an avatar doing some PR work
But as you can see I have an avatar doing some PR work
I'm wondering if the tyre pressure in the setup screen is relative to atmospheric pressure, or absolute? I always thought it was absolute, but recently someone suspected it was relative to the atmospheric pressure.
I think it is the responsibility of the car that wants to pit, to create some space to enter the pitlane safely. If that means slowing down a bit, then its just bad luck. But the reason we dont allow chatting is that it distracts you from the racing, and can cause accidents on itself.
Not a stupid question at all. We use Teamspeak/Ventrillo/Any other voice chat program. You can map the speak-button to your wheel, so you dont even have to take your hands off the wheel. Even better then normal chatting And more 'secret'
And more 'secret' Results in image.
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