Precicely - people can put whatever they want in their names - what has it got to do with anyone but themselves?

Having seen a few times from recent tests I am taking back my prediction that Honda would show improvement this year. It seems they are just as lost as they were this time last year. Another season at the back for Jenson then.

My view for this season is this:

Ferrari and Mclaren close but Ferrari will produce the better results this year.

BMW, Renault, Williams and Red Bull are all capable of being 'best of the rest' and BMW won't have it all their own way this time. Red Bull could be the surprise package this year and I think their reliability will be much better.

Honda will show significant improvement over the season and by the end should be heading the midfield pack ahead of Toyota and STR.

Super Aguri will not be able to punch above their weight again this year as they are gonna be using Honda's dreadful RA107. Force India will finish ahead this year I think.

There some more predictions in this thread:

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=13886

btw - if you are confident you are right in your predictions you'd better put 'spoiler' in the title. I made that mistake in 06 and then people moanded at me for spoiling the surprise.

FE Gold is fantastic in the FOX. FBM would be good there too although probably more fun on the little club circuit.

This reminds me of F355 Challenge on the Dreamcast. You used to be able to get to the front of the pack and then stop the second place car on the racing line. Then the rest of the field all used to be stopped by the car in front and you get a nice neat long line of cars all stationary on track lol.

No similar topics found - there's a surprise.

Can someone tell me why Mark Lamarr has disappeared from mainstream British television? Is he so awful to look at that radio is the only format appropriate?

I'm missing his character slashing humour and I don't think Radio 2 is the place I'm gonna find it, though I haven't dared venture there to find out.

Does anyone else miss Mark's comedy genius?

Sounds like too much front wheel rate. Shouldn't be a problem with road tyres on a low powered car like this.

Try reducing front spring/ARB/damping or increase rear spring/ARB/damping.

If you are using a locked diff that won't help either. Too much coast locking will reduce turn in and increase front tyre temps. Locked diff = 100% coast locking.

Quote from Victor :

hm ok so the problem wasn't what i thought it was then.

Anyway, I've rewritten the internals of the relay setup page - please try again and let me know if it works now.

Thanks Victor - that's done it. Both showing at the same time now

Right - both port numbers work fine when I add each host individually. But I can only have one working at any one time.

The Insim port numbers are 53317 and 53319. I now have 53317 working fine but not 53319 unless I use the update button. Then I can switch over the 53319 and back again if I wish but not add the same host again with the different port.

oops - yep - missed that one and read your response for someone else. Thought you were a bit quick even for you Victor.

Quote from Victor :

from what i can see here, the connection attempt to your host times out (ie. it waits a bit and then fails).

Either your firewall is not setup properly, or you haven't entered the correct insim port (either in lfs or the relay).
Or (to cover myself) it's some obscure thing i can't think of right now But my best guess would be the firewall.

It's a 500Server so I have no control over firewall.

OK thanks for the help

I'll double check the insim ports but seeing as I am using them for Lapper I can't really see how I have them wrong

Thanks again.

EDIT: I can simply update the Insim port number to the other host and it works fine. But if I try and add instead of update it gives me that message. Guess that rules out firewall settings for both Insim ports and proves InSim works fine on both servers. hmmm

Last edited by Gentlefoot, Mon 28 Jan 2008, 22:25.

So I can add the same IP address twice?

When I add the IP address again with the different Insim Port for the other host I get the following message even though the insim port is different:

"ERRORS:
The entered IP and Port number are already submitted to the Relay."

Quote from felplacerad :

http://www.lfsworld.net/?win=h ... Tab=insim_relay&abc=4

What do I do if I want to add hosts that share the same IP address to the relay? If you try and tag the port onto the end of the IP address you just get a dead connection.

I have 3 servers all on the same IP address each with different port numbers. They each have different InSim port numbers too. I have successfully added one of them but I would like to be able to add the others too.

Thanks.

I get the same thing on one of my servers from time to time. Doesn't seem to affect it though.

A very enjoyable thread this. A real eye opener.

You need them to get closer as you go up the gears. I think if you were to set the gears like that 1st and 2nd would be too close to be useful and the gap between top gear and the next one down would be too big to maintain decent acceleration.

Thanks for all the posts and PMs guys. It seems I have some really top teams to choose from.

What I'm going to do now is list every team that has sent me an offer. I will then try and list all the drivers in each team and see who I know and who I don't. From this I expect a few teams to appear on my shortlist.

I will then check out the shortlist teams websites and skins and all that stuff and make my decision.

Thanks again for all the kind offers - very flattering

GF

Following the closure of R4R I am now without a team. If anyone feels they could use me please post here. Had a couple of offers already but I want to sit back and see what happens for a bit.

Cheers lads.

Here's my wheel config - I use a G25 and mainly drive SS

http://gentlefoot.com/LFS/Images/LFScontrols.JPG

Might be of help.

Quote from MAGGOT :

It's unrealistic because you can drift with a mouse? What a hollow argument. The one you were talking to, obviously, has the intelligence level of a brick.

I know a few bricks that might be upset by that comment

If you like a bit of FOX or FO8 action on a Friday night come join in - none too serious. Quali for the next 45 mins and race at 00:30 UK time

Quote from tvpro :

Is there any left?

This race took place a couple of weeks ago. The next race is on Sunday. You can apply for a reserve slot if you wish. If so, please go to the forum - http://www.gentlefoot.com/LFS/forum/index.php - register and send a PM to either administrator or gentlefoot stating which the competition you are entering and the car you will be using. Screen and LFS names are also useful.

Entry lists are shown here:
http://www.gentlefoot.com/LFS/forum/viewforum.php?f=10

GF

With the FOX I found it was quite a bit slower - think it has less power, certainly less revs and a narrower power band. That's what it feels like to me.

I ended up reducing downforce slightly to compensate for this. Also the gear ratios needed changing too.

Think all cars peak power limits have been reduced in a similar way. Gear ratios will need changing. Maybe slightly closer gears or lower final drive.

The tyres are very different. In the FOX now the R1s are only good for a few laps with max pressure. I think this is what is costing the most time as you have to use R2s for anything more than a short sprint race.

The camber angles need amending too. In this thread I explain how I set up cars and in it is a useful way of finding the correct camber angles.

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=33099

If you've got less grip you are going to need a bit less diff lock too. This is another thing I have been adjusting since patch X.

Brakes too ofcourse. A bit less overall force maybe.

Suspension settings should be pretty much the same between X and Y with non-downforce cars I reckon. Minor adjustments might be needed to maintain a nice balance.

Have fun - making setups is a great skill to learn.

Not sure what its down to. I run max pressure most of the time with the FOX.

Don't think it's just a speedo reading thing because I'm prestty sure its reflected in the split time too. And yes - I'm getting fastest split times on cold tyres. This is split 1 at AS4 I'm talking about though which is a high speed sector.

Interesting