Quote from Storm_Cloud :

I had this idea when you quit your job that you'd be more like Richard Briers for "The Good Life" - converting your lawn into a vegetable plot, keeping goats and so on.

That would be a nice lifestyle - just don't think I can survive like that so its entreprenerial adventures all the way

Just wanted to write a very quick note to explain where I am with this and what I've got on my plate right now.

OK, the situation with this league is that all those who have signed up will get to vote on the day/time of the meets. I will set this up either thru the forum or possibly by PMs to you all.

The following things need to be completed before the first 'test' meet.

Day/Time Voting

Rule Book - I have so far got together with some of the lads and taken a load of replays of various on track situations. I need to go through these and pull the stuff out that is of use, convert it into AVI and create a document outlining acceptable and Unaceptable manouvres.

Forum - Create a forum in PHP that will house all the rules, pre/post race dicussions, results, standings, replays etc etc.

Track Guides - I would like to have these prepared ready for the events but this may not be possible. I have made good progress on the first guide though and this should be finished (in some sort of format at least) within the next couple of weeks. This will need to be added to the website too.

Judicial Procedures - these need to be defined and added to the website forum.

Formal Entries - once we have set a day/time for the events people can start entering the first one. The functionality for this will be added to my website too.

Other stuff outside of LFS.

Unfortunately for this week at least I will not be able to work on the LFS stuff very much at all. I quit my job recently and am now doing consultancy work for a seprate legal entity called Gentlefoot Limited. I have incorporated the company but I am now due to send out my first invoice for the last months consultancy and as yet do not have a bank account or any stationary so I need to get this stuff sorted asap.

In addition I have two people waiting for website builds and I really need to start bringing some stock in from China (stuff you boys might like - anything from RC helicopters/cars to windproof lighters) next month so it's all gone a bit mental. This is how this thing works. half the site is LFS resources - "Gentlefoot Lives For Speed" and the other half is my commercial side/products for sale = "Gentlefoot Lives" Oh and there has to be a whole separate website for my consultancy type work which is very specialist and something that none of you would be the remotest bit interested in.

So - I guess what I'm trying to say is please be patient. I am determined to see this through but as you can tell, I'm a busy boy right now

I'm gonna see if any one else has any problems with ports and my servers before I change anything. Want to see how many people are affected so anyone with problems should let me know.

GF

Quote from Hatemaker :

I guess I'm a bit barbaric then, because if I'm stuck behind lap traffic that wants to fight me off (I'm talkin' for about a lap or so), I tend to give them a very light tap to show them that I'm behind, and to make them want to obey the big blue letters that say "BLUE FLAG" on their screen.

Totally unacceptable in my view. I'm sure they know you are there without you having to tap them. I can understand your frustration if they do not heed blue flags but two wrongs do not make a right.

I would probably just report them to the server admins for ignoring the blue flag and have a quiet, polite word with them after the race asking them why they ignored the blue flag.

Hmm - when I first installed my G25 I had a strange 'anti-centering' affect. Sounds like your problem might be the same thing. Instead of centering the steering it would do the opposite. Think I had to invert a steering axis or something.

I thought the F1 rules stated that there has to be a detectable/measurable interuption of power during gear shifts.

So, anyone got any suggestions as to how server hosts can get round this problem. I guess they can just change the port defined in the cfg file can they? How would they know which port to choose?

Quote from icyocean :

since gaps are always changing, an automated camera can get quite jumpy, constantly switching focus and moving etc., but i guess a more complex logic will be able to do the job

Yes you would have to add into the logic a clause to only check the gaps say every 10 seconds. Or this 10 second time constant could be user amendable. Then you don't have the camera constantly switching cars.

User would then just choose the 'follow action' option and enter the number of seconds before a car switch is made.