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Gnomie
S2 licensed
Got the game last autumn, but it took some time before I got my wheel and everything set up right, so I only really started playing after Christmas (when I discovered CTRA).

Nowadays I have to force myself to not play as much though, because of exams. And then I'm going home for the summer, so I won't be able to play for over two months. That's going to hurt badly..
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Just thought I'd show you this. It shows an amazing recovery by a motorcycle racer.
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Quote from LFSn00b :Yes, it first amazed me too, but it clearly said that on the programs thing:/

Did you buy the full version, or are you using the demo?

I've heard of memory leaks before, but never "HDD leaks"..
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Do you have the lyrics too? Sounds good!
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Quote from LFSn00b :sorry for the small bump. I liked this tool but when i started to remove useless programs from my computer, i saw that Cachya Windows drivers use 33.7GB of my disk space. I removed it asap.

What the heck??
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Quote from Gentlefoot :
Ofcourse this only works if you have run aggressive pressures that meant the tyres got very hot between say 5 and 10 laps. This means they don't get too cold when they wear thin.
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What about cambers? I always get scared when I see that the inside of the tires warm up significantly faster. Therefore, for long races I lower the cambers to get a more flat temperature profile. But then my "problem" is that no part of the tyre ever gets orange/red, they all stay green until they get so worn that they go blue at the end of the race. I don't think this is optimal, either.. (I've only tried long races with the RAC/LX6/XRT/URF/FO8)
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Quote from hotmail :this is the link what you mean!!!!
http://www.raceauthority.com/stats/?licence=Gnomie

the link that you posted is going to the my stats, so it will show my stats, and not yours

Ah.. silly me.

And yes, now I'm down to 100% again. Well, it was fun while it lasted.
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Quote from JO53PHS :
I know all about yellows, since my Yellow Flag ratio used to be 123% (Now 49%)

Talking about funny stats.. I have a 101% completion rate. It's true!
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Quote from spankmeyer :
Quote from Karoti :they should be...

XRT LX4 FZ5 RAC LX6

Only cars you should drive.


Heh, couldn't agree more.
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Quote from Michael Denham :
I think of all the tracks, Aston and KY should be smoothest, as they seem like the highest end, newest circuits. A club circuit like Westhill or Blackwood should be bumpier I think (although Blackwood has been recently repaved with the update I guess ), and Fern Bay should be MUCH bumpier IMO.

Completely agree. I'm guessing they're working on this for the next patch. Westhill and Fern Bay are the ones which are most in need of a severe facelift IMO, particularly the road surfaces.
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Seeing how overrepresented Finns seem to be in the LFS community I'm guessing this might just work out. Good luck!
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Quote from PaulH :I tried that, and multiple combinations of calibrate-lock, lock-calibrate etc etc. This was in patch X but I don't know if that would make a difference. I tried DXtweak and IIRC the same sort of thing happened. I gave up in the end and I don't have much problem shifting . . . most of the time . . . *thinking of excuses* . . . ermm only when my legs start aching for example
Thanks for your help though.

Hm... that's very weird. For me it works nicely. What I do when calibrating is:
1) Enter the Controllers section and push the clutch / brake pedal as far down as I want them to go
2) Press "recalibrate" and then release the pedals and calibrate the steering and throttle as usual
3) Click "lock calibration", and I'm done.

It stays fine even after exiting/restarting LFS. I don't understand why it works for some people and not for others..?
Gnomie
S2 licensed
I'm not a setup guru, so I mostly have only two sets for each car -- one "fast" set with strong brakes and high gear ratios, and one "slow" one (for more winding circuits). The only thing I tweak is the camber + pressure based on what track it is. Only takes 30 seconds before a race. I never touch the suspension or anything like that -- that's best left to the experts.
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Quote from PaulH :From within LFS? I tried that a while back and it worked for a bit but would reset its self back to the original full distance of travel upon restarting LFS.

Just click "lock calibration" or whatever it's called when you're done calibrating.
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Why not just calibrate the clutch to saturate at 1/3 travel?
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Quote from dawesdust_12 :Kev - Try explaining it to the boss that just hired you that you need the odd saturday every month off to play a car videogame?

Speaking from experience, are we?
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Quote from Bawbag :Thats the race setup I used, I know it says qual and it was actually Hannus qualifying setup, it has more psi than any set i'd made and lower cambers, so it worked pretty nice for the race.

I think "pretty nice" would be an undertstatement. Good racing.

Thanks folks! I'll start practicing tonight. At least now I can't blame the setup.
Gnomie
S2 licensed
I just watched both races. Very high quality of racing (as expected)

You know, I think I'd like to practice this combo for a while now. Just to get some indication about where I'm at compared to the best. I guess the result will be disappointing, but I'd like to try anyway.

Would anyone of the racers in this event care to share their setup? Any one will do.
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Quote from Gabkicks :the biggest pluses of being on a team for me were mostly from them sharing setups since most people are stingy. and 2nd was it helped w/ race strategy a bit. sometimes a teammate wouldn't have time to figure out how tire performance would change over a race or other aspects of race strategy, and other teammates will share that information with eachother.

Agreed. I'm not in a team, but I participate in a free-for-all league. We do races every two weeks, with all kinds of cars and tracks. One of the biggest advantages, besides what Gabkicks said, is that I've learnt to drive many different cars. Normally I mostly race the LRF and TBO classes, so the league offers a great way of "forcing" myself to race other cars once in a while. It provides an incentive for learning new stuff. This way I've come to appreciate many cars that I normally wouldn't really touch.
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Another "sweet spot" for the AI is with the FO8 on Westhill reversed. They all go off the track in a corner about half-way through
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Quote from dmwright :prakhar
No longer welcome





So, how many days will it be till he registers a new demo account and tries the same thing on someone else?
Gnomie
S2 licensed
I think the shifter is the most fragile part, and apparently many people have had problems with them. But I thought Logitech had made some improvements since the G25 was first released to the market? I don't know. Mine works fine still.
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Quote from Takumi_lfs :1. XRT
2. South City
3. Demo
4. Fail
5. Bye!

He got pwned. I see he's no longer welcome.
Gnomie
S2 licensed
Very nice!! Awesome job.
Gnomie
S2 licensed
1,33 Gb here.
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