Qualifying Recap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hv-2H132c0&feature=g-u-u

Quote from driftbrk :

Nice! What track is that?

Story:

Quote :

Michael Schumacher is to call time on his F1 career at the end of the 2012 season. Schumacher, who originally retired in 2006 before returning to the sport with Mercedes in 2010, announced the news at Suzuka on Thursday.

"I have decided to retire from Formula One at the end of the season, although I am still able to compete with the best drivers of the world,” said the German on his official website. “This is something that makes me proud, and this is part of why I never regretted my comeback.”

That comeback did not spawn the kind of results fans had come to expect of the seven-time world champion, with his only podium finish coming in Valencia earlier this year. Schumacher insisted he was not dissatisfied with his time at Mercedes, but admitted things had not gone entirely to plan

“I can be happy with my performance and the fact that I was continuously raising my game during the last three years,” he commented. “But then, at some point it is time to say goodbye.

“I said at the end of 2009 that I wanted to be measured by my success, and this is why I had a lot of criticism in the past three years, which was partly justified. There is no doubt we did not achieve our goal of developing a car capable of fighting for the world championship in those three years. But then it is also clear that I can still be very happy about my overall achievements in Formula One.”

Schumacher’s Mercedes comeback revived his highly successful partnership with team principal Ross Brawn, the man with whom he secured multiple world titles at Benetton and Ferrari. However, their reunion failed to produce a truly competitive car and Schumacher said he had been contemplating his future for some time.

“Already during the past weeks and months I was not sure if I would still have the motivation and energy which is necessary to go on,” said the 43-year old. “And it is not my style to do anything which I am not 100 percent convinced about. With today’s decision I feel released from those doubts. In the end, it is not my ambition to just drive around but to fight for victories; and the pleasure of driving is nourished by competitiveness.”

Schumacher will be replaced at Mercedes for 2013 by McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, with Nico Rosberg retained as his team mate.

For a full profile of Schumacher’s record-breaking Formula One career, see our Hall of Fame.

Does anybody else think that this will be another 2006? (I don't.)

Quote from Scawen :

This is not guaranteed to work for everyone because it sometimes takes a while for the DNS to update, but hopefully most people will be able to go online if they want to. It's also helpful to have this set up in case there is a problem that makes the move take longer.

Ok. It's fine! Wasn't one of the recent relocations stuffed up and took longer as well? Or am I thinking of something else?

Last edited by Gougoodthing, Tue, 2 Oct 2012 14:02.

Oh god...

On another forum I go on, we have one of these and we are currently on page 735, with 25 posts per page....

18,351 replies... And the thread started only 5 months ago.

The vid worked for me....

Jesse Dixon wins the final bathurst spot.

Quote :

Jesse Dixon has been revealed as the winner of the Shannons Supercar Showdown television series, earning a drive in the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. In winning the 7mate television series, Dixon joins last year’s winner Cameron Waters, to become the youngest-ever combination in the history of the race.
20-year-old Dixon and 18-year-old Waters, with a combined age of 38 will undercut the previous record of 39 held by Jack Perkins and Shane Price from 2006.
Waters was announced during the week as the replacement for Grant Denyer, who pulled out of driving the #23 Shannons carsales.com.au Racing Commodore.
Dixon has a background in karting, represented Australia in the 2010 Formula BMW Pacific Championship and has competed in this year’s Australian V8 Ute Series.
The Waters/Dixon car is the only wildcard entry in this year’s Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, which brings the field to 29 for the 50th year celebration race.

lol'd.

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/9/13852.html

Quote from GreyBull [CHA] :

Relations between IndyCar and TMS are still pretty cold after the safety related controversies preceding the 2012 race.

I would imagine that negotiating a contract extension (for a single header race) was enough of a hassle like that.

Oops, I thought Texas had a double header...

Didn't Iowa have a double header? Or were they qualifying races?

Had it happen again, except this time I fell straight through the ground and into that grey void underground.

Not sure why I didn't save the replay. If it happens again, I will save it.

Quote from DieKolkrabe :

That's the big issue though. V8 needs something like the old CART safety team both in terms of professionalism and actual attendance at races. I don't see why the usual medical team were not contracted for the race. Yes, he has a point, but knee jerk reactions aren't the way to go, and adding in a SAFER barrier won't fix the issue. Remember F1? They went through a turn very, very similar for several years with only Mika's bad crash in 95

But, In the current layout, in 2009, Ashley Cooper dies there. (I was sitting on that corner too. ) (a VERY slight change has been made since 2009.)

Quote from DieKolkrabe :

See my rant above your post. SAFER barriers at Adelaide? Not only would it narrow the course, it's just plain stupid. You can't just move the roads can you (well, unless you're Valencia) and go and screw around with a city for the sake of making a once a year sporting event safer. For 362 days a year, the street track's public roads. V8s are already safe for the most part (Reindler's BBQ last year excepted, but that could happen to any car in that situation).

It's funny though, I'm amazed they aren't screaming for SAFER walls at Bathurst, or do they know just what kind of a shitstorm that'd cause?

http://www.foxsports.com.au/mo ... ry-fn2ms9um-1226288977947

:/

Quote from TFalke55 :

2013 calender to be released on Sunday. Reffering "motorsport-total.com" it shall have two double header events (racing on Saturday and Sunday), most likely at Sonoma and Belle Isle.

What about texas?

Quote from DieKolkrabe :

*snip*

Some Aussie V8 guys actually want SAFER barriers in turn 8 at adelaide. But only the drivers want it now (just 1 or two drivers) and since it is a street circuit, I don't think that will happen.

Note: I was using 0.6B7 when I recorded this replay. I have also had this happen to me in 0.6B.


I was a FE4X testing out a cool little thing I made that allows me to backflips. I have done many backflips before without any glitches, but this time, the rear wheels got stuck in the ground. Once I hit a wall, I was bounced back onto the track. The car was BF1.

Replay is attached

This bug is still happening... :/

Quote from imthebestracerthereis :

Scawen said they were having server troubles a few weeks ago, could possibly be that? It's been a while, but I've noticed recently that the forum (LFSW / Master Server) would take a while to load (20-30 seconds, rather than instantly). I'll see if I can find his post.

Edit: found it.

It has been happening for a couple of months.

The layout and setup I used are attached.

Quote from Lynce :

For me, the sunset one just seems a bit too dark and dull. The others are fine, but this one seems a bit off.

edit: I mean the hillside/rocks are too dark.

Safety Car. Raikkonen may have taken the lead.

Quote from Boris Lozac :

So the maps are really that bad, or it's the exaggeration by the Apple haters?

Yep. It says there is this road near my house that doesn't even exist. Also, it gave a road the complete wrong name.

Should I be not able to drag the map off of the page? It seems a bit un-proffesional with me being able to drag it.

How many dnf's/safety cars do you guys think there will be?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzI04jXR-y0

Probably not as funny if you aren't aussie.

Quote from Gutholz :

lol'd. Clever.

In LFS. Have any of you guys ever done a successful back flip or front flip?

No, glitches or clipping with other cars/objects to achieve it does not count. You need to rely on speed and aerodynamics.

I am able to get consecutive backflips on this layout I have with bf1 at fern bay open. A certain setup is also needed to achieve it as far as I know.

I have attached two replays. One is my first ever back flip. (I have been getting much more better ones since then.) The other is one horribly gone wrong.

If you want the set or layout, just ask.