It seems when the AI cars get above about 160mph, they have problems. The steering wheel starts oscillating back and forth at a progressively faster rate. They end up doing at least 90° right and left until they slow down. If you look at the cars from above, it looks like they are all trying to warm their tires at 160mph.illepall
They know we are going to skin the car any way we want. They gave us the CMX viewer and the skin maps didn't they?
It is no disrespect to BMW Sauber to skin the car as a McLaren or Renault if you want. This is just the game and it would get boring if all the cars always had the same skins on them.
And as far as the ads around the tracks go... no problem. Ignore them or enjoy them, or change them, no big deal either way. The racing is what is important.
I am happy that we have this car and some support from actual racing teams. It is just plain too cool
If you like open wheel cars, then you HAVE to go back and drive the FV8 now. It is a dream too. Very much easier to drive, sticks much better, and feels a lot like the FOX did before. It is very fun now. You still have to be careful with the throttle, but it is not nearly like it was before.
The BF1 is simply insane. I couldn't keep up with the car. But, after 30 or so laps at AS GT, I was feeling pretty good with it. To drive this car well, will take a lot of work. But the sheer gut wrenching, reaction time testing thrill of it for now is good enough. What a blast.
lol, and so would I. Speed made a mistake with his comment to DC. Forget about it. Just because he says the gloves are off, does not mean he is going to go out and punt DC. It means that the rose tinted glasses are off and he realizes that F1 is just as full of wankers and backstabbers as any other human endeavour. DC is somebody to look up to, in some ways. But F1 is about winning, not being the nice guy. DC knows that and so does Scott now.
And what is this crap about the telemetry data showing that he passed under yellow? The flags on the course control the condition in that area, not telemetry data. Plus, there are other conditions where you pass cars under a yellow. SS thought that DC was part of the accident, so he just went on by. He broke a rule, he got a penalty. Case closed.
That article was taken totally out of context, I wouldn't read much into it if I were you. Scott may say what he thinks, unlike a lot of other F1 drivers, but he is far from stupid.
Set your wheel to what you want, but set your wheel turn compensation to 1. Then watch what happens in the car. The real wheel will not hit a stop but the virtual wheel will. You can match up the degrees that way if you want to, or just leave the wheel where it is and live without having stops.
Guys, it has little to do with US law, European law is just as messy. It also has nothing to do with who likes who and if we perceive it to be good exposure for BMW or not. In fact, it has little to do with if BMW thinks it is good exposure. It also has little to do with if it is well known or not. It has everything to do with commercial rights to the use of the logo. LFS is commercial, it is sold. BMW has to protect their marque. If the proper authorizations are given, then we will see the logo used. However, it may be for only specific uses, like on the cars.
There is minutia here that most people are not aware of. For example, there will be specific rules about the use of the logo that would have to be followed as well, size, positioning, disclaimers, copyrights, etc, that have to be met to use the logo. I hope that it is just a simple glitch and the logo goes back up where it was, but it could be that the logo police at BMW thought that it needed some changes...
It would certainly be nice, but what we really need is the third spring setting that adjusts for downforce. This is a simple system that takes up the load for the downforce at speed and allows the ride height and regular springs to be set more easily.
Unfortunately, governments and lawyers have made intellectual property a confusing and dangerous mess. This means that if you do not actively protect your intellectual property and marques, you will lose the exclusive right to use them. If in fact BMW did ask the guys to remove the logo (which is in question because some people still see it), it would be because a specific use agreement had not been authorized.
BMW must have exclusive right to the use of that logo. Official use of the logo must be controlled by BMW or BMW will lose the right to use it exclusively. It is as simple as that.
But, this all could be a mute point as the logo might just not be cached properly for some of us.
Having the rights to use the BMW Sauber F1 car design and having the rights to use the BMW logo are two totally different things. The team has the right to use the logo of course, but they don't have the right to allow others to use the logo without permission from BMW corporate. That is my guess as to why they removed the logo.
I noticed while skinning the car that I can't change the color for the camera on top of the car. I would like to be able to do that... or actually, each team member to do that so you can easily identify who is in what car.
Did anybody see anything different? Can the camera be "skinned".
But still, we are down to 1 day. I just wish they would give us a bit more than just changing the day countdown. I don't consider changing the countdown as an update. But ah, well. One day to go.
They do not have electronically controlled launch control. They do have traction control. You hear a bunch of sputtering on the starts because the traction control kicks in, but they are not allowed to use the computers to control the launch. Renault does seem to have something going for it, but it is not the same as what used to be used.
It does not matter to me what the car looks like... too much. The problem is that all the races that I have been in include both the UFR and the XFR. The XFR is much faster than the UFR, so there you go. I like the UFR better, but I like to stay competitive too.
No, because he is thinking standing starts are going to be very, very difficult if the BF1 does not have traction control or launch control. (And I know that the current F1 formula does not allow launch control... unless you are Renault )
lol, it is funny to hear that from a German. You hear it all the time here in the US. Mostly because it is true. Most people who buy BMW's here have no idea what they have sitting under their rich butts. They buy them because of the status, not because the cars are awesome.
I buy old ones, its all I can afford; but it is much better than buying a new Hyundai or KIA.
And some of us here in the US also feel that way. I would love to see the new Z4 M Coupe in the game. An M3 or just a simple 325i saloon (sedan to US guys) would be great too. That is what I use Mechanik to do. I built my 1999 323i to drive around in. Pretty cool.
I don't have any proof one way or another. The fast lap time with the drafting cars are mostly attaind using the slingshots around the track. I doubt anybody has been patient enough to just draft behind another car to test it.
Sorry, but that guy is a social scientist and does not know what he is talking about when it comes to drafting.
IRL (Open wheel cars running mostly on ovals) use drafting constantly and if two cars draft and one car does not, the single car gets left in the dust. They obviously do not use bump drafting, and one car is not constantly passing the other, yet they pull away still.
It goes back to my explanation above.