Quote from Kid222 :

Btw. i could raise numbers of reports, some drivers (mr. Gjerde mostly) wanted to touch my ass so badly.. i had to let them through. I know on FE is tough to make a pass, but...

=> http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=53873

Just do it if you think it's justified. In the end cleaner racing is what we all want (especially in the back).

First of all: Sorry J. Lovett for sending you out in Race 1. I thought there was enough room but I misjudged the distance.


Race 1 was somewhat mixed. On one hand there were people who were really careful when overtaking and others weren't so careful. First I got nudged in the back and lost ~2 - 3 positions and then I just got bumped off the track for no good reason (you know who you are!). I then bumped off Lovett and decided to give him at least one position back and waited in the last lap so that he could overtake me.

In Race 2 I first got stuck up again in a car pileup from which I was the last one to recover. Then I hit another pile up in the last chicane where - for some reason - one of the drivers decided to go back from the grass onto the racing line (again - you know who you are!). But it was also my fault for not braking earlier.

In Race 3 I got stuck in a car pileup (sounds familiar eh? Where's the unluckiest driver trophy?!) which was caused by a car lagging. Afterwards I was just cruising along, beating my own lap record and even getting the fastest lap.

Shootout 3 here I come....

I'm not sure if everyone understands it correctly:

In the shootout you're not carrying any ballast.

If were not competing in the race / qualification in the last event you are required to carry 30 kg of ballast if you make it past the shootout and into the race / qualification.

If you participated in the race in the last event but did not make it into the top 15 thus having to do the shootout you are not required to carry ballast in the next race / qualification if you manage to get into the race again via the shootout.

I have to qualify through the shootout though - so my tears are justified!

I'm going to cry in a corner now.

If anyone of the fast guys could give me a hint why I'm losing ~1 second I'd appreciate it very much:

http://n.ethz.ch/~dnovak/download/1%5ec19.62.spr

(Major culprits are the turn before the bridge and the last turn before the start-finish line. But I can't imagine that I lose 0.5s each there).

Quote from Thunderhead :

So we can count on 1:17:7xx and faster from the top guns? OK.

Please no :b 1:18.5 already sounds like from outer space. I'd be glad if I reach low 1:19s.

Quote from Dennis93 :

havnt made a Quali set yet, so..... 18.1 for me now :P

1:18.1? Dear god - and I thought I was closing in :/ My best (without ballast) is 1:19.68

Right - I found the reason why I was so slow. I was driving with 43 kg of ballast.....

Sounds promising - I'm losing 0.5s per sector. Now I just need to find a way to drive faster :b

Quote from J@tko :

Rudy's getting low 27s, mid 1.00s and mid 1.19s , so you're not so far off the pace.

Doesn't help me much Losing ~0.7s to the best just in Split 1 is rather frustrating (especially since it's similar to Westhill. There I lost 0.7s just in T1 ).

Quote :

it's in my replay

Again: I can't play it because I'm not using Test patches

Can anyone post their split times? I have a slight suspicion that I'm losing a boatload of time in the last turn (and in the first chicane). Mine are:

27.90 - 1:01.84 - 1:20.98

Still got at least a second to go I guess - else I won't see the race

Edit: Bleh - posted one second too late I guess Although I can't open that file - LFS says it was made with a later version.

Is it a possible to make another version? Like:

"iTCC Attempted League Driver - I try hard but the Aliens won't let me in"?

Quote from Rudy van Buren :

I readed the rules and didnt spot that it wasnt aloud, i looked back the replay and i didnt think of the effect it would have to the back of the field since i was only looking to nolan, and if i would have thought of the effect it would have like it did now i would not have done it

It's actually a common problem with cars driving behind each other. If the first driver lifts off the foot and the distance between each car is too small for the speed then the cars at the end will have to brake to a standstill. It's also the most common reason for traffic jams

I guess the best thing to avoid this is to have people not bunch up so much during the safety car period.

Quote from mkinnov8 :

Broadcasts were good tonight, as was the Race Admining... The Racing on the other hand..

I agree on that one - broadcast is great. But we had more Safety Car periods in this round than in the whole Beginner's Cup Season 2....

I got hit in all three races - great stuff.

Race one I got hit by a spinning car in the fast tyre-chicane.

Race two I got hit by someone who was trying to avoid a car and I couldn't see that car.

Race three I got hit by a flying car after the safety car restart.

Good stuff

On a different note: It's amazing how some people just can't stop using the keyboard when they're told to do so. Hey - I got a PhD report to write - how about I employ you?

Here's another one

Quote from hyntty :

So? Excatly what's the problem there.

Besides, the font was Impact so just paint over and input your number.

I just wanted to point out, that even if you open it in Photoshop CS4 you won't have layers Pardon my behaviour - I got stomach cramps :/

Quote from hyntty :

@DWB you should be able to open that png with an image editing program, and find all the layers including the text.

PNG does not support Layers Timo. It is true that Adobe Fireworks can store layer information into PNG but that is simply a 'wrong' implementation of PNG.

The easiest solution would be to use XCF. It supports layers and everyone can open and save it - with the GNU Image Manipulation Program.

Quote from TFalke55 :

with some programs it appears to be white and red

It's because the PSD-format changes over time and thus PSD != PSD. Even Photoshop itself has to update the file if it recognizes that it's an older format.
An external program might be able to read PS3 files but might misinterpret PS4 ones.

Are these results up to the point when the server crashed or up to the 1:30 mark? Because I'm pretty sure I was in front of both Mason and Liibeon (they overtook me the moment my tired popped and right after that the server crashed).

Additionally: I'd like to file a protest against myself for not pitting in Race 1 (although I had all intents to do so in the lap when the server crashed).

Quote from mcintyrej :

I feel so horrible for crashing out someone at the fast chicane on the back straight, as soon as I went to lap him I realised I was going to hit him and couldn't steer away and he spun.

I didn't catch who it was but I'm really sorry.

Sounds like that was me. I was really wondering why you wanted to overtake in the chicane but oh well. Thanks for the apology

The first race wasn't really exciting because I was alone for most of the time. Additionally some TBO drivers were a bit over-zealous, making me lose 10 - 20 seconds by bumping me off the driving line.

Funnily enough the server crashed at the same time when my right front tyre popped.

The second race was awesome in the last 15 minutes because I had some nice fights with Michael - along with a photo finish. Thanks for the fight Michael and sorry for some bumps here and there!

Just wondering: Are you guys able to do more than 10 laps doing those laptimes? My tyres are burning after 6 laps - and that's doing 1:39.9x (with rather poor split 1 times - around 43.5).

Looks like the Alien Invasion has started Where's that support-series again?