Are you a Cosmic Schmuck?

No lerts, I'm not only referring to you, this applies to everyone.

According to this:
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article3405570.ab

One of them, the one in red, is a suspect in a murder case:
http://www.thisisstaffordshire ... 72425-detail/article.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_ ... staffordshire/7611794.stm


Crazy.. she tried to kill her self by jumping from a bridge as well as this. Didn't know human body could take that much beating.

Last edited by IDUI, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 16:53.

Quote from chanoman315 :

Well... a friend of mine has challenged me in GT5, he says it rocks and that he is very fast. And that GT5 is the most realistic game/sim out there.
Well, i said it sucks. I havent played it, but i wanted to know compared in physics, what's better LFS or GT5?
And if I win on LFS can i win on GT5?

I got to drive it over a two week period, enough to get used. Right about 1'st of August, when physics got updated. It felt very good imo, got the best feel from Clio? car thingy, RWD mid engine I think. It's good fun, but i guess I'm much too used to LFS and can't adopt well as I was 3 or 4 seconds off the WR even with a great lap and was always slower then my friend, who's slower then me in LFS.. if that matters. We're equaly fast in all types of gokart btw. If you get pawned just say GT5 physics suck or something.. but does either really matter?

I'm more interested in how the world would look like if we all stopped thinking about death completely, just really welcomed it as part of life. Maybe then death, war adn disease would not be such a big seller, gets annoying with all the security and safety focus all over the media.
Well, at least, some members of my family are REALLY afraid of death, makes life tough I think, kinda like riding an MC while constantly worrying about falling... makes the ride worthless.

I think whatever was before birth will happen after death... which I ahve no clue about... EDIT: now when I read it: duuuh. But will leave it.

"If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style." - Despair

From what I gather no one can tell for sure between macro script and manual button clutch from the replays, so any accusations made here were baseless. All the black list and hating talk, it got ridiculous pretty fast here lol.

Imo this sort of thing can make LFS less fun for those targeted. Maybe they deserve an apology?

After all we're all here just to have fun, right?

Yepp, that's me. :drunk:

A gadget not invented yet... a car airfreshener tha tmakes people "undrunk"... then hwen yio get out it's.. back to drunk again.

Last edited by IDUI, Sun 6 Jul 2008, 23:51.

Quote from CSU1 :

thats just silly, there would be too much stuff around....wtf would you want two of that you already have one of, money?lol

Maybe a "deplicator" as well to turn stuff back into.. whatever it makes stuff out of(energy?)? Maybe the replicator could use blueprints, so there's no need to feed an actual object into it.

Quote from Racer Y :

Really? when I think of the dalai lama... I don't see any sort of hope. I see a socially accepted version of Jim Jones. In fact, I think he's a great example of the territorial and power oriented being you describe.

Too bad you focused on the part I was too lazy to edit out, my baseless opinion, as I know practicaly nothing of the man.
To me it seems the only way a person can recognize tendencies that I mention is through self inquiry(how els?). For any leader this should be a requirement, to understand why they act the way they do, more so then for any less empowered person. I take it you mention the cyanide cult guy for a reason, so perhaps this doesn't work either.

EDIT: To get on topic: Thiis is kinda of funny, I was just surprised that it makes sense as well.

Last edited by IDUI, Sun 29 Jun 2008, 00:07.

Quote from Racer Y :

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5856369.html

I don't mean to start a flame war amongst religious and atheist people, but I do find this a to be a little interesting.

This little note they put on the post new thread screen I think sums it up for me.

No similar topics found. Start your thread and let the users answer your questions.

It's odd, I no longer find such things ironic. The craving for power and wealth seems to be always rated higher by governments then the people and the law they're suppose to uphold. Be it Socialist China "curbing" it's laws for drives that of capitalistic countries, or Sweden(why i've been thinking about this lately) passing a surveillance law that makes human rights seem like vague suggestions.

Maybe it's not so strange, really, we're territorial social and thus power oriented beings, things like this are the only way we know how to act and live. People like Dalai Lama inspire hope, but it's rather feint.

Last edited by IDUI, Fri 27 Jun 2008, 20:32.

I like tests over claims.

Button clutch: Would the dragstrip be the best place to test the difference?

Mouse: Can't think of a test. How does the mouse give the driver the claimed advantage?

The reason I'm skeptical is that during patch X up to end of 2007 the bl1/XFG combo, where mouse rules now, was not dominated just by mouse users. In fact the final fastest time was set by Montabur, a DFP user. In 2006/2007 I was able to keep up with PartyBoyU using a DFP as well. [DUcK] I think had that record a few times as well and he also used a wheel, don't know which one...

So you see, this advantage disadvantage thing.. I don't get it. WHAT is it exactly? I by the way was able to do those times because I had driven thousands of laps on that combo.. still get flashbacks to that addiction, though much slower now.

I don't think it's what you use it's how you use it that matters. as long as there's no advantage gained over physics or similar.

BTW I also used mouse during bl1/XFG time sometimes and see waht you mean by the ease, yet I don't know how that could give a direct speed advantage. If anything it perhaps makes the driver less prepared to drive a real kart/car... maybe.

Last edited by IDUI, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 00:49.

Quote from arco :

Hello Dui! Long time no see!

Hello arco!

To keep on topic: As far as unfair advantage topic is brought up I agree button clutch should be removed, or at least limited to the speed of autoclutch as I think there are those who enjoy the complexity that it adds. Still though this is nitpicking and not very important.

Quote from Boris Lozac :

Always wanted to express my frustration about this but never did..

Thing that started to put me off from LFS (among other things) is this freakin mouse domination. It's gettin redicolous that in almost all cars (if not all) you get pwned by mouse users!? I thought that real cars are driven with the steering wheel and pedals, but LFS doesn't think so..
It's stupid how precise you can drive with the mouse, and it's stupid how effortless it is. You basicaly move the mouse 2 cm to both sides and that's full lock for ya.. Gas and brake on the mouse seems to have no disadvantage when you do it with real pedals, ON THE CONTRARY, it seems it's better and faster, so what's the point in wheel and pedals, let's cancel them altogether.. Don't say how mouse users can't drive long stints because of the tires, cause they CAN, and besides, i mostly drive short races so that doesn't matters...
I don't know, it seems that anyone can get good with the mouse, just give them free time and perfect racing line display (yes, that new uber realistic option that replaced that arcade thing from hell, the Digital Speedo!)
It seems like Counter strike players can get super fast with the mouse, that's how i feel.. They can drive 24h races by themselves probably, since there's no physical fatigue involved..
Don't get me wrong, i'm perfectly aware that there are people with physical incapabilities and can't use their legs, i'm talking more about the steering, since it's redicolous how precise you can be with the mouse and how fast you can countersteer.
/rant over

The races are short you say so this 24h thing is moot. Countersteering only needs to be fast and long in "whoopsie" moments or drifting. This full lock in 2 cm business is a disadvantage as it's twitchy as hell, was the biggest difference for me when I switched to wheel, wheels are more precise especially at 540/720.
As for being faster with a mouse over wheel in PB situations, ei one lap, you don't mention one valid point that makes sense. Did you or nesrulz check WHY he was faster with mouse on KY2/XFR. Could it be this thing that DUcK mentions? If so then this can be replicated with a wheel by simply driving more aggressively, especially brake/throttle application.

Unless you can show why mouse is faster then wheel AND that this cannot be done with wheel, then it makes no sens to argue.

perhaps it's driving style, I had different setups for wheel and mouse because mouse sets felt sluggish with wheel, but wheel sets were underivable with mouse as they just were too twitchy.

Edit. Didnd't quite get what you wanted to accomplish with this thread, so assumed you watned mouse removed, see you don't. You're just telling us that you're mad that some few select drivers are faster with mouse? Can it be simply due to talent and practice?

Last edited by IDUI, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 00:00.

EDIT: Removed the link.

Guess that wasn't as funny as I thought. Sorry BAMBO.

Last edited by IDUI, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 22:32.

:wow:
It's perfect for LFSW. Thank you Victor.

Cosmos - Eratosthenes calculates Earth's circumference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JHEqBLG650

If any of you already registered there are bored enough to bother.

Edit: Never mind, they got it already. Why do i continue reading...

Last edited by IDUI, Fri 9 May 2008, 13:09.

Quote from tristancliffe :

That's probably true in a straight line scenario, but also consider that the dampers control lateral transfer as well, and in the corner exit situation the car is loaded laterally. Things become more complicated, because we don't generally want more lateral load transfer if we can help it, and a softer outer rear damper in bump will give you more. More load transfer (softer in bump) will decrease rear end grip, causing oversteer.

Keep it simple, but not too simple. And I'm probably wrong anyway!

This is answer makes sense and gives me another view on suspension. Have been only thinking in just front and rear until now.

But I still would like to know if that is the true reason for the general advice to stiffen the rear compression damping in order to achieve more rear grip on exit under throttle. As tristancliffe points out he may be wrong though he still opens a whole new realm for me.

The explanation I've seen previously on this was that a slower bump setting would allow the weight( I guess?) to transfer faster and load the tires faster, because it would not be "absorbed" by the suspension, leading to more grip under acceleration.

Could anyone, please, clarify this?

Very interesting. Just a few days ago I got a copy of Grand Prix Legends and have been wondering how something similar to the 1967 F1 car would feel in LFS, some thing RWD with huge power to weight ratio and no downforce(important). Apart from the front engine layout an LX8 would be pretty damn close.

Looking at most kind of racing and LFS the style of the driver seems to not matter much, when it comes to being fast. Some can drive any kind of style, while others stick to a specific one, it's a preference just like setup. Of course, track/car/driver(?) condition as well as the type of corner will call for different ways to deal with it, then again this also depends on what the driver can do.
I think style is really that which makes the driver feel most at home while at the limit.

Thank you.

Thank You very much axus.

Would be nice to see a few lx4 setups.

Yes it is fortunate that the core purpose of this simulator is to actually simulate.

Quote from geeman1 :

Yeah. People never drive the good cars in public servers. :grumpy: *shakes fist*

MrT pities the fools.

Quote from Priitmek :

Alt+shift

LFS did it to me... I guess the rescent patch fixed this "bug," as CRTL + SHIFT now fixes it self. Thnx for help though.