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Intrepid
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Using LFS to record pitch, roll and yaw with Trackir
Intrepid
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I am struggling to find a way to record trackir data with any software. Would anyone know if LFS records the trackir position in the .raf file for data analysis? I am trying to think of a workaround.
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Quote :This Sunday’s all-new Top Gear TV is a knockout show. Quite literally. We’ve got the heavyweight champion of the world, Anthony Joshua, as one of the stars in our rallycross Mini, alongside American comedian Kevin Hart.

But there’s more. Much, much more. Chris Harris takes on the might of Ferrari’s 770bhp F12tdf – after being introduced to its 250 GT ‘TdF’ predecessor. Cue much sideways.

Elsewhere, Harris’s Extra Gear co-host Rory Reid takes on 2016’s ultimate hot hatch battle, as he pits the stonking new 345bhp Ford Focus RS against the Mercedes-AMG A45 and Honda Civic Type R.

To cap it all off, Sabine Schmitz drives Audi’s brand new R8 V10 at the lightly terrifying Laguna Seca circuit… with Chris Evans on board for a spirited hot lap. You know what happens next. Strawberries.

Oh, and Matt LeBlanc takes a tour of London… in a modified Ford Mustang nicknamed ‘Hoonicorn’ and a certain Mr Ken Block as his guide.

Tune in Sunday, 8pm, BBC Two and BBC Two HD. And don’t forget to switch straight over to Extra Gear on BBC3 and BBC iPlayer at 9pm

So sounds like a great show without Evans at the forefront... and rather symbolically they include him puking up.
Intrepid
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Chris Harris is the best presenter they have by a milllleeee so give him a break.

The rally cross thing is, from a practical standpoint, stupid. The whole point of reasonably priced car is that conditions, well as best as you could hope, were equal. Having dirt and jumps adds so many variables that comparison times become almost pointless.
Intrepid
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It was terrible and totally misjudged on almost all counts

Watched Top Gear Extra, and Chris Harris was by far and above the best element. The fact he wasn't used in the first show goes to show how wrong they got it. Matt and Evan might LIKE cars... but they don't come across as particularly car people.

on TGE Rory Reid came across as a kids presenter. The guys knows his cars, but instead they had him reading off a card? If they use Harris more, and let Reid be himself, there's a future for the show. As it is though.. dreadful
Intrepid
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Quote from Hyperactive :Explaining the slip angle issue in ac to ac fanboys is a bit like trying explain (in 2005) to rfactor fanboy that real tires don't lose all grip at 30 of slip angle... The responses are pretty much identical. Lack of skill, learn to drive in real life, it is realistic becuase I like it, look at this youtube video. This thread is like rsc in 2005! I'm getting some serious flashbacks.

It's brilliant to see there are guys out there who will spend their time on sims they don't like hunting for issues. What a sacrifice sir, thank you.
Intrepid
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Calling AC arcade, in any manner, is absurd. People seem to think race cars should be impossible to drive. I tested with Ginetta a few months ago. Apart from some handling quirks it wasnt exactly hard to drive.
Intrepid
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Mind blown?

Pretty good popcorn movie. Paint by numbers but it did look visually brilliant. It's the kinda film that hypnotises you at the cinema, but you watch it home and think "huh, thought it was a bit better from memory"
Intrepid
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If Top Gear goes towards the car nerds end of the market it's finished.
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Quote from petercollins :
If your favourite band, who you've seen live dozens of times, bought all their albums, suddenly charged you £12 for one new song (recorded in 2008) you would be pissed off big time.

Yes you may not buy it, but what would you think of them? You'd think they were money-grabbing c*nts.

No I wouldn't. I wouldn't care one bit. It's THEIR RIGHT in a free market economy to charge as they wish. You kind have to be a bit strange to take personal offence to a price point for a product. When you buy something it doesn't give the right to be an entitled douchebag.

I think I'll just leave this here as Louis CK is far more articulate than I am illustrating my point - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHaVqQfMkxY
Intrepid
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Quote from sjmatthews :
Before I get attacked by "Keyboard Warriors"

Dude, you ARE the keyboard warrior!

Will buy this tomorrow because LFS has always been worth it. I've spent more money on green tea last week ffs.
Intrepid
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Quote from MadCatX :
Quote from Intrepid :This is basically how I feel about morons moaning at developers-

By that logic you should also stare in amazement at the coffee maker in your kitchen because it makes water hot at the push a button - and without any fire no less! Smile

It's not like I agree with the occasional moaning though, because I never understood the logic behind it. Usually if one is dissatisfied by a product they go and get another one - it is called voting with one's wallet. Instead the moaners keep crying about what they dislike about LFS and they come up with all sorts of odd reasons why the devs should accommodate them such as "we have the right to know". Others just keep restating something along the lines of LFS being dead. Just face it already friends, you got what you paid for with your S1 or S2 license, anything else is just a bonus given to you for free by the devs...

I often sit and look at everything and think to myself "that is a miracle" Smile
Intrepid
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haha, see they really don't like it when the tables are turned. People start questioning their behavior and they go off like fireworks... but of course it's fine to moan at people that have actually CREATED something.
Intrepid
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funny isn't it... not nice when the tables are turned is it?
Intrepid
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I am pretty sure you haven't created what is still one of the top 10 sims of all time.
Intrepid
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... and you've contributed what to the sim racing world? nothing... zero.
Intrepid
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This is basically how I feel about morons moaning at developers-
Intrepid
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Quote from Inouva :welp bought the dream pack, did 2 straight hours just now in the ring

and i think today i gona do like 2930219302930
i have no words to describe how epic that track is on AC, bye bye lfs and welcome ac

Goodbye LFS? Sims aren't like bloody marriages... you know you can actually play as many sims as you want at any time???
Intrepid
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Why would Zandvoort sign a contract that gives iRacing exclusive rights over the track unless iRacing offered serious cash... Is Zandvoort really that in demand?
Intrepid
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The only good thing about my wasted money on Dirt Rally (I hadn't realised it wasn't a full on sim) is it's motivated me to get RBR working on my PC and wheel.
Intrepid
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#305 turned in like a bellend thinking the cars he was trying to take round the outside of had magically disappeared.
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Quote from AndRand :
Quote from http://metro.co.uk/ :
http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/16/this-is-the-date-of-jeremy-clarksons-final-ever-appearance-on-top-gear-5248956/#ixzz3dJtTjYJ1
Hammond and May have chosen to not renew their contracts although they’re rumoured to have been offered deals of around £1 million a year to stay with the show.
The trio are reportedly in negotiations with Netflix to create a new version of the flagship BBC series along with Andy Wilman, Top Gear’s former executive producer and an old school friend of Clarkson.

How come BBC can still have rights to the title "Top Gear" when all 3 presenters of 20 years and producer will make it by themselves?
I wouldn't care if that would be called "Top-ish Gear" or whatever - that would be "the real deal" TopGear anyway.

Top gear was around before Clarkson and co.
Intrepid
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You watched a special edition of a 90s show called TFI Friday, which the Top Gear producer stated was a big influence to the 'modern' Top Gear format.

The anniversary TFi Friday show did a special Top Gear bit to their show the other day where they got Jason Plato to set a time int he La Ferrari
Intrepid
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5:56 for me Wink
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Quote from sinbad :
Quote from PhilS13 :
Quote from sinbad : I feel like we're missing out because of the perception that "faster is better".

Imagine a world where the top pro drivers were competing in an International series running 911s like we see in the video there.

Top drivers would get to the absolute laptime limit of these cars within 20 laps and then get so bored they'd want to throw themselves into a wall. These videos are most often fun to watch only because the drivers in it are normal drivers making a bunch of mistakes on relatively easy cars to drive.

Well actually a lot of historic events draw in professional and retired professionals from all over. It might be "for fun" but driving standards are higher than you might think.

I seriously dispute the idea that drivers would be bored.....why, because they're slow? That's a bit like saying a Rallycross car would send an F1 driver to sleep after 60mph. It doesn't work like that, and I don't think you can seriously claim that an old Porsche would be less entertaining to drive (for anyone at any level) than a modern GT car.

Finally, I'm not sure why being at the lap-time limit in these would be any different to any other class, except that it would look a hundred times more spectacular than most other classes. How would these be any easier to lap consistently than a modern 911 cup car with its paddle shift and ABS? To answer my own question: they wouldn't.

PhilS13 is making the assumption top drivers aren't already in historic racing. If I know anything about motorsport is that those who were perceive to be the 'top' drivers, rarely are in fact that.

On that note the best karting championship in the UK this year is based on karts from the 90s. Historic racing has an actual definable purpose, it's an actual tangible thing, You drive the cars/karts/bikes primarily because that's what you derive most enjoyment from driving. Nothing is purer than that.

The rest of motorsport is a cascade of rich morons ejaculating a false sense of driving superiority because they happen to race in an 'elite' level championship.
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