Quote from LazLoW :

That's actually a good question, I was wondering this myself.

N is already a separate button itself, you can't go lower than 1st paddling down, so R being the left paddle while at neutral is probable. Maybe "click it twice" or "hold for a while" for extra safety

Won't work for games and isn't all that great for other stuff. Most Windows versions already come with a remote desktop client and server, or you can use VNC, which is free.
You can open a session from your laptop into your desktop and use Word fine, but anything more involved will be dead slow. It's mostly a tool to do remote administration and things like that, not continuous use.
And not gaming. Well I guess Solitaire wouldn't be too bad.

I didn't get that with the DFP, but have developed a callous in my left thumb since I got the G25. Similar to what you'd get in your middle finger after lots of handwriting. I blame the stitching.

Every spaniard under 40 has sit through at least 3-6 years of English in school... behold the results above.
In a twisted way I'm extremely glad about it, as it's quite a competitive advantage for those of us that actually manage to mumble a bit of it.
Just for example, hard working people with brighter minds than mine have to bow down to my superior Google-fu skillz every day at work

Dubbed TV sure is a big culprit. It's so bad that you have to translate back to English in your mind to actually get 90% of the jokes.

Quote from funkdancer :

then maybe experiment with running the side displays scaled to 1280x960 and centre @ full res - that should ease the load a fair bit.

I'm running SoftTH at 1920x1200 on the center 24" monitor and 1280x1024 on 19" side monitors. SoftTH does great in allowing the mixed aspect ratio (16:10 center, 5:4 sides).
System is a C2D E6600, 8800 GTX, no overclock. Secondary card is a very crappy Nv 7100.
I'm getting 50-70 FPS online with about 15 opponents, max video settings.

Well here's mine:

Gigabyte DQ-6 mobo
2 Gb 800Mhz RAM
C2D E6600
Scythe Ninja CPU cooler
Nvidia 8800GTX
Nvidia 7100GS (for SoftTH)
Antec P180B case
Logi keyboard, mouse and G25 wheel
1x 24" Dell + 2x 19 " LG monitors

Runs beautifully at about 70 FPS @ 4480x1200

The outside:



The innards. I'm proud of the wiring, as I tend to build extremely messy systems:

Quote from Speedy Pro :

To pull a Rosberg-Trulli: attempt to pass the car ahead in the corner and end up spinning (in-sync...or is it N'Sync? ) both cars without any physical contact.

I've heard they have offers from big "Dorifto" teams

Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

La Sexta. But apparently they have done some decent sport coverage.

That's only if by decent you actually mean cringe inducing bad.

La Sexta basically uses the same retard for all their sports commentary. He's completely clueless about the subject, so he just comes up with insulting nicknames for all participants while he shouts random unrelated and supposedly funny phrases. They'll probably hire someone that once watched a kart race from a distance as an expert sidekick that won't get to talk much while the other guy goes ahead with his mad ramblings.

Quote from djgizmo68 :

Im having calibration issues with my G25, it doesnt center upon switching the PC on.

I also cant find the Calibration menu...

There's no calibration menu. I haven't had this problem with my G25, but with my DFP, I had to connect it to the USB port after the computer had finished booting, or it would be a few degrees off center. You could try that.

The only situation in which I have personally noticed a difference is running the UF1 at FE Club:
Light car in which the pilot weight is very significant and most of the laptime difference due to performance through three right hand turns.

Quote from matt_green84 :

Yeah, but all due respect to the GP2X, coz they do look pretty good:

More people are gonna have a PSP
Everyone here plays LFS
I think if an outguage was implemented, people would use it, hence making the developers time spent worthwhile.

That's the point... who's for sending a PSP this way?

The problem for this is that for every possible device capable of this you have to find someone that has LFS, the device itself and is able/wants to program it.
While in my case I tried with my GP2X console and it worked, I didn't go any further with it because I imagine that the amount of people that can check all three:

a) own a GP2X
b) play LFS
c) want an outgauge display,

might be quite small, even 0 (even I'm not really using it, haven't found a way to mount it anywhere because my McGiver-fu is quite weak)

I started learning English at 6, but it wasn't mandatory at schools until 10 or so, going to about 17. They start earlier now, but most people here in Spain still manage to go through 10 years of mandatory English education without actually learning anything.

I didn't learn much at school. Satellite TV ,computer magazines and finally the Internet did it for me. 90% of what I read is in English now, I buy my games from the UK to get the English version instead of a poorly translated and more expensive Spanish version and tend to watch movies and TV shows or read novels in English, to avoid missing all the funny jokes and wordplay.

It's sometimes a bit silly because, for example I might give someone a book or a link to some website, and he will look at me funny and say "Man that's in English"... I just don't notice or really think about it anymore

I have a horrid accent though, because I dont' get to actually speak a lot.

Quote from Hyperactive :

I tried the racer few days ago, downloaded many many cars but as to my suprize there seems to be no good ones. Or one, the 1950's formula . Imho racer is not even near the current DR, not even close. I wouldn't suggest racer

I haven't played it in months and it was quite rough and hard to configure, but when I tried it I liked this BMW:
http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=191287

I enjoyed driving it with a homemade clutch through what seemed a converted GPL Nordschleife or that beautiful mountain road they have, "Swiss Stroll" or something. Being a free download I think I got my money worth for the hours I spent with it

Quote from Rtsbasic :

With any luck the G25 will hold its value as well as the red Momo did

Is there any sim that actually has a real clutch simulation? I've tried various Simbin ones in addition to LFS and none do it right. Infact I think Simbin's implimentation is better than LFS, you can actually stall the car for one thing.

The Racer free car simulator not only stalls, but also tortures you with horrible screeching noises if you forget to use your clutch when shifting. There's a few great cars and tracks that you can download for it:
http://www.racer.nl/

As a wise man said, a Spaniard is the one who couldn't pick anything else.

If you can't find an adapter, you can always try something more radical.

I'm using one of the pedals of a very old PS1 wheel as a clutch besides the DFP ones. What I did was to take a very old PC joystick, disconnect the wires going to the X axis pot and hook them to the wires coming from the pedal pot (nothing fancy, can't solder without burning my fingers, so I just used duct tape). Now I can connect that joystick and have the pedal working, and an extra axis I can use for a handbrake if I want.

Another solution would be one of those USB interfaces to wire up custom wheels, pedals and buttons, but that will cost you over €30 and I guess cheap wheels can be found for little more.

slow in, sideways out, grass in my mouth.

That's almost a haiku...

Quote from Gabkicks :

westhill is probably one of the least stressfull tracks on lfs.

Hey I thought that too. Until I tried going fast.
I was doing 40s with the FZR there, had never really tried.
But I've been lapping around it the whole week, hundreds of laps, looking at replays, at Analyze4speed, trying all kinds of approaches, but I can't go under high 32s, about 3 or 4 seconds off the WR, and 2 seconds off the fastest race lap of the typical fast guy in any pickup server.

The problem for me is the chicanes. Of course I can stuff a lot of laps and bleed quite a lot of time in the rest, for example in T4(5?), that evil right hander without any curbs on the exit, but I get that one right in at least some laps. But I'm always 20-30 Km/h too slow through both chicanes, and that's while seriously risking either a spin or understeering right onto the tyre wall.

I'm not too proud of it, but here goes:
Fictional Renault ING 2007 skin, based on an idea by this artist:

http://www.deviantart.com/devi ... =sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps

Say it loud! I'm geek and I'm proud!

I tell everyone about my weirdo hobbies, mostly people find them very interesting, and seem to be sad because they don't have the time to do it too (or maybe they are polite and very good actors )

The wife is another matter... "Again with the stupid toy wheel?!?!?"

I'd like a couple of BF-1 2007 skins:
McLaren-Vodafone and Renault-ING, let you imagination fly, will be worth a laugh when the real ones are unveiled...

The season is going to end with a bang! (or multiple)

That looks way nicer... I have no patience for graphics, had to use and learn the SDL graphics library as I went and hated every minute of it.

It's a GP2X, a Korean made handheld console with a 320x200@16 LCD screen. It runs Linux, and can do TCP/IP over USB, so getting the data from OutGauge was dead simple.
A bit expensive to use just this way, but hey, it plays mp3, movies and can run games, which could come handy in long pit stops