In true style, my first post involves an incident in which I had epic failed

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=586332#post586332

Quote from tinvek :

no surprise how popular 7 is, read somewhere that it's by far the most popular choice between 0 and 9, there was some scientific reason behind it but i can't remember it as it was about 25 years ago

Between 0 and 9, seven is

An odd number (more interesting in terms of randomness)
A prime number (as above)
Not at the beginning or end (not random enough)
Not 1 (1 is too boring to be sufficiently random)
Not 5 (5 is too central in a list of numbers to be random)

This leaves only 3 and 7

And everyone knows that 7 is clearly a better random number

Or I could be talking crap

It seems that the unevenness of the originally 'out of bounds' sections combined with the higher speeds achievable due to longer straights gives LFS tracks some much needed bumpiness.

One thing I noticed that makes it look a bit unfinished - When driving through the newly opened up sections that were originally out of bounds (e.g. near the Fern Bay Club straight), the spectator camera switches to a weird variety of follow view, as if that part of the track is still partially 'out of bounds'. Is this easy to fix?

The parts are manufactured in China, but the car is assembled in Longbridge

Quote from anttt69 :

Although i agree putting an MG badge on a Montego was a bridge to far.

I remember having this on video tape ages ago... so naff and cheesy

Quote from xfirestorm :

I don't get the KY6 layout. Wont there be a problem in the Oval KY2/KY3 section where the paths cross?D

Surely it will work like this? With a dividing barrier between?

DAMMIT

I really need to get a computer that will run LFS at a decent FPS, been meaning to get once since October :doh:. I haven't tried but maybe an i3 processor, integrated graphics and 3GB RAM will get me 30 fps on low settings.

It might have been mentioned somewhere, but I fail at reading. With the open track on tracks with multiple pit lanes, will both pitlanes be in operation (i.e. working pit boxes)?

Quote from dadge :

have you ever come from a bike with shocks onto a solid no shock bike? i've never realised how much punishment your wrists have to take. bad times lol.

I made the mistake of locking off my front suspension and then riding down a rediculously bumpy, potholed, very steep road at 35mph. I nearly crashed

Maybe I was just riding like a cock, but there was a suprisingly noticeable difference in how much less controllable the bike was with the suspension locked off


Regarding the topic, I generally cba to change through all the gears to get up to speed, so I tend to start off about middle of the gear range and just put in some effort to get up to speed. Although I very rarely use the lower 1/3 of my gears because they only let you do about 6mph whilst pedalling at 5400 rpm.

Last edited by JO53PHS, Mon 21 Feb 2011, 23:11.

Im looking at pcspecialist.co.uk...

For the same price as the i7-950, 6GB RAM & GTX470 system, I can get a sandy bridge 2600K, 8GB RAM & GTX470

I better check I haven't made some major error here

Quote from amp88 :

With a decent heatsink you should get 4+ GHz which will be fast enough for anything you want to do just now and should easily last you a few years.

I'm not thinking of overclocking it in the immediate future (because I'm relatively n00b), but if I did do so it would be minor and well below the harjun industry standard of 1.675 THz

I'm tempted by the option of liquid cooling for an extra £59, but it probably isn't neccessary unless I do choose to overclock.

Hopefully decent fan cooling should be keep temperatures down sufficiently. The only reassuring thing is that it can't possibly be as bad as my 90°C Vaio laptop which subsequently self destructed itself.

Just for the record, I'm not building this PC myself because I lack the time / knowledge to do so, but my budget is about £1000 or under, built.

I wasn't aware of Sandy Bridge before, but having done some research it's definitely a consideration. The decider will be how much more an i7 2600 or 2600K is going to cost over an i7 950 in a built system.

As long as the PC performes decently, I'm not overly fussed that it is using a slightly outdated processor. You can wait and wait and wait for new technology, but at the end of the day whatever you chose will likely be superseded by something new a few months down the line.

I'll mainly be using this PC for games (LFS and occasionally some others), Photoshop, Basic CAD (i.e. sketchup, maybe Autodesk later - pending free educational copy :tilt as well as the usual MS Office school stuff. I sometimes do a bit of stop motion animation stuff, which requires a fair bit of power when compiling hundreds of large (Full HD) pictures into video.

I could maybe get along with a lower spec computer but I want it to be vaguely future proof and last a decent number of years.

Last edited by JO53PHS, Sun 9 Jan 2011, 14:48.

This is the final time I intend to pollute this thread with my computational incompetence [I might actually buy a computer soon ], but are there any significant bottlenecks or weak areas I should take note of in this system? I think I've done enough reading up on components to not have selected something dodgy. Thanks

- Intel® Core™ i7-950 (3.06GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
- ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
- 6GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz
- 1280MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX470
- 600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan

I win the battle for crappiest phone. End of.

Edit: Just realised Niko's phone has a B&W screen... damn.. I want it

Live: Ford RS500
Crush: Nissan RS4
Drive: Nissan R390


...

Volvo S80 V8
Tata Safari
Suzuki Wagon R+

LOL

LFS in its current state is far from being unfinished product. It is perfectly usable and enjoyable, without there being any (significant) inconvenience of missing features. There is sufficient content to do many things, and the current tyre physics and general feel of the car is on par with (or better than) most other sim titles.

It cannot be compared to an unfinished kitchen or bathroom. If you have no water plumbed into your sink or your bathtub has not been installed, the bathroom is completly UNUSABLE. This is not the case with LFS.

Quote from Amynue :

Some people in this thread seems to be unbelievably smart since they say 2 years for developement of the tire physics is way to long and they would do it faster, so I have a question for you.

http://www.lfs.net/page_images/pics/tyre_04.jpg

Which way the wheel rotates at this picture?
A. clockwise
B. counter-clockwise
C. doesn't rotate at all
D. jabba

Without a doubt, it has to be D

Despite the fact that he damaged his car in a Mcdonalds car park, I don't think he had a problem with the temperature of the food on this particular day.

Quote from Sueycide_FD :

-waits for someone to recommend joe-

If you're referring to me, you wont have to worry about seeing me online anywhere for at least another 2 weeks, because my computer is thoroughly b0rked.

Quote from raiderfan :

wtf

I couldn't agree more.

Im hijacking this thread again because I fail too much to deserve my own thread, but can anyone recommend Overclockers UK (or some other PC company if your think there is a better one)?

OCUK seem to have bad reviews on t'internet (e.g reviewcentre), but every company does.. I get the feeling this is just a small proportion of people who have had bad experiences and want to vent their anger and get 'revenge'

fail:dunce:

Since I haven't bought a computer for ~3 years I'm not exactly up to speed on what the best processors/graphics cards/systems of today are

Is this setup likely to run LFS (most importantly) and other demanding applications well?


HP Pavillion P6685 UK

Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1045 (Thuban) 2.7 GHz
HDD: 1TB SATA
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT230 1.5 GB
RAM: 6 GB

Did a 55.2, now sitting @ P7

Quote from pearcy_2k7 :

59.3, how the hell are you getting 55's? :\ If you kill people do you actually get a time bonus?

I haven't bothered to check properly but I think you get a time penalty on the lap that you kill the people.

So surely you could kill everyone on Lap 1, thus making more track space for your lap 2 & 3?

Quote from Jordan2007 :

Ford focus set on fire on the road behind my house. We got round when the petrol tank exploded.. Wow.. It shit me up.

What a pleasant neighbourhood.

Quote from sil3ntwar :

You would have to be mentally retarded to pay such a large amount of money for a numberplate.

Indeed.