Great initiative!

I am interested but won't commit to it yet.

I voted for Driebergen

Last edited by Joris, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 22:03. Reason : location added

Why touch it? It should not bother anyone. This is a marketing strategy I can really appreciate.

I think it's a nice structure to keep all stages available seperately. It also illustrates that S2 will keep being supported whenever S3 is released.

Sounds fair

Quote from Jertje :

Don't diss the Olav, he makes everything seem interesting and has just the right amount of enthusiasm :>

I agree on the enthusiasm part. And his impulsiveness (which causes 95% of his mistakes) adds a nice touch but I would rather have coverage that's more aimed at people with some knowledge about racing. The way he always mentions that whenever someone is significantly improving his laptimes that he must be getting lighter really makes my toes curl.

I can easily live with playing at mediocre settings. I just hope my current PC will exceed the minimum specs.

For some reason LFS seems to be the only game that seems to get leaner with every update. My FPS seems to have increased with the past two patches. Is Scavier the only development team that don't have shares in Intel, AMD or NVIDIA?

I have seen only one complete ITV F1 coverage. Unfortunately it was the Silversone GP. James Allen seemed to be chocking his chicken during the closing laps.

Brundle was excellent thought he compensated Allen perfectly.

For the coverage in the Netherlands we are subjected to the mercy of a guy called Olav Mol. He does know the sport but does not understand the math about tactics. The other bad thing about his commentary is the guessing part. Whenever he sees a car spinning or crashing he just guesses which of the two it is (or four when it's a Torro Rosso/Red Bull or a BMW-Sauber/Williams). Usually he picks the one that would be most dramatic for the outcome of the GP.

One good thing about dutch television is the tolerance to abusive language on daytime tv.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

I'm sick of the requirements of new games too. Especially given that there's only one game or so each year that I even care about playing.

Very true. I have been unfaithfull to LFS for a maximum of 2 weeks when trying another racing game. The only game series that can keep me entertained is the GTA-series.

Thanks guys,

I know I will need to invest in a new pc eventually.

My current PC I built on a very tight budget about 2 years ago. I am not planning on assembling a new one on short notice.

It runs LFS and GTA san andreas excelent on almost maximum settings. I would love to run GTA4 as soon as it is released for PC but won't buy a new one just to be able to run it.

If I was that desperate I would allready have bought a PS3 for it (and sacrified the relationship with my girlfriend).

I will wait and see wether my PC exceeds the minimum specs for it when it's released.

I am currently running a socket s939 AMD athlon 3200+ 512k L2 cache (venice type I think).

I am still satisfied with the performance but I do not know wether it will cope with something like GTA4 when it will be released.

As the s939 processors are becomming extinct I have the feeling that if I want to upgrade I would need to do it on short notice.

The quickest one I can still find available is a 4000+ with 1024k L2 cache. For 36 Euro's

Can I consider this as a leap in performance?

This is the rest of my system:
MSI K8N neo4 motherboard
1GB memory DDR333 (mobo supports up to DDR400)
Geforce 7600GS 256MB graphics

Traffic lights did not stop Lewis H.

A good setup is more driver-related than track related. A lap-record setup will not help anyone that does not have the driving style to exploit it.

If you have a good balanced set up that suits your driving, it will work practically anywhere. You would only need some minor tweaks in the downforce and gear ratio department.

That's what I do and I am about everywhere equally slow!

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

Davidson and Sato? Aguri is dead mate! They had "financial difficulties".

duh

Quote from Tomba(FIN) :

it is lol..

But it does look like a cheap Halfords Add-on.

Quote from Leprekaun :

FXO GT S

Engine: 1.9 turbocharged inline 4 / FWD

Power: 294 BHP

Torque: 370 Nm

Weight: 1111 Kg

Power-Weight Ratio: (261 BHP/ton)

What's wrong with a boxer engine?

I prefer my rice in a cleveland steamer.

Great job. I'll give it a good going when I'm sober again.

As far as I can judge LFS allready provides a platform for ricer-handling.

• lower the suspension
  
• make it a lot stiffer without changing the dampers
  
• add extra weight to simulate the amplifiers, subwoofers and extra carbon-look-crap
  
• add intake restriction to simulate garbage can exhaust (and turn up the sound)
  
• set the front anti-roll bar to the max and do not touch the rear one(that one is hardly visible IRL anyway)
  

Quote from samjh :

Montagny and Sarrazin are both Le Mans veterans too. Peugeot had the right driver line-up. Their car let them down - fast over a single lap, but can't last the distance.

Sarrazin and Montangny were solid indeed but I did expect more from Villeneuve. Especially in terms of pace.

I think the car did pretty well for a Peugeot. They usually do not come as reliable as this.

Quote from BlueFlame :

when you are stuck with inexperienced drivers like Kristian Klien and F1 TestDrivers like Alex Wurz, you know it's gonna be tough,

I would not call Alex Wurz inexperienced. He won at le mans with Joest Porsche in 1996 and raced the mercedes GTR car in 1997.

However, I agree some of the drivers in the line up are not of the endurance racing breed.

Some of you really need a girlfriend

I think the next patch for the mclaren's simulator will include traffic lights.

Just picked up GT Legends a week ago. I realy like it but do not consider it as an LFS replacement. I am not tempted to try it online but it's great offline fun.

I have allways enjoyed LFS as a finished product because it is at least as good as any other.

Just consider an update as a gift and enjoy racing.

Sure I would welcome another track or an LMP-like car but it is not a disaster the game has not been updated for a while. Sometimes a bit of continuity is good.

But having "merry Christmass" as latest LFS-news is just bad PR.

I think there is a difference between using tires that are not intended to be used without pre-warming and tires that will be designed for use without.

I think next years tires will be safer when cold than the ones used today. I can not imagine Bridgestone not adapting to this.

Every part of a racing car is made to suit regulations and circumstances.

I miss "Dodge 'em" for the good ol' Atari 2600!