If my memory is not playing tricks on me Ferrari has threatened to leave F1 before (although I i am not sure when and what the occasion was). It's just a way they will always get their way. Just like a spoilt baby in a candy store.

If standard engines are introduced F1 would not be place for car manufacturers anymore. Just a playing ground for "garagistes" like Enzo Ferrari called them.

IMHO this does not mean the sport would be less interesting. But things like KERS should be thrown out of the window when the sport is taken away from manufacturers.

I can not imagine there will not be a top single seater formula when the smoke clears. (and I do not call something like A1GP top).

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

Yarp, fully functioning without engine temperature.

Before you moan, the guage for it has been there since S2 came out a million years ago, and there has probbably been 3/4 major patches since then. Just one example.

There will always be things on the wish list. As soon as engine temperature is introduced people will become impatient for oil consumption. Personally I think brake temperature (not with an indicator but just the effect) would be a more relevant feature but thats way of topic.

Quote from S14 DRIFT :

They may not be, but I for one AM in a rush to get a new patch, it's been a long time since we've had any sort of new 're-defining' content.

Even a 'status update' would be so great, instead of nothing nothing nothing nothing nothing EVERYTHING nothing nothing as we've been getting so far. It would seem like they're actually doing something then.

In the meantime we have an excellent fully functional sim at a very reasonable price.

Last edited by Joris, Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:44. Reason : spelling correction

Rosberg

Bump!

Just wanted to bring this issue under attention again without starting a new thread.

To support the case for limited gear ratio options I attached a specsheet of the car the Fox is inspired by an older Formula Renault 2000.

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

Just accept the facts.

About you being a dickhead?

Midrace joiners

Fair enough, but my suggestion was not about the entire LRF class. Only those LX-es, maybe even LX4 only if LX6'es are considered to be undrivable for multiple hours.

Quote from Bean0 :

Sam said they'd never be back.

I thought that was about the LRF class. An LX-only server is something different to me (and hopefully not just me).

How about having an LX-day on race 2?

About once a week (or 2 weeks) but not on a fixed day.

Silver LX4
Gold LX6

Quote from BenjiMC :

Thing about Massa is, if anything goes wrong, he gives up. Today showed that even more so. He might be quick, but there is still one more stereotype he needs to get rid of.

He's a hotlapper, not a true racer.

Quote from zeugnimod :

Massa didn't do anything wrong in the pitstop.

I think at some point he should have seen he was squeezing a Force India although it was not his fault he left too early. I am really amazed he did not get penalised for that.

Quote from zeugnimod :

To finish last.

With pride

Quote from Vinnylegends :

Yeah but if we go to Driebergen im not coming!
I'd rather spend my money on driving my own kart at Berghem then driving with cadet karts on a noob track. It is the truth.

I thought this meet was for fun and socialising. I am pretty sure I will carry the red lantern whatever material I get but that will not stop me from taking part. Childish behaviour like yours might however...

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.

Quote from Christofire :

I don't think there is any other way to simply view the stats.

How do you mean, unable to navigate? The website appears to be working fine from here.

never mind...

I was looking in the wrong place. Somehow I expected it to be in the stats section.

Thanks anyway

Is there another way of getting to these stats besides using the http://www.raceauthority.com/topss.asp link becky mentioned?

I seem to be unable to navigate there on the raceautority site.

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