Quote from Clownpaint :

He couldn't claim that title, the same form of slavery was enforced apon over 1 million whites on the North African coast on the 17th century, so that title is taken.

Hmm. I thought about trying to be diplomatic here, but to hell with it. Clownpaint, what is up with this? You want to make sure that the white man's extensive history of enslavement is not forgotten? Just how BNP are you exactly?

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I think the colour of his skin isn't just the headlines, it's his entire career.

Question answered, it would seem.

Quote from Becky Rose :

...singing his praises even if he turns out to be worse than Giovanni Amati, who I know the vast majority of this forum could beat in a pedal kart.

It's Giovanna Amati, unless you are trying to be funny here. Freudian slip perhaps?

To the guys who get upset about their screenshots or skins being borrowed without permission, can I just ask: how big is your MP3 collection?

Yeah, I thought so.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Oh christ I hadn't thought of that. He'll probably compare him to other famous black drivers, like BA Baracus.

I'm pretty sure Murdoch drove the van, no?

17.5 laps per post: could have been so much worse.

Bee simulators eh?

That's just crazy enough to work... you are a rebel worker. Lay your own eggs and defeat the evil queen before the soldiers get you! Oh the drama.

Quote from Jamexing :

SIX BLOODY LANES and they STILL can't take it? Geez, I can turn a mid sized SUV around that with 2/3rds the width!

The sad truth is that circuit racing and rallying are such polar opposites...

What's it like being you, Jamexing? A little bit hectic?

Quote from spn43 :

I race Formula 1 boats in USA

For some reason I was sure there was going to be a third photo showing it airborne and a fourth one showing it hitting the water upside down...

Kudos to you that there wasn't.

Probably Night Driver on the Atari, aged I don't know, 11 maybe?


Then Motormania and Pole Position on the C64. Jeez I feel old now -- thanks a lot, OP.

Just muddle along for another forty to sixty years and then one day the problem will go away.

(Wish I had a better answer, as I know the feeling you're describing all too well.)

Quote from Meanie :

It is something like Live Alert, yes?

That's what it sounds like. If the OP could explain how it's better than Live Alert that would be most useful.

I long for the day when restarts are about as socially acceptable as a fart in an elevator.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Edit: Maybe we should have a T1 Brake Help driving aid.

I wouldn't normally suggest such an arcade-style feature, but I wonder what would happen if you didn't enable the collision detection until (say) one minute into the race. So accidents in T1 are impossible, as the cars will drive right through each other.

It's not that I seriously want this feature, as it would obviously ruin the sense of immersion, etc., but it's sad that something so clumsy could possibly solve the problem.

Or, trying to think laterally, what about spacing the cars further apart on the starting grid, thus trying to achieve greater separation at T1? And this setting could be server-specific, so you could go for a realistic grid like the current one, or a widely spaced "public server" style grid with car separations of 25m or more.

Quote from jtw62074 :

Doing such a car is indeed a good physics test. I tried this in mine and it worked quite well. Even ripped GPL's sounds and one of the backgrounds for it

Todd, you are so hardcore. How do you drive with the complete absence of landmarks in that thing?

Quote from Niels Heusinkveld :

Recently I've been making the bold statement that GPL does less 'big things' wrong than most new sims. Not many agree with that though..

Count one more in the "agree" camp. I think this is a great way to put it.

Quote from xaotik :

...120psi in those skinny tyres which effectively means it would take approximately 200+ km/h to make that to aquaplane...

Cyclists of the world, the gauntlet has been thrown down.

I demand 90 degrees! Maybe more!

Come on George -- feedback please! How did it go?

Setu, I feel your pain. One of the many difficulties in fixing this problem is that the people you are complaining about generally don't frequent the forums. "We", meaning forum readers, probably weren't the ones calling you names and trying crazy passing moves in the first place.

Quote from Marty502 :

It's not like you'll get killed if you go off the track on a FO8 on LFS.

Correct. Thanks.

I've seen some people who'd probably finish higher up the order if they left the limiter on, but that's a different story...

Quote from Sp3cTr3 :

they did it in the 60's

balls to the wall racing for real men

I'm not disagreeing with you, but I think it's important to note that they got killed fairly often in those cars. So I think XCNuse is right to say that a wingless FO8 would be dangerous.

Hats off to Julek. Great to see such sportsmanship in LFS -- good post, Phil.

I would try to turn up. I would like to learn FE Black both forward and reversed, and don't mind which car is used.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Austin Allegro from here to the supermarket.

Because driving an Allegro to the supermarket is life, everything else is just waiting.

Quote from tristancliffe :

In LFS surely we should strive to be the best, and not accept substandard driving, like in the BTCC, as our benchmark!

Completely agree. I guess my point is that in the meantime, while we're striving towards eventual perfection () it might help to get some good collision and damage modelling into the game. When people really pay the price for their carelessness, particularly in the open-wheelers, then maybe standards will improve.