I've entered for over an hour.. got some podiums as well as some wins..
but my pt stayed at 1000 without adding..

In addition, the server dun show a process bar after each race, also it will not auto-restart after each race...

thought that Im gonna proceed to the silver license today, but end up nothing....

Quote from niffer022 :

tbh im not all that bothered if higher licence holders race in there, its the muppets who cut corners and tap your ass on cornering making you spin out, then dont say sorry that does my head in..... yeah i can tell when higher people are racing cause i cant get higher than 4th and 5th LOL but it adds excitement too the race know that for one corner i was winning..

shame theres no wreakless driver monitor or warning system... 3 rams or cut corners and your automatically kicked.....


but apart from the muppets that spoil it for everyone, the servers rock

Exactly, sometimes it's better to see ppl holding higher license over there. That means I am gonna enjoy a fair race. I was somehow pissed when sometime those guys don't brake at T1, and made me spin or even wrecked my car. Also, I've raced some racers that dunno how to leave room or overtake, some hit my rear when I'm turning to make me spin to overtake me, and some others dun leave me room especially in SO when we are side-by-side...

..well..

Quote from Jakg :

keithano - you might spy "UKCT..Jakg" in the bronze servers a fair bit

lol.. I will hook up onto the server to seek my silver license today later an hour.

Quote from tiagolapa :

Platinum means nothing, anbybody with lot of free time can level up

Really? Maybe.. but well
Quoted from the license website
There are many factors involved in calculating points awarded at the end of a race, including but not limited to: participation; finishing position; total racers in a race; car driven; fastest lap in a race; fastest lap in relation to the track record; server

So if the racer is getting the last position for every race, I think he will only get points in term of participation. This will indeed cause him a whole lot of time to get a platinum license.

I do agree what Becky has written. I'm new to LFS, as well as to STCC. However, I'm a racer in real life, kart and formula. I know how to race, though not the best ones. I earned by bronze license in a day or two, and I'm now around 70% to silver license. I cannot say I am always on the podiums in the server, but I am competitive to stand on the podium. I've raced those silver and even gold license holders, and still I manage to have a close fight between them.

I think that many of the guys who participating in the STCC servers are working their best to be one of the STCC drivers in one day, right? At least, I'm one of those, impressed by the movies of the STCC. How clean those guys are, and how fast those guys are... reminded me the feeling of real-racing when I was in my home country. I missed that feeling, I'm now in Seattle studying in a uni. LFS has occupied all my time in my leisure time.

So guys, practice hard, and beat those silver or gold license holders. They are fast, but not the fastest. You can keep up with them, if you can't, how can you be a STCC driver or a platinum license holder?

BTW: Still havent seen a single platinum license holder racing in the bronze and copper server thro. Would like to meet with them Hope that I can get my silver license in a day or two, and proceed to the next server.

Quote from Linsen :

Not that I'm against single seaters with H-shifter (although I don't have one), but it actually doesn't really matter, what we think, the FOX could be based on, as the devs created this car and they decide whether it's sequential or not.

And btw, the Formula Campus I found via google (never heard of it before) at least now uses sequential gear boxes and is at 118 hp also less powerful than the FOX with it's 190 hp. And in fact the Formula Renault specs match the FOX-specs quite well.

Tks for the information mate, I appreciate that. Seems that after I came to America for study, things have already improved and changed alot. Would love to try to race the formula campus using sequential gear, should be faster thro. O yea, you're right, the spec of Renault matches the FOX quite well, but the outlook is quite alike to the Campus :P

Not gonna be rude... I thought the the Formula XR is actually based on the Formula Campus. I've raced Formula Campus, and the outlook, as well as the controlling is exactly the same as Formula Campus. It's top speed is also around that much if the gearbox is properly tuned.

However, one thing is that, the Formula Campus that I drove is H-shifter. I'm not opposing to the changing of the new patch, and I'm using a DFP, nothing related to me. I just want to say that there is still H-shifter formula is which like FOX do in old days.

I use bootcamp to run WinXP to play LFS with DFP..
I can say just perfect with my 24" inch Imac c2d !