I think it would only be half points if no finisher reached 75% distance. If the leader did, then full points would be awarded for the car completing the most laps, then working backwards down to 8th accordingly.
I dunno. If it's raining at the start, and not just wet, they'll probably start behind the SC like they did in Monza this year. Which I don't like personally, but I guess it is safer.
It's actually very easy to get used to - studies have shown that people with no prior experience with anything but QWERTY can be comfortable with Dvorak with just two hours' practice. The real problem lies with keyboard manufacturers who still cling to the old, outdated standard. Just like us Americans with Imperial weights and measures.
Maybe so, but there should be some way to acknowledge the penalty and get the obstruction off the screen. He's 100% right about it being an unrealistic annoyance and it should be possible to change it to smaller text.
So where were his times at the end after he had been on the tires for a few laps?
Why didn't he pit for warm tires?
ITV, especially that moron Steve Rider, is so hopelessly biased towards Hamilton that you really can't rely on anything they say about him. The simple fact is that he wasn't as fast as many others in the session. He didn't have brake trouble. The team made the wrong call to try inters at the beginning of the session, but as has already been said, he continued to be slower than them even after he switched onto extremes. It just wasn't his day. He's a great driver, he doesn't need a whole team of excuse-makers trailing behind him to explain why he isn't crushing everyone by four seconds a lap.
In the race, James Allen decalred "HAMILTON'S STRUGGLING!" after he had barely done one corner. :rolleyes:
I can't wait for the BBC.
I should learn to type on a Dvorak keyboard. Playing this game and trying to go as fast as possible just highlights how utterly stupid the QWERTY keyboard is.
Most people can type 25-50% faster on a Dvorak once they get used to it.
Most people can type 25-50% faster on a Dvorak once they get used to it.
Are you actually leaving the pits to check the brightness? When just sitting in the garage you're in the shade and the cockpits are very dim. On my screen they're pretty much black. Pull out into the pitlane and into the sun and everything brightens up.
Somewhat on the topic of the pitlane being closed:
A few times on CTRA I've gotten the "Pitlane is currently closed" message before the race begins. I'm on the grid waiting for the lights then suddenly realize that either I forgot to apply the correct setup or forgot to add enough fuel. I go to pit, fix the problem, then click join when one set of red lights has come on, yet it gives me that message. Surely it shouldn't say that until the lights have actually turned green, right?
A few times on CTRA I've gotten the "Pitlane is currently closed" message before the race begins. I'm on the grid waiting for the lights then suddenly realize that either I forgot to apply the correct setup or forgot to add enough fuel. I go to pit, fix the problem, then click join when one set of red lights has come on, yet it gives me that message. Surely it shouldn't say that until the lights have actually turned green, right?
Test Your Color IQ
http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77
Pretty simple. Drag and drop the squares in order to arrange them by color. The first and last ones are fixed, so you have a point of reference.
Very surprisingly I got a 0 (perfect score) on my first try:
Pretty simple. Drag and drop the squares in order to arrange them by color. The first and last ones are fixed, so you have a point of reference.
Very surprisingly I got a 0 (perfect score) on my first try:
Good question. Not to my knowledge. rFactor doesn't and I don't think either iRacing or NKP do either.
Those things and a dynamic track surface, especially temperature, weather, differing types of tarmac, rubber/oil/water/dirt/gravel on the track, painted lines, all kinds of stuff.
I don't think LFS is anywhere near advanced enough for that.
What is this, one of these "I've done it and you haven't therefore I'm right and you're wrong" threads? Spare us, please.
It doesn't look real because this is a game played on a wheel clamped to a desk on a flat monitor. Real racing is, well, real.
Yes, some people are extremely fast in the XRT. They can hold the car right on the limit for long periods of time, and the WR laps are good examples of what an XRT looks like on the limit. Quite a lot of oversteer is evidently what is quickest. Of course you don't have the danger of dying in LFS, so the driving tends to be braver and more spectacular than what you'd typically see in real life racing.
So your suggestion is to incorporate drivetrain damage into the sim? What would that achieve? What does that have to do with driving the XRT quickly?
So your suggestion is to incorporate drivetrain damage into the sim? What would that achieve? What does that have to do with driving the XRT quickly?
I'm not familiar with the current crop of graphics cards. I haven't paid attention to that stuff since 2005.
What do you mean? That 7200 RPM drives drain laptop batteries quickly?
That doesn't seem like a big deal if it's always in one spot and plugged in since he'd be gaming on it, but if that's the case, why not just get a desktop?
Antec is a good brand, but don't buy based on wattage alone. High wattage is generally good, but some companies use cheap parts and disingenuous test conditions to achieve unrealistically high wattage ratings. More important is amperage, especially on the +12V rail. Check the box for the ratings on each rail (3.3V, 5V, and 12V) and get the highest ratings you can afford. A good PSU should deliver at least 25A on the +12V, preferably 30 or more. I bought mine a few years ago and it does 34A on +12V, so a newer one should have no trouble doing that.
They're still on those slow-ass 5400 RPM HDDs in laptops? That might be quite a considerable bottleneck, but hopefully I'm wrong.
It has value, and will have value outlasting any country. The US dollar has lost half of its value in the last eight years, while the price is gold is very steady.
Bleh. I hope he sticks around. He's one of my favorite drivers and I still maintain that lap for lap he's the fastest one of them all. It would be disappointing to see him go.
No, you're wrong. He's a very skilled driver.
It's obvious when you watch his style even in a car as shit as Honda's. He surges forward in the wet whenever he doesn't get the short end in a first lap crash or other such nonsense. He's one of the smoothest, most clinical drivers on the grid. That isn't necessarily always the fastest though, in this modern of age of huge downforce and critical tire temperatures requiring a more aggressive style than his. He has a similar problem to Kimi in the Ferrari. I'm not saying Button's the best overall driver on the grid (that's why I put him in #2,) but to deny his talent is daft.
I don't plan to upgrade to a new system. When this computer can't play games anymore, it will just browse the web. I'm through spending thousands on new PCs every few years; it's a futile effort. I don't give a shit what great PC technology is just over the horizon.
All I need is a card roughly similar to the performance of my X800XL. I just found an X850XT for $50 on ebay, which seems like a good deal considering all the other X850 series cards are at least twice that on ebay, and more than that elsewhere.
All I need is a card roughly similar to the performance of my X800XL. I just found an X850XT for $50 on ebay, which seems like a good deal considering all the other X850 series cards are at least twice that on ebay, and more than that elsewhere.
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