Quote from chanoman315 :

i want to go to F1 races but i find it "boring" just go to see the cars racing

Have you ever been to a grand prix? Even if you only have general admission, standing room-only tickets it is anything but boring.

Quote from Homeless_Drunk :

blah blah blah... useless drivel...
Well...I'm done reading these forums for a while...

Good. Go away. No one cares what you think.

Learn to spell and punctuate better than a chimp before you attempt to start a new thread.

Definitely interested. Congrats getting the sponsorship.

Quote from perzik :

p.s. i want to excuse for my english

Your English is better than that of most native English-speakers.

I can't comment on keyboard controls, but the bottom line is that you should try to get a wheel as soon as you can. Not only because it'll make you faster (the car goes quicker when you can make smooth, steady inputs rather than the jerkiness that goes with digital input) but because it adds a whole new layer of immersion and enjoyment to the gameplay.

Try to get one as soon as you can mate. Shouldn't be too expensive.

Quote from Becky Rose :

There is no such thing as a good insurance company. They're ALL guilty. They're ALL bastards.

I agree with this statement.

This has been suggested many, many times before. Surely you're aware of the search feature considering you mentioned it in your thread yesterday.

How do you propose LFS predicts each shift? It wouldn't know until you actually shifted, which would mean the animation would be delayed and thus pointless. Either that or LFS animates the shift whether you actually do so or not. Say you're going through 2nd but miss 3rd and just sit there on the limiter - the man inside is animated pulling the shifter even though you don't actually shift.

Neither scenario makes any sense. It's a waste of coding time that could be put to much better use elsewhere.

I took the free driver's ed class which was offered at my high school when I was 16. I got my license when I was 16 1/2, so 7 years of safe, accident-free driving.

I can't believe how much some people pay for car insurance. I pay $380 per year. I'm 23, no accidents, no tickets, and drive a 1998 Acura CL.

Well there are four corners on the screen, not two. Sorry for not being specific enough for you.

Quote from Stefani24 :

Options/Display
...

Can you even read? Currently we can only choose left or right. We can't choose anything else - top or bottom, corner or center, etc. Ideally we should just able to drag and drop it where we like.

A better idea would be to just modify the title of the General Racing Talk subforum to "General Cars/Racing Talk".

Bumping this ancient thread because it's a good suggestion.

We should able to move the minimap to where we please. At the very least we should be able to choose which corner it's in.

Quote from Homeless_Drunk :

not mechanically sound as other engines? no torque? where do you get your facts from?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ukwjliJHvyU

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xaQfY2M45IE

Well it is true that the torque delivery is relatively low for a given rotational speed compared to conventional reciprocating engines, but it isn't 'no torque'. At the speeds at which a Wankel engine would typically run in a car, for example, the torque is sufficient but not gigantic.

To say they aren't as mechanically sound is just silly. They are extremely simple and robust and are therefore much more mechanically sound compared to reciprocating engines. That's one of their main advantages.

Quote from aoun :

IMO, enough with the combination, use that time for new circuits.

Way to read the thread before replying.

In David Coulthard's most recent column on itv-f1.com, he proposes the idea of banning refueling in order to improve the on-track action. I don't necessarily agree or disagree with this because I honestly don't know enough about the exact details to form a coherent opinion. He's obviously a quite experienced driver though, so his thoughts carry considerable weight.

What do you think?

Quote :

The spate of fuel fires in Hungary were all extinguished quickly and no one was hurt, but they did serve to remind us how potentially volatile pit stops are.

From my point of view a bigger drawback of refuelling is that it detracts from the racing by turning the grand prix into a series of low-fuel sprints between pit stops.

In the days (pre-1994) when you carried your entire race fuel load on board the car, there was a much bigger role for the driver in managing the tyres and brakes.
You could even opt to run non-stop if you could make the tyres go the distance, while someone else might pit twice. And because the car’s weight changed so much more in the course of the race, there were more fluctuations in performance and handling characteristics, which in turn created more overtaking opportunities.

These days, in dry conditions, you very rarely see anyone win from further back than the second row of the grid, because race pace largely mirrors qualifying pace – which is not surprising when the conditions are so similar.

So if we need to spice up the racing, in my view one of the best ways of doing that would be to ban refuelling. It could also chime in nicely with the desire for F1 to pursue a ‘green’ agenda, in that the FIA could give every team a fixed and publicly known amount of fuel for the race distance and they would have a clear incentive to be as fuel-efficient as possible.

Quote from tisy0 :

Hi,

I recently installed Ubuntu and now its taking all my internet!!

Buy more internet. $5 per box.

Too lazy too look at the mpr, is it the chicane coming off of the oval? I hate that thing. I can take it fine 15 times in a row, then I take it cautiously on the 16th and it's like I hit a landmine. The car just gets thrown in the air and spins straight off hopelessly.

I hate seeing my thread being bumped again, exposing the evidence of the one time I didn't use the search feature and suggested something that had been suggested a thousand times before.

I don't care for cruising at all, but to say that cruising is being 'catered for too much' is ludicrous. All they have is the ability to drive in both directions on a circuit, and a server filter in the host list. That's it.

I set 'Cruise' to 'No' as soon as I had the ability to do so, then promptly forgot about the whole scene. They are paying customers and can do as they please with their software as long as they don't violate the EULA. The only time I even hear about the cruise concept is when someone starts a dumbassed thread like this one and draws undue attention to it. Flaming this guy won't help, and keeping this thread going draws undue attention and ire toward the cruise community. It isn't productive.

If you're a racer, go race. If you cruise, go cruise. Very simple.

Last edited by Lateralus, Thu 7 Aug 2008, 15:14.

Quote from Gizz :

i just FIA would fix this crap and let us see some battles

You are aware of next year's rule changes, right? Of course they aren't absolutely guaranteed to produce closer racing, but collectively they seem like they'll have that effect. Much less downforce and less disturbed air behind cars, which should make it easier to follow through fast corners, slick tires, KERS and so forth. 2009 should be a great season.

Pathetic.

Christ, what an embarrassment. I assure you all that we're not all idiots over here in the US.

Quote from Sueycide_FD :

parts coming off cars equals physics, which then equals a performance hit. and lfs is a system hog as it is.

A system hog? Are you serious? What the hell do you have, a 286? LFS is by far the most frugal game I have on my PC, including BF1942 which came out in 2002.

Quote from breadfan :

I also can't resist to complaining about the "length" of the series and I hope that TG will be back ASAP and in more than just 6 episodes.

This was just the summer series; it was supposed to be short. Series 12 will be longer and will start 'in the autumn', so I'd guess the first week of October and running through to the end of the year.