Quote from DHRammstein :

I've just recently decided to make the move to online

Buy a Logitech G25 from ebay.

EDIT: Or wait a couple weeks and buy the 911 wheel. Maybe. Not sure yet, read reviews carefully.

Quote from Rappa Z :

Well, tickets are $125-$160 at Bristol. That's pretty high considering seats for the U.S. Grand Prix(2004) was $75-150 if i remember correctly. Only 2 section were above $140, and the rest around $100. So i think NASCAR is pretty pricy compared to F1.

Comparing ticket prices doesn't work when you only look at the US Grand Prix, because its tickets are much cheaper than most other grands prix. Tickets to Silverstone, for example, I think are in the £150-300 range (someone correct me if I'm wrong on this point).

Quote from PAracer :

As for the parc ferme, I think what comes close is the impound proceedure. Often the garage area is locked over night so that nobody can get to the cars. This also applies to the race teams themselves. They cannot make changes to the cars typically after 5pm the night before the race, and cannot change the car in any way before the start of the race. They can put air in the tires and inspect the car to see if anything happend over night. Altering the car or changing parts causes a driver to have to start from the back of the pack. In fact, changing major drive components after qualifying also results in having to start from the rear. Remember, 43 cars start the race. You might end up next to Robby Gordon or some other hooligan.

The F1 system is nearly identical. Thanks for the info.

Quote from PAracer :

It's also for the fans who pay good money to see a good race. I wouldn't want to sit in the rain and watch cars running at 60% of their capacity.

Would it really be that much?

I guess that's what it boils down to - whether they'd be able to achieve racing speeds. If they had to drive ovals at 40mph in the wet...

The only F1 race I've ever seen in person was a partially wet race, and it was a pretty good one because of it. We didn't mind standing in the rain.

Quote from Bumpdrafter :

Car setup also is important, i think that the way those cars are set up for racing doesn't allow them to race under rain safely.

Change to a wet setup.

Does NASCAR have a parc fermé-type system before the race?

Quote from Bumpdrafter :

Even IRL does not race under rain on ovals. Even with all the downforce.

Downforce or not, why can't they just slow down?

Quote from lizardfolk :

I find that better than watching a giant mist overcome the entire track

That is totally weak. Mist or not, racing is better than staring at an empty track.

Spray from other cars is not a good excuse. Many other series manage it, including open-wheel series. At least stock car drivers are dry inside their cars and they don't have their visor as a windscreen.

Here's my setup for CTRA's special layout at FE Green. This is really aimed at a specific user who PMed for it, but since for some silly reason this forum doesn't allow us to attach files to PMs, I have to make a new thread.

Of course, anyone else is welcome to try it too. Any suggestions are welcome.

It still needs tweaking, particularly in the gearing. If there's any tailwind on the front straight I end up hitting the limiter in top gear. And on the backstraight I'm between optimum gears - 5th is a little too short, but 6th is too long. These are minor adjustments which can be done easily though.

Quote from lizardfolk :

I have yet to see any decent explanation for running in the wet.

It would eliminate rain delays.

Quote from bamabogger :

Hey im the leader of THeJOKeRz yall probaly dont know us were new, but if yall hear rumors bout us plzzzzz dont believe them its not true this guy wanted to try to get the jokerz and [BT1] together but i said yes but when i wuz on it they started callin [BT1] noobs and stuff and when i heard that i didnt want 2 be a BT1 and 2 day we told him that we didnt want to join teams and i think he might be mad but dont believe the rumors were not noobs ive had the team for like a year.

This is all one sentence. Surely if you're at least 13 you've had some basic instruction in punctuation, even if you are in Alabama.

Quote from shiny_red_cobra :

Do you understand now?

I understand just fine, I just misread what was written. No need for the attitude though.

I don't understand the question.

F1 leaderboards? The leaderboard is a list which shows the cars leading the pack during the race. The season has been over since October. The new season won't start until March. Do you mean testing timesheets? Do you mean race results for last season? Do you mean race results for previous seasons?

Why would you be looking for F1 information in LFS General Discussion?

Quote from lizardfolk :

Curious is a night race actually POSSIBLE for a track like Melbourne

Yes. Every F1 circuit except Monaco can implement lighting systems and stage their race at night. Whether it's financially possible for them to do so without going bankrupt, however, is another question.

Quote from lizardfolk :

if we DO lose Melbourne what can India (Irungattukottai?), Russia (Neva Ring?) or South Korea (Ansan?) offer?

More money.

Quote from shiny_red_cobra :

Input: AC 100-120V 50-60Hz (imo this is a typo as 50Hz would be useless at 120V)

It's 60Hz AC. Each cycle has a negative and a positive state, giving 120Hz effective. It'll be fine.

Quote from Joe_R :

sweet....now my dad is off to buy it but i got another problem about the wheel....it aint turning a full 270 degrees it wouldnt even reach 180 degrees...it can only go around like 160 degrees...does anyone have a solution for this problem?

I think you're misunderstanding.

First, the rotation of the wheel is 240 degrees, not 270. Second, that's 240 total, not 240 in each direction. The wheel has physical stops at full lock, and the odds of the wheel being manufactured incorrectly with these stops in the wrong places are virtually zero.

Your wheel is fine.

Quote from The Very End :

W00t, that was pretty close looking compared to Westhill, +1 from me. But I`ll say that to every new track suggestion usually

That perspective is deceptive, because it doesn't have any elevation detail. Road Atlanta is nearly always climbing or descending. The final corner in particular is quite steep.

I'm not sure I understand.

There are three barriers on alternating sides which force drivers to go very very slowly through there. As far as I'm aware it isn't possible to go through there and gain time, only lose time.

I thought it was specifically designed in this way for use as an escape road. I've used this escape road myself a couple times when there has been a massive pileup in that chicane on the first lap. It's very slow, but a sure way to avoid getting crashed into.

Quote from Joe_R :

well its ok and i have the Enable Force Feedback box check and all of them are 100%....are the lights suppose to be on at all times cuz right now its not im wondering if its my adapter

By adapter do you mean the AC adapter? That seems unlikely. If you're getting any power at all then it's working fine. Either the wheel is getting proper current or it isn't.

Make sure the plug connecting the pedals to the wheel is in firmly. Then plug in the USB cable to the PC. When you do that the wheel should turn fully in both directions, and one light should come on. When you start a game, the other light should come on.

The settings shouldn't be all at 100%. Overall Effects strength should be 101-105%. Spring effects should be 0%. Damping effects should be 0%. Centering spring should be disabled. Centering spring strength should be 0%.

Quote from Krammeh :

I think its just what they're feedback is like (the turning madly).

I doubt it. When I first got my Logitech Momo Black, it did the same thing. Turns out my settings, both in Windows and in-game, were wrong. Centering spring should be off. I can't remember the others and I can't check because I'm not at my normal PC. Someone else should be along to fill in the other two settings.

That looks like a connection issue. My server refresh looks like that when I forget to close uTorrent before starting LFS, especially when the total uploads are above 25kbps. Run a web-based line quality test and a speed test.

It could be your ISP, or your modem, or your router if you have one, or your PC itself. If you have spyware/adware/malware those programs could be hogging your connection. How many processes do you have running?

The problem is very unlikely to be LFS itself.

What are your wheel settings in Control Panel > Game Controllers?

Quote from Stang70Fastback :

Patch Y included, among other things, the new 'stall-engine feature.'

What does one have to do to stall the engine?

I wasn't even aware that it was possible to stall the engine.

...Actually I'm nearly positive that it isn't. In 1.5 years of LFS I've never stalled the engine, even after spinning in a way which would stall the engine in real life. I use auto-clutch though because I only have a two-pedal setup, so maybe that's the mitigating factor.

Another vote for VIR. It really is quite fantastic. It has a great mix of fast, medium and slow corners with numerous elevation changes. There are several connecting sections which make possible many different configurations of widely varying lengths. I've never even driven on it; I've gathered all this just from the spectating areas (which are excellent, by the way).

Quote from samjh :

"Never race a Mangy Horse". The circuit just doesn't flow right for me.

It's one of those tracks that feel like someone designed it specifically to make overtaking a pain in the rear.

I agree. Of the currently active F1 tracks Magny-Cours would be last on my list to add to LFS, although Bahrain and Shanghai are in close contention. The opening bend at Shanghai would be interesting, but the rest of it? Meh.

Quote from Mustang GT-R :

no i dont got s2 so i wouldent even know about those cars

Oh, I misunderstood your question and didn't notice that you're still on demo.

What kind of wheel do you have?

Does it cut for long enough for the engine to drop in revs, or do you only notice it because of the green bar?

Does anyone know when the new series ('season' for us 'Mericans) of Top Gear is supposed to air?

What car are you driving? The universal throttle cut aid was removed in Patch Y, but some cars still have it because their real-life counterparts do. The FOX, FO8, BF1, FXR and XRR (I think that's all of them) automatically cut the throttle while upshifting which enables the driver to just keep the throttle floored.

ATI Tray Tools will do this with the Refresh Lock feature. You can set a max FPS for each resolution.