iDi is/was a wrecking team. IIRC every member got banned from LFS.

... suddenly turned into Niko. Everyone ran away ...

... Erik. Erik didn't like this because ...

I've had a fun night tonight. We started racing on the CLC layout after you left then we had some races only in reverse gear.

(I was [iDi]Wr3cKz0r y0)

Moo Racing 2 at 7pm BST. (That's in 25 minutes). Be there.

6th isn't bad

I've already explained, I'm buying a nice new PC for the rig so I would like to be able to play other games on it. I do not have the money or space to have a desk and another monitor sat next to it.

Good point on the arm in the air thing. The mouse will be fine since it feels natural to have your arm down by your side, as long as it isn't too low. I could mount the keyboard swinging thingy so it's quite near my lap.

I'm planning to build a racing rig in the Summer but since I'll be buying a nice new PC for it I want to be able to use it for stuff other than racing. I was thinking of FPS games mainly.

Now, my question, has anyone created a rig that they use for racing AND for playing other games, specifically FPS games?

I was thinking of how to do it and I came up with the idea of having the keyboard on a swing mount thingy so I can just pull it round in front of me after I've detached my wheel. I could also have the mouse down on the right hand side since the shifter will be on the left.

Has anyone else got any different ideas?

Last edited by Leifde, Thu 12 Apr 2007, 15:23.

Use the dedicated server program instead of the full LFS. It should be on the main LFS site somewhere.

How do you expect a bit of fabric to protect you from around 50kg on your finger while traveling upwards of 50mph? Gloves are more for protecting against scratches, cuts and fire.

Quote from Rish :

Sorry guys but i almost wet myself when i saw that first video! It is funny but it depends on your sense of humor. mine's slightly twisted
Anyway click the link in my sig, thats funny !!!!!

EDIT: Before someone takes the piss i mean the top link not the link to my skins!!!

The first vid isn't funny IMO. The vid in your sig is though.

New features?

I voted for KY GP Long but then I realised the reverse config was on there. So that's -1 vote for KYGP Long, +1 for KYGP Long rev.

n00b wanting LFSTweak: "I wnat teh tweak 4 teh cihkcen!!1!11!"

Ouch is all I can say

Hehe.

Forum update: I am gonna get ready to go out to Subway now, I'm hungry. I will create the last 2 pages and tidy up a lot of the code then release it.

EDIT: The 10th page is mine, all mine! Moohahaha. (Like what I did there?)

EDIT2: I forgot I have to make a page for people registering and logging in. I've got the majority of the code for that so it should take too long anyway. So thats 4 pages to do...

The thing is people will pay these prices because they want to win. I'd pay those prices if I had the money. My dad has given me a budget of £1500 this year for 10 weekends. Then I've got a £500 engine rebuild on top of that. I just don't have the stupid amount of money the frontrunners have

EDIT: Saying I'd spend it on karting is a lie, I'd go into club-level single-seaters for at least a season.

Set of tyres x3 - £300
Share of chassis price - £200 (based on a £2000 chassis over 10 races)
Share of engine(s) price - £200 (based on two £1000 engines over 10 races)
Fuel - £20(?) (control fuel - very high prices)
Entry fee for race - £80 (including Saturday practice)
Share of entry fee for series - £10 (its probably more than this)
Miscellaneous stuff - £100 (chains, sprockets, etc)

Total - £910

That figure seems a bit low for a weekend top-level karting to me. A lot of the front-runners have yearly budgets of £70,000 and more. And karting is meant to be the cheapest form of motorsport you can get

EDIT: Those prices above are just guesses and I forgot to include the share of a £100,000 motorhome

Quote from The General Lee :

Oh...My...God

I agree. He cannot be a Moo member while he listens to music like that

Quote from harjun :

Lol...no...rotax is probably faster THAN THE FOX

A rotax max will do about 90-100mph maximum. The FOX will do 145mph. They would probably corner at about the same speed (I think). That would make the FOX faster overall.

Rotax maxes are fast but not THAT fast.

I've just changed to a BMW engine so I'm a full BMW team now.

I think smoke should come quicker/easier than it does now before we get more of it. For example when following someone karting and they lock the rears you usually get two trails of smoke coming out, even if the tyres were only locked for a tiny amount of time. In LFS you don't really get smoke from locked tyres

Forums are nearly done but I'm off out tonight (yeah, I do have a life :tilt so you won't get them til tomorrow afternoonish.

The overhaul will bring these features:

• Upgraded user management (i.e. people will be able to register at the website, even if they are not Moo members)
  
• Upgraded events management (i.e. sign-ups for events, etc.)
  
• A better news system
  
• Much much better admin system
  
• Upgraded Member page(s) (i.e. each member will have their own profile page and their own subdomain)
  
• An upgraded forum (heh, I haven't even got the first version finished and I'm already thinking about upgrading it)
  
• Better applications page
  

That's all I can think of for now. This will be version 2 of the website and I am also hoping for a version 3 eventually (I already have an idea for a major component of that).

If anyone would like to request something then please do and I'll try put it in.

Last edited by Leifde, Mon 9 Apr 2007, 15:34. Reason : Better formatting :)

Right, firstly I'll talk about my weekend karting. Frankly it was crap. I couldn't get my engine to run well all weekend. Just when I thought I was getting decent speed out of it someone would just fly past me on the straight. On the Saturday I got taken out and ran over this really evil kerb. It ripped off my front pod and broke an engine mount (an engine mount is solid metal about an inch thick). Repairs cost about £60. Then on Sunday two chains decided to bugger up, one of them making my sprocket have no teeth left whatsoever. Total cost for two chains and a sprocket, £36.

Lined up for the final, last place. Overtake two people on the outside in T1. Hold that position for the rest of the race. Two other novices in front of me spin off so that I'm in second position for the novice cup. 7 laps to go. Desperately hoping the guy in front will spin off too but he doesn't and I end the race in second (13th in the overall race, 2nd novice).

Now that I've told you lot about my weekend I'll give some news on the forum. I said I was gonna do it Friday but it turned out to be a mad rush to get my kart ready so I just didn't have time, sorry about that. I have plenty of time today though. Its about 11am now and I have to go out at about 5pm. That's 6 hours, I think I can do it.

Thirdly I come to news about the IGTC. I have drafted Niko (LFSn00b) into the IGTC team. He is not a Moo member, he is just racing with us for this championship. Also, if any of the Moo members would like to race and they are fast enough then they will be able to take Niko's place. (i.e. Moo members > Niko :tilt

Fourthly, I am thinking about a bit of an overhaul for website. The layout will stay the same but I would like to add quite a few new features. This will take time but I have two weeks off school now so I have plenty of it.

And we come to the last thing....

MOOOOOOOOOO