Quote from ajp71 :

Which layout are you setting those times on?

Must be the Tourist version. Otherwise a sub 8:00 would be rather awesome. (8:19 here after two laps)

Quote from Bawbag :

I don't actually use it, I remember the real feel plugin destroyed a 6 hour endurance race I was watching (Broadcasted by the SRT guys) I think it started with some 40 teams and ended with about 6.

Nevermind, a mix of 20% seems to fine with LeoFFB.

Quote from tonix :

Could you please post it? Can't find any server at 91.152.196.124.

It's not online anymore, I believe.

Edit: slowwwwww poooooostiiiiiiiin......

Does the E21 work properly with realfeel for you guys? Somehow it doesn't for me. I either get virtually no feedback at all or I get heavy spikes with virtually no feedback inbetween...

Quote from ajp71 :

No a diesels fundamental disadvantage and the reason why you'd never use one in any racing situation by choice, is its complete lack of responsiveness and sudden delayed delivery, precisely not what you want on a twisty track. With a fast shifting 6 speed 'box with correct gear ratios where in the rev range the engine develops the power isn't important and the lack of a broad powerband does not mean a petrol racing car has to spend ages waiting to get there.

That's not the point as far as the WTCC goes, though. Last season the Diesel was favoured by the regulations. FIA promised to change them to provide equal chances.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Bedorf, MA...

Dave: Hey John, come here, have a look at this thread...

John: Damn, have we got it right, Davieboy, or have we?

Dave: We sure have, Johnnybaby, we sure have. Gimme Five!

(they give eachother a High-Five)

Dave: About the pricing, though...

John: Don't worry, they'll pay, they'll pay...

(John off in sardonic laughter)

Quote from ajp71 :

(...) Then you'd have to update the tracks, most of them will already be out of date because small changes are made all the time (...)

This at least should be taken care of. I think iracing said somewhere that they'll be updating the tracks whenever they change in real Life.

But on the whole, I agree. I doubt that with current computer hardware it would be even possible to simulate a racing environment to such an extent that you could setup your car to an extent that is actually useful in rL. You might get some general ideas of which way to go, though.

Is the Solstice the Opel GT for the american market? Or am I mixing something up?

Did I get this right from the ass-interview? Two cars, one the Legend Car, the other the Solstice and a total of seven tracks?

Now I'm really disappointed.

Would be fine for a limited time demo, but I'm certainly not prepared to hand out 20 bucks just to try that measly package for one month. pfft.

Edit: I'm finding it rather euphemistic to constantly talk about a "free basic content package", tbh.

Quote from ebola :

When I woke up Saturday morning I was thinking sod it shall I just be amazingly cheeky and turn up there but I decided against it Didnt think it would have gone down too well.

You know these movies where a very talented singer/athlete/actor/racedriver is turned down at first, but bothers the person in charge with persistence and cheekiness until he gets the once-in-a-lifetime chance and eventually becomes a superstar? Could have been you...

Glad you three guys made it. I was also a little worried, tbh.

I've been on DX8 all along, actually and all settings are at "medium", with trilinear filtering. It's pretty much unplayable, still.


Update: It's not the fps apparantly. I just let fraps run and here's the result for the M3:
Frames: 8680 - Time: 187735ms - Avg: 46.235 - Min: 27 - Max: 68

Now this is not great, obviously, but it's not much worse than with the C6:
Frames: 9632 - Time: 198906ms - Avg: 48.424 - Min: 29 - Max: 71

The C6 is, however, very playable with those fps, while the M3 is not.

Last edited by Linsen, Sat, 9 Feb 2008 21:20.

Hey BuddhaBing,

thx for your effort with the M3. Only problem is, I've got severe fps problems. I only drove it on Spa (RSN version) and don't know how low they are, but they're close to a slide show. I don't have those problems with other cars/mods. Is that to be expected with this mod? Nobody else seems to have troubles...

system:
Core 2 Duo [email protected]
Ram 2GB
nvidia 7600GT XXX
Screen res. 1680*1050

Thx,

Linsen

Quote from deggis :

Doesn't look like this guy (Vijay Mallya, owner of Force India you know) is short of money

But a little short on good taste, it seems.

I do like the Force India livery, though.

Quote from Electric Eye :

Tried asking few friends and they came up with "frex" "VPP" "BRD" which professional really expensive toys , so it's not a possibility for me hehe

This will not be for you either then, but whenever those expensive toys are mentioned, I feel that the CST Pedals (site currently under construction) deserve a citation. Those are just as good as all other high end pedals and better than quite a few of them, as they use a truly pressure sensitive brake pedal which is operated by a load cell instead of a potentiometer. Todd Cannon, the guy who makes those is also a really nice and very helpful guy, it seems.

In the long run, the XRG will definitely be the better car to take, imho. A little more frustrating at first, but it pays off later, as people have stated.

And this advice comes from somebody who'd almost always take the XFG if given the choice. I'm just too lazy and impatient to learn the RWDs properly. Also I don't race a lot and when I do, I want to at least have a chance at finishing somewhere in the top 10. Which works fine with the XFG, but it won't really make me progress much.

Sounds a bit like blast fishing with ducks.

Quote from MattxMosh :

I wasn't trying to sound like a jerk, but rereading it sort of sounded that way.

No harm done. My reply did come across a little defensive, I must admit.

Quote from MattxMosh :

Shelf life for a tire is 6 years. Safe usage life is about 3, assuming you use the car every day.

Says who? Did you read the TireRack-Link? (a site which sells tyres and is thus not particularly suspect of handing out overly daring recommendations regarding tyre-use):

"Our experience has been that when properly cared for, most street tires have a useful life of between six to ten years. And while part of that time is spent as the tire travels from the manufacturing plant to the manufacturer's distribution center, to the retailer and to you, the remainder is the time it spends on your vehicle."

This is congruent with the information I have from the german automobile club ADAC.

Quote from MattxMosh :

And just going by tread depth is a bad idea.

Never said you should just go by tread depth. As stated above: whether the tyre should be replaced before those 8 (or 6-10 years) should be determined by tread depth.

Edit: And, btw, a seldomly used tyre, afaik, ages faster than a tyre used daily. Not 100% on that, though, but it's also implied on the TireRack site.

Last edited by Linsen, Wed, 6 Feb 2008 18:31.

And will those who go please take a camera with them and show us some footage later on? (Only if Fortec allows, of course)

Have fun, you three, who are going!

Watching that heap of plastic wasn't a complete waste fo time, though. Cause I found this, which is much more like it.

Among all the requests I've ever seen on this forum, this has got to be the hardest for the devs to turn down.

I'd feel outright guilty if I were Scawen and wouldn't start coding day to night transitions right now.

Quote from bbman :

Have they dropped the closed cockpit-rule for 2008? I thought open cockpits wouldn't be allowed anymore?

I think that doesn't apply until 2010. Peugeot just developed their car with that in mind already.

Quote from samjh :

(...) Generally, a set of tyres should not be driven for more than two years or more than 50,000km (31,200miles), whichever comes first. Even if the treads are OK, old tyres form a layer of very hard compound on the outer surface which adversely affect grip.

Two years?! That's ridiculous. Modern tyres should be fine for up to 8 years and whether you need to replace them before that should be determined by how much tread is left.

Those LMP cars look more and more like F1 cars with bolt-on fenders. I don't think I like the direction they're heading.

Quote from the_angry_angel :

A clan-site with a pretty front end, orientated around LFS for those too lazy to watch the movie. Basically.

That's the information you were able to extract from the movie? Well done!

Now, what exactly is the purpose of a clan-site?

Quote from Lateralus :

EDIT: Ninja'd.

Plus, I already had stated that I'd looked it up before all those nice explanations came hurtling at me.

Thx nonetheless!

And just to confirm: According to motorsport-total.com the R28 is on Zero-keel. And here's a picture that shows it.

btw, anybody else think it's a bad sign that Renault wasn't even able to supply alonso with a racing suit in his size?

I read it's zero-keel, but have absolutely no idea what that means...

Edit: nevermind, I looked it up. And it's called No-keel in english?

Last edited by Linsen, Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:27.