I feel jippeed...it's 1:30 in the morning for me and I have a big day tomorrow....

Thx for changing the countdown at the last minute....

Is the registration delayed again? 1h to go I suddenly see a 7days left next to it

Quote from aroX123 :

Anyone who want to meet up on [FG] NASCAR Test?
Lets meet up 18:30 Utc.
I wont race if only 2 guys met up :/ So please, get your self some time and race

Don't worry arox, a league surrounding this mod (well edited to fit a lfs car) is in the works and very close to being officially announced. Right now I really need burnsy to update his server to that updated mod.

Keep you eyes peeled this will be unique and great fun

I know you finished the doctor. Can you atleast send that to me plz

Thanks electric kar, my English isn't broken at all and I would consider myself fairly well educated. However, I do have a strange Chinese-ish Singapore/American accent. How I got that accent I have no idea, but here in Hawaii I found the tolerance very very low. It came to the point where they pretended they didn't understand me.

Weirdly enough, everyone I talked to in LFS didn't have a problem (they said I sound more American than anything else) and the east coast people didn't really care either. Although some high end side of new York still looked down on me cause of my apparant accent

Last edited by lizardfolk, Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:41.

Any other word on the DD1 skins (the better ones IMO)

You guys have never seen korean mmorpg devs. If they want to wait a whole year and they are sure it'll make a difference then more power to them as long as they DO release it and the release will warrant the wait.

Seriously have any of you guys seen other game's development? (those that don't include a fee). 6 months is really nothing in persistent games like LFS.

Most other game devlopers either
1. Call it a day after a certain point (rFactor)
2. Takes literally 1-2 years of delay time for patches and most usually don't warrant the wait time (Korean mmorpgs)
3. Gets a crap load of rushed patches every week that snowballs the games problems (most mmorpgs, combat arms, etc)

Maybe being an mmorpg gamer has made me apathetic to this wait (which is really nothing compared to other games.) Relax, if the patchers start to unwarrant their wait time then you can start to complain. But that was never the case before and there's no real indication that it'll happen with this patch. Just be happy that the devs are working and working hard to give us quality patches. Which is actually a lot more than I can say for most other games.

Last edited by lizardfolk, Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:52.

Quote from hyntty :

Nice one amp!

But wouldn't it be easier to settle for an F1-style quali system where you just have the split time compared to P1? And if it would, *cough* would someone mind creating a program like that as well?

No cause the dynamics if NASCAR qualifying in very interesting IMO even if it is very difficult to implement.

But if the mistakes can be minimized to be negligable on the oval (or anywhere) then this is really worth it

Quote from evilpimp :

I remember it too! I WAS THERE!!!! Between T6 and 7, could see the cars coming out of 5 Was a good enough spot xD

You must have been soaked tea lol. I also remember the mass exodus after Villeneuve crashed lol. He really still has a lot of fans. He got a lot of Canadians into CASCAR

Thank you for the great responses.

Where exactly I'm going to live i'm not 100% sure. I'm not even sure I'll be moving down there. But I would just like to see if there is a racial problem and the extent of it.

Again thxs for the responses

Quote from amp88 :

Yep, that's the problem. On ovals the gaps are so small that any inaccuracy will make a big difference to the result. Despite saying above I wasn't going to do anything more towards this I spent a few hours on it today. Here's a second attempt showing the gap plus a predicted position. It's still not perfect but getting there somewhat. If I can make something that I'm happy enough to release would you like to have some sort of control panel for the application to show you who's on a hotlap and allow you to focus on them instantly to help with the broadcast? I've attached an image showing the fairly basic GUI I'm using at the moment for testing purposes.

Amp88 I would like to thank you very much for developing this ticker for me. I know this must be very hard work as this is very hard to implement and i thank you

Yes I would like a control panel please.

BTW was that LFS TV viewer or were you using the default cameras?

Also, I'm a little worried about the accuracy on the ovals. I know on ovals it'll fluctuate a LOT (it does in real life NASCAR) and i'm not worried about that. I'm more concerned with accuracy. Like I wouldn't like it to say "7th" when the guy's lap got him 3rd

I'm still surprised at how many fans JV still has. I remember that nascar rain montreal race and where was loads of people cheering.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... 601C5BC4C3DB7&index=2

(2:22 and 5:44)

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c ... /04/27/Patrick/index.html

It's a very very interesting article and I think sarah fisher spoke some wise words. Danica should stay at Indy. She won't do well with NASCAR's monster cars. Nor would I think she'll do well in circuit heavy F1.

She's lucky with Indy and she'll be wise to utilize that luck until the Indy teams start to want more results when the hype an publicity dries out. Interesting that fisher's warning can also apply to any other driver looking to hop discipline into oval stockcars

Shame about fisher though....as I consider her to be a very competent driver.

Last edited by lizardfolk, Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:20.

Hello folks, I have a question for all the LFS aussies.

I've been told that Australia has a big racial problem. Is this true? Over exaggerated? I have a few people in the states that say that australia has a major problem with racism.

Just would like to put things in perspective as I'm asian, and I'm thinking of moving to the outback in a few years or so.

This is just an inquiry thread so, be as politically correct or incorrect as you want (without being a douche of course. Honest, serious answers please). If you think that Australia hates all non-whites, say so. If you think Australia is a happy melting pot where everybody's a brother, say so as well.

Either your constantly being kicked/banned.

OR you internet sucks. I'm sorry but either way it's on your end.

A

Quote from h3adbang3r :

I bet Villeneuve could do well. Just look at Mark Martin in NASCAR. The guy is 50 years old and has won 5 races this season.

Well we all know martin's a freak of nature :P

Quote from DieKolkrabe :

Current rumor is she's going to NASCAR (!)

Ha good luck. You have Jamie Wincup, Mika Salo, and Jacques Villeneuve looking in...kinda difficult for her to match then, and you also have good stockcar rookies as well.

The only thing going for her now is hype, but hype won't last if you don't get results

Quote from tinvek :

just because she isn't a top driver doesn't mean her carear will not have a peak, i hit my peak in tennis when i was 12 and hit the ball twice in a row. not brilliant but since every other effort before and since has been worse it is by definition my peak.. by your own admission she is currently higher in the standings than in the "champ" in other years, therefore unless she improves further she is also at her peak

aslso if you don't agree with the statement i suggest you take it up with the team principal of USF1 or whatever bernie's making them call themselves this month, since they made it and presumably know a lot more about american racing drivers than me

No no no I'm not laughing at you or calling you a retard. I'm just saying that the fact that they consider her 5th in the champ (just one position above her previous year's result) as a peak is hilarious imo. She hasn't even won a race this season yet. The only thing that should be said about ther her this year is that she improved slightly. If this is her "peak" then she's not going to go anywhere

Quote from tristancliffe :

You'd fancy her if she had scales though

So? What's ur point?

Don't underestimate scales, they are very stimulating with their bumpy hardness you should try it sometimes

Quote from tinvek :

the problem may actually be the fac that the team themselves said on radio 5 when talking about danica that it would be unfair for them to ask her to go into F1 when she's at her peak as by the time they are competative she would miss out on her best years. now if your any sort of recognised driver your not going to be attracted by a team thats saying you will be at the back for the next 3 or 4 years

Peak? That's hilarious she is currently only 5th in the points...and in all her previous seasons she score lower than that in the champ. She has also yet to win a race since japan oh so long ago. Patrick is THE most overrated driver in America

Last edited by lizardfolk, Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:28.

Quote from 5haz :

http://www.f1technical.net/new ... e62ac8b8e6b0bf6d8d880ecbc



As far as I know 'Bild' is one of those tabloid newspapers so take this with a pinch of salt. I don't think he would do very well though.

As far as I know about the USF1 business:

Villeneuve is "interested" in returning to F1 but is not linked with USF1.

Danica Patrick says no, Scott Speed (lol) says no, and AJ Allmendinger says no. As far as americans go the only viable people left are IndyCar drivers although apparantly Indy is taboo for F1 teams

Not a single driver from Indy has made the jump. A few were linked but never produced anything (Ryan Briscoe).

Marco Andretti, Graham Rahal, Ryan Hunter-Reay (no plz) and Townsend Bell. There's also the A1GP camp: Johnathon Summerton.

And finally you have a few NASCAR "interested" Kyle Busch. As stated before I would like to see Jeff Gordon get a shot as he's proven he can atleast keep the car on the track (much more than I can say for Yuji Ide or Sakon Yamamoto lol).

Quote from manneF1 :

He is just too old to drive F1

What about Barrichello?

Quote from burnsy1882 :

Obviously the easiest way to test this mod online was to use my server that's already setup, so, I'm more than happy to lend it to whoever would like to use it for a league. So, AW+CW, if you'd like to use it, PM me to let me know who would be the main admin in charge of the league and I can change the admin pass to whatever they would like. I may be able to, with my advisor/consultant status, get the46 to broadcast the race/s if this goes through, as it'll be something totally unique.

That is very very generous of you burnsy and I thank you. (BTW I sent you a pm about an insim inquiry. I would like to talk to you about the track position ticker and the MoTec).

However, the mod that we'll be using is the edited mod with the wheelbase centered to the FXO.

I've uploaded a LFS version that's fully patched with it: http://www.filedropper.com/lfsnascar

So if you can either update that server to this, or have another server that hosts this version of the mod that would be great

Last edited by lizardfolk, Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:48.

Thanks to Bob, there's now an edited version of the mod with the wheelbase centered (to the FXO but it looks good). So far the edit was top notch ty Bob

Anyways, the cause for this edit is due to AW and Clockwork working together to see if we can put together a league around this mod

Right now it's in the planning stages but we are all working around the clock to hopefully make this league one of the most unique experiences you'll ever have in LFS. Keep on the look out

Bob, the X10 is an old dedi...smokey is wondering how to set a server up with the mod? (i sent u a pm).

Quote from evilpimp :

Wouldn't that be CASCAR? :P

Lol I know some people who have been racing him in Montreal in karts just last month. He sure seems like he wants to keep fit and keep his racing senses sharp. xD I think he's way too old for F1... Anyone with grey hair is too old for F1 imo lol.

Yes, CASCAR

And jeff gordon doesnt have grey hair yet