aw, great, a plane with training wheels...

Quote from NightShift :

According to a widespread rumor, Aphex himself had fitted a magnetic brake system to his car out of boredom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P3Wc-37pC4 (3m50s mark)

rofl, that is brilliant!

This is great, lyrics are interesting, and it's an over all great idea, except for one thing:

That guy is ok, but he needs to put more soul and energy into the lyrics, make shit explode, go crazy... be a rockstar!

Otherwise, great stuff, mate!

Umm, guys, I think you are forgetting cars like the Honda S2000, the Mazda miata, and a host of other roadsters.

Those ONLY came as convertible, yet they make GREAT track cars.

PS: Yes, I know there is a hardtop option, but that is still NOT a "fixed" roof.

Quote from mrodgers :

Indeed, rediske. I was at work and couldn't download the video. Even if I could, I wouldn't have been able to run it on my POS office PC (barely has 2D graphics card, it's SLOW).

so just invest $500 in some newer used hardware, and you're good to go!

I just got a 2.0AMD Athlon, Asus mobo, an Nvidia GeForce 4200Ti, a case, and a 500W PSU for only $50 USD! (this is my rig right now because I'm ****in poor and my old comp was bleh.

google: how turbocharging works

lol I thought the forum ****ed up... haha thanks for clearing that up.

Quote from Btoryo :

FBM is demo car.

owned! I think when he read Formula BMW, he thought Formula 1 BMW Sauber car.

Last edited by Mako., Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:55.

So yeah, wtf is up with that? :lol:

justy for clarification, I meant the fz5.... it's really a porsche with different lights on it...

Yeah, I love the new patch! I hit it up with the updated XRG and absolutely loved it! It feels frighteningly real with the porshe as well!

...Good stuff indeed!

I did search google and it wasnt coming up!

Thanks guys!

As I said, for the life of me, I couldnt find the bugger!

For the life of me, I cant find the damn thing!!!! I searched and I searched, to no avail.

it's that easy to install, simple one from on here.... with the pink eye type thing on it or something.

Can someone help a bother out? Thank you!

-Max

the stuff is broken dude!!!! Can you plese fix it?

Well, the other day, my friend brought over his PS2 and GT4, we plugged my GT-Force Pro in, and nothing! The damn wheel would not work at all! the buttons worked, and the wheel works in LFS... just not in GT4... anyone else have this problem? I really wanted to try it with GT4!

Quote from Jakg :

There is one public server doing what your after - CTRA Bump & Jump

Ok, guys just to be clear, what I talking about is USA type autocross, not quite so twisty as Gymkhana, but no mud... absolutely NO mud. And it has to be done in a parking lot.

Also, with talking about a leage: It would be smashing to have the tracks set up per SCCA rules, and have the whole 4~5 runs a day.

A typical auto-x, has two heats for the cars, a special timing system, and during each heat, you get about 5 "timed score laps".

Whatever place you get, you accumulate points, and those points last you through the season. Right now, I'm part of here: ccsportscarclub.org and their Auto-x days are GREAT!

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Well, today, I dusted off my DFP after about 2 months of non-use, and hit up the old LX-Month autocross setups in the UFR. Man, that was fun as hell! In fact it was so fun, that I'm surprised that Autocross isnt more popular and there is not a leauge for it yet.
What do you guys think, should there be one? I auto-x IRL, so it's wicked practice for me, but alone in single player, you just dont get that same feeling you get at an actual event.

PS: I also never see an auto-x server with actual auto-x in it, only drifting and such... bummer.

Quote from XCNuse :

VIR(ginia international raceway) would be my pick, but as far as ovals go, something like bristol would be the best because it's such a short oval and has such high banked turns, and that's something LFS really needs, cause the KY oval is just more like a high speed track than anything else.

Lol, hell yeah! VIR is awesome!

Quote from tristancliffe :

A Lotus what? An Elite, Eclat or Esprit has a backbone chassis, which is a large square tube. But it's NOT a stressed body car. The Elise/Exige is also an unstressed body car, with the loads passing through the bonded aluminium chassis.

Not many Lotus have been monocoque chassis (that I can think of).

Ah, I think I've just translated your incredibly poor English. You mean that some cars remain tubular, don't you? I wondered which smart ass would try and correct me. Well done. Yes, lots of cars remain with tubes, but they are either expensive cars (Lamborghinis, Corvettes etc) or [relatively] small volume cars (kit cars, Sevens, Lotus, Radicals, Ariels etc).

The VAST majority of cars and race cars are monocoque construction, and it was to this majority that I was referring.

Yeah, sorry, I am from Russia and sometimes my english gets a little confusing. =]

I know conversational english well, but have terrible time writing essays, etc.

I also completely messed up what I tried to say there, but yes, you understood it prefect!

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Quote from atledreier :

Hehe.. Come to me when a rotary have pistons and rods to blow...

Wait, what?

Quote from spanks :

errrrrrrr?

First of all, rotaries and piston engines have nothing in common :/

Oh, yeah... my bad, forgot all about those things.... you see, I'm an RX-7 enthusiast, and I got kinda "lost in my own little world" when I posted that.

Yeah, piston engines+ over-rev= teh suck.

Quote from XCNuse :

Yea, about to say.. come get me when LFS simulates rods and piston heads comming out of the hood.

Oh yeah!

Quote from tristancliffe :

Circular metal tubing, of similar dimensions, is weight for weight STRONGER and STIFFER than square tube. That is why roll cages are round...

Cars aren't made of out square tubing anyway - they are a monocoque construction these days, where the skin, rather than separate tubes, carry the stresses.

So, a lotus, which is TECHNICALLY a monotube car, is still like this? No! Or the corvette? No. It depends on how the chassis is designed.

Quote from Electrik Kar :

Just wondering why karts flex more than other cars? Is it a softer undertray or something that helps with suspension?

carts don't have suspension, their tube-frame chassis bends, and in doing so, picks up the inside wheel in a turn, to make steering easier for example. The chassis really acts as the suspension. That's why karting frames may "look" good, but really should be replaced every ear if you have a good budget and are a top competitor.

Well, I have a DFP, but yesteday I just felt like driving the F1 around with a mouse, and trying to figure out how to make it take off like a plane with 0 DF settings.