Great idea, cant wait to try it out

We need more seeders though, well, a seeder would be nice, Im seeing none at the moment

Quote from Kajojek(PL) :

I want to join this race
What day is this race going to take place and where can I sign up for it ???

Quote from Leifde :

Ok, next provisional date is 28th January - time will probably be around 8pm GMT, depending on what time it is in different timezones.

Leifde, I almost sent you a pm, but I may not have time that weekend.
Hope you hold more in the future

this sounds cool, Ill try the setup when I get back from holiday on 22nd
bye all

My old Thrustmaster GT had those analogue levers on the wheel, they only work when you unplug the pedals which they then replace. I spent ages trying to get them to work with the pedals plugged in so I could use them for a progressive side view but no luck. I did spend a bit of time racing with the pedals unplugged just to see what it was like using hands instead of feet, it took a little while to get used to, but I was surprised how easy it was after a while, you dont even think about it.
I dare say the newer Thrustmaster/Guillement wheels also have the levers, good luck

Quote from Dethred :

What you are doing is Posting a false number of people playing S2. And there are only about 50 public racers in S2 right now, which is significantly down from a few months ago....

eh? I just connected and did a quick tally, it was the same as LFSW, just over 150...
Where are you getting your numbers from?

for sure Will, we are definately gonna do more events in the New Year, you can come and show us how its done The more the merrier.
One of the things we talked about after the race was getting to more tracks around the country so yeah, lets do it!

holy cow they look quick! 2 stroke you say?
Needs to be done

The karts were not as quick as I was expecting, I thought it would be the speed in a straight line that scared me, but the corners turned out to be way more scary. T1 at Wheels is taken with a slight lift to make it turn in and then flat out again drifting out to the exit, its such a ballsy corner, it scared me every lap
They are twin engine karts but if I tell you each engine is 6.5 bhp Its not earth shattering and you still end up screaming "come on" in your head as you come out of the slow corners, poor acceleration. But, there is enough power there to spin you if you floor it mid corner.
Not massively faster than indoor karts, but enough for most to have alot of fun

... for the first time yesterday Me and sidepants, a few of our friends, and some guys of sidepants uni course. 12 twin engine karts, 5 min practise/qualifying followed by a 30 minute race at Birmingham Wheels.

Please excuse me while I blow my own trumpet but ... I won! My first ever win at a karting event! Im so chuffed its untrue. To make it even sweeter I beat some pretty strong opposition, the guy who came third races his own kart and the guy who came second is a genuine F3 driver! He was quicker than me on a single lap (by 0.2sec) but he had more spins.
Of course I put it down to LFS teaching me about race craft etc, this, for me at least, is conclusive proof that LFS can help real world driving skills

No more indoor karting for me, its too slow, if anything, Im now looking for something a little bit quicker than the hire karts at Wheels Although I will go back, they are an awful lot of fun

I use Samurize, although sometimes I think I spend longer than I should do making configs for it. I do find it useful though. I wrote a few scripts to do exactly the sort of thing you are talking about Tristan, but I deleted them from the Samurize site because they parsed the LFS site for the data, with all the problems that brings.
The only reason I havnt made new scripts to work with Vics excellent data feeds is I probably wouldnt use it myself. Its alot of work to replicate LFSWorld, which in my opinion already does a pretty good job

If your gonna nick a radio, I think finding the code for it isnt going to be a problem. My local volvo dealership gave me my code for free, thing is I need it again and cant remember what it is! And Im too lazy to go back.
Thanks for the link :up: nice find

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

My dad is thinking about doing OU. But imho, it's not a great idea, unless you have unpresedented dedication, and you know most of the stuff, as you can't just grab a tutor at the end of a lecture if you do that.

You do need dedication but Im not sure its much more than a regular degree, its all modular so you only take as many courses as you think you can manage. You also get a tutor for each course who you can meet in person at tutorial meetings about once a month, they are not compulsory though. There are many OU forums available to you from the most general catagory down to just the people on your course, and then just the people in your tutor group (20 to 40 people depending on your region) so help is never far away.
Imho the internet has made degree work alot more productive, correspondance courses are now much more practical.

Southamptons good for marine architecture, if you like sailing :boat:

I say OU all the way, ok so it will take longer, but I work as well so I get to eat more than beans, and no lectures! If they do the course you want, Id seriously look at it, needs a fair bit of dedication though.

I find it a little annoying that when I change car in LFS I have to go to the Wingman software and change the degrees of rotation to match.
Is it possible to write a little app to run in the background that would "listen" to LFS for car changes and "talk" to the Wingman software to change the rotation automatically?
Id look into it myself but its a bit out of my league at the moment, I dont even know if its possible, hence the question

Spy Hunter (on my zx48)
Stunt Car Racer (on my atari st)
Micro machines (still play on my mates megadrive )
the Sim City series up to and EXCLUDING 4 (3000 being the best and still installed on my hard drive)
The biggest influence has to be LFS though

edit - doh! I forgot about Pirates! The original on my Amiga (or was it the ST?) and I got the new one as well pirate: pirate smiley doesnt work

edit 2 - pirate smiley has been fixed! woot! (do people still say that?)

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Good work Bob Not tried it yet but it looks good, could be quite interesting with 10 MRTs going round it

Quote from ayrton senna 87 :

can i have an arrive and drive with u and mantis sometime?!?! its right near the trainstation yea?

I cant wait to get in those karts! The sooner we can arrange it the better
Ive not driven at wheels yet so I cant comment on the speed of the things, and by the sound of it, Ive got much less kart experience than some people here
Looking again at the picture of the track I posted, I get what you mean about the tyres as well. The ones on the apexes are a little odd, curbs would be better there.

Just caught up with this thread again

Great video! Thanks for all the effort that went into that, really well done.
I dont recognise myself in a kart yet but Ill have another look, out of the kart the bald head is hard to miss really dont worry, I bought a hat.

Quote from ayrton senna 87 :

BTW all i have looked into brummie wheels and red lodge, brummie was stupidly expensive (and its in birmingham) and red lodge dont have twin engined pro karts.

Ahem, whats wrong with Birmingham? :sadbanana
Grand Prix Karting where my friend works is £147 for 90 minutes. Great track , numerous hotels in the area starting from £25 per night, ample night life, as central as it gets, what more could you want? We dont riot everyday you know

Quote from Bob Smith :

You didn't use those photos in the end then Mantis9?

Nah, you couldnt read the names once I shrunk it down, so I thought if people are interested enough they will find them thanks anyway.

lol Schiz

I did a little report here.

Got back late last night, about 350 miles driven in the company car, 45 mins of karting, and a tough day on Sunday as well, I slept for 12 hours straight last night

Great day, really good to meet you all.

Good racing with you Schiz, for a first time karting you did bloomin great, we all did I think. Dunno if you left me out for longer on my first stint, it felt like it, kept looking for the pit board
I still hurt, I think we all have identical hunchback bruises, some worse than others looking at that pic.

Thanks to Fordman for organising it all, and everyone else for turning up and putting on a good show. I thoroughly enjoyed it :up:

edit : for next time, I was thinking Birmingham wheels, not just because it is nearer to me , but its outdoor karting, 75mph twin engines Being heavier than the next driver makes less of a difference (apparently, Ive yet to go).
There is a hotel in stones throw of the track called F1 hotel or something, theres a big sign outside advertising rooms for £25 per night. Also plenty of pubs to choose from. A friend of mine is a race director at the track which could help. website

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I have a company car for the weekend
If anyone needs a lift about the place I can oblige.
Its only a 306 turbo diesel, but oh the joy of driving a car you dont own

Quote from Doorman :

Little bugger's running all over my Firefox.

Sorry for OT danowat, uninstalled the smooth scroll extension and of he runs....
Now whose signature did I find that in?

haha@DodgeRacer

Why isnt my little dog running? ----> :dogrun:
Bah, its only Firefox....

My child, do not be too hard on yourself, such desires are natural, we all wonder if the grass is greener on the other side. There is no harm in occasionally wandering over to the other field to satisfy your curiosity.
I myself once had a little fling with GTR, but we all eventually come back :dogrun:

Safe journey everyone
With traditional perfect timing, I have a cold thats threatening to become flu.
Blasting with vitamin C and paracetamol as I type.