Quote from Scawen :

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Fair enough, but by allowing discussions to take place on the official forum, the use of VOBs online will inevitably increase as more people are exposed to them, whether that was your intention or not, that's the main reason these concerns were brought up here. I had no idea you were not aware that there is an apparent bug in your detection system, but I'm glad it has now been brought to your attention.

EDIT: Bug is unfair, I meant loophole.

Are you considering these concerns before committing to this?

Quote from Degats :

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Could not have said this better. This announcement is confusing for many reasons, most of all that there are almost certainly ways that people are skirting the OOS detection meaning that VOB checking is still prevalent on [TC] CityDriving by the admin team and we're still having people sending us screenshots of obviously VOB modded cars.

As such, this announcement may lead to problems in races too. I may not speak for everyone but having been aware of the problem that VOB modifications caused for [TC], I was never even tempted to run modified cars in racing for fear that it might cause problems in wheel-to-wheel situations.

Live stream replay for round 17: https://youtu.be/h7xuUi-tzL4



Qualifying start @ 5:38: https://youtu.be/h7xuUi-tzL4?t=338
Race 1 start @ 31:29: https://youtu.be/h7xuUi-tzL4?t=1889
Race 2 start @ 56:16: https://youtu.be/h7xuUi-tzL4?t=3376

Last edited by mbutcher, Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:23.

Quote from BestRex :

Please don't drop the support of Direct3D 9: there's a lot of people in the world who have old computers, but still want to play some games.

Sorry but this is a ludicrous request in 2020.

Round 1 Livestream Replay:

Live stream replay for round 16: https://youtu.be/pfB4ME5Ag8s



Qualifying start @ 4:50: https://youtu.be/pfB4ME5Ag8s?t=290
Race 1 start @ 39:25: https://youtu.be/pfB4ME5Ag8s?t=2365
Race 2 start @ 1:09:45: https://youtu.be/pfB4ME5Ag8s?t=4185

Last edited by mbutcher, Wed, 22 Apr 2020 01:31.

There's more and more racing happening every week now so it's a good time to upgrade.

Live stream replay for round 15: https://youtu.be/Ycu-hVKdZJs



Qualifying start @ 15:30: https://youtu.be/Ycu-hVKdZJs?t=930
Race 1 start @ 47:15: https://youtu.be/Ycu-hVKdZJs?t=2835
Race 2 start @ 1:23:20: https://youtu.be/Ycu-hVKdZJs?t=5000

Last edited by mbutcher, Mon, 20 Apr 2020 01:03.

The remainder of the season will be broadcast from https://twitch.tv/simbroadcasts

For more information about Sim Broadcasts, including our upcoming events calendar, visit: https://simbroadcasts.tv

Speculation:

It is my understanding that the current spectrum of weather modes will be removed. If static weather is desired for a session you will be able to set the date and time. I assume there will be a number of cloud configurations too in order to replicate clear, partly cloudy, mostly cloudy and overcast weather.

There's now a dedicated discussion channel for this series on the Live for Speed Discord server: #buggyra-zm-gt-cup: https://discord.gg/EZeqASS

Last day to register and set a hotlap for round 1: https://buggyra301.games/

Live stream replay for round 14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyr0O37eZ3A



Qualifying start @ 8:52: https://youtu.be/vyr0O37eZ3A?t=532
Race 1 start @ 35:32: https://youtu.be/vyr0O37eZ3A?t=2132
Race 2 start @ 1:02:47: https://youtu.be/vyr0O37eZ3A?t=3767

Last edited by mbutcher, Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:04.

I don't understand this. Your PC specs are more than capable of running LFS in VR flawlessly... It could just be that the Index just asks too much. Have you tried it with other games on your PC? Edit: I noticed you said you tried it with AC and it worked fine in 80Hz mode... Hmm...

@Scawen: Just FYI, with worse specs than Drifteris (GTX 1070, Ryzen 5 1600X), I have used the Valve Index with LFS and it ran just fine with a decent number of cars. That wasn't on the current round of test patches though. Edit again: It might have been on the current round of test patches actually...

Last edited by mbutcher, Mon, 6 Apr 2020 12:06.

Quote from joaopaulopt :

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https://www.buggyra301.games/register

Quote from Drifteris :

Using valve index it seems that only 80Hz option is stable and kinda keeps 80fps on LFS. 90Hz seems to drop to 45fps, 120hz to 60fps and 144hz to 72. Not sure why this half the frame things happen.

Also i'm not sure whether i've used 144hz monitor too much and now 80hz VR looks laggy or it's just not optimized as good. I do understand that physics run at 100fps but the game seems smoother on higher frames even if there is some sort of frames ghosting going on or not.

Super Sampling doesn't seem to change much aswell in my case so i just set it to 225%

There are a number of possible reasons that you only get stability at 80Hz. Your super sampling value is too high. Set it to 115% at the very most for best results in LFS. You're right that the LFS physics engine is out of sync with your headset so you will get some noticeable stutter when cornering. The halving of your perceived frame-rate is an effect called asynchronous time-warp (Oculus term), where frames are being interpolated every other frame to try and reduce any effects of cyber sickness.

Drop your super-sampling value and try again.

I don't think the protest was entirely about FE4, I think it was about the combination of FE4, GT1 and GT3. FE4 is a fantastic track for endurance, but in slower cars, eg. TBO and GTI.

Live stream replay for round 13: https://youtu.be/CQkNwt3lwGM



Qualifying start @ 10:00: https://youtu.be/CQkNwt3lwGM?t=600
Race 1 start @ 41:40: https://youtu.be/CQkNwt3lwGM?t=2500
Race 2 start @ 1:09:14: https://youtu.be/CQkNwt3lwGM?t=4154

Last edited by mbutcher, Wed, 1 Apr 2020 12:43.

Thanks all for tuning in, the Twitch replay is available here:https://www.twitch.tv/videos/577512873

The YouTube upload will be posted shortly.

Feedback welcome. See you next time.

The official broadcast is live: https://www.twitch.tv/tc_pete

I'm in love with that.

Rest in Peace MVH!

Last edited by mbutcher, Fri, 27 Mar 2020 15:42.

Maybe don't post that here either...

Live Stream Details - 4 Hours of Aston

This weekend's race will be streamed live and in full from https://twitch.tv/tc_pete with the pre-show starting at 16:45 CET / 15:45 UTC.

We are not using Discord for interviews for this event and will instead use TeamSpeak because of its superior voice codecs. Therefore, drivers wishing to participate in mid-race interviews (whether they're currently in the car or not), should download and install TeamSpeak and join the stream waiting room channel on the [TC] Gaming TS server: tc-g.uk (Instructions for joining: https://tc-gaming.co.uk/teamspeak - wait in the lobby until you are granted move permissions). If you join the waiting room at the start of the race (solo) or for your stint (team), you may use your headlights (toggle with 3 key) to indicate that you are ready for an interview (headlights off = do not disturb). The stream waiting room does not allow voice chat so if you sit in there you will not be disturbed by others. Ensure that you disable other TS notifications before the race.

Your broadcast team for this event will be:

• Peter Butcher (MButcher) - Broadcast Director and Commentary
  
• Jonathan Palmer (Dekojester) - Race Director and Commentary
  
• Thilo Falkenberg (TFalke55) - Commentary
  
• Jack Eyre (vRenegade) - Commentary
  

We look forward to a successful and enjoyable event on Saturday. Good luck to all teams and solo drivers!

Last edited by mbutcher, Sat, 28 Mar 2020 22:03.

Live stream replay for round 12: https://youtu.be/Crgn5LA5YtU



Qualifying start @ 3:15: https://youtu.be/Crgn5LA5YtU?t=197
Race 1 start @ 31:00: https://youtu.be/Crgn5LA5YtU?t=1860
Race 2 start @ 56:10: https://youtu.be/Crgn5LA5YtU?t=3370

Last edited by mbutcher, Wed, 25 Mar 2020 02:46.