Lol I am the opposite of rich man!!
I am a uni student, on top of that I own a rotary that chews through the juice (petrol), I am constantly broke lol!

But, in the holidays and weekends i work my ass off to be able to buy shit like this and fund my car/rent/bills etc.

oh, you should see my old pc (laptop, 5 years old, 16mb graphics 128mb ram etc), it took me 5 years to upgrade hahah!

Hi, thanks for your help. I thought at first that the power plug wasn't in properly, so I double checked and it was fine, the wheel wasn't doing the calibration routine when plugged in.

I used button steer for awhile then i thought that that is pointless, i bought the wheel to steer with the fricken wheel lol.

Then I mucked around with my usb hub settings and it recognized the wheel and did the calibration thing, then i re-installed the profiler and re-booted the comp, it worked!

I don't even know what i changed but its working so i wont touch anything!

Also when installing the profiler and where you have to test all the buttons to see if they are working it isn't even recognizing the steering, all other buttons work though.

Is my wheel stuffed? It's being used less than 1 hour...

Hi,
For some reason I can't get the steering axis to work in LFS. accelerator, brake and clutch al work but steering wheel doesnt work at all. I have tried re-installing the profiler software and even tried it with no profiler but no joy.

Does anyone know what could be wrong?

It was working on my old computer which was also windows xp sp2, but i havent got it working on my new one.

Quote from Monkeymike :

Maybe some of those sticky rubber feet (like the kind you get for preventing scratches for AV desks) that you can get would work if you stuck those on the desk where the wheel will clamp?

Once you come to stop using the desk they will peel off and a little polish should remove any traces of the glue.

hey, great suggestion. will try that. i just set it all up again and used some non slip matting on all the clamp feet and on the desk, its much better bit the wheel still needs to be more secure.

cheers.

I got one too.
I'm having some trouble getting the shifter + wheel to stay on the damn desk however!

its an old desk and slippery wood. i tried putting some non slip material under each clamp but it didnt work.

unfortunetely i cant drill into the desk to make it really solid as its too old and not mine lol.

Quote from dropin_biking :

How much that set you back roughly? That seems like a pretty smart buildup. Any overclocks on it yet? If you have the G0 stepping for that quad, you could pump out SERIOUS overclocking numbers, assuming you bought a proper heatsink for it and didn't cheap out with the Intel HSF.
~Bryan~

I will need to consult with my friend regarding this.

All up it set me back roughly 2300AUD$ sourcing the parts from different shops and building it. Havent compared the pricing to computer shops but im guessing it is slightly cheaper.

oh, obviously the monitor is not included in that price. that was like an extra 964AUD$ lol.

thanks unseen for trying it.
i will try again i guess.

Can't wait for crysis:
unfortuntely the demo has being delayed: http://www.crysisdemo.com/

won't be able to try it out for another 32 days. i'm hoping to be able to max it out but we'll see.

You want like a 'dogbox' sound? Straight cut gears etc? They do sound good, can get annoying though..

ah sorry mister.

hows this for an idea of what its capable of then?

plays bioshock maxed out on every setting available, its good enough for me. no idea on the 3d mark results but they were high.

the point of the thread is me being excited after using a laptop with 16mb of onboard graphics for the last 5 years and finally upgrading.

you are a bitter person lol.

SPECS:

RAM: 2GB ballystx DDR2
CPU: Q6600 quad core
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS p5n32-e SLI plus
CASE: lian-li
SPEAKERS: logitech 2.1
HDD: 2X 320GB HDD's in RAID 0
MONITOR: 24" Dell 2407WFP HC
GRAPHICS: 2X 640MB Nvidia 8800GTS in SLi setup
POWER SUPPLY: HX 620W
CD/DVD DRIVE: DVD drive/burner
WHEEL: Logitech G25
KEYBOARD: zboard gaming keyboard
MOUSE: razer diamondback gaming mouse
COOLING: fans on both graphics cards, on power supply, on front and rear of case, on CPU and 2 extra fans added as well.

Last edited by Mr_Rotary, Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:33. Reason : typo

Hey,
Just dl'ed this, however it says the zip file is corrupted, dl'ed again and got the same issue. Anyone know what the go is?

well im using kb, i just used manual clutch ever since i first started so i wouldnt even know what auto is like.

wouldnt have it any other way.

Bump!
If anyone can convert the FC skin posted further up that would be great, i think my original request might be a little unrealistic.

Lets not forget that LFS is a racing sim. correct? Therefore if you are serious about the game you should be using the manual clutch.

My current car: 1983 model rx7

MODS:
-12a with extend port
-E1300 4.875 diff centre (open)
-whiteline strut brace
-all round koni suspension
-kingsprings lowered all round
-16" thermo fan with custom shroud
-gilmer drives
-sports exhaust 2 and 3/4"

COMING:
-turbo conversion (i have all parts except some EFI gear)
-EWP and digi controller
-bunch of other shit

heres some pics that are a bit old now. since these pics i have fitted lowered koni suspension and king springs.

maybe we should have a post a pic of yourself thread in offtopic im sure there are people with worse hair than scawens. :lol

Oh I am licensed, does it not show up under my name? says licensed on my screen

I've being playing on deserted servers as i'm very new to LFS. The people who do join are very nice and sometimes they give me some good setups.

It's more fun than hotlapping because i usually just choose the practice mode to try and beat my pb's, dont have to record a replay to get my stats up in hotlapping either. (they suck btw).

and try out new setups etc.

I can't really race more than 1 other person right now because my computer is shit, lags really bad lol, but i'm getting a new one very soon that that will solve that problem.

+ a steering wheel, using kb atm.

P.S O.T but is there any good learner servers (blackwood) that have some forgiving drivers and laid back atmosphere?

sure i can relate to what your saying...

but i can guarentee if you were actually driving it would be a shitload different.

when you get your license in rl you will see.

Quote from NikoP :

I'll give it a shot

Awesome!
Thanks mate.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

I was using this the other day, seemed to do alright (comfortably beat everybody but there were no aliens in attendance). It's a hack set though, no time has gone into it.

thanks that was very quick.
i'll try it now.
cheers.

Hi,
I would like a setup for rallyx in blackwood for the lx4.
cheers.

p.s team inferno didn't have one.

Pretty please?
Just had my last exams, this would top off a good day.