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Mustafur
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Don't Compare Reliability to this Tyre nonsense, those times at least the drivers where not driving around the track at 50% to make sure there engines didn't blow.

I would rather see reliability problems then this garbage because at least you knew at those times Technology was being pushed to its limit, it also added loads of Emotions when you saw random failures, this just makes you frustrated.

No series races with Tyres this garbage, and from a Driver point of view its probably 10 times more boring, i would expect this being LFS forum, people could relate to the drivers view.
Mustafur
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Quote from DieKolkrabe :If you were putting together a team and had to pick either Hinch or Sato for your sole driver spot....

Who and why?

Hinch, because he wouldn't randomly forget how to drive.
Mustafur
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Quote from TypeRacing :I kind a like him doing rallying. I guess taking to the next level aka finishing rallies ain't far away, so we might see him winning some rallies. Has some driver ever won F1 and WRC event anyway? In my eyes he has potentional to achieve this.

Its WRC2 he is competing in, his car isnt quite WRC standard.
Mustafur
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I Reckon Lotus would take him in back in a heartbeat if he is back to f1 fitness standard before winter testing next year, a combo of Kimi and Kubica in lotus would be probably the best on the grid.

His speed in the rally events he has done i think suggests he has lost none of his talent and speed, its just down to recovery now.
Mustafur
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Quote from Bmxtwins :Coverage of the race was more interesting than the f1 race imo.

Quite impressed tbh

NBC know how to cover indy properly, only problem is people dont know how to watch it.
Mustafur
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Quote from TFalke55 :Well even if Disney wanted, there is a valid contract between IndyCar and what was formally known as Versus.

That was done after ABC was reluctant to cover the whole season, but TG made sure to sign with the lowest rated channel Possible to ensure indy will struggle to survive for the years after he gets invitably sacked.
Mustafur
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I wish they would atleast trial one round without DRS.
Mustafur
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Quote from PMD9409 :I'm glad its up, just upset its low.

Its not an easy road but it can get better, so long as they dont keep shooting themselves in the foot with terrible management, indy needs some consistency off track because the on track stuff is the best you can get as it is.
Mustafur
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Quote from DieKolkrabe :Nationwide's a joke, why exactly are Cup guys in top equipment alowed to run week in, week out?

Yeah it brings sponsor money, but....

It was worse when they where able to contend for the championships.
Mustafur
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Although this was overshadowed by the race infront, Ricciardos performance in the STR was insane outqualifies team mate by a second, then manages to catch up to to front runners in the last stint whilst doing an extra 8 or so laps on his tyres, also keep in mind he could of been fifth if it wasn't for a wing change in the first pitstop.
Mustafur
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Quote from Becky Rose :Watched the trailer, heard a genuine southern texan oil tycoon. In any case, it's TOTALLY WRONG!

Re: Cars exploding and whatnot. Well, if you want to see a film when a car crashes and doesn't explode, watching a film based on Niki Lauda isn't the one for you.

Im glad im not from the UK, as to me you all sound the same, but to you guys you will notice any slight difference in accent.
Mustafur
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Quote from ATHome :If they'll really going to kick Mark Webber out of Red Bull, it would be a mad but bloody awesome thing to put her into his seat

Webber will be long retired before she even gets a look at F1.
Mustafur
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Quote from Rappa Z :I suspect this is the kind of movie that the general public and critics will love, but die hard fans will hate because Lauda's 312T2 is clearly running the original 312T wing when it should be running the T2 wing.

You know we're going to lose it other that kind of stuff.

The fact that they are able to get cars that are basically the originals used is close enough, if die hards are going to complain about that then they should complain about the movie being made in the first place as the drivers are not going to be original and thats the most obvious part.
Mustafur
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Its not a documentry so don't expect it to be hardcore realism racing usually requires a bit of glorification to make it action movie worthy, but in saying that i expect it to be proper on the most part, none of this going sideways and hitting coins to gain time crap like on driven.
Mustafur
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Quote from N I K I :Wasn't Newey who designed them Mika Hakkinen's championship cars?

yes
Mustafur
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Quote from Intrepid :Well we can argue all the day about that but since 2009 Vettel has enjoyed at worst the 'equal best' car on the grid. In retrospect he may have blown the 2009 title too. Unless we see him out of RedBull, or up against a decent team-mate there'll always be doubts. I must add that these doubts are irrelevant as championships are what really count.

But RedBull are protecting him, because they could have had Hamilton this year. But they didn't want to upset their little baby and kept Webber, someone who they know he can easily beat.

Problem isn't Red Bull, its Helmut Marko hes going around telling everyone Vettel is better then sliced bread(because Marko was the one that found him and put him into the driver program)and since his position is basically Number 2 in Redbull and he oversees all of the racing program he is able to make sure his star pick makes him look good for years to come.

Its the whole reason why there management is totally clueless and all over the place, they have no control over Vettel because Marko has made sure its that way.
Mustafur
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Quote from CSF :I think McLaren's unreliability is overstated because of the 2005 car. That was the only genuinely quick car they produced between 2001 and 2006.

2001 was good in phases, but had an inherent design flaw with the front wing that meant they were third best at a fair number of tracks.

2002 awfuly slow car, well of Ferrari and Williams.

2003 Newey's car never raced, an unmitigated failure on grand scale. MP4-17D was the most consistent car, but was not an Adrian Newey car.

2004 Terrible car for pretty much the whole season.

2005 - Best car speed wise, but not the best package

2006 - Third best, occasionally behind others too.

2007 Red Bull - Middle of the midfield.

2008 Red Bull - Probably the worst Red Bull since they took over from Jaguar.

So, yes, Newey produced one World beater between 2001 and 2008.

2008 was not that bad, its just with the Renault engine which lacked loads of HP on rivals that year made it look worse, the Ferrari engine in STR showed its potential better.

Also regulations didn't change much in his first two years at Redbull, so improvement was incremental.
Mustafur
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Quote from CSF :Thing is, this is probably Newey's first consistent period since the early 90's. The vast majority of his McLaren's were utter disasters, as were his first two Red Bulls. He really didn't have a handle on the latter pre 2009 era car packages. When he's good, he's good, but when he's bad he's utterly stinking. Due a stinker with the new rules I suspect.

due to Mclaren being Mclaren and force him to do shit their stupid way and ruin championship destroying designs, Newey barely had much freedom with his designs and thats why he got fed up and left, where as red bull basically designed the whole team around him.

Williams if you look, always had a championship beater under Newey, problem is reliability Gremlins usually made it look less convincing or cost them a title.

Surely if they had a decent driver like Mika instead of Hill for 1994 and 1995 they would of won those too.
Mustafur
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Quote from Cornys :This from Jayski.com

Sadler would be nice to see in the #11.. question from me is can Denny still make the chase?

Here's the full interview (audio only): http://msn.foxsports.com/video ... lines&ocid=ansfoxrel1

6 weeks off means there is no question he can't make the chase.
Mustafur
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Quote from Bmxtwins :What's a race driver if he isn't allowed to race.

whats a race driver if he has nothing to race?
Mustafur
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Quote from Hyperactive :Yes, in the latest overtaking challenges it is not allowed but in the last 4 or 5 seasonal races before the newest overtaking challenges it was forced on and you could not turn it off.

Here is the list of recent seasonal races:
650PP NASCAR Challenge - SRF forced on and can not be turned off
750PP Real Circuit Tour - SRF forced on and can not be turned off
PP590 German Touring Car Championship - SRF forced on and can not be turned off
380PP NR-A Roadster Cup - SRF forced on and can not be turned off
400PP World Compact Car Race - SRF forced on and can not be turned off
600PP Super GT - SRF wasn't forced on I think

Personally I just think it is insanely stupid move from pd to force srf on. Just insanely stupid.

oh there just seasonal Ai championships though no one cares for that, racing against GT Ai is always going to be fail.
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Mustafur
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Quote from Hyperactive :On the last 5 seasonal races or so srf is forced on and you can not turn it off. SRF basically artificially adds grip to a tire when it is sliding. So it is not just a driving aid but it also changes the physics.

No your confused with it being not allowed, i know the difference between it being on and off and its definitely off the last sector on the Weider is like driving on ice which wouldn't be the case if it was on.

look through this click on their names(it shows what aids they used and what not), and you will find everyone has skid recovery off: http://eu.gran-turismo.com/au/products/gt5/event/d59984.html
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Mustafur
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Quote from Bmxtwins :7 points could make thedifference in the end. Dont be so hard on vettel

from a race perspective i didn't mind it, but its highly disrespectful to his employer what he did.
Mustafur
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Quote from DeadWolfBones :In LFS endurance racing, anyway, there's always a struggle to make cars work on the softest tire possible without a blowout at the end of your stint. Lots of teams don't make it work on the softer tire, and they lose out big. It's all part of the game, so to speak, and it's fun trying to get it right.

Imagen that but on every tyre and the tyres going to crap if you just did 1 lap at the limit.
Mustafur
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Quote from tristancliffe :Yes, it was much better when everyone drove flat out between fuel stops without even attempting to overtake on track most of the time.

Even better when they had lots of fuel, qualified on lots of fuel, and had to have a needless pitstop enforced on them to give a vague chance of overtaking (which happened even less on track).

No, I'm not a fan of DRS because its too strong and can't be defended against half the time, but I like the Pirelli tyres. Yes, they're engineered to be artificially 'bad', but that's much better than having tyres that are too good.

Problem is im not against the other stuff, keep DRS as well i would prefer having that then everyone in cruise mode, where not seeing new talent properly all we are seeing is new buttons who can save Tyres well and undercut others like Perez last year then in other races being completely outclassed when its not as much of an issue.

Anyone who races themselves either real of sim in these kind of conditions would of said this is crap and done something else, only the allure of F1 is keeping drivers doing this crap.
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