IMO they will have to tone down the price down along the road. You see they are doing this already with the Radical free trial. The pricing model as of now, is simply insane, but they are using price as a marketing tool, which is quite a common practice for innovative products in their inception period.
(Now I'm sure someone will stand out and say it's a gift from Radical, that iRacing has nothing to do with it etc, but seriously if you think about it for a net time of 2 seconds you'll realize who's getting the most benefit out of the trial - there are likely more simmers online on LFS on average than Radical badged cars out there.)
It will also have more rubber and better suspensions, which will offset the increased mass somewhat in corners. R_S would give it an even bigger edge over both the XFG and the XRG.
Would be interesting to play a little with tweak to get a first taste of how fast the VWS will be.
9 pm would be nice 
is there any conclusive decision about that?
is there any conclusive decision about that?I'm sure every country has seen its share of scandals, but the roman church has almost certainly no need to resort to that, they have plenty of more or less subtle means to influence the decisionmakers.
I never said there's no religious freedom in Italy, we have a laicist state you know?
Despite that, if you have enough money you can affect politics and this is true of every state, including the mighty US of A (remember GW Bush right?)
Like it or not, it's the guys who I was talking about that decide if YOU can be a catholic or not.
As a matter of fact, you cannot reject the pope's teachings as his words are infallible (this is a dogma) and he is the mouth of god on earth.
So you HAVE to believe whatever he says if you want to call yourself a catholic. Otherwise you're outside the catholic religion and you'll need to start your own christian sect.
If you wanna give it a try, I warn you, they are not kind with people who do that. It's basic marketing, they don't want to have another competitor, there enough christian flavors already. Ensure you have enough money and power to cover your ass.
On the contrary I think I understand too well, I have to live with the funny beliefs the catholics want to impose onto others basically every day, enjoying the privilege to live in the state that financially feeds the Vatican and its luxurious style of living using the hard-earned money of tax payers.
Want an example of that? Pope and his cronies have raised a fuss over the case of Luana Englaro, a girl that has been cerebrally dead as a result of an accident that happened over SEVENTEEN years ago.
Despite the girl having expressed the will to have the plug pulled should such a situation arise, pressures from Vatican were exerted in basically every possible way, starting with the hospital where the girl was kept in (which was managed by catholic nuns), and then through legal actions towards the family, without ignoring the pro-life lunatics making their life difficult in several ways.
The religious authorities had an easy game with the politicians, as the government through the action of the Prime Minister and the Welfare Minister tried every trick in their hats to stop the plug being pulled.
You understand, with the forthcoming elections for the European Parliament, politicians are especially quick to comply with whatever request come from those guys (as Giulio Andreotti once said: God doesn't vote, but priests do)
It's so hard to say if the robed ones held any interest in the life or death of the already dead girl. They say so but what we see is they fought to impose their beliefs onto someone else.
Doesn't matter if the girl wanted to have it another way. They have The Truth, The Money and The Hospitals. And the politicians too. So they have both the heavenly blessing and the means to make the rules.
Agree with you, my point being that when the most important figure of your faith makes such a sorry statement there's little to be proud about.
I can't talk for others but I'm surely taking this conversation in a relaxed way. We're just talking, and I know my words won't change my mind of any fervent catholic, and I know no catholic can change my mind with just words.
There are good people inside the catholic church, but I fear most of the power is outside the grasp of those hands. Things won't change for the better any time soon.
Since they now have a sort of free demo (which is the Radical 1 month offer), you can find out about that yourself.
Not sure it's quite a good time to be a proud catholic, when the pope has been almost unanimously criticized for his statements about condoms not being a solution to the AIDS problem.
It's just a small episode to show what happens when an arbitrary system of beliefs (i.e. with no meaningful relationship to real practical life) is applied in an inflexible way.
To say it all, I'm quite skeptical of all organized religions as they tend to develop in a system of power with its own agenda, which at the same time dodges the limitations that are usually imposed to such organizations when they have a non-religious nature.
Very well spoken
It's just a small episode to show what happens when an arbitrary system of beliefs (i.e. with no meaningful relationship to real practical life) is applied in an inflexible way.
To say it all, I'm quite skeptical of all organized religions as they tend to develop in a system of power with its own agenda, which at the same time dodges the limitations that are usually imposed to such organizations when they have a non-religious nature.
Very well spoken
As long as you make available combos which are S1 (e.g. XFG+XRG on BL1 but more than 15 slots*) the server will still be S1. Don't be too concerned about it, that only means that S1 licensed players can join.
If you forced the server to S2 those players could not join anymore, it does not make sense. That's why Scawen changed the way the server mode works.
PS: [*] if the server was set for XFG+XRG @BL1 but <=15 slots the mode would be automatically changed to "Demo"
You may have missed some of Scawen's latest post where he implies there may be something else in the next patch.
He didn't say those things will be in the next patch for sure. He didn't say those things WON'T be in the next patch...
So the idea the VWS is being delayed by something that he feels ought to be implemented/improved/fixed before releasing it, as you see, is not so far fetched.
The server selects the mode automagically depending on: what cars/tracks are available and the number of slots.
Inside Airio you can change the cars with the command !cars, e.g. !cars XFG+XRG, if you want to make that change permanent you'll have to edit Airio.cfg.tc.txt, there you can select both the default cars or on a per-track basis, so they are automatically changed as soon as the track changes (e.g. because of rotation, or because the players have voted End Race)
Inside Airio you can change the cars with the command !cars, e.g. !cars XFG+XRG, if you want to make that change permanent you'll have to edit Airio.cfg.tc.txt, there you can select both the default cars or on a per-track basis, so they are automatically changed as soon as the track changes (e.g. because of rotation, or because the players have voted End Race)
I joined just because I expected the races to be at a comfortable time for me after DST.
I guess I have no choice other than to drop out of the league, sorry.
If it was just a filter I could agree with you, but he also removed the WRONG WAY message, so after all it IS an acknowledgement
Looks like a troll factory has exploded in Lithuania, the wind had them scattered all over lfsforum
I don't believe at all in a clear cut distinction between cruisers and racers, most cruisers also race and certainly a good number of racers have cruised at least once.
This thread IMO is not about bitter racers, it's mostly 'people of a young age' quarreling
my server is better than yours, my racing is better than your cruising, my eAppendage is longer and blahblahblahIf there's a correct association set in Windows Explorer, double clicking on the file should move it to the appropriate folder automagically
Most species have developed evolutionary responses to their environments. So if that kind of cockroach comes from an environment subject to periodic floodings, that is not particularly surprising.
I could provide at least two examples of aquatic beings which are able to survive for extended periods (days to weeks/months) outside water with little or no harm, and both are higher placed in the evolutionary ladder than the cockroach
That feature is planned for inclusion in Airio. There's also Becky Rose's Blue project. No release date has been set for any of those two, though I think BR has planned to have it out for early 2010?
And finally there's the surprise factor, i.e. people working on a CTRA lookalike without telling us...
And finally there's the surprise factor, i.e. people working on a CTRA lookalike without telling us...
You mean like having traffic analysis/stats as you would do for a web server?
I don't think there's anything like that for dedi... you'll have to do your own guesstimates.
I don't think there's anything like that for dedi... you'll have to do your own guesstimates.
Basically the main issue with self-hosted servers is the upstream bandwidth, at least in our country.
The fastest ADSL connection which is still reasonably affordable offers about 100 kB/s, and that only provides for 15-16 slots IIRC. If you had to upgrade your connection just for LFS, it's probably cheaper to rent an LFS server.
OTOH most LFS servers are empty so this is only a problem if/when your server becomes popular
But you still cruise? is that your point?
The only thing CTRA and cruising had in common was the 'career mode' i.e. accumulating points/money to access more cars.
So you're saying the demise of CTRA made people turn to cruise servers because they missed the progression?
Well if the devs wanted to support DIY handbrakes they could add an option to change the behavior, I don't think that would be too hard
I would certainly like to see the button handbrake improved, as of now it's certainly a bit simplistic!
PS: after this thread I'm going to try and see how analog handbrakes work in LFS, I've never tried that and I love doing uphill starts IRL.
I would certainly like to see the button handbrake improved, as of now it's certainly a bit simplistic!
PS: after this thread I'm going to try and see how analog handbrakes work in LFS, I've never tried that and I love doing uphill starts IRL.
I suppose they have signed a contract? that is legally binding, if the VW folks changed their minds Scavier could sue them and have the terms of the contract enforced. And why should VW change their minds anyway?
As far as we are concerned, both the parts have honored their obligations, it's now up to Scavier to release the car whenever they feel is ready, we have no reason to think Scawen has concealed info about it (and why would he?), and we all know he takes his time before releasing something.
I sincerely hope they got paid, but IMO it was only for having the virtual Scirocco delivered in time for the GC in Leipzig.
I don't think VW would see having the car included in LFS as 'advertising', the car is only for licensed users and thus will be enjoyed by a limited number of people, who are not necessarily part of the target segment which could be lured into buying the real car.
BTW car licensing usually works the other way round, it's the game developer who pays for the car, meaning manufacturers don't generally see sims as an advertising media.
As the license is something the manufacturer can sell, VW likely threw it in the deal as to save some pounds.
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