Quote from Hallen :

Was that the going backwards and e-brake thing? If so, I thought it was shown pretty conclusively in that thread that it wasn't a LFS fail.

Really? That's not what I got from reading that thread If the cars in LFS don't behave as they're supposed to when applying the e-brake, then surely it is LFS' fault? Or am I missing something?

I got an invite from Lockerz itself today.

Has anyone actually got anything out of this yet? It still sounds like some kind of "scam" to me.

I love google

I don't want an invite for this, though. I can't see how it would be useful for me. I barely ever send emails, and when I do it's usually only to 1 person so...

Quote from BlakjeKaas :

hmmm..

Hey that's you there on that piece of meat

Man I could so go for a cheeseburger right now. I really need my junkfood fix!!!

Quote from Jakg :

Windows 7 - £11.50

Where did you get those, and are thery available at that price to everyone?

IRC is the only real way to chat

Quote from brt900 :

will it only be able for d/l a few days or will it be on a few month but only people who have the code can get it

You need the code to get it. As for how long it will be available, I would think permanently?

Quote from brt900 :

sorry for dp (...)

Eh, might as well

XBL: obsolum

I tend to agree with gezmoor ^^

EDIT: sigh, the one time I put "^^" and it's the first post on a new page. Figures...

Quote from Dajmin :

You have to remember that hardcore sims like LFS and iRacing are still a serious niche market, and most people - particularly console gamers - aren't going to know anything about them. So why should a reviewer consider that tiny fraction of the population in a review when nobody else will care? It's a waste of time.

You're absolutely right, but this review was done by SimRacingTonight, which is focused on that particular niche market. Sure, they discuss less hardcore sims as well, but I would say it's fair to say that a great part - if not the majority - of their audience are simracing "geeks" (as you like to call them).

That being said, my post had nothing to do with whether or not FM3 is a hardcore sim, because we all know it's not. I just said that I think that review gave too high a score, nothing more. I also said that I'm aware that any review is just someone's personal opinion and as such is subjective to personal taste. I'm just stating my opinion - being that I think those scores are too high -, that's all

I have to agree that that review seems a bit too "generous". Of course, some things depend on how you interpret them. Like "Most realistic clutch in a game". Surely they mean a console game? In which case they should have explicitly said it. "Ultra sim everything"? Again, surely they're just talking about console games? Graphics 9.5/10? That seems a bit much as well. I don't find that review to be representative in any way. Then again, in the end a review is just one (or several) person's opinion of a game and as such is usually not 100% objective

Quote from RasmusL :

I don't think it matters which brake you use in terms of weight transfer? AFAIK the hand brake is simply activating the rear brakes, whether they are drum or disc.

Look, if you're not willing to try it out for yourself then you shouldn't argue over this The rear of the car does go down when pulling the handbrake whilst moving forward, and vice versa.

I'm also not entirely sure if the handbrake just activates the rear brakes. It could be but somehow I would find it hard to believe in the case of brake discs.

Quote from RasmusL :

So when reversing the weight will shift to the front of the car which will push down on the front and pull up the back, and when braking it will shift to the back.

You're wrong Try it, Napalm Candy is right. I never noticed this and I don't think it's really a problem, either, but... he's right

Quote from robubba :

What 'do-gooding'? All he's doing is bankrupting our country. He's a one term wonder.

The US was already bankrupt when he became president. I wonder why. Maybe the billions and trillions of dollars spent on unnecessary wars that can't be won, started by Bush, have something to do with that.

Quote from robubba :

But it is strange as hell, the leader of 2 wars is getting a Peace Prize.

Those wars were started by Bush years ago so again, not exactly his fault, is it? If it were up to Obama I'm sure he'd have the US troops pull out. It's ignorant rednecks that ****ed the US up with the help of Bush, and it's the same ignorant rednecks who are now blaming everything that's wrong with the US on Obama. It's just sad.

They should let the reviews be done by people who actually know what they're doing. This guy is a complete tard who can't drive for shit and probably doesn't know the first thing about vehicle dynamics and whatnot.

I definitely notice some stuttering as well at some points. Never during the menu parts, but once he gets in the car and the race starts there is some stuttering going on here and there. I don't think it's the game itself, though, 'cause that would be absolutely unacceptable.

Quote from fwj515 :

Ok guys now we have got the lights to use

The problem is, though, that the lights don't actually project any light. They're basically just a kind of dds layer over the normal headlights. So at night they'd be completely useless, you probably wouldn't even see them.

That being said, night racing can be a blast. I've done it a number of times in the HistorX mod for rFactor and it's brilliant.

Quote from fat-oil :

May I suggest a system to automatically ban noobophobia, homophobia, demophobia, and all kind of insults and disrespect even if it is one of the most popular feature in the game.

The thing that surprised me the most on LFS was the sectarism and disrespect showed at every corner, every race, every server.
I thought it would be better on S2, but the fact is it is worse.

This has to be cleared off servers, or it is no game anymore.
(and off forums would be cool too, some true moderation)

Sounds to me like you're driving on the wrong servers

Quote from Nathan_French_14 :

I wasn't trying to make everyone post there favourite driving songs buddy.

It wasn't directed at you, but at the people posting their list here

Man, that definitely looks good *drool*.

Hmm, since you guys didn't seem to know what I was talking about I went and did a few tests in the XFG with open difs and sure enough, the skidding sounds don't occur. So it was due to the setups having a closed diff after all, like you said

Quote from marzman :

You could have a little more friendly attitude, yes I read. Yesterday evening I had trouble imagining what clamp knobs are. As you know for some people English is not the first language and clamp knobs was not in my vocabulary.

If you didn't know what clamp knobs were why were you replying to a question relating to a problem with the clamp knobs?

Besides, the OP said multiple times that "the shifter works fine but the wheel doesn't" or something similar so you could have guessed that it was not about the shifter

Not to be a party pooper here guys, but can we keep this about FM3 and not turn it into the "post your 10 favourite driving tracks" thread

Sounds fair enough to me.

Quote from Byku :

Do You have locked diff? That might be the problem .

No, I'm talking about the well known bug, not about a setup issue.

I'm curious if this physics update will get rid of the "tyre squeal at 1mph bug".