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obsolum
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Quote from Dac :i play rfactor when i get bored of the LFS content, and in comparison, it really does suck. the graphics suck, the physics sucks even more, and the tracks and car mods always seem half arsed. not to mention the standard menu system and everything is just rubbish.

Then you're definitely not playing the right mods with the right controller setup.
obsolum
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Quote from Keling :Strange. How can a person be killed by 12V ?

I suspect he was killed by the airbag popping out.
obsolum
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Quote from zeugnimod :No, for the same reason that images in signaures aren't allowed.

And what's the big difference between clicking on a link and watching a video in a new broser tab or clicking on the "Play" arrow?

I voted "Don't care" but after reading Zeug's post I agree with him. There really is no need for it and you can be sure that people are going to abuse it at some point.

Also, wrong section
obsolum
S2 licensed
Cage - Science of Annihilation Album

Current track: Scarlet Witch
obsolum
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Even if it doesn't come with IE most people will still download and install IE anyway This won't really change anything, IMO. People that don't like IE are usually a bit more computer savvy and won't use IE whether or not it comes as the default browser. And people who hardly know anything about computers will just choose to install IE.
obsolum
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Quote from The Moose :No problem then. I despise having people shove their products down my throat 24/7 in any medium. If your happy with it then fair enough.

I don't really see it as "having people shoving their products down my throat". I hardly notice ads It would be different if nearly every other site was infested with pop-ups, but a regular ad I usually have no problems with. That being said I do block ads in the browser I have used for years. Lately I've been using Chrome more often, though, and I don't really miss an adblocking feature.

Quote from The Moose :You know he's trolling, we know he's trolling and the mods know he's trolling.

On any other forum he'd be banned. It's far from funny, he's a complete pain in the arse. His sole purpose in nearly every thread is to wind people up.

I truly believe that if anyone else here trolled as much as he does they wouldn't be welcome here. As you put it "it's his mission" I think that sums it up perfectly. How he gets away with it is beyond me.

Agreed. I reported him once for blatant trolling in another thread, but to no avail Seems some people can get away with more than others.

On topic... I don't have anything to say as I haven't tried the new FF
obsolum
S2 licensed
Poor bastard...
obsolum
S2 licensed
Quote from hazaky :Best post in the thread

And yes, ive collected my stuff for pretty long time so i dont want to lose it and it would be kinda impossible to replace that stuff i got.

That's exactly why you should have backed it up a long time ago.
obsolum
S2 licensed
Quote from Concept-X :I don't think so, it's easier to download the demo of Lfs and try it than buy the rFactor... ( because it doesn't cost anything )

Even so I think Nightshift's point still stands. I think a lot of LFS players are looking at and trying out other sims, possibly because they are getting bored with LFS. And while rFactor players may also be trying out LFS I think those numbers are far lower.

That being said, though, you are probably right in that the reason that both rounds were won by LFS players is because they are used to the fairly realistic physics of LFS while the rFactor players were possibly used to faulty and way less realistic physics of a number of rFactor mods.

Anyway, like was said countless times before: yes, the greater part of all rF mods may be utter rubbish, but there are also some really high quality mods available that are really really enjoyable and easily surpass LFS in many areas (IMO).
obsolum
S2 licensed
Quote from trebor901 :my favourite bug is the swings on the first island, reverse into the middle pole, keep the power on and u get flung half way across the island

That's not really a bug as it was put there on purpose.
obsolum
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Quote from Gentlefoot :I really want to get back into some serious lapping but I do like to focus on one track for say a week and really hone my lines.

That's exactly how the Dead Men Racing server is set up: a different combo every week, with sprint races (10 to 15 minutes a race) during the week and a 1hr race on thursday nights to close off the combo. This is a little introduction to dMr. For those who like points we do keep points for the thursday long races, that can be viewed here. You can click on the weeknumber on top to view the results for the combo of that week.

This week's combo is FXR @ FE Gold. Last week's was XRT @ AS Historic. Next week... who knows
obsolum
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Quote from Bose321 :What does the BSOD say?

I honestly don't remember. The weird thing is that it wasn't always the same message. The only one I remember was "Bad_Pool_Call" (or something like that) but like I said, other times I got something else

Anyway, like I said I just reinstalled my Windows so there's no need for this thread anymore.
obsolum
S2 licensed
Brilliant
obsolum
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Quote from hazaky :I still dont think that its nice to discuss stuff here, related to other game what i specially hate. No offense ...

/ignore

It's the off topic section. We've had threads here about pretty much every driving game there is. There are a lot of people here who play - or have played - rFactor and as such might be able to provide some useful comments for Niels, thus possibly enabling him to improve rFactor mods.

Sheesh, some people can be really anal about some things on this board

EDIT: on topic, I got rFactor solely for the HistorX mod and I must say it is great. I haven't played LFS since. I don't have the problem that a lot of people seem to have, the cars feel very right to me and are controllable enough to easily catch a slide if you familiarize yourself with the car. No complaints here!
obsolum
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It was a valid activated Vista but I'm almost certain it's like you said; one of the updates didn't install right.

Anyway, I reinstalled Vista so all is well again except that now I can't seem to activate my Vista anymore because it says that the license key is already in use I have changed my graphics card since my previous install but other than that it's the same computer and the same Vista. I've been looking on the MS site for a link or an email address where I can ask about this problem but haven't really found anything.
obsolum
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Quote from Niels Heusinkveld :I really don't understand how people can't control oversteer in rFactor.. with certain cars.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAV-kehHrU8 It can even be used to go quickishly. :P

Yeah, I don't get that either. I find the cars in the HistorX mod to be very controllable. I just love sliding those classic muscle cars around, it's such a blast. And in some cases it's even necessary if you want to be fast, indeed Powersliding FTW!
obsolum
S2 licensed
I have yet to spend a single cent on an OS and I'm sure as hell not gonna cough up $250 (that I don't have) for Windows 7. I like the way my Vista Ultimate is performing so I probably won't feel the need to upgrade to W7 anytime soon anyway
obsolum
S2 licensed
http://www.lfsforum.net/search.php?searchid=3115552

That should answer your questions. If not, please do a search on the forum, there's plenty of info to be found.
Windows Vista keeps crashing (BlueScreen)
obsolum
S2 licensed
I downloaded and installed some updates for Windows Vista Ultimate today (I have the automatic Downloads disabled so I check myself every now and then and select what I need), but when my computer rebooted it crashed with a bluescreen within 2 minutes of booting. This keeps happening. Booting in safe mode works. I have reverted the system back to a restore point from before the updates, but the problem persists.

I can boot XP without problems. I have no idea what could be causing this. Any suggestions? Maybe my best bet is to get the Vista CD and use the Repair option or whatever, but then I'd have to go look for the cd in a room full of unopened boxes
obsolum
S2 licensed
Quote from My Playlist :
1. Symphorce - Black Water (3:41)
2. Cage - Black River Falls (5:48)
3. Black Sabbath - Electric Funeral (4:52)
4. Candlemass - My Funeral Dreams (6:05)
5. Iced Earth - Funeral (6:16)
6. My Dying Bride - My Body, A Funeral (6:47)
7. Opeth - The Funeral Portrait (8:44)
8. Bruce Dickinson - Kill Devil Hill (5:07)
9. Bruce Dickinson - Devil On A Hog (4:01)
10. Cage - Kill the Devil (5:18)
11. Cage - Metal Devil (5:35)
12. Candlemass - Devil Seed (5:46)
13. Channel Zero - Dashboard devils (3:02)
14. Edguy - The Devil & The Savant (5:29)
15. Imagika - Devils on Both Sides (4:09)
16. Judas Priest - Deal With The Devil (3:54)
17. Judas Priest - Devil Digger (4:45)
18. King Diamond - Black Devil (4:28)
19. Metallica - Devil's Dance (5:19)
20. Perzonal War - Devil In My Neck (4:25)
21. Theatre Of Tragedy - Seraphic Deviltry (5:14)
22. Theatre Of Tragedy - Black As The Devil Painteth (5:24)

I sometimes type random words into the searchbox and enqueue the search results. The first two songs were the result of "black", numbers 3 to 7 were "funeral" and the rest was "devil".
obsolum
S2 licensed
I remember dmwright from a while back, when he purposely wrecked and disobeyed the rules on CTRA1. Then when I said I'd report him he claimed to be new to the system even though he had plenty of laps on his record. Then when confronted with that he just laughed at me. The filed report got him permanently banned from CTRA, but obviously he continued to drive there with his other account(s).

dmwright's credibility = 0. I don't even have to watch the replay of this case to know he got what he deserved. This thread doesn't do his reputation much good, either, I'd say.
obsolum
S2 licensed
No, you have to set it 900 in BOTH the profiler and the .INI.

This mod was designed for wheels using 900°, it will not feel as good if you use less range and yes it DOES make a big difference.

So again, set it to 900° in the profiler, and change the controller.ini file to read

Quote :Steering Wheel Range="900"

WITH the "".

There is no wheelturncompensation setting as far as I know, and if there is there is no need to fiddle around with it because I didn't.

Make sure you get the adjustable steering lock upgrade for every car you want to drive. That way you can set the amount of lock in the setup if you don't like turning your wheel a lot. I usually use something between 24 and 26 degrees and it feels very good and realistic.

Good luck!
obsolum
S2 licensed
Quote from jimmy44 :Guys, I have a mpr of 11MB, how can I cut it?

Thanks!

I don't think that's possible
obsolum
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Quote from Bboy-MassUK :Dude, when you play (sorry - DRIVE) iRacing, your know where that money is going.

Yes, LFS is top notch for a £25.00 one off payment, but iracing is in a different league. The courses are incredible and the sounds,models of the cars are truly awesome.

Give it a go for £12 ($19.99) per month, at least your know.

LFS is still the best POUND4POUND, but if you want the BEST there is, iracing is the one.

He clearly wasn't interested in iRacing but merely asking which would be the better choice between LFS and rFactor.

Like was said, it's much easier to find online races in LFS than it is in rFactor. If you're looking for offline (singleplayer) races, though, rFactor might be the way to go IMO, but nothing beats racing against other people.
obsolum
S2 licensed
I don't think I've seen him spell iRacing correctly once
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