In the heat of watching the lights on the start grid, I often miss the wind speed information (on the rare servers that use it). Would be handy if it was repeated in one of the F9-F12 displays, for example

Similarly, tracks like Blackwood have flags next to the grid so you can judge the direction of the wind as you set off, while some other tracks are bereft of clues to wind direction at the start - would welcome additional flags for those tracks.

Another small suggestion: the ability to filter out drift servers from the master server list. I get excited when I see an occupied server using road sport cars (LRF), only to realise it's drift

No that was the Masters of Endurance league http://www.lfsforum.net/forumdisplay.php?f=41

this one?
have numbers 03, 07, 21, 33, 69, 131, 161, 720

Hmmm, I just read this report on the movie - they didn't like it

Quote from Spinjack :

The gear indicator (1,2,3,4..) on the dashboad is obscured by the steering wheel in the XRR. I never know which gear I'm in (well, not never). Is there a way to fix this?

It is also possible to switch off the wheel in view if you prefer, check the options

Quote from Gentlefoot :

Lovely car m8. How does it handle? Which one is it?

Look here, 2.0L Lusso
Handles well enough for me! Not a smooth ride, but takes corners excellent - though I've not pushed it to excess
edit: what I should say is that the handling is largely unexplored since there is so much grip.

Last edited by P1lot, Sat 17 Jun 2006, 13:04.

Quote from Gentlefoot :

Road Car - Alfa 156 1.8 Twin Spark with turbo conversion, Brembo 4 pots, eibach suspension, 17" GTA wheels

Cool, another Alfa fan, got a GTV here
Visit AlfaOwner Forum?

Yep, just as I thought... I'm looking at what's involved like an Aborigine might look at a jet engine

How easy is Java? I'm a complete beginner at programming but realise how common Java is on modern mobile phones that all have a good resolution colour screen.

I thought an app could send insim/outgauge data via bluetooth (maybe) to a mobile phone to show basic data such as gear number etc. Easy to place near or on a wheel.

Suppose the hardest part would be transferring via bluetooth. Maybe I'm just speaking these thoughts out loud to get confirmation it's beyond me from the start

I've seen Draytek routers that have bandwidth throttling for zones of your choice, but they are a pricey brand.
I'm tempted by a USRobotics router that has QoS - should suffice for the 2 PCs at my place

Quote from DownShift :

ok, my team just got a web site. and one of the things some one told me i can use it for is to host a game server. the thing i want to know is how?

Websites can't host game servers, the website is hosted by your ISP probably, by making the information available for download. Game servers require processing power, which your ISP may be able to help with by allocating a machine to do it (expect they would charge).

So you have the option of setting up a host on a home machine, or paying a game-hosting provider - there are a few already setup to host LFS servers like liverforspeed.fr or 500servers
The upload limit of your home machine would dictate how many slots your server could have without causing lag problems.

Do you have more than one controller plugged in? Maybe a jostick as well?
In which case you need to select which controller receives the ffb information in the options (see screenshot).

Also, try setting 'persistant profile' in Logitech profiler. I always do for LFS for best results.

Another thumbs up for irfanview - free and powerfull
Something like a compression quality of 94% is enough to shrink images down dramatically!

There are special sheets of paper that you can print on (inject printer) and then iron on to clothing. I've done it before, but read up on the best method... some say not to follow the instructions that come with the sheets.

Ah, the famous black and white
Good luck

<-- now thats a silly car
"At the front of every queue is a Nissan Micra"

edit: couldn't even stick looking at a micra as my avatar - changed

Last edited by P1lot, Tue 13 Jun 2006, 07:52.

Shift+M to toggle real/virtual/no mirrors

What a fantastic season that was!

My take on the final results, i.e. provisional championship standings
Let me know if anything looks out of place.

Well done all, I've had great enjoyment from this season and looking forward to the next.

The idea of changing cars causes a BIG penalty in my opinion. Even an alien cannot beat a GTR type car with the road going equivalent.

I've tried a series of races where the winners get passengers as penalties, and that had about the right effect.

or thought about forcing harder compound tyres for winners? (don't know how you would enforce that)

Excellent! I'll pm you

I'm trying to help a colleague who's computer has been wiped and he can't find the installation discs (2 discs). It's got a valid licence sticker on the case saying Windows XP Media Centre Edition 2005

I've tried to download a copy using P2P but after 4 attempts, they turn out to be 2002 version (and so licence code doesn't work) or in a Far Eastern language!

Can't even find anyone selling the discs on ebay
Anyone know a source please?

I undertand there are headphones with 6 internal speakers to give directional feedback - I hope LFS supports that in the future, then I would be straight out to buy some!

I've seen some routers have 'throttling', where you can specify a minimum bandwidth to certain LAN IP addresses, but that means new hardware!
i.e. 10% for PC1, 20% for PC2, rest shared between PC1, PC2, PC3 & PC4

Jeez, sounds like a late night just to feed us with news, after beers as well
and congrats for your gf