I've also had trouble with that. By the time I realise which track it is, change car, find the setup etc., it's just waaay too late.

Quote from Lible :

I can't remember when it wasn't there..

I can't stop staring at eRaptor's avatar...

Quote from The General Lee :

"know" not "knew"

To disable vote kick/ban was a new feature in patch X iirc.

That's funny, I seem to recall kick and ban being forbidden on a server quite a long time ago

Quote from MyBoss :

Just a request. Can you do it so people can't join in mid race?

I know its just for people that have just joined the server, but annyway.

I think there is a server side option "no mid race join". However, ur not gonna fget much customers ehen there is a 10 lap race. Very few are gonna wait for it.

Quote from shiny_red_cobra :

PLAYLIFE please read my avatar, then go screw yourself. These situations are always caused by people like you. Just remember, we were all noobs at one point, and sometimes noobs need encouragement.

What "situations" ?

Quote from danowat :

while in the same context is isn't the same thing, we basically put ourselves in the path of danger in pretty much everything we do in life, why not do it doing something you love?

Playlife, do you ride a bike?, I would hazard a guess no, you would be amazed at how many non-bikers tell me what I do is soooooo dangerous and I shouldn't be doing it

how is that a counterargument?

Whats an emo?

I'm not trying to be mean. It was not intended as a bad comment. Not everybody is out to get you.

Quote from srdsprinter :

div-I athlete

whats that?

Quote from amp88 :

/me wonders how long it'll be before someone mentions Kubica...

You just did

Sometimes when I see flowers, I get a feeling that I sort of know what they smell like. I'm not saying i know what everything smells like, but when I see flowers, I really think I know exactly how they smell like. When I see flowers, I really feel alive. Lots of sunshine and flowers to everybody. [etals:]










Seriously, though, this thread makes no sense and you sound like a woman who needs to talk about her feelings.

Quote from faster111 :

ok.

:doh:ROFL

Quote from mrodgers :

The drivers on the lead lap rarely "raced to the line". Even though it was allowed, there was a "gentleman's agreement" that they did not do that. Where the "lucky dog" rule comes from is the cars that were down a lap would race and try to beat the lead car to the line so he would then be on the lead lap.

If you were in the lead for instance, and your teammate was right behind you, but a lap down, you would slow up so that he would reach the line first, thus you would be allowing him to have his lap back.

On the other side, if you are leading and the 2nd place in points was the lap down car, you would more than likely race him back to the line to keep him a lap down.

What sometimes happened was you in the lead would be trying to allow your teammate to gain his lap back, while the 2nd place car wouldn't want him to get back, so the 2nd place would pass the lead car to race the lap down car, then allow the lead to have his place back after the line. That was part of the gentleman's agreement. I think this is what happened in the situation that caused the change of "racing to the line". Dale Jarret was the one spun and stationary facing the wrong way when a lap down car pulled out to race to the line and almost hit head on (or perhaps Dale was sideways?) at something probably like 160 mph. There was a similar, but not as drastic incident the race before that one as well that got NASCAR started talking about it. After Dale's near miss, it was promptly changed.

After the change, they instituted the "lucky dog" rule that the first car a lap down would move to the tail end of the lead lap because he could no longer try to gain his lap back racing back to the line. I agree, an extremely stupid rule. At least they should have put the "lucky dog" in front of the lead car on restart so he had to race from the green flag to keep his lead lap status.

It must be noted that NASCAR the sanctioning league is all about money, and the money all comes from the mainstream public. This ridiculous rule is not for the racing or racing fans, but for creating more action by allowing Jimmy Johnson, Dale Jr., Tony Stewart, etc to easily gain their laps back so that they may move up easier and fight towards the end of the race. The true racing fan's entertainment is watching the racing, where NASCAR only wants viewership of the fan wannabe's so that they will stay to watch the "action" even though the real action is destroyed by allowing the Goldenboys every chance to win. It's classic American quantity over quality. Appeal to the masses to make more money.

Thanks, that's a very good explanation of the rule and how it came to be.

Quote from dadge :

i don't hotlap. never have and never will. i just don't see the point. i have even not entered leagues that require hotlaps to enter. i just don't get it. fair enough single player means that there is no drafting but i just don't get it.

what's not to get? It's all about who can drive fastest around the track. That's a huge part of racing, if you haven't noticed.

Quote from shiny_red_cobra :

Wow I think you're on to something there. For those who didn't watch the replay, the guy behind him false-started and was sent to spectate. However, something pushed jaspero, so he false-started too, but it wasn't his own doing. I don't understand how this can happen, the other guy's car was sent to spectate yet after it disappeared it kept going into jaspero's car and pushed him. Hmmm... I think this is a bug in the program, maybe this false-start system was not tested thoroughly enough. Unfortunately I don't think ppl here can offer any solution to it, you probably have to ask Scawen about it.

Lag?

Quote from Thill :

sorry but i just have to get that off my chest ..

Wtf should i care if I ram/push somebody from the track if 3/4 of the ppl dont give a damn and nobody seems to care anyway ? Yesterday I managed to survive maybe 5-6 races out of hmm like 15. So today I think to myself "it was prolly just your luck , new day wont be that bad" but nooo now i managed to survive 2 out of 5 races. Most of them finished at t1 or t2 and mind you mostly I was starting from the first 6-10 position so i thought tat means ppl know what the middle pedal is used for ....

Sometimes I think ppl in the back of the pack try to drive more carefully than the leading positions cause they are scared to be called noobs , but after they reach the first 10 they automaticly think they dont need break anymore...

Breaks are not for pussies , the look left/right buttons are also VERY USEFULL!!

I often run purposely wide in the frist tunr because I know there is a car coming from behind that thinks he can out brake 15 people into the corner.

Quote from g7usl :

It's blind remarks like this that make me mad.

The 'TT' (Tourist Trophy) held since 1908 every year except war years is racing on public 'closed roads'.

It carries a certain amount of danger and all of us risk the same just by crossing the road every day.

The 37 3/4 mile circuit is not learnt in 5 minutes, it takes years of learning and the ones that go the fastest are the safest because they KNOW where they are and whats coming next.

"An accident waiting to happen" is the quote by a person that does not know what they are talking about so, consider comments like this as total ignorance!

In no way is crossing a public road safety-wise or other-wise comparable to riding a motorbike on the limit on public closed roads. What you are saying is nonsense.

Quote from Damo74 :

NASCAR brought in the rule that when a caution (yellow flag) comes out, the first guy who is a lap down, gets to pass the leaders under yellow and get back on the lead lap. It was brought in when NASCAR banned racing to the start/finish line when a yellow came out. Previously, when a yellow came out, you could still race and pass others until you crossed the start line when you had to slow down.

A very near miss of two cars at super high speed brought this on (a guy had spun on the front straight, was stationary, yellows came out, cars still racing to the line, one guy pulled out of a draft to try and pass before the line and almost smacked head on into the stationary car - was a matter of "that" much). Now, as soon as yellow flags are displayed, racing is suspended immediately (no passing, slow down) and the "lucky dog" gets a lap back for free.

I always thought that "racing to the line" when there is an obvious danger on the track... was well... border-line moronic.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Eh? Why?

dunno. Go ask nascar

Quote from KSheppard :

i've never heard the term luck dog..i don't get it

Its used in NASCAR. The first guy a lap down gets his lap back

Quote from DRIFT_1 :

nissan

Have you contacted Victor (one of the devs)? Maybe he can help you.

Incidentally, have you got a little borther/have you allowed your friends to use ur PC and play LFS?

What was your S2 username?

Kegetys, I love your ghost car and pit spotter mods. Please make them work again

Kegetys, I love your ghost car and pit spotter mods. Please make them work again

Kegetys, I love your ghost car and pit spotter mods. Please make them work again