I think if you have a gift you will be an alien, if not you will always be fighting in mid field.

you need to understand a lot about cars and physics and whats best to go fast (which I dont) and you also need to know about car setups (which I dont) and when you put it all together with some practice and good concentration you can be an alien i guess. (which im not) i dont think I will ever be one, just a well practiced noob. im a mr. average always have been always will be. its not always bad as long as youre content. theres always someone of your level who you can race with and have fun, thats what counts, racing whoever is next to you, not just being the best and always winning.

when the wins do come, oh they are so much more rewarding and satisfying since, they always seem out of reach.

he more scored points before the X system started logging stats?

good race for me! i had a hunch i was maybe going to do ok, I put in a lot of practice laps as did some of the other HR guys, and got in a lot of practice races, so had a little knowledge of the multiple lines and battling round some of the corners. Every warm up I had did I was getting reasonable qualifying times in. I practiced in my qually set until I could do a reasonable mid 53 lap consistently, and was racing at the same pace in the race, as I was in qualifying. I found my line early, got into a rhythm and nothing seemed to stand in my way. apart from the fuel tank great racing by all involved. a couple of times I had to defend or commit to a pass I really wasnt sure I could make. tried to squeeze for every inch of road I could get but leaving room at the same time. A few double ups in the chicane scared me and the crash in the second race was just as scarey but someone nudged me from behind that sent me through a gap and up the hill leaving the carnage behind me! Nice.

i could of had better results if I didnt run out of fuel before the final corner but I dont mind I still coasted across the finish line, my own fault, should of had 14 in there, thought I had 14 in there but turns out I only had 12.

the current system is far too open to abuse. i believe something needs to be changed, what I dont know, but the removing of people from the grid is a huge issue at race start in my opinion. multiplayer games sadly need to be grief protected, and this is definately a griefing 'feature' that is allowing people to cause harm to others, anonymously at that too! and to that the fact that 1 person can join the race click go and start the race on a ctra server, and before anyone can join they can end the race and change the combo with just one vote.

yeah this is seriously annoying +1 for some feature to stop this!

Quote from Sueycide_FD :

its just common sense that tells you that a hit 60 mph or faster into a wall would be enough. Inferring that you mean a angled hit and not a mere scrap.


Even then are you that lazy to just reach over and hit a key?

hazard lights dont switch off automatically in a crash. they switch off if the circuit has been broken and power lost from damage. that damage is not modelled in LFS. they are switching off automatically because of other reasons that are unnatural. do you disagree?

sorry i meant the ZWR server i tried to join but dont know the password.

do you guys send out the password via PM hoping to get some practice in a busy environment tonight.

this add on is really awesome i have been enjoying it thoroughly ever since I got it thanks very much. 10/10

Quote from Sueycide_FD :

if you crash into a wall at 60-100 mph you dont honestly think they'll stay on do you.

Yes. Why do you have evidence to proove otherwise?

The engine is still running the lights still work nothing is broken, not only that but I can switch the hazards back ON again after. Please enlighten me as to what it is that make hazard lights turn off on automobiles in an accident.

Well if I am limping back to the pits and have broken parts that make me slow and possible unstable in corners then I use the hazards, but say if you spin out because of said damage they turn off.

it happens sometimes if you cause a yellow and come to a stop and drive away, or spin out and drive away, right? (am i going mad?)

Well any hazard lights ive seen are a push button or a switch of some kind and they dont turn off randomly when you stop or drive away?

I would think it would be an improvement for them to stay on until I switch them back off?

Minor I know, but just something that I think would be nice?

oh, yeah, the um skin is a work in progress.

Quote from badeend :

Litle movie of round1 its my second movie i ever made so dont exspect to much.



Regard Marco Hoekstra

sweet that was a cool vid. the pit stop part is funny heheh.

new suit, gloves, steering wheel and nice recaro racing seat. And some bosch wipers. should see atleast 3 tenths off my pb for that alone.

click for large piccy

Quote from mrodgers :

"New wheels and brakes......."

I scrolled up and down and up and down many many times trying to see the difference in the wheels, LOL. The tire sidewall never caught my eye.

lol yeah tyres and brakes i meant cant use bespoke for the UFR. If I could I would get some proper mini wheels



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Last edited by richy, Sat 10 Nov 2007, 14:55.

I voted yes. 15 minutes is still short enough to do some laps BUT at the same time find some empty tarmac.

yup like jakg said, pick brake discs that have the alpha channel transparency thing on it so there isnt a huge black square in there and the discs are proper round with even see thru cross drilled holes!

List of brembo calipers in different colours, you might find a caliper of a different colour to the rims more effective, I prefer it anyway up to you theres plenty to choose from
http://www.lfs-database.com/in ... id=2&p13_sectionid=16

The brake disc I used, theres a choice of 3, really nice textures they are, 1 meg size kinda large but worth it for that to be honest.
http://www.lfs-database.com/in ... nid=17&p13_fileid=434

The tyre treads and sidewalls are high res versions of the defaults which look nice.
http://www.lfs-database.com/in ... nid=95&p13_fileid=182

All credit to the authors of the .dds files!

before:



After:


finally found some drilled + round + see thru + shiney shiney! brake discs woohoo.

swimming caps for less drag in LFS

I thought it was really everything that everyone hoped it would be bring on round 2, this is so good .

first race i got caught by crashed/spinning cars a few times which killed all of my speed and gave me damage and let everyone go by me. same in the second race, both times only hanging onto 16th overall. but lucky to finish after the accidents. third race was better for me i found my way around a few spinning cars and gained some spots and made it to 12th which it appears has got me some points



I hope that someone makes a good video of it, i watched the replays and i tell ya the racing is really nice, tightly packed with action and drama but still being fair and clean. i just hope my luck holds out and my pace improves for the other rounds.

good show

guys everyone has off's in motorsport its part and parcel of racing on the edge. its supposed to be fun, and it is, not every race is clean and perfectly sterile, sometimes mixing it up, gambling a bit and having moments of intense pressure and more happening in split seconds is what were all here for. i know a clean race is a good race, but sometimes you may have 5 or 6 laps and then a shunt which goes bad but all the good parts are forgotten.

i want everyone to just curse their luck if races go bad, dont curse other drivers! murphy's law is most certainly the cause of most of the incidents ive ever seen in babyr, no matter who the driver is. were all mates here even though were competing, just try to accept that things happen and dont worry be 'appy. :grouphug:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FI0OpY3uQU&NR=1

found this one when I watched one of those.

i really feel sorry for that car.

what do you think

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1OyoTVIHpI

movie maker is like asking hows my skin made in paint?