My understanding is that the physics and handling attributes of the FBM, where they're falling short, are more than just a little masked by the fact that the driver is sitting in a motionless simulator, rather than a car, holding a G25 wheel and pressing travel-actuated pedals rather than real ones. But I would imagine that this would be the case for almost any simulator. Though we know that the simulation isn't perfect (I doubt anyone will ever achieve that), it's been met with broad approval. That works for me
I have it on, shall we say, "good authority" that the FBM physics and behaviour ARE good. I don't think it's even debatable. Real-life Formula BMW drivers would know, and I'm happy to take them at their word.
With due respect to Shaun and Darin, their regard of the FBM's physics must be taken in the context of sim racers not as Formula BMW drivers, and if their experience of the FBM left them cold then that's their experience. We know what we know.
I have an nVidia card (I'm on XP). I used the desktop profile manager to make one single-span screen across 2 monitors, then launched LFS. Went to Options>Screen, scrolled down to the bottom and chose the large resolution that covered both monitors. Works a treat
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They definitely won't work with the current patch. In fact you may need a couple of different patches to run them. I have a vague recollection that we had at least one incompatible LFS patch mid-season.
I checked the UKCT server for STCC replays but it seems they were subject to a house-cleaning project some time ago.
I checked the UKCT server for STCC replays but it seems they were subject to a house-cleaning project some time ago.
There are some of these speedbumps on my route. I don't straddle them any more because a few of them are so damn big they smack my oil sump.
I've bitched to Leeds Council about them, because for about 200 yards the bumps are set too close to each other (~10" apart) and bring vehicles directly into conflict with on-coming traffic.
Since most drivers seem to try to straddle them, and spend far too much time concentrating on getting their road position just right for the bumps rather than paying attention to oncoming traffic, I've witnessed a couple of wing mirrors lost myself. There's often glass on the road, which suggests that it's a frequent problem.
I've bitched to Leeds Council about them, because for about 200 yards the bumps are set too close to each other (~10" apart) and bring vehicles directly into conflict with on-coming traffic.
Since most drivers seem to try to straddle them, and spend far too much time concentrating on getting their road position just right for the bumps rather than paying attention to oncoming traffic, I've witnessed a couple of wing mirrors lost myself. There's often glass on the road, which suggests that it's a frequent problem.
You think any of the moderators WANT the hassle of handing out infractions, writing up reports with links and explanations? No, we don't. It's a pain in the butt to have to do it. And very few people ever need more than ONE infraction to get the message.
I've wiped your noses for you. Move on.
Since we're forced to moderate this thread far more than we want to, I figure I may in future also delete posts that quote images. There's nothing more annoying than constant repeating of content for absolutely no reason. If you want to refer to someone's post, @refer to them without quoting their images.
[edit] I'm talking about whole quotes of stacks of images. You know the stuff.
Since we're forced to moderate this thread far more than we want to, I figure I may in future also delete posts that quote images. There's nothing more annoying than constant repeating of content for absolutely no reason. If you want to refer to someone's post, @refer to them without quoting their images.
[edit] I'm talking about whole quotes of stacks of images. You know the stuff.
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Congratulations, Tim, on an exceptional achievement! You have a whole lot to be proud of!
I've intersected a few points along the Trail (Hawk Mountain and a few spots in NH and Maine) and while you have my deepest respect, I take a hearty amount of deep-seated envy
I've intersected a few points along the Trail (Hawk Mountain and a few spots in NH and Maine) and while you have my deepest respect, I take a hearty amount of deep-seated envy
2009 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
F1 TIMETABLE
Fri 30 October 2009
Friday Practice 1 13:00 - 14:30
Friday Practice 2 17:00 - 18:30
Sat 31 October 2009
Saturday Practice 14:00 - 15:00
Qualifying 17:00
Sun 01 November 2009
Race 17:00
Yas Marina Circuit
Race Date: 01 Nov 2009
Number of Laps: 55
Circuit Length: 5.554 km
Race Distance: 305.470 km
Lap Record: n/a -
If you think sweat shops are the exclusive domain of places like China, you are being naive. Not all unregistered immigrants come here to be legally employed, and some of them don't come here to employ others legally either. Minimum wage laws only apply when your business is showing up on "the radar".
It doesn't have a monopoly. To have a monopoly, it would have to be the ONLY provider of television programming. People confuse success with monopolies. The BBC is successful but it's far from being a monopoly.
Doesn't mean that it doesn't have its problems, mind you. Its news coverage of the Israel/Lebanon and Israel/Gaza conflicts is far too Murdoch-esque and the BBC news service has shown itself to be susceptible to bullying and threats from Israel.
My point, however, is that whether or not it IS a problem, the majority of the electorate do very much see it as one. Even a hand-picked, politically correct Question Time audience loudly took issue with Straw when he tried to say that immigration wasn't a big deal.
Perhaps "inane" was too harsh. "Frivolous" would be better. I did use the word "inane" specifically in comparison with real-world counterparts. Compared with driving/racing (and crashing), LFS is a smidge "inane", and certainly "frivolous" - ask Massa. And the other game that I play a lot of at the moment, while Battlefield2 certainly is hilarious fun for me, it's totally asinine compared with ACTUALLY swapping bullets in Afghanistan or Iraq.. as any modern-day soldier will attest.
@ Intrepid: Is this fact or are you just reading the BNP's claims of 9,000 new "enquiries"? Since they're not allowed to accept new members right now, they certainly didn't pick up any. An enquiry is just a question, like "send me more information" or whatever.
Question Time usually amounts to in-substantive political rhetorical exchanges with nothing much worthy of note. You occasionally get a politician put uncomfortably on the spot, where he or she squirms amid a bit of laughter before being rescued by the next question, or by Dimbleby. It's pretty light-going.
As for the BBC, it has an obligation to give proportional airtime to parties like the BNP, UKIP etc. That's what it's mandated to do, and that's what it did. It didn't backfire on them. They received overwhelming support for having Griffin on the programme, and that's what happened. The "backfire" delusion is yours alone, Alan.
Bottom line, if you don't like the fact that Griffin/the BNP got Question Time exposure then democracy ain't your thing. If you're scared that by allowing the BNP to gain equal or proportionate coverage, they might actually garner support, then you are as good as admitting that there's something that he's got that you know that people want. You should examine that thought for a bit, and see what it is about the BNP that you deep down, secretly, like.
Straw came off just as badly as Griffin, IMO. Straw's in denial about immigration. So are the Tories and.. who knows about the LibDems? But clearly there's a big gap between politicians, who are terrified of going near anything that might be seen as politically incorrect, and the people on the street that clearly aren't happy with what's happening in their communities. THAT seems to come down to rapid change at street level, "white flight" etc.
IMO, until immigration concerns are addressed to the point that changes on the ground are REVERSED, the BNP will continue to carry far more appeal for far too many voters than is safe for this country.
Question Time usually amounts to in-substantive political rhetorical exchanges with nothing much worthy of note. You occasionally get a politician put uncomfortably on the spot, where he or she squirms amid a bit of laughter before being rescued by the next question, or by Dimbleby. It's pretty light-going.
As for the BBC, it has an obligation to give proportional airtime to parties like the BNP, UKIP etc. That's what it's mandated to do, and that's what it did. It didn't backfire on them. They received overwhelming support for having Griffin on the programme, and that's what happened. The "backfire" delusion is yours alone, Alan.
Bottom line, if you don't like the fact that Griffin/the BNP got Question Time exposure then democracy ain't your thing. If you're scared that by allowing the BNP to gain equal or proportionate coverage, they might actually garner support, then you are as good as admitting that there's something that he's got that you know that people want. You should examine that thought for a bit, and see what it is about the BNP that you deep down, secretly, like.
Straw came off just as badly as Griffin, IMO. Straw's in denial about immigration. So are the Tories and.. who knows about the LibDems? But clearly there's a big gap between politicians, who are terrified of going near anything that might be seen as politically incorrect, and the people on the street that clearly aren't happy with what's happening in their communities. THAT seems to come down to rapid change at street level, "white flight" etc.
IMO, until immigration concerns are addressed to the point that changes on the ground are REVERSED, the BNP will continue to carry far more appeal for far too many voters than is safe for this country.
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you always do. We're used to it.Repeatedly, but you make no sense. What amounts to a mistake? What backfired? Could you say something that doesn't just sound like insane ranting? Anything that substantiates an iota of your rambling?
Nige, I agree with what Becky posted. To address your other question, I think that if you can devise a structured environment and system of reward - a badge of honour, so to speak - then I think that as long as your rules make sense, there's no reason it can't succeed.
When Becky's (2nd gen?) STCC system introduced the UF1000 server, I was gobsmacked that it took off. I remember thinking that it wouldn't matter what Becky ate, 24 carrat nuggets would always fall out of her arse. I was stuck on the fact that the car was a hunk o' junk UF1000, and at the time I couldn't see past that to see that the car didn't matter as much as the licence points, and the racers' ability to declare themselves xyz licensed STCC drivers. Becky had pegged the mentality of the LFS racer, and filled a gap with a much-needed racing structure and rewards system. Bronze through Platinum (Titanium came later).
The success of the CTRA was a combination of many things, working in tandem. Though it's of course subjective, I think these are the main facets that made it the success it was:
- Racing structure
- Strict but fair rules, conventions and expectations
- Automated race restarts and timed track changes
- An excellent InSim interface
- Replay record of every mile driven
- Comprehensive system of raising reports in the server
- Permanent driver licence history
- Driver's portal, personal licence page and licence userbars
- National, international and team statistics for drivers
- Complete administrative transparency
- Meticulous attention to detail in admin decisions.
Though it was not, of course, across the board I do think that these factors all combined to support the broad belief within the LFS community that, if you had a higher (e.g. Silver) CTRA licence then you were a fair, honourable and accomplished driver. For a lot of people, a CTRA licence was worth showing off.
I'm not suggesting that you'd have to pin a tale on ALL of the above donkeys, but I do think you would have to find something to inspire drivers to rise to a challenge. Something that has a return.
The success of the Cruise servers is in no small part because they can buy virtual cars with their track time.. cars that they could go to any number of other servers and jump in and drive. But they don't, because they want to work for those cars, and they want their contemporaries see the things they've achieved. It matters less than you'd think, that it's a (sorry Krammeh! :shy pretty inane pastime. All online "games" are inane in comparison with their real-world counterparts.
The structured environment and the reward are the key. Get those established and you can create a win.
When Becky's (2nd gen?) STCC system introduced the UF1000 server, I was gobsmacked that it took off. I remember thinking that it wouldn't matter what Becky ate, 24 carrat nuggets would always fall out of her arse. I was stuck on the fact that the car was a hunk o' junk UF1000, and at the time I couldn't see past that to see that the car didn't matter as much as the licence points, and the racers' ability to declare themselves xyz licensed STCC drivers. Becky had pegged the mentality of the LFS racer, and filled a gap with a much-needed racing structure and rewards system. Bronze through Platinum (Titanium came later).
The success of the CTRA was a combination of many things, working in tandem. Though it's of course subjective, I think these are the main facets that made it the success it was:
- Racing structure
- Strict but fair rules, conventions and expectations
- Automated race restarts and timed track changes
- An excellent InSim interface
- Replay record of every mile driven
- Comprehensive system of raising reports in the server
- Permanent driver licence history
- Driver's portal, personal licence page and licence userbars
- National, international and team statistics for drivers
- Complete administrative transparency
- Meticulous attention to detail in admin decisions.
Though it was not, of course, across the board I do think that these factors all combined to support the broad belief within the LFS community that, if you had a higher (e.g. Silver) CTRA licence then you were a fair, honourable and accomplished driver. For a lot of people, a CTRA licence was worth showing off.
I'm not suggesting that you'd have to pin a tale on ALL of the above donkeys, but I do think you would have to find something to inspire drivers to rise to a challenge. Something that has a return.
The success of the Cruise servers is in no small part because they can buy virtual cars with their track time.. cars that they could go to any number of other servers and jump in and drive. But they don't, because they want to work for those cars, and they want their contemporaries see the things they've achieved. It matters less than you'd think, that it's a (sorry Krammeh! :shy
pretty inane pastime. All online "games" are inane in comparison with their real-world counterparts.The structured environment and the reward are the key. Get those established and you can create a win.
You can't use things like races finished or yellow flag ratio to determine whether someone is in error in an incident. You could calculate your idea of a rough % probability of a % likelihood, but the mere suggestion that you could use any kind of mathematical or statistical computation in the quest to determine blame in an incident is appalling. Take a step back and look at the monster you'd be creating. Remember the (paraphrased) line in Jurassic Park, "you were so busy finding out what you COULD do, you forgot to stop and ask whether you SHOULD do."
Same problem for me. It doesn't download when I watch an MPR but does download them when I'm entering a server.
I'm going to check to see if it's a hi-res skin issue. At the moment, I believe I'm downloading hi-res.
I've got his address if you wannit, Don
Gotta love fast lenses! Great shots!
Gotta love fast lenses! Great shots!
Meh.. EULA.. forum rules.. they both look the same through the bottom of my beer glass 
That's very nasty indeed. Can we see an un-resized crop of the defect? Can't tell what it is from here.
Stats are accurate at the moment.. but could slip again later this evening
How long's the break? And what's your idea of fun? If it's a serious (thread-worthy) question, we're going to need a lot more of a premise.
::shakes head in mild disbelief:: Oh dear, Alan.. you can't handle anything more than the simplest of sentence structures 
This, after you slam the NHS - the 2nd biggest employer of parents in the world. You're nothing if not inconsistent, Alan.
You imply that the BBC is the only "corporation" capable of turning out a programme as financially profitable as Top Gear, and that nobody else can compete on presentation or content - you're the strongest and most unwitting proponent of a non-free economy.. which is hugely entertaining since you try to be the most ardently opposed to state influence/interference.
Keep it up, Alan! Don't let the intellectual bastards grind you down!
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