*yawn*

Laws like this have been passed before with basically zero effect. More as a 'backup' in case things get really bad. Realistically, you wont see anyone being arrested for protesting the war.

Not trying to justify it, just trying to clarify it for those who don't live here and haven't a clue

Quote from thisnameistaken :

If all you're doing is driving around in circles for fifteen minutes so you can open the chest and find out how many gold pieces Becky gave you then I think you've got your priorities screwed up a bit.

Funny you say that, because I know several people are only 'grinding' through the points just to get to the FO8. Would you also say they don't enjoy racing? Maybe they just enjoy it MORE in the FO8.

My intentions were made clear. It's not about the rewards, it's about moving away from the constant T1 wrecks, attitudes and nightmares that are associated with a server that is generally open to the public. Regardless of 'standards', these problems still exist. But hey, I'm up to a whopping 4 points now, so maybe I'll see the FO8 around next April?

P.S., If it wasn't fun, I would of given up at 2 points yesterday after 20 races, but no, somehow I managed to stomache another few races today to earn those other phatty 2 points

Possibly a ban given by an admin? In that case maybe you have an admin Msg in your "MyCTRA" section on the CTRA website? If not, it might be there soon enough. I would imagine that the admins are dealing with a lot of reports, so, maybe just give it some time before sending someone a msg about it?

Very cool looking. Makes me wish I could run all that eye-candy in the background while playing LFS

Well, as I see it, there's a lot more 'clean' and 'slower' racers than there are the fast hotlappers that seem to be topping the charts right now. From the perspective of these clean and slower racers, all it appears to be right now is a server that caters to the best of the best. At this rate, I'm more inclined to sit back and not race on the server until the bulk of the 'fast' people get their licenses, then HOPE they move to the FO8. Remember, no one is forcing them to move on, for all they care they can sit and continue to race foxes allll day long and do it just for the win. Sure, they get less points, but that never stopped a lot of them from doing that on the preX system, just because there's more people racing on the lesser license servers. But hey, if you all want a repeat of that, well, have fun

And as for 'noobs' wrecking in the FO8 as one earlier poster mentioned, that's a pretty sour outlook on the whole situation. I know PLENTY of people that weren't 'fast' in the preX system, but they sure as hell raced clean. Are you meaning to tell me you'd rather race on an underpopulated server than have those people to race against? Seems rather lame, IMO.

Quote from SamH :

FTR, we're up for this discussion as long as it is understood that at the end of the discussion, the final decision on any changes to points awards will remain with us. We're not a democracy, but we *are* a community.

In that case... I have to agree that the point payout on the single seaters is a bit harsh. I worked my way to Gold on the orginal CTRA servers while usually comming in somewhere in the top 10-15. Granted, it's not 'fast', but I take pride in how clean I can race in a pack and how well I can predict what people are going to do in order to keep from wrecking them. That said, I always thought of my Gold license as a status of quality, not quickness. In fact, being Silver/Gold allowed me to move away from some of the issues on the lesser license server, helping me to improve my times and become quicker just because I was racing with other people of the same mentality.

Now, in the single seater server, I feel I might just be stuck there for a LONG time, being forced to race with people who don't understand the conduct that is expected of them or people who just don't care about the rules and race how they want. This is somewhat discouraging for me, mainly because it takes away from the hopes of getting to 'the promised land' of cleaner and friendlier racing. I'm not sure how many races I did yesterday, probably over 20 race on the Single Seater server and I have only 2 points to show for it.

I believe that I'm not the only person in this catagory, as I moved to Silver/Gold license along with a several people I had raced with on the Copper and Bronze servers and they too are clean, considerate racers, although some may rarely break 10th place past the finish line. So, are we to be stuck on the Single Seater 1 server for only 2 points a day?

Anyway, that's my feedback. I also completely understand and respect that CTRA is not a democracy, but I'd like to pretend that I'm part of the community, so I can only hope that some of what I said does make an impact somehow. Thanks for listening

Awesome work. Thanks for the feedback

It's all fine and good that we can report in game now, but can we still send in reports while out of game? The reason I ask is, it's a lot better (for me) to go back and look at the replay at least once before reporting. This way I know if I'm over-reacting, if it was a true race accident or if it's a legit report. As is, I have have a problem even knowing who did what (especially on the BnJ server) due to the chaos. I'd hate to just guess and hit report based on the flash of color I saw smash into my rear.

Thanks for any feedback.

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yet those living in the United States only get the USA flag.

Each state has it's own flag, you just normally don't ever see those

Quote from Dalek0220 :

The end looks like this

That would be a gameport style plugin. Please read previous posts in this thread for instructions on how to connect it.

Quote from throwduncan :

guess its either impossible or no one gives a damn about demo racers trying to better the game

Or it just plain doesn't exist....

But I like your suggestion better, especially with that attitude. If you want to 'better the game', buy S2 and let the DEVs put your funds to good use. Who knows, maybe you'll get your "SKREEEEE" noise later down the road.

Quote from Roadie :

[03:19] <Roadhog> my abs acts like a tc system

I had to

Quote from Roadie :

If I went full throttle from a stop light there would be a huge smoke screen, and then i would probably get a ticket. :P

Yeah, FWD cars are easy as hell to roast tires on

Quote from wheel4hummer :

I still want a Camaro as a first car...

And that's where I stopped reading. Good luck with that chunk of American CRAP as your first car

I don't need to do any of that. I just need to P. As is, I have to rush to the Jon and push till it hurts, otherwise I'm out for a whole ~7 laps. Sure, I know it keeps my grid spot, but c'mon, you should be able to at least hit the restroom between races

Any chance you could bump this up by maybe 15-30sec? As is, it's hard as hell to get to the bathroom and back before the next race starts. That's really the only reason I'm posting this....

Thanks in advance

Sounds like connection lag maybe?

What type of connection are you on?

What a shock, hardly anyone bothered to slow down for the pile of cars scattered infront of them...

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I like it the way it is. Having a time limit on qualify means you have to plan your qualify run, not just jump into it knowing exactly how many laps you get a shot at.
I also prefer having cars on the track during qualify. Usually that's how it is in real life, so why change it?

BTW, welcome to S2 Bullhorn! Glad we could all talk you into it

Quote from Jakg :

I was wrong, he prefers to use the demmo accounts :X

I knew it! OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!

Quote from Jakg :

He has an S2 account, and afaik this IS his S2 account, but for some reason it doesn't show up on the forum, he doesn't mind being listed as demo and it seems everyone knows he's S2. Would of thought it was common knowledge

My bad. I coulda sworn I had seen someone say he prefers his demo account name more haha

Either way gratz on getting your avitar back, JB

Last edited by Slopi, Fri 20 Jul 2007, 14:24. Reason : too many typos

Yes, he has a license, but he also posts under a DEMO account. Explain to me why that should afford him extra privlages?

Demo account = no frills.

If he wants his avatar, he can chat on the forums like a normal person, under his S2 account.

I had a seizure reading your post. I'll come back and try again later

The resource usage of a FFB wheel is just about neglegable. If you can already run LFS with 'ok' framerates, a wheel shouldn't hurt that performance.