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Great race and epic last laps!

Even though Ewlis Hoemlalthon would set the Top Gear's Cock-o-Meter on fire from a distance of 100 meters, he deserves the championship as Kimi insists on driving like a total n00b if the Ferrari doesn't go up in smoke.

Quote from Bob Smith :

Those links don't like this machine. Play in web browser = opera crashes. Play in media player = mp classic crashes. Tried 480 and 720 versions. Stupid Apple format.

Et vaan osaa.

Your face, your ass - what's the difference?

-Duke Nukem

Bros b4 certain gardening equipments.

I've had my fair share of hoes and junk-DNA dressed and painted up for Saturday evening.

Any stream links available this time?

Epic win topics of conversation that will almost guarantee teh surprise butt secks before the night is over include;

a) Maps
b) Why you prefer 6L6's to EL34's
c) Doug wears Social Collision jeans
d) You were forum mates with a convicted felon (Vince Scamsevere)
e) Doug likes skate shoes
f) Duncan is dreamy
g) Boosted mids
h) Scooped mids
i) Neutral mids

The sensor cleaning mechanism is a gimmick at best, in my opinion.

Takes 15 minutes to clean the sensor, mirror and lens mount connections. I'd rather have less parts to malfunction inside the camera body that I can't switch on my own. In-body VR goes in the same category too, if you ask me.

Thanks for teh gramar sugguestion – will fix it!

Yeah it's dust on the 350D's sensor.

My D80 + Sigma 10–20 was on the tripod and the spare 350D used hand held was not cleaned in ages. Does not make much difference though as the footage itself was not planned to be released 'xcept for documentary purposes only.

Had to update my site and to satisfy my design needs, a photoshoot had to be organized as stock photos would not have cut it. That's me underneath.

A simple RAW conversion ready for post-processing. Shot with three triggered flashes and two cameras (one on tripod for wide shots and interior, second hand held).

End result here: www.mikkohuotari.com

Some more from the photoshoot.

You are probably right in the end what comes to safety margins. I'm probably just a wrong customer for iRacing as I value my spare time more than my money.

Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

Says the guy who kept full throttle on despite seeing a car spinning up ahead. I would of been on the brakes the moment he started spinning towards the track, and probably would have been able to avoid it.

No replay saving allowed for reasons beyond me, so no cockpit view from my position either.

You can see that he tried to reverse across the track and he was in a partial blind spot behind the car in front of me.

Bloody hell, another raced ruined on lap 1.

Not paying 156$ a year to wait 50 minutes again. Just tell me what dick I have to suck to get my SR up and away from teh rookie sessions! :faint:

Got wrecked out in T1. Video to follow for evidence of complete iDiots on track.

EDIT: Wow, my SR took a nicedive thanks to this dummie (video still processing).

Last edited by spankmeyer, Tue 12 Aug 2008, 18:31.

Joining for teh 19 P.M. race.

Lolstice wookie it is then.

Anyone else racing tonight?

First race with Solstice at Lacuna Seca starting... now!

The quali was a disaster.

Quote from StableX :

great job. The ovetake was cool as well. That's the one thing I love about iRacing is the general clean racing. Yes there will be some incidents but overall it's so clean!

I'd say it's pretty much the same amount of cleanliness that we have in LFS online racing outside the notorious de_dust combos. I've been taken out many times in iRacing by dumbasses not bothering to look first on their side before making a move.

Got a second victory last night. Very easy race and pulled a hefty 30 sec gap to 2nd. Dunno how.

Couple of questions:

I noticed the wheel isn't anywhere near linear unless I set rotation lock at 900 degrees. Does to Solstice really have that much steering rotation?

Trail braking feels really effective in the Solstice! By far more stable and willing to turn into the corner than anything in LFS. Maybe it's because there are no tyre temp overlays so I'm not afraid to put flatspots and surface temps into red in iRacing.

Also, I guess I'm a dumbass too for driving with full H-gate and clutch pedal setup? I recall there's no clutch damage and I'm handicapping myself with slower shifts?

Got my first win tonight.

Started from 2nd slot, kept my position throughout the race and passed Drunken Predator on last lap after the last corner. Teh backmarkers keep causing mayhem though.

Haven't purchased any additional time or content so far.

EDIT: Hadn't remembered how bad my G25 wheel stinks after sitting in a closet for a month or two.

EDIT: The wheel was in the closet, not me.

EDIT: I came out ages ago and went back after I noticed how much the outside world sucked.

EDIT: Anyone on the 20 P.M. GMT race in 12 minutes?

Last edited by spankmeyer, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 19:48.

Lost interest in LFS for good/for a while/until something big comes along but here's my 0.12 Finnish markkas (2 cents).

Recording engine revs:
VERY expensive to do properly. You'd need many mics - both dynamic and small diaphragm condensers placed at various distances (dynamic up close, possibly stereo mic set in driver's head position and possibly LDC or two for ambience). Impossible to on a highway as road and wind noise would come through. Even on a dyno you'd possibly encounter unwanted reflections from the walls.

Does LFS have enviromental audio effects? It does have cockpit muffling (?) slider in the engine sound editor but as far as I remember it acts like a soft low-pass filter. Could a VST-based impulse reverb used? That way you could create impulses from real-life car interiors (race cars vs. road cars... open wheelers do not apply! ) to make very immersive in-car audio enviroment.

What LFS really needs is lots more ambience, chassis and suspension clanks, tyre well rattle from small rocks, seatbelt suffle and various creeks and dings that should make you feel like the car is about the crumble to pieces when you plow through the chicane curbs before your wheels fall off eventually.

I can't read Bulgarian and I couldn't understand any of those translations so my logic says they work perfectly.

Red Orchestra is teh shiznits!

"its Jesus lol"