I can see now Ive missed some of the course lol sry

Ill post another this week

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Quote from Viper93 :

UKCT will be running the UK/Ireland side of things and CTRA will be sanctioning all International and National events.

I would have thought if UKCT were incharge there would be everything explained before 9 days before the start

so is it UKCT, or esport-racing ? or is one a subsiduary of the other?

Is the UK entry fee £4 ish? anyone?

do I get a VAT reciept? ;P hehe

seriously tho no posts yet in the UK league forum?

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yeah a download link would be great

is there a date for the start of the UK league? (this year next year?) or is it just after you secure a writer?

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is it still on? Im getting a 404 page error

nm Im sure someones recording it

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I can't find any info about the national UK league anywhere? can you post a link Vykos?

also what time does the live broadcast starts?

any other format (stream link) for us non quicktime users?
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I dont swear much when LFS'ing but when I do its out loud in my home where nobody except me and the wife can hear
I certainly dont type my swears, it seems to me alot of players have these swears bound to F keys, they must think it makes them appear more mature, or is it the oppisite?

of course in my reallife car, when I'm not ferrying the kids around, Ive been known to swear a bit, usually after being cut up etc (happens alot around here lol) at least 50% of drivers I see on the roads dont use indicators at all, o maybe justr dont know how to switch them on ;P, they just get a low under the breath grumble

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Quote from ajp71 :

I'm connected to the internet via a Netgear wireless router and PCI adapter. I'm not quite sure why bad connection quality affects the performance, happens in offline games/programs as well.

Offline, but with the PCI card still active?

Have you tried hooking up with a cable and dissabling the wireless to test ?

IIRC windows periodically checks for available wireless networks, I think you can turn off this "feature"

with my wifes wireless laptop, you only have to turn it a bit or walk round the room and it looses connection.

do you have a cordless phone or other wireless devices?

any other other PCI cards installed? soundcard maybe? creative?

just some thoughts off top of head

Good luck

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Hi Sam,

1.33xx is considered fast around here so theres not alot wrong with your driving

watching the replay, you tend to drift too far right when braking for Turn1, if you stay to the left and take a similar line like you take through T3, you could get on the gas sooner, there you could gain 10/100 sec before the 1st split and carry the extra speed down the straight into the 2nd sector, you could also try trailbraking (possibly requiring some changes to the set) and this might also earn you a few 10ths

Most of my XFG sets use around 20-30 PSI the lower your tyre pressures make the car feel like it has more grip but tyres will heat up faster and produce slower top speeds, I would have a play with the front and rear camber settings, feel the changes and fine tune with the ARB's.

How much fuel do you use? if your gonna do all that tyre warming nonsence just fill to 5% or so, the lighter the better.

What view are you using? if custom or wheels view try swapping the driver to RHD for clockwise tracks, it makes a small difference to cornering and tyre wear

Change your cars colour to RED they are always the fastest cars

Practise practise and practise

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Hi all
I would highly recommend the CTRA servers, but do read the rules and check all the "$" menus before your first race , they use an advanced race manager software that tracks your progress, and records all your statistics and of course your points and licence level
but as others have mentioned theres a little more to LFS than just the CTRA servers, (theres over 500 other full time S2 servers) there are loads! with many different track/car configs. Some will be empty, but, if you like the car or track and are 1st to join, others normally join, and soon an empty server can fill up
Also when you get S2 licenced, lfsWorld will track all your races and hold your pb's hotlaps etc, if your into stats youll love it.

Take your time and try all the different servers, from drift to cruse, CTRA to oval, noobs to pro's, there is always some action going on somewhere use lfsWorld to add buddys and it will tell you when they are online, even what server they are on, you can set "live-alert" to send you a text when someone comes online, or when a patch comes out! theres just so much you get for £24

Welcome to LFS addiction

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Quote from Tweaker :

Sad thing is, a lot of S2 licensed users are going in and crashing people in Demo. I've caught a few. But there are lots that hide their name, it is all too easy

I cant get my head around that Tweaker, S2 users going to demo just to crash? sounds very odd to me. I mean how can you tell they are S2 users? and what do they have to gain?

I think your wrong when you say "a lot"

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Last edited by SparkyDave, Sat 17 Nov 2007, 14:24.

I think the word you are looking for Hyper is "Impersonal" and I agree its very easy to keep a distance with a gun especially a rifle, just remember the sniper attacks in ther states.

people will always have grudges, illnesses etc and some will always go on to kill thats in some part human nature, arming yourself with a deadly weapon is not.

I partially agree with RacerY that a finger is involved with pulling a trigger, However if you remove the gun from that finger would you not save lives in an easyer way than councilling everyone that owns a gun?

I know that some guns are legitametly used for hunting, and sports and in countrys with better gun laws its alot harder for individuals to purchase or aquire them, and its much harder to buy hollowpoint rounds etc, thats got to help keep the number or killings down.

I just dont get people who say "guns dont kill, people do" because yes people do kill, so why do we have to make it easy for them and provide guns and bullets (how far do you want go imean "guns dont kill, bullets do? or bullets dont kill, loss of blood kills") it all just frustrates me.

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Quote from BlackEye :

OT: Next month it should be "Tristan in Reynard" avatar month

How about a Tristan in mid hacksaw frenzy, pulling a silly face avatar?

actually he wasn't pulling a silly face after all

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I just wonder why guns are still sold to civillians?
I know theres a black market but still.

Tragic events very sad to read.

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really its better to just use 1 foot for each pedal with 2 ped sets Karting style

the only reason to H & T is when you have to take your left foot off the brake to clutch & change gear (3pedals)

With all the logitech FF wheels the way LFS uses the force feedback (when set up correctly) is very very good and gives an excellent feel for the road.
It would be intersting to know if the vibration changes to allow you some "feel" of the front grip levels?

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Have you tried LRA ?

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Thanks for all the comments.
OK I'm not in a great rush to get into the migration game just yet, but did make a call to my ISP's customer line, and they have assured me that Tiscali are really only shareholders lol. and that Nildram will keep its own house the way they like, regardless of Tiscali's terms etc. I am only ever 30 days away from contract termination (by me) so if things change I've only a month to wait.

Ive not noticed any problems ...yet

lets hope it stays that way.

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ok I figured Tiscali had a reputation for a reason I might just have to jump ship after all Dan

So my question now is who would be a good UK ISP (I could go SDSL (bussiness) but its still a little pricy) I am currrently on an 8Mb "max dsl" service and actually connect around 4Mb down and 500K up.

Any ideas?

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Quote :

Dear Customer

It's been a busy time at Nildram since Tiscali acquired us on 13 September and we know you may have questions about what it means to you.

We would like to take the opportunity to reassure you that as a Nildram customer this means no change to the services and support you receive at present. In fact Tiscali are proposing to include the Stoke Mandeville Support Centre in their plans for supporting all of Tiscali's business customers.

Going forward our focus will remain on providing business-strength broadband and communications services to our discerning consumers and small and medium sized business customers, as well as to our reseller partners. We will continue to offer the same high quality 24/7 technical support that you have been accustomed to.

We're delighted at the enthusiasm and encouragement we have received from Tiscali. Being part of Tiscali is great news for Nildram. With over 1.9 million broadband customers and an unbundled local loop ("LLU") network covering over 800 BT exchanges, with another 200 in the pipeline, we have access to additional infrastructure and expertise to help us expand and improve our services. In addition, Tiscali's range of internet and entertainment services for the consumer market, new services recently launched for the SME market and wholesale channel portfolio, offer us the opportunity to look at further developing the service we can offer you in future.

As we enter this exciting next phase, I would like to thank you for your support over the last 12 years and assure you that we will continue to keep you updated on any developments.

Anyone here already use Tiscali ? is it anygood?
or anyone here work for an ISP I am wondering what this will really mean for me?

Ive heard of Tiscali using trafic shaping ect Im wondering if anything will change, I only hope I dont have to go through the caffuffle of changing.

Or am I worried about nothing?

any thoughts?

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Hi Rob to answer your original question I think you were probably in the right, it does depends on how much you "let off". But I think most would agree that its the job ot the following driver to pass in a safe way and most experianced drivers will be ready to back off through a chicain, unless they're absolutly sure of who is infront and how they will react.
Of course, Its generally people who run the same combos time and time again who populate the RR servers (IMO) so they are usually running at near WR pace, know each other and will be more bunched up

Great news on getting such a cheap wheel, but for the amount you payed I dont imagine it will be very well constructed and I hope it lasts ok, my tip would be use it very gently

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Yes I agree buy S2, its not true that theres no good racing, there is, just sometimes you need to search for it

with the licence you can also set other players as buddys when you find players of similar experiance add them, and soon you will see where the races are + you get all the detailed stats then LFSworld counts

S2 is a big step up from demo and with a good FF wheel (like the dfp) will keep you hooked for ages

Also remember S2 is still tagged alpha but with the licence you get every future S2 patch when its released and sometimes get to test pre official release patches, all for free once you get your licence
Im sure theres more go on get S2, go on

Edit : dont forget you can get a funky forum avatar too
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Last edited by SparkyDave, Sat 3 Nov 2007, 23:24.

Stang what combo (car & track) are you interested in?

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Quote from mrodgers :

The Profiler sucks. I've lost FF several times in the middle of a race from using the profiler. Once was a league race, the public ones didn't matter much.

Is it absolutely necessary to use the profiler with the DFP or G25? Or can you get away with just using the windows gaming options?

Yes I didn't say I used it

And yes I am sure you can use all logitech wheels without using the profiler its only the drivers that you need (not sure about vista)

I even use the G25 without the shifter attached (or connected) for ss or gtr races.

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or just use the logitech profiler?

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Hi MijnWraak

Is your prob low FPS whilst multitasking, or is it stuttering only when LFS looses focus, and does this happen when you minimise LFS? or only with it windowed or maximise?

Did you possably give LFS higher CPU priority?
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