Excellent post Gizz

If theres one thing that will make you faster quicker is to learn the lines of a track, a great way is to watch the WR laps, but there are more than one fast line around a track and online you sometimes need to take other lines in order to overtake well, so learn the lines, after that its all self development as you do more and more laps to gain that detailed mental 3d picture of the track.

studying you own replays should enable you to see where time could be gained also

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Last edited by SparkyDave, Sat 13 Oct 2007, 21:38.

Hi Lloyd
well win XP is a good start
are you using AOL broadband? or dialup? do you know the connection speed (512kbps 1024kbps ect)
do you have a modem they sent you? or a router maybe?
how does it connect into your PC (usb or ethernet plug?)
do you use wireless connection?
are there any other PC's (LAN) that use the same connection?
do you have many processes running when you play LFS (ctrl-Alt-Delete click processes tab)
do you use P2P software or Torrent software? if you do check in processes that its completely off, before starting LFS.
what ping times do you get in the server list within LFS?

OK Im not a user of AOL Ive never heard it rated could be that your ISP is using "traffic shaping" or "port blocking" this could be the main cause of your prob, tech support should be able to tell you if they are employing these restrictions.

the more info you can give the more chance there is of someone here being able to help you

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Last edited by SparkyDave, Sat 13 Oct 2007, 19:21. Reason : speeeling ;)

I dont get this bug very much at all Ive been able to race very close to others even rubbing and nudging without problems, I do tend to race with people I know and who have good connections, maybe a little lag plays a part in exagerating things, it only takes one person to leave on P2P software and it lags everyone in the server. now the collision with barriers and SO pit kerbing is defo a bug but I dont get this with other cars unless they park in my pitbox before I leave pits

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Quote from Viper93 :

CTRA is very much a part of the STCC. All STCC drivers need a platinum license and in order to qualify you will need a license.

Quote from Jakg :

AFAIK there was no entry requirements - thus how UKCT got in!

We simply answered an ad in Becky's signature.

I can't comment on Round 10 as i wasn't there (unfortuantely), but i certainly can't say that the racing's been dirtier from round 1 to round 9, just that as we learn more about each driver we get a little bit closer to each other.

I believe the current STCC league thats almost finished there could be some that do not have platinium ...yet

but the point I am making is that some drivers in the league as Jakg says, did not qualify in the CTRA system to get into this league.
The top drivers in the ctra system are not the same people who drive in the league, simply because the system was not complete at that time (or even started?), if STCC makes it to season 2 and I hope it does (I think the TBO cars are the best LFS alternative to touring cars) then this may of course change, and could lead to more realistic broadcasted races maybe.

I cant comment on all the drivers ability to drive clean or dirty, except what I see in the broadcasts as IMO not many stcc league drivers spend alot of time at the ctra servers, some do, but not many, mind you Ive not driven a lap of ctra for weeks.

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I am not sure if the CTRA is still a way to get into the STCC, but when I first noticed the STCC I thought that it was the A division of somthing bigger, I dont know what original qualification was involved, but for road car races it seemed to be the top drivers. I think I may have been wrong, after following some of the more recent races I personally couldn't believe the amount of cars damaged in the latest STCC broadcast, I know it was the city ect but its not that hard to miss the walls having said the above, I know at least one driver who has progressed from the CTRA into the STCC league but I dont think that it happens anymore?

I imagine great things to come from the CTRA in the future, with the creator and the admin team they have atm, I would expect somthing of very high standards, to be announced at some stage.

Good luck if and when the "best of ctra" televised leagues are introduced.

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I don't think anyone could help you, without some information on your HW and problem, you need to be more specific.

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Welcome back to the forums Horseman

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I used to love tractors, but I dont really any more...


I guess you could say, that Im, an ExTractorFan



couldn't help myself hehe.

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Arn't the skins all available in the other thread?

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Sinbads got it right about predictability IMO. In the private servers where everyone knows each other, and have raced together many times, there are very few crashes. Theres more often than not some light contact(depending on car), but again its predictable and managable, most of the time
Public servers however it can be a different story, even the most aware and skillfull of drivers can still get taken out sometimes. although there are some here who can see the "very late braking divebombers" coming and will change their lines through turns to avoid them, in a kind of reverse switchback I suppose to some its like a game, within a sim, within this virtual world we all visit.

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Quote from StableX :

I don't see why this is off topic or moved here in the slightest when its directly related to LFS and I added it there as its use as an LFS ingame tool for chatting and communicating... who moved it?

the staff here are having a bit of a clean up

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Mike either way, ban lifted or not, I do wish you well for your upcoming op.
I havn't been on the ctra servers for a while, but I do remember some great racing with you and your teammates some weeks back, and very clean respectfull races they were too

As for letting another party know your LFS login details (or maybe a friend or EDIT DAD using your PC? ) Nows about the time to buy them an S2 voucher or change you pw's and let them buy their own

seriously, have a speedy recovery oh and put me on your LFSWorld buddy list and pop in for some laps if you see me on (mainly MOE GT2 testing atm).

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Looks interesting.
Reminds me of the "gamespy network".

I dont use anything like that, just lfs world and teamspeak for me, sometimes msn messenger, but I dont like using it oh and we have a little smapperbox over at our teamsite.

mind you I dont really get time to play anything else that often, except the odd racing demo that takes my fancy and a little AA (yes its free) when I dont feel like setting the wheel and chair up

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Its not just visual reactions that would achieve that Col, but audio clips from teams TS servers interjected at approprate times would give some insite for the viewers, I think the sort of quality broadcasts by the likes of STCC and MOE in the past are top notch, and are getting better and better with each release. Once established I think Simsports could offer more to the viewer in an "on demand" way like TV is going anyway.

and with addon,s like the "trackcam"? that was used during last years moe broadcast to give different, and more realistic camera positions ect, and the style of commentary makes a big step into producing shows people want to watch and keep watching.

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I dont visit Race 2 as much since it became almagamated, I do prefere the TBO when its there, however this so called "lull" will be over soon Im sure

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I didnt mean it to read quite the way it does the "" was intended to make it light harted

Sorry

I have to say the standard of driving from my perspective tonight was 1st class and very pleasent to drive with such highly skilled players.

I apologise to whoever was in the GT1 car going into T1 who spectated rather than risk contact thankyou and sorry.


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Quote from DeadWolfBones :

Not that I'd necessarily condone that kind of activity, but is there anything in the rules saying that a team car can't help the other team car via slipstreaming or bumpdrafting?

http://www.mastersofendurance.eu/?p=rules

the link is in Tweaker sig, it helps to read the rules before entering a league

there nothing in those rules about bumpdrafting or slipstreaming a team mates or anyones car, I suppose a GT1 car could theroetically push his GT2 little brother all the way round but I dont think its very sportsman like, but as in all competitions some will go to greater lenths to be ahead than others

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Quote from Tweaker :

To clarify visually, picture 1 is what we expect to see in qualifying. The same applies to any other corner on the track.

Quote :

but admins havent said anything about that 2nd part of chicane yet

I think Tweaker made a very good rule. end of. IMO.



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I dont think this no cutting is a new rule Niki

Quote from Hoellsen :

Your screenshots seem valid.

It looks to me that NIKI's 2nd screenshot (exit) does not have 2 wheels anywhere near the kerb, I think Tweaker has clarified the entry with pictures, but surley that exit is cutting no?

I am not being pedantic, just seeking offical clarification.

I am not sure who in this thread, are offical moe admins and who are not. Is there a list of the admins?

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Hi Mopstar, it looks like you havn't filled in your name in the $menus within the server or at the myctra page, IIRC you need to enter a password while in the servers to gain access. If you are having difficulty with the $menus , when in a ctra server type $ in the chat and use the [?] button to navigate the menu.

I think (and Im no ctra admin so I could be well wrong) that you didnt score points in the race above because even tho you had just crossed the line, as shown in the replay and LFS results,; the ctra race manager either, A: discounted your results because it initiated kicking you before it recieved the full results for the race, or, B: didn't get your results because you had already been kicked and were no longer on the server. or some combination of the 2.

anyway its best to wait until the results screen fully appears, if only the [?] appears then wait 10 seconds or so before repeating any chat binds

As you know you were kicked automatically for the "" spam, this has caught many of us out whilst celebrating, or even during close racing, but its a good rule and there for a good reason.

I recomend everyone to get aquainted with the CTRA site, and READ through the rules, and all the $menus in the servers before clicking the I AGREE button.

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To get the best line through the fast chicaine takes great precision, and some of us will get it wrong some of the time but to make a decision to cut on purpose, especially the last right turn, just shows how realistic and competitive this league is, and how seriously we all want to be at the pole

Just a few cones could make marshalling (and driving) easyer, if the cone goes flying then its a cut, no danger to other cars with bales stroon around or sudden impact decelleration, any driver knocking down a cone could then be watched for repeat offences.

Its all well and good what is and isn't hlvc, but whats important here IMO is what is acceptable to the moe admins and whats not, and of course the amount of work involved to police it.

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Very nice to watch, excellent job getting LFS into the media

only good things can come from this kind of thing

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Excellent work Becky

Thanks for the feedback

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As mentioned in another ctra thread here
could the $rep allow for "this race" replay to be sent after the race has ended.
then the report can be submitted as normal at the myctra pages,
I think making the reporting process just a little easyer but still involved enough to stop overreporting will help those who need it
and allow racers making reports to race in the very next race.

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I think this is what I witnessed the other day (SamH took a SS)

was the 1st race after trackchange and strange record appeared

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