When I'm lucky enough to get to see races with multiple classes on TV I notice that the slower guys often use turn signal indicators to acknowledge the guys lapping them.

My questions are:
1) If I'm being lapped and I put my left turn signal indicator on does that mean I'm going to move over to the left or I want the guy to lap me on the left? Or is it simply enough to acknowledge the guy and he can figure out what I mean by my racing line?

2) Can I map the left/right turn signals to buttons on my wheel? I've got the red momo with 6 buttons and I really only use three of them. (look left/right and speed limiter)

speedfreak227

sorry if i'm repeating anything but i don't have time to read the whole thread at the moment.

the TSN web page had the wrong time posted so i missed the first 20 laps. but tsn tends to do things like that.

from lap 20 to 62 the camera man was ONLY on schumi or alonso. that was a bit of overkill. there was the odd 5-10 second snippit of a mclaren but i can't recall seeing a williams, torro rosso, red bull, or anyone else UNLESS they were being lapped. that was annoying.

speedfreak227

GUESS WHAT?!?!?!?!?!

TSN SCREWED IT UP AGAIN!!!!!!

they posted the wrong time for qualifying AND the race. i just turned it one to realize i've missed the first 20 laps.

stupid f'n tsn

speedfreak227

Quote from 96 GTS :

For some reason Imola isn't being televised until next weekend, what's up with that? Does anyone know what's going on?

are you serious? this is the first weekend i'm happy i don't have speedtv then.

unfortunately i'm stuck with tsn canada. they're ok for live races, but the pre-race show sometimes has vic rauter (sp?) and gerald donaldson. now gerald is a bright man, but vic................wow does he ask stupid questions.

and if a race is tape delayed you can GUARANTEE that the tsn ticker will scroll across the bottom of the screen during the race and tell you who placed in the top 10. those dorks at tsn are pure geniuses.

speedfreak227

...... doesn't it seem suspicious that two years in a row they've started off with a semi-good-enough car for the first few races and then when they show up at their home track they've got a world-beater F1 machine all of a sudden?

as i remember last year their car wasn't that great after imola again as well. but maybe i'm remembering incorrectly.illepall

all i know is that this is the second year in a row they've made an incredible improvement for their home race. in fact, it's more of an improvement than most teams ever make with a car package update.

maybe it's just meillepall anyone else see it this way?

speedfreak227

when you said, "Free Start only, settings are something i cant live without..."

i'm going to assume you meant CAN when i cast my vote

speedfreak227

Quote from [FuLLocK]JoK3R :

toal n00b.

But yea F1 is becoming bad thanks to RedBull.... they control the race really. quite anoying

redbull controles the race?illepall

wouldn't they need to finish in positions 1 through 4 to do that?
or did i miss your point somehow? i'm confused

speedfreak227

have you noticed the billboards around the tracks now though?

they're getting their advertising.

speedfreak227

Quote from Zlark :

Patch S did not work for me.
I use Norwegian language. Got Microsoft error box and LFS CTD.
Changed to English language, then the new patch worked.
But I had to unlock LFS again, is that normal ?


SZ

i had to unlock again too. i think that's normal.

speedfreak227

Quote from Fordman :

Our Scavier, who Sim is heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy kYoto come.
Thy will be done,
In Aston as it is in Westhill.
Give us this day our daily Patch.
And forgive us our Turn 1 Accidents,
As we forgive those who hit against us.
And lead us in the BF1,
But deliver us from the pitlane.
For LFS is the kingdom,
and the power,
and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

if you checked that "bastach" (or something similar) post earlier (and in some other thread) you might have chosen to end your poem with "bastach"

strange

speedfreak227

Quote from Tweaker :

But what I am saying is, the bodyroll and weight transfer has WAY more of this notable "feel" when you are in a turn and about to slide... it isn't entirely the sidewalls flexing that gives you the hint that you would be sliding :doh:.

i agree with what you're saying, but once the car has taken it's "set" in the corner there isn't a lot of bodyroll or weight transfer that's going to change. at that point is when i was feeling the tire sidewall flexing.

the big question is, do i stay up and wait for its release or go to sleep knowing it'll be there when i wake up?

speedfreak227

Quote from Tweaker :

feel the sidewall flex before it slides????

Goodness, last time I felt something like that was when I was driving my old Jeep and it had a flat in one of my high profile offroad tires.

If you are going to feel ANYTHING flex, it will be from the front tires, the rear tires don't flex and give you a sign, it is the movement of the car (weight transfer vs. speed vs. throttle/brake).

when i took my datsun 240z on a high speed run between two cities and over 1100kms i was able to feel the back end wiggling as the tire sidewall flexed. we can't all afford low profile rubber. if you look at the pictures of the lx4/6 and the little compact car on the teaser page you can see quite a bit of tire sidewal flex. if that was real you'd be able to feel it.

speedfreak227

i'm hoping that instead of sliding once a tire goes past its max grip, you'll feel the sidewall flex before it's about to slide.

speedfreak227

just to revive the thread on this moron.....

itv-f1

my favorite parts are:

The American rookie later told a home audience that he had to stick up for himself to prevent people taking advantage of him because of his nationality.

and

"But I won’t do it again, I guess."

speedfreak227

Quote from z3r0c00l :

The new layouts look stunning although that hairpin is going to be terrifying, looks like its sharp enough to drop the speeds below the downforce "zone", could make for some very interesting formula and GT races.

anything under 100kph is pretty much out of the downforce "zone"

fluid (air) resistance is proportional to the square of speed. that's why downforce becomes so dominant above 200 kph.

speedfreak227

I just found this on Wikipedia. Someone put a lot of time into making it so I think we should all check it out.

speedfreak227

DAMN! i just thought of something..... i'm moving on april 26-27 and won't have internet for a week or so.

PLEASE PUT OUT THE UPDATE BEFORE THEN!

sorry for shouting....

speedfreak227

no april 16th update.

i'm sad.

i was hoping to see a new car of some sort, maybe rain, sand brought on track by other cars, etc..... ANYTHING. JUST GIVE ME A DAILY PIECE OF INFORMATION

oh, and how's my picture? do a rank anywhere up there for dumbest pic?

speedfreak227

Quote from XCNuse :

http://www.lfsforum.net/attach ... tid=7558&d=1144132553

er... that may not help you, those are just the ones that i came up with that we dont have (and the red one is what is to be anticipated)

ok, that's the picture i was thinking about but can someone colour the new AND old tracks with different colours just so i know what's new?

thanx,

speedfreak227

Quote from XCNuse :

so i guess.. i was right when i posted that picture of the aston track with new configurations.. guess i was correct when using that turn (funny how things like that happen)

can someone post those overhead shots of aston again that show the entire track? then can they outline the new and old circuits with different colours?

i don't know all the configurations so it'll help me see what's new

thanx

speedfreak227

i'm sorry but i can't read through an 800 post thread on the new update.

with all the new physics being implimented will the world records be reset as well?

speedfreak227

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Anyway, if I was going to pick a fight with an F1 driver I wouldn't pick Coulthard. Maybe Fisichella, he's only little

i'd on take Sterling Moss.

anyone current driver would wipe the floor with me.

speedfreak227

thank you very much. i'm just heading to bed but i'll do that tomorrow.

speedfreak227

i'm new to working with mocrosoft word equation editor and i can't figure out how to make an exponent. i'm putting some numbers in with scientific notation and when i try x10^3 or whatever i want to represent i can't get a superscripted exponent. and i can't even chose superscript as an option.

can someone help me out? maybe post a screen shot if possible so i know which menu option to go to.

thanks,

speedfreak227

I KNEW i forgot to mention someone..... Nico Rosberg.

He's a sponsor's dream.

- speaks 5 languages
- young and good looking
- so pleasant, gracious, and well spoken

i'm not sure if any of you have heard him interviewed but he sure sets the standard for what a team should want.

team managers much cringe when some of their drivers get in front of a microphone. (montoya, speed, villeneuve at times)

speedfreak227