It was the Cosworth engine. Pretty much all of the F1 engines are capable of it, but only for short periods of time. It's not worth the risk of blowing and engine and getting a 10 place penalty in the next race. The drivers will use different rev limits at different times, you can often hear the engineers telling the driver that he's allowed to "turn the revs up" when he needs to catch someone, or when he's qualifying.
I never knew my English was holding back my driving and longboarding.
I know somebody who races a Lola in the same series as that GT40, and I can't imagine they'll be too upset to see it crashed. There have apparently been rumblings that he's been using his F1 people to finance and work on the car. A GT40 with a small carb engine should not be able to overtake a Lola with a bigger, injected engine on the straights.
Still, it's always a shame to see a beautiful car like that crashed. He'll probably get it rebuilt, it'll just take a lot of time and a lot of (Red Bull's) money.
If you want to run it in that series, things have to be done in the same ways they would have been when the car was new. That means you can't have modern things like alloy blocks, complex composites, etc.
Still, it's always a shame to see a beautiful car like that crashed. He'll probably get it rebuilt, it'll just take a lot of time and a lot of (Red Bull's) money.
If you want to run it in that series, things have to be done in the same ways they would have been when the car was new. That means you can't have modern things like alloy blocks, complex composites, etc.
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Can you drive me to work today?
The coefficient of static friction is greater than the coefficient of kinetic friction, which is why locked tyres will take longer to stop than tyres _just_ on the verge of locking. For a simple diagram, see here: http://230nsc1.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/imgmec/fsta.gif
ABS was invented to stop wheels from locking by sensing when a wheel slows past a PRE-SET point, this point may or may not be the perfect point to get the best braking power. But that's not the reasoning behind ABS; ABS was invented so drivers could steer while braking. Imagine Rappa Z runs out in front of your car, if you slam on the brakes in a non-ABS car you will lock the wheels, which will stop you from being able to steer, you will kill Rappa Z. In an ABS car the wheels will not lock, and you will still have the ability to steer the car around Rappa Z. I'd hazard a guess and say that the reason ABS can't stop as fast as the World's Best Driver (that's IF ABS is slower, there is evidence for both sides), it is because ABS is designed with steering in mind, and allows for any extra force sharp steering motions might add.
Edit: made it more interesting for Funnybear
ABS was invented to stop wheels from locking by sensing when a wheel slows past a PRE-SET point, this point may or may not be the perfect point to get the best braking power. But that's not the reasoning behind ABS; ABS was invented so drivers could steer while braking. Imagine Rappa Z runs out in front of your car, if you slam on the brakes in a non-ABS car you will lock the wheels, which will stop you from being able to steer, you will kill Rappa Z. In an ABS car the wheels will not lock, and you will still have the ability to steer the car around Rappa Z. I'd hazard a guess and say that the reason ABS can't stop as fast as the World's Best Driver (that's IF ABS is slower, there is evidence for both sides), it is because ABS is designed with steering in mind, and allows for any extra force sharp steering motions might add.
Edit: made it more interesting for Funnybear
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I'd always thought the gearing of the ROAD cars in LFS was unrealistic. Take the XFG for example, how many real life similar cars would let you rev that high? The rev counter in my Focus stops at 7000rpm, which is when you'd only just be shifting up in the XFG. Not to mention the fact that it's puny 1.3l engine has 15bhp more than my 1.6 Zetec.
The XFG is not a racing car, LFS started as a simulator for racing ROAD cars on tracks.
The XFG is not a racing car, LFS started as a simulator for racing ROAD cars on tracks.
Never, ever, ever, ever. It reminds me of the current RL fashion of destroying race tracks with chicanes to slow the cars down (think Le Mans). It's racing, why the hell do you want to slow the cars down?!
The longest race I've done was a 60-lap KYNat race in the FOX. I came third, only because of my absolute refusal to shift+s when I crashed 2/3 of the way through. I limped back to the pits to repair and only finished a couple of laps down.
I'd like to see the smart go round a corner, though.
What sort of Warwick? I have a Corvette.
We're destroying the (virtual) world!
I was just checking my stats on LFSW, and I wondered what my average fuel efficiency in LFS had been.
I've driven a pitiful 17162 miles, and in that distance I've burnt 13340l of fuel, this is an average of only 5.9mpg (4.9mpg US), or 2km/l. Some of the oval racers have averages of under 4mpg! With the amount of racing going on in an average day, the world of LFS must be really hotting up.
Sorry to say this, folks. But it looks like we'll never be getting ice racing in LFS
I've driven a pitiful 17162 miles, and in that distance I've burnt 13340l of fuel, this is an average of only 5.9mpg (4.9mpg US), or 2km/l. Some of the oval racers have averages of under 4mpg! With the amount of racing going on in an average day, the world of LFS must be really hotting up.
Sorry to say this, folks. But it looks like we'll never be getting ice racing in LFS
(Yet Another) Pit Exploit
Imagine you've managed to limp back to the pits in your extremely damaged car, maybe you decide you're going to change the tyres as well because they've got flatsports. You pull in to the pit land and stop in your box, the pit timer comes up, but after a couple of seconds somebody else pulls in to the pits and taps you very gently. The pit timer disappears and you get knocked forwards. But wait, this can't be....your car was repaired, and you're rolling on brand new tyres.
That's right, Sparky! If you're halfway through a pit stop and somebody taps you, you get knocked out of the box with a perfectly good car, talk about fast pit stops!
Anyone who has pitted with a damaged car will have noticed the "bump" when the stop starts and your car is repaired, it would make sense for the devs to move this to the END of the stop, so people couldn't make use of this exploit.
I don't think this works with fuel, because fuel isn't added until just before you pull away. I may be wrong, anyone care to test?
That's right, Sparky! If you're halfway through a pit stop and somebody taps you, you get knocked out of the box with a perfectly good car, talk about fast pit stops!
Anyone who has pitted with a damaged car will have noticed the "bump" when the stop starts and your car is repaired, it would make sense for the devs to move this to the END of the stop, so people couldn't make use of this exploit.
I don't think this works with fuel, because fuel isn't added until just before you pull away. I may be wrong, anyone care to test?
+1 to the idea, but the "cup" versions shouldn't be as adjustable as you propose. The "cup" versions of road cars (Clio, Ka, SEAT, etc) are only marginally more adjustable than their road counterparts. For example, they can't carry out major changes to gearing, most of the adjustability is in the suspension, this is to keep a level playing field.
I hope we never see a marshal waving a white flag. The only place in the world where a white flag means "last lap" is in America. Everywhere else it means "slow vehicle on track", e.g. a damaged car making it's way to the pits, a recovery vehicle or ambulance. Why Americans need a flag to tell them when they start the last lap is beyond me, isn't that what pit boards are for?
Other than that, a well thought out list.
Other than that, a well thought out list.
Why not scam them back? These people will do ANYTHING for your money, even if that means losing a little of theirs.
If you tell them that you can't afford to send the item to them without having some money straight away, and you need £20 (or whatever) to post it, they'll quite often send you what you ask for. Just make sure to ask for it in a way they can't get it back (don't use PayPal, use Moneygram or similar).
If you tell them that you can't afford to send the item to them without having some money straight away, and you need £20 (or whatever) to post it, they'll quite often send you what you ask for. Just make sure to ask for it in a way they can't get it back (don't use PayPal, use Moneygram or similar).
I heard about that last week, I'm sure quite a lot of companies are going to be affected by that. Even more off-topic, have you seen the SGI box/mini fridge case mod? link
No it isn't. Go on an MSA training day if you want to find out the real meaning of flags. The person posting beneath you has it spot on. It's up to the faster driver to pass. A blue flag simply means "warning, faster driver approaching", a driver only gets penalised if they try to stop the faster driver from passing.
I wasn't meaning to sound like a Mac zealot. I use PCs a whole lot more (outside of home) than I do Macs, so I'm perfectly comfortable with them, and I quite often use Linux on my home PC and even on my Powerbook. The point of my post was that others had been claiming Macs were useless, and that's something a lot of PC users do without ever touching one. I was trying to show that they are, in fact, decent computers.
Of course people will run Windows computers, because there are a lot of things that PCs are better at. A "no-frills" PC is much cheaper, and that's what companies look for in office PCs. Hardcore CAD will be done on a PC (or Sun, or SGI or something) because the graphics card choice is much higher for a PC, a lot of film editing is done on a PC using Avid.
I do turn my PC on for more than gaming, because I quite often design using AutoCAD and Inventor, for which there are no Mac ports. Oh yeah, and I've got to update the antivirus (joke).
Until the Intel Macs and Bootcamp came out, I was going to build myself a PC for uni, because there will be Windows apps that I'll need to use as part of the course. It'd spent most of it's time running Ubuntu, but I'd have Windows when I needed it.
Like you, I'll use whatever platform I need, but I'm fed up with people bashing Macs (or any platform, for that matter. I've joined sides with the Windows people in arguments before) as useless.
Of course people will run Windows computers, because there are a lot of things that PCs are better at. A "no-frills" PC is much cheaper, and that's what companies look for in office PCs. Hardcore CAD will be done on a PC (or Sun, or SGI or something) because the graphics card choice is much higher for a PC, a lot of film editing is done on a PC using Avid.
I do turn my PC on for more than gaming, because I quite often design using AutoCAD and Inventor, for which there are no Mac ports. Oh yeah, and I've got to update the antivirus (joke).
Until the Intel Macs and Bootcamp came out, I was going to build myself a PC for uni, because there will be Windows apps that I'll need to use as part of the course. It'd spent most of it's time running Ubuntu, but I'd have Windows when I needed it.
Like you, I'll use whatever platform I need, but I'm fed up with people bashing Macs (or any platform, for that matter. I've joined sides with the Windows people in arguments before) as useless.
I love how everyone digs out old anti-mac videos from the OS9 days when they want to diss them. I've had Macs since I was born, and I'll admit that OS9 was a pile of junk. But anyone who has spent some time with a machine running OS X will realise just how competent they are.
The reason none of the PCs and servers you service are Macs is because they aren't made for offices. Office computers cost about £200, why would they waste their money on a Mac when they don't need it? However, look at design firms and music/photography companies and you'll see rooms full of Macs, happilly going about making their users lives infinitely easier than an XP computer. Look at computer labs in universities, running Mathematica.
Macs are serious computers, and the Windows community needs to wake up and realise this, but they're too afraid of something different, too afraid they'll like it and be branded an Apple loving homo and cast out of their PC community. Eh, Blowtus?
The only reason my PC gets turned on is for LFS. When I get my Macbook Pro, I'll have a tiny partition of XP for my daily LFS fix.
What sort of Mac are you on?
If you're on an old PowerPC Mac, then there's no chance of you ever playing LFS (unless you fancy about 1fps under Virtual PC)
If you've got a new Intel Mac, you can run a dual-boot install of OS X and Windows XP. Get yourself an XP SP2 disc and head over to http://www.apple.com/bootcamp
If you're on an old PowerPC Mac, then there's no chance of you ever playing LFS (unless you fancy about 1fps under Virtual PC)
If you've got a new Intel Mac, you can run a dual-boot install of OS X and Windows XP. Get yourself an XP SP2 disc and head over to http://www.apple.com/bootcamp
You've pretty much all confirmed what I was thinking to begin with.
Anyone guess the computers? Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro.
Anyone guess the computers? Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro.
Notebooks? Integrated Graphics?
I'm looking to buy a new computer soon, and for space reasons I'll be getting a notebook. There are two models I'm looking at:
The first has :
2.16GHz Core Duo
1GB 667DDR2 RAM (2 x 512MB)
Radeon Mobility X1600 256Mb
100GB 7200rpm HDD
and a choice of glossy or matte screen
The second has:
2GHz Core Duo
1GB 667DDR2 RAM (2 x 512MB)
Intel GMA950 Integrated Graphics
100GB HDD (speed unknown)
and a glossy screen.
I'm rather worried by the integrated graphics in the second computer, but there's a very considerable price difference between the two computers
(a difference so high that I could upgrade the second to 2GB RAM and it'd still cost less). Does anyone here run LFS using integrated graphics? If possible, I'd also like to run GTL, as I bought it ages ago but it won't run on my current computer.
I'm also slightly put off by being forced to use a glossy display, I've seen them in the past and they've struck me as being overly reflective.
Bonus points if you guess the two computers (hint: you may have to think differently to find them)
The first has :
2.16GHz Core Duo
1GB 667DDR2 RAM (2 x 512MB)
Radeon Mobility X1600 256Mb
100GB 7200rpm HDD
and a choice of glossy or matte screen
The second has:
2GHz Core Duo
1GB 667DDR2 RAM (2 x 512MB)
Intel GMA950 Integrated Graphics
100GB HDD (speed unknown)
and a glossy screen.
I'm rather worried by the integrated graphics in the second computer, but there's a very considerable price difference between the two computers
(a difference so high that I could upgrade the second to 2GB RAM and it'd still cost less). Does anyone here run LFS using integrated graphics? If possible, I'd also like to run GTL, as I bought it ages ago but it won't run on my current computer.
I'm also slightly put off by being forced to use a glossy display, I've seen them in the past and they've struck me as being overly reflective.
Bonus points if you guess the two computers (hint: you may have to think differently to find them)
Becky, grow up.
I replaced the old system in my 1502 with an Alpine CDA-9847 and 4 13cm Pioneer speakers, now it actually works. I've no desire for a sub or anything like that, I like my music to be clear, not loud.
I replaced the old system in my 1502 with an Alpine CDA-9847 and 4 13cm Pioneer speakers, now it actually works. I've no desire for a sub or anything like that, I like my music to be clear, not loud.
I'd love to give rF a go, but the lack of a demo also puts me off. I tried the old mp test demo but it wouldn't work with a joystick.
I'm also one of the few that thinks LFS looks more realistic than rF/GTR/GTL (at least on my computer). With the ISI games everything looks too "shiny" when the graphics are turned up, but when they run at levels my computer can cope with, they look plain awful. GPL looks better on my computer than rF.
I'm also one of the few that thinks LFS looks more realistic than rF/GTR/GTL (at least on my computer). With the ISI games everything looks too "shiny" when the graphics are turned up, but when they run at levels my computer can cope with, they look plain awful. GPL looks better on my computer than rF.
I was in that server last night, and the main culprit she's talking about didn't really give much of an opportunity to pass, as he spent much of his time stationary inside the chicane, having hit the wall as he entered.
He then claimed "his friend" had been playing LFS while he was eating.
BTW Becky, your set was nice, but I found it a little too understeery and I went back to my old one. With yours I could never make it through the chicane at a sensible pace without hitting the wall on the exit. I think I saw you do the same a few times, maybe you should dial in a little more oversteer?
He then claimed "his friend" had been playing LFS while he was eating.
BTW Becky, your set was nice, but I found it a little too understeery and I went back to my old one. With yours I could never make it through the chicane at a sensible pace without hitting the wall on the exit. I think I saw you do the same a few times, maybe you should dial in a little more oversteer?
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