Remove the back wing and they will just do what was done this year, add more little aero parts all over the car to regain downforce. Unless they address that issue too. Although obviously the aero parts wouldnt be able to go directly above the rear tires.

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1. will do
2. ?
3. will do
4. Hell Yeah!

To get S2 you need to buy S1 and S2. You get 3 options when buying IIRC.

-Purchase S1 (£12)
-Purchase S2 (£12)
-Purchase S1/S2 package (£24)

If your new you to LFS you obviously will want both packages.

You obviously lose grip when you pick up grass/mud/gravel etc on your tires. It would be nice to see all your tires when they are covered in dirt etc. Not only does it look better, but it will let you judge better when your tires are 100% clean again.

Just a thought

Im not the worlds fastest driver and i have noticed that many of the faster drivers refuse to come off line to pass you. I usually see a faster driver in my mirror and stay on line until i know he is close enough to pass me, so ill come off line so the guy only has to slightly move over, but noooooooo, they clip my rear bumber and spin us both.

Just plain arrogant and annoying to be honest, but not all the fast drivers are like that. You can tell a racer from a hot lapper easily in this sort of situation.

The FXO is really nice if you get S2, but it understeers a touch.

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Ouch :banghead:

Also, how are you S3 licensed when S3 aint out yet

You can use netlimiter as said above of invest in a router with decent QoS, which basically will split the connection and manage it for you IIRC.

I would REALLY like to see shattering windows.

Seconded

Came on earlier and a 15 lap race had just started and i couldnt be bothered to wait 15 laps for the race to finish.

Looked like a nice server though, but i dont know if ill be good enough to race there, but you never know until you try.

I thought most slick tyres were designed to collapse and let you relatively safely drive on them for a lap before totally delaminating? Although 100mph is a bit stupid.

I believe there is a program called Ultramon you can use to do the same thing too.

But yes, it can be done in your settings, i just cant remember 100% how.

What problem you been getting on CSS mate? Ive got the 81.84s and there good, but AA and AF absolutely kills my FPS in CSS.

First ever attempt

Certainly looks like DirectX causing the problems. Try updatign it, or reinstallign it.

I read soemthing similar to this not too long ago. I take it your using a wheel?

Your going to think im barking mad here, but open up Windows Media Player, it doesnt need to be playing anything, just leave it in the background and try the game. it worked for someone on here a few weeks ago.

Cant really see any problems there mate Other than the IDE Hard drive, but thats your choice.

Should all run fine.

The board is a tad overkill, but if your intending to go to an SLi setup at some point then it could be an advantage. Also, have a look at the DFI LANparty SLi board if thats the line you want to go to.

Man, thats not fair, everywheres cheaper for buying PC gear than this stupid little hole of a country.

Last edited by Stellios, Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:44.

To be honest, i have XP Pro and have no need for the extra features. It only does the odd thing, and usually things only used by businesses. X64 i have heard a lot of complaints about, simply beacause of the lack of drivers to support it. A lot of people for example seem to be having bother making their ipods (or other USB items that need drivers) work with X64, and other perpherals.

Save yourself the cash and go for XP Home, it will do everything you need more than likely, unless you run a business.

Only thing i can think of you may need XP Pro is if you have a huge amount of PCs networked. Cant remember how many computers Home lets you connect, but Pro is unlimited if i remember correctly.

SATA drive, much faster. Maybe one of the Maxtor drives with 16mb of cache, meant to be really quick. A raptor would probably be stupidly overpriced for what your wanting it for, although insanely quick.

CPU - 64 bit PC. The 64 bit CPUs are aimed mainly at the gaming section of the PC market, whereas the Intel CPUs ae more aimed at faster encoding of files etc. Probably go for a 939 socket CPU, and go for a Venice core, they run cooler, and require less power, therefore need less noisy cooling equipment is needed unless you are into overclocking. probably the 3000 or 3200 chips will be the best to go for, or if you want that little extra, the 3500.

1GB of RAM, as long as you pick a reputible manufacturer you should be fine. Unless your overclocking there is no need to pay the prices for RAM such a G Skill. GeIL, Corsair and Crucial are very good and usually quite fairly priced. If you play Battlefield 2 then it can be very picky and you may want to get 2GB.

Since your doing a full overhaul of the PC, you might as well get into PCI Express, as no more future cards are going to be made in the AGP format. Depending on your budget, my 6800 runs LFS very smoothly at 1280x1024 with 8xAA and 16xAF enabled, although that might be overkill for what you want? The Nvidia 6600GT is a very reputible bang for buck card, as is ATi's X800XL.

Another thing to think about is your power supply. By no means use a rubbish PSU that came with a PC case, unless its a Seasonic, Shuttle or something reputible, and avoid Q Tec PSUs like the plague. Also you will probably need between a 400 and 450watt quality PSU to run a mid range system.

I would probably say for a good PC the following specs:

AMD A64 3000 Venice
Abit AV8 K8T800 motherboard
1GB GeIL Ultra or GeIL ONE
Nvidia 6600GT
Maxtor 16mb Cache hard drive (change size dependant on needs)
On board sound
on board LAN

A good, fast, reasonably priced PC.

Hope that helps a bit.

Last edited by Stellios, Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:05.

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Should a FXO be available standard with all assists, you could choose which transmission to use and have the option to turn assists off.

You are kidding, the FXO and FXR are probably the easiest cars in their catagories to drive.

You already can, but IIRC you have to do it pretty quickly.

Not bothered to be honest, you can usually tell when to change from the engine sound. Ive turned all the lights off and just do it myself, and its made my laptimes a few seconds a lap faster by doing by ear.

K, sorry

I was bored so decided to go through the training lessons. Got through most of it fine, but in the races where you have to overtake the AI without making contact, its almost had me swearing. The AI will not come off their lines to compensate for you. If your alongside a car and it wants to be where you are, it will just cut across and hit you off the road.

Rookie racers show more common sense in positioning a car than the AI.

Got it, cheers