It means nothing as they can hint at what the data shows safe in the knowledge that it will never be published and is probably open to interpretation anyway.

Quote from Kristi :

I meant, turn the VSync on with 60hz and limit FPS to 55.

That's what I have and it's fine.

0.7.0 is terrific, the Karrussell seems quite bumpy now, doesn't feel quite right in the 312T, but that's three seconds out of 7 min so I'll forgive that.

I'd avoid plug in boxes. You cannot assume that the map in your car is currently the most powerful it can handle as cars are tuned for many reasons, such as providing sufficient safety margin to the lowest common denominator (eg quality of fuel, quality and regularity of servicing etc) and also to help differentiate between models (E46 Beemers from 323 to 335 used to all have 3L with only minor hardware differences except for the 335). My experience:

I had a 330d with 184hp. Met a chap called Colin in a carpark in Swindon. He plugged in diagnostics and tested the engine. He sent the results to his engineer in Germany whilst we went for a cup of tea. He sent back a map tuned based my engines diagnostic results - actually he sent three. Colin plugged in the most extreme map and we went for a spin to check the car was happy on it, not putting out a lot of black smoke etc. It was fine, so I stuck with the most powerful one and handed over the best 300 quid I ever spent.

The car was transformed. Lag was reduced, power was up across the range. In the old state, it would run out of puff at 4,000rpm, but it became very free after that and just kept building up to the redline. Happened to be running in convoy with a 330i after that and whilst I was still getting 40+mpg the 330i could not pull an inch on me anywhere.

Go for it, but just keep up the servicing because it does reduce the safety margins. I noticed no reduction in mpg (not using the computer, but tested by filling it up and driving my normal commuter route, just quicker)

Maybe they'll have to run special single lap qually rules for Monaco so everyone goes one at a time.

Personally I don't think it was deliberate, although that judgment may be clouded by the identity and reaction of the "victim".

Perhaps Nico did it because you're black, Lewis?

"Waaah waaah. I want more money and have already exhausted all other reasons to get a massive payrise when I signed a new contract last year."

City are one of the few clubs in the world that can stick him in the reserves until his contract runs out at 35. That would pay them back in the long run as it would take a little power away from the players.

FFS - just beat the 49 best time by 10 sec on 0.5.0

Quote from Keling :

That's kinda weird. Usually slow tracks are easy to improvise on. Fast but narrow tracks like TT are more like nightmare material.

Improvise and memorise are different though.

Quote from Intrepid :

For me, it's about letting your rain 'do its thing'. Don't worry too much.

Think about it for a moment. How many normal circuits have you memorized? I could probably do the entire F1 grid in my head, 20-30 kart circuits and a whole bunch of others. Maybe a 200 miles or so. if you drove each track successively you could probably do a 100 miles before you even come close to making a wrong turn. That's an astonishing feat and far outweighs learning the Nord.

I think, like others have said maybe compartmentalise the track. See it as three of four separate entities, and just put the laps in. Your brain is much better at memorising stuff like this.

Exactly. I have no problems with Nord after training on GPL all those years ago. Like any other track, it just gets to be a rhythm rather than remembering pacenotes.

If you lot are moaning about Nordy, just wait until someone sticks IOM TT or Targa Florio on AC! I'm fine on TT, but TF was a nightmare to learn in GPL as most of the trackside objects, buildings and whatnot were very samey.

Quote from Hyperactive :

If you are having trouble learning the ring my advice is to just get the fastest car, add all downforce and just drive around the track until you are sure you know where the turns go and how fast they are. Back in gpl when I was learning the track I used to know the first one third of the track kinda well, second third was ok with few scary horrible mistakes but the third portion was always pure guesswork. Then someone made gpl trainer thingy for gpl which allowed you to start on the track at certain points. So I finally learned enough to drive a lap without leaving safety margins on the table just in case there is a corner coming I don't remember. In gpl it helped because every corner was a challenge.

In rfactor the track was somewhat different so I just took some F1 car and used that to learn the track. You get tons of laps plus the car has lots of safety margin in it. It turns really well, it brakes really really well and as such you will not spin in some of those corners that will catch you out in the slower less grippy cars. After that you know where the turns go and you only really need to watch out for those fast bends that are flatout in F1 but not in more normal cars.

The Tatuus is good for training. Single seater so good view and insane grip to power ratio and bags of turn in response so if you spot a corner late you can still make it. Still very quick (7:04). Watch for the crests though.

Quote from Boris Lozac :

Btw, from what sim's do you know the track this well.. I drove it on GT4 and GT5 for some time, but not for a few years..

Grand Prix Legends

Is the answer Fig Newtons?

Haven't tried the 458, but the 312 is brilliant at the Ring. No idea if that means it's realistic though.

Looks silly and also apparently made little difference and has now been removed. Don't see how it would work anyway - the problem with turbo cars is the energy coming out of the exhaust is reduced which makes them quieter.

Or... have the 500 as part of series, but have a separate LFSCART classification and award normal points just for those.

Say two non-entrants finish in the first two places, then a LFSCART entry finishes third. Give him 1st place points.

Not that I'm in favour of oval. I recall the last time I did LFSCART (08 maybe) the driving standards on ovals were appalling. Actually, not the driving standards, but the unbelievable arrogance of oval "experts" - one of whom ran me off the track because apparently I wasn't allowed to overtake two cars in one go.

Jealous!

I would participate depending on the scheduling.

My theory.

We have S2. All obligations met by the developers in return for my £24.

S3 will turn up at some point. Someone may still be around to buy it when it does.

Quote from PhilS13 :

This is the biggest misunderstanding about car acceleration:

Engine torque really means nothing. At all.

Corrected for you.

Did Dixon get a penalty in the end? He and Wilson were at it for a couple of corners before so it's not like Dixon wouldn't expect him to be close by.

Renault and Ferrari will struggle to match Mercedes this season. Advantages that Merc have in areas such as turbo design and packaging can't simply be copied on their existing installations, so I would imagine that only the other Mercedes powered cars will get a look in.

So that's McLaren then. Force India won't develop as quickly as them and will be overtaken shortly. Maybe Williams, but they don't seem to have the ability to transfer acknowledged pace into qual and race performances.

Ferrari and Red Bull will close the gap, but they need to get ahead of Mercedes as by the time they turn things around they could be 150 points behind in the constructors.

I'm also disappointed he's been sacked, being an Everton fan

Portrayed as the image of Ferguson, any Everton fan will tell you he was nothing of the sort. Too conservative, too orthodox, too defensive. Lord knows where he got the reputation as a developer of young talent - he never went to see the youth teams play a match and only played them when he had literally no other choice. His success at Everton was persuading the fans and media that 7th place was an overachievement for little Everton. He met expectations not by improving our position over 11 years, but by lowering expectations. That would never work after Ferguson.

I think he has just served his purpose of being "the man that followed The Man", so when Van Gaal or whoever arrives they are already somewhat removed from the Ferguson legacy as they are "the man that followed the man that followed The Man". Not that I'm complaining - very happy with Senor Martinez!

Looks like this season could turn either into a classic intra team battle when it really wouldn't have mattered if only 2 cars turned up for each GP (1988) or we might get another 2011 or 2013 - just depends how quickly Rosberg can get to grips with Hamilton

TC on the BF1 isn't a driver aid, it's a setup option.

How many millions have Caterham spent to be 7th on the GP2 grid? I imagine things will improve over the weekend, but worth noting.