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Question for the coders /experts: Would it be possible to write an insim app so I could download setups while being ingame?

Quote from Scawen :

[...] But we are agreed that another track is the priority at the moment. The S3 license looks so limited in what it offers, that updating S1/S2 stuff is just not the priority at the moment. [...]

Sounds fair enough.

Would it be possible to get the interior updates for the cars (FX0, RB4, ...) at some point as well? Those were nearly finished in 2009, if I remember correctly.
Or would updating those require an incompatible version (and a reset of the lap-times?) and are therefor kept until the physics are updated?

The cockpits of some cars are just so outdated and "ugly" by todays standards, especially when compared to the level of detail in Westhill and Rockingham.

Last edited by three_jump, Thu 18 Feb 2016, 18:57.

No they haven't. However they would very much like to force you to only use their service stations, or use their additional customer experience stuff.

I do understand that the Rift annoucement is something else entirely, but it's along a general trend and a walled garden is nothing new.

On the funny side, seems this joke is becomming more and more relevant...

Quote from Scawen :

It's a bit like VW saying "We don't make much money from customers after they have bought our car. So we are going to build toll roads, and limit our cars to drive only on those toll roads.

You are a bit behind on that one... they are already trying to milk the customer after they sold the car.
GM: OnStar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnStar
TESLA - http://jalopnik.com/the-tesla-model-s-just-got-upgraded-to-ludicrous-speed-1718577723

Also: VW might be a bad example, as most of their (diesel) customers will receive a FREE upgrade to their cars...

Last edited by three_jump, Tue 22 Dec 2015, 10:21.

I have spent so much more money on stuff that gave me not even half the joy LFS did. For 24 GBP I not only got a game, but a community, met new friends and more or less learned english (or at least had the proper motivation to do so).

Even if Rockingham were to stay the only S3 content we'll ever get, I'd still by the license.

Speaking of turning it off...
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/

Quote from edge3147 :

No the issue is people are too lazy to take time and learn the software they are using. They expect nothing will go wrong so they don't need to learn how to change settings or do anything other than what they want to do. [...]

And this comes from a country were coffee cups have to be labeled "caution hot"...

Back to topic:
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I do understand that stuff like Cortana relies on user information, but I'm not using it. Same goes for location services. I'm also not using Facebook and try to keep my private data private (hello cloud services...).

I'm "fine" (for lack of a better word) with all kinds of snooping/services as long as I have the ability to turn it ALL off or uninstall (i.e. xbox app). And that for the moment seems only be possible for the enterprise version.
That the data collecting is full on by default (opt-out) is questionable but in consens with the other "big" user plattforms (Apple, Android).

Last edited by three_jump, Mon 10 Aug 2015, 15:08.

Quote from Dygear :

You're the kind of guy who remembers shops by whether or not they have a terrible kerning, aren't ya?

Not really, but then again I'm german which might explain a lot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqAdxN1IWQQ


EDIT:
It just looks very unfinished to me, and that they knew and didn't care enough to iron out the kinks first.

Last edited by three_jump, Sun 2 Aug 2015, 07:15.

So the banana principle is suddenly a good thing?

The Times They Are A Changin'...

Am I really the only one who thinks that W10 is a horrible POS?
Different font sizes every where, different dialog box styles, two different control panels featuring the same and different settings.
No visual difference between title and menu bar which really does the trick with drag and dropping windows. Some Apps can't be uninstalled, some now come with adverts and some have a uninstall option which does nothing.

Also this: https://imgur.com/iHge6RJ

Quote from Victor :

I've heard this before, but I do not understand it. All times, no matter if you are logged in or not, are always local. Why would you NOT want that?! It cannot be easier for people to see times in UTC and then having to convert them to their local time themselves. I do not see any benefit in that.

I guess that if you have multiple drivers coming from different timezones it might actually confuse things (not using UTC).

Might take the drivers one or two races to adjust to the "new" racing. Going to tracks that are a bit wider might also help... Let's wait and see what it looks like when they go to a permanent track.

hi ho

And what a fun this update is. Thanks for all the hard work!

Happy easter.

That is one hell of an update
Kudos to Eric for doing something truly amazing with this track and even more it's service roads

This is so much fun and what makes LFS special!

Now I know what happend to Eric... he got lost on one of those service roads

Since this has gone completly off-topic now...

I always thought that the lfs process is a bit more like this: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2gp98t

Last edited by three_jump, Mon 23 Mar 2015, 17:36.

Quote from Victor :

[...] and I'm aiming to introduce the first version very soon.

(I'm very sorry Vic, but I just couldn't resist )

Is there any chance to get some more / new Westhill screenshots?

Quote from nacim :

Actually, this VAT-I-dont-really-know-or-care-about-this problem is getting me tired.
I hoped for a new Westhill and new shadows system, with a new path system (3 of the currenly most obvious issues with LFS), and it's always reported.

Well I guess that being on the right side of the law is more important...

Happy birthday!