Just entered my first race, started from the back @ Laguna. Ended up winning as the leader was taken out by someone leaving the pits (I was catching him anyway ) No incident points even.

It was refreshing seeing people actually ease into T1.. and T2, 3, 4, etc... First lap took forever, but it was clean at least. If that race was any indication of how things are going to be in iRacing, I think I'll enjoy it quite a bit.

As an aside, my new rig got here today and I couldn't be happier. Q9450, 4gb RAM @ 800mhz, 8800gt. Solid 100fps the whole race with graphics basically maxed, even some shadows thrown in there. Only downside is my flat panel isn't here yet so instead of 27" I'm on a 14" CRT from the bottom of a closet....

Hope to see you guys on the track.

I voted no simply because I'd like to see LFS remain a SCAVIER only endeavor.

This Solstice definitely feels more.. on the ground, and subject to gravity... than the cars in LFS, that's for sure.

Down to 1:03.6 at Limerock and (not so down) to 1:52.2 at Laguna. I also re-calibrated my pedals very slowly like some have mentioned in the iracing forum and the brake isn't nearly as touchy as it was before. Makes life a little easier...

Well I'm down to about a 1:04.6 at Limerock in the Solstice. Still having issues with lockup going into Big Bend (T1) so I've resorted to stuffing some foam behind the brake pedal and it seems to help a bit.

Well, I'm downloading the big update and whatever server they're using is the fastest I've seen since I moved into this new house. 1.5mb/s of actual download speed. Maybe that sucks? For around here though, it's rare you can get anything that fast.

Reminds me of the Napster days circa 1998 when I'd wait all night for 7 songs at 2.8k/s...

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll give it a go.

It's not a dual core, which might be a hang up.
1.6ghz pentium M
1.5gb RAM
nvidia 5200 overclocked a little. 60-70fps solid in LFS, less SO with a full grid, in which case it drops to 30-40fps.

Should I just try and wait for the new system or do you think I'd be alright offline for a few days?

So I finally got my invite! What's the story with "unlocks"?
I've got a new computer on the way and was going to wait for that to arrive before I got started, but now I'm getting itchy to try it. If I start iRacing on this old laptop will I have trouble unlocking it on the new computer, or is it just like LFS?

Houses? Why?

Quote from bunder9999 :

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my pb for BL1 FBM is 1:22.52x... and that's with 1% gas still left in the tank... i need to try some better setups, as i don't think it's my driving.

If you're at 1:22 it's definitely your driving. Check out some replays or hotlaps!

If putting some liquid in a hollow cross worked as you say it does, it would be done. Period. The whole world would be using it in every application imaginable!

Quote from lerts :

you just need some tubes and water, is so cheap and easy to build

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Quote from lerts :

it hasnt been easy ive been working on this ideas for years

In fact, it is so "cheap and easy" that not only would someone have discovered it by now, but in all probability someone would have discovered it completely by accident... by now. A plumber perhaps...

Seriously, make us a video of this working and you are my new god. Go to the store right now and buy some PVC piping, put it together and show us it works!

The skins that Zach posted have nothing to do with the dds file editing I'm doing. Unfortunately I've been busy and haven't made any progress past what you see a few posts up.

Quote from lerts :

actually i have the paranoia that when i play i could be remote controlling, thats why i dont play violent games

If you're being remotely controlled, you've lost the ability to exercise free will, which means you no longer have the option to choose what you will or will not play.

Quote from duke_toaster :

"if badger on track = 1 deploy safety car"

Funniest thing all day. Back OT, I really think a pace car option would be more useful than a safety car for yellows. Maybe in big league races where instant spectate/pits isn't allowed, but I'd rather have rolling starts than a car coming out every time someone stuffs it into the wall. When and if the LFS damage model simulates carbon shards and oil, etc., all over the track, then maybe...

Quote from Gabkicks :

Are you saying that when i'm playing crysis, I'm really controlling a super soldier sent back in time to help americans win the vietnam war... and aliens were accidentally sent back in time w/ the soldier i'm controlling? My hands... i can't wash the blood away

I think he is saying someone, aliens perhaps, are controlling you controlling the game.

Seems to me the FBM @ BL1 is overly popular right now. It may not be the most used overall, but on the list of SS servers it's pretty dang prevalent.

Quote from whiter789 :

ok what eva guys i dont give a shit what u thinks i only wanted the 1 sound file is it so hard for u to post it.... i guess so i thaught this was a freindly forum to help each other out but i guessed wrong so enjoy ur little talk and ill get it else where

Counting grammar, punctuation and spelling, you've made 18 mistakes in your last post alone. Not to mention cursing at us. Did you really expect to be taken seriously?

The reason no one will post "the 1 sound file" that you so eloquently requested is because this is the Official LFS Forum, and it is quite clear you have not paid for access to official S2 content. Even if you had, coming in here sounding like a pissed-off kindergartner demanding free lollipops will get you nowhere...

TVU Player, channel 53060 "wheels"

http://www.softpedia.com/get/I ... TV-Player/TVUPlayer.shtml

Slightly OT, but is it possible to select gallons instead of litres when displaying fuel burnt in Online Racer Stats? I can't find it in LFSW settings...

Wait, $5000 for a round trip ticket?! What am I missing?

I'm getting pretty fed up with Fox Sports and their coverage of the post-race interviews, or lack thereof i should say. It would have been nice to hear what Piquet had to say...

Quote from wien :

Like Dubya said in the video STROBE posted; "I believe Saddam Hussein is a threat to the American people". I've yet to see the cold hard evidence he used to form that perception.

No one ever will, as it doesn't exist.

Quote from David33 :

The USA went to war against Nazi Germany, which was arguably no "specific threat" at the time, to the USA...WMD's which, as I have stated, were a greatly significant concern, but far from being the only cause for the invasion.

You can't compare Nazi Germany to Iraq and Saddam and expect people to listen. Not even close. Germany was very much so a specific threat, complete with adequate manpower and resources. Saddam's regime was a joke in comparison, in terms of scale and perceived threat. As far as WMDs, you're missing something if you think the U.S. administration didn't tell the public WMDs were the only reason for invasion. It was their entire case as far as the public knew, yet had very little, if not absolutely anything, to do with their actual agenda. They fed the media what the majority of U.S. citizens would need to hear to get behind them, plain and simple.

Quote from David33 :

The "containment" was crumbling....It seems to have been likely that, within a year or two, there would have been no more "containment" (which would, anyway, have been expensive and labor-intensive [and dangerous, to pilots and perhaps others] to maintain for the rest of his life, and his sons lives, and whoever might succeed them).

This is completely unfounded speculation, and it sounds quite similar to something Donald Rumsfeld would mutter off to cover his tracks as some reporter from CNN lists off the number of times he's contradicted himself and his colleagues in the last week...

Quote from mrodgers :

I use 4 AA NiMH batteries which are dirt stinkin cheap to buy....

Energizer Lithiums are more expensive but absolutely worth every penny. Some of the other photographers I shoot weddings with use normal NiMH cells and they have to change their flash batteries at least once in an eight hour shoot... My lithiums generally last two eight hour sessions and have much better recycle times when used with powerful flashes.

Exactly.