Watched the final episode yesterday and spent over an hour to browse the internet tonight, to find everyone's theories.. From this thread I think I'm in the minority here, when I say that I believe there's a lot more to the meaning of the ending of the show.. For me the show has been absolutely brilliant all along and I think 90% of the answers are actually in the show, only to be seen if you think / look well enough. With the intelligence the writers have shown in the past 6 seasons, I can't honestly believe they would make an easy and meaningless ending to their show.
I'm tending towards saying that the comments in this thread are just very short-sighted..

Edit: just read the story from the link fujiwara posted above.. if that doesn't clear things up....?!

Edit2:
Wikipedia on the number 108:

Quote :

The number 108 is considered sacred in many Eastern religions and traditions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and connected yoga and dharma based practices.

..

The sum of "The Numbers" in the American TV show Lost (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42). It is also the number of minutes within which these numbers must be entered into the computer and the button must be pushed. 108 is also the number of days the Oceanic 6 spent on the island. Jacob tells Hurley to rotate the mirror in the lighthouse to heading 108.

That's why I love Lost. (source)

Edit3: LOL, only just noticed the dharma in that description.. :lovies3d:

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Quote from kaynd :

Also road cars would definitely have problems going over those bumps, but I don’t think purpose built race cars would have that much of a problem. Those green areas are supposed to be for emergency run off… what’s the point for that space to exist if it doesn’t slow the car significantly but just destroys its suspension?

Not sure if I understand what you mean, but surely purpose-built race cars have such stiff suspension, they are actually much more vulnerable to those speed bumps, compared to road cars?
As for the green area; that's what I'm trying to say.. it should slow down the car significantly, but otherwise wreck the suspension [if you fail to slow down enough]. Look at the Monaco GP of last weekend.. or T1 at Monza.. you can use the green area for emergency run off, but those "sleeping policemen" force you to brake so hard, that you actually lose time by doing it. The latter is not the case in LFS.

Oh my god, it's Pabs!!? :faint:

Seriously, this shouldn't be a HLVC issue..? The physics just need updating, so that hitting the bumps with that speed will wreck your suspension to the extent that the car is undriveable, like it would in real life.

Quote from ACCAkut :

he did, or someone in his car did?

Chris did. He was 6 seconds faster than anyone in the SP 3T class and just as fast as the factory team Scirocco's who are actually one class higher than him. Well impressive indeed.. Not to mention the fact that he did that time twice; one on old tyres and the second with new tyres, but a stock turbo instead of the race tuned one.. Should even be a bit more in it!

Attached a shot I took with my crappy camera at nightfall. Marc Gassner should have some much better ones!

Congrats Timo!

MoS website is f00ked?

Either way, congrats Klaidas, good to see you found yourself a team!

Nice result Nick, already read it on autosport.nl! Shame of loss of time in the pits, but somehow those qualifying times tell me this is going to be an interesting season for you Good luck in Monaco!

Quote from aobrien :

Nice going Nick, any chance you could show me the calendar?

Quote from MoMo92i :

When is french round?

http://www.worldseriesbyrenaul ... ntInfo/Pages/Default.aspx

Quote from danowat :

My Spesh Allez Elite.

Lookin' goood Dan!

Quote from kart-36 :

Me and Reno Koots will be in a new team,

F1R3idST

How about TH1RD?

Thanks everyone!!

Quote from Timo1992 :

especially Tommy seems to have fun there

Yeah, he does, doesn't he!?

Quote from sidi :

Grats on reaching 5 F1RST

Must be the most successful LFS team to date ?

Wow, thanks.. that means a lot, coming from you Graham.

Quote from Darkone55 :

5th already? Pfff. We've got to celebrate! I've got an idea...!

Quote from Darkone55 :

It involves beer and racing and it's somewhere in May. *looks mysteriously*

Yeah, you'd better be there!!

Quote from Mr.46 :

René, you've done a nice job building this team.

Thanks Joonas, definitely not just me though!

Quote from snewham :

Good to see that you're still around F1rst, had massive respect for you when I used to race, hope to race you soon when I return to LFS lol :P

Scott

Thanks Scott! Good to see you again!!

Quote from Biohazard :

congratulations, guys. i simply cannot believe it has been five years already.

Haha, I know!! Can you remember One Night League? 1NL? In the FOX... Ages ago!

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Aah totally forgot! Cheers for the heads up mr. Faraday!

Quote from baSh0r :

Where are you guys staying at? What part of the track. We could meet somewhere around there

Thinking of going to Schwalbenschwanz camp site again.. seeing that was the only camp site that wasn't already full by the time we arrived last year, and we had a pretty good spot!

Anyone else going to the 24 hours race this year? Both spdoRacing and us are going!

08-04-2010 - One week ago, F1RST Racing turned 5 years old as another extremely successful year has passed; we became the Masters of Endurance GT1 champions for the second time in a row, won our third out of three "Team of the year awards" and finally added the long-awaited first-place-trophy for the 24 hour race to our prize cabinet.

Unlike previous years, this year's birthday has passed very quietly, completely in line with the recent activity level of our team with regards to LFS. We're currently discussing the various options for the future, and the role of LFS in that.

We would like to thank everyone who have supported us over the years and are looking forward to keep seeing you on track in the future!

Cheers from all of us at F1RST Racing.

PS The news item's image is one of one of our first MoE, FXO GTR skins from 2006; a bit of sentiment!

2009:
-
2008:
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=41159 - third anniversary
2007:
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=22695 - second anniversary
2006:
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=6094 - f1rst anniversary

Slightly off-topic, but what the hell:

http://www.facebook.com/group. ... 13124725380827&v=info

Quote from Bean0 :

If you fill up every time, you know the amount of fuel used so working out accurate MPG is possible.

I do it because it means less trips to the pump though.

My pov exactly!

Quote from GianniC :

De Vries his manager is the dad of Lewis Hamilton I just read ?

Correct

#01 F1RST Racing
GT1 XRR
Rocabiliz, André Roque, Portugal
kart-36, Joe Holmes, England
Tomhah, Tommy Østgaard, Norway

I can't really seem to find any definite information on Campos Meta... are they in or not, does anyone here know?

Edit: lol, nevermind.

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Quote from NickC :

IRL you'll get pushed around alot. TBH if someone pushes me a little i push him a little back. Thats just normal in the sport. Otherwise you'll always be the one who get's pushed around.

Same in LFS, like on IHR server, someguy was holding me up alot and always slamming the door etc. Pushing a bit. Comming up to t1 i just let my car lean a little to his so i can pass. "REVENGE WRECKING" is what you get then. Thats just silly.

Hear hear Nicky...

Quote from danowat :

Head

Winner, imo.

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

DeltaWing's IndyCar concept:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81386

And in action on Mid Ohio in a sim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rah0RSIEVC8

#01 F1RST Racing
GT1 XRR

RamboJorGen, Jesse Nieminen, Finland
Vince, Vincent Staal, Holland
Rocabiliz, André Roque, Portugal
lastpunisher, Hendrik Piiriste, Estonia

Last edited by traxxion, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 23:27.