Quote from Hankstar :

Can't decide between mum buying you a G25 or mum buying you a killer gfx card. I won't say the "s" word but I'm thinking it.I'd much rather see my girlfriend when I wake up, but hey - that's just my particular kink.

So, at the ripe old age of 23 you have all the benefits of living on your own but absolutely none of the responsibilities. Wish I could've snowed my folks like that *applause* But now, I do have all the privacy of living out on my own - plus the ability to strut around naked whenever I want because I know my dear ma isn't likely to come knocking on my door asking for my laundry or would I like one marshmallow or two in my hot chocolate.

As for the rest of your quote: holy crap & xomfgz!! I never realised that milk and insurance actually cost money! You think I would've twigged to that after being out of home since I was 19. I honestly don't know how I haven't starved to death in the past decade or so. If only there was something a guy could do each day to earn themselves money with which to pay for things ... some kind of, I dunno, useful work which someone could pay me for!

Seriously, you can't expect to post things like "I can't decide which expensive toy my ma should buy me for Christmas" when you're twenty-three frickin years old and not cop a little shit for it. Toughen up mate

Round of applause..... Feel better now you got that off your chest? I do work and DAMN proud of it as well. I have alot of friends, but then I learn from other's mistakes and thats why I'm not going to sit here and let this bother me in any way. I work 50 some hours a week and my mom she's works about 12-13 hours a day, 5 days a week so we barely see each other so whats the big deal? I can see if I was making a post on weather I want a brand new 08 STI or evo X.

I do believe it's under options/View, it's the first one, click custom, and play with the field of view and roll and what not.

Quote from The Very End :

If your computer handles LFS, then you don`t need to upgrade anything on your PC. Because, who plays other games anyway? :rolleyes:
Go for the wheel mate!

The order was placed 2 days ago and it's been shipped out and will receive in 2-5 days. Cant wait.

Quote from horrgakx :

I need a new wheel at some point, and something with a clutch and better quality all round will be the way to go. I can't justify £150 at the moment though - so where will be the best places to look? (UK)

I'd browse some sites.... I know Buy.com has no TAX but it's a tad bit more, search tigerdirect.com and newegg, there's plenty of sites to look at for the best prices. Thats if your looking for a g25. I'm not sure how much I got mine for but when it comes (2-5) days I'll let you know how much it was

Quote from hrtburnout :

Houses are expensive. Cars cost 2.5 times the price you'd have to pay for it. Our minimum wage is about $11 per hour

Damn... I'd like to move out there. Well in the states housing is a bit expensive, pending on location, and if your living in a multi million dollar house then of course you can afford to pay for cost of living.

Quote from Gizz :

although i carnt help with your wheel problem, i feel your pain mine went a few weeks back, im currently undergoing therapy and taking some very strong sedatives, untill my new wheel comes along, if things get hard PM me and ill put you intouch with a good shrink, dont bottle ya feelings up, its good to talk in times of great crisis

HaHa.. Thats pretty funny.. I couldnt imagine what I'd do without a wheel.

Much luck man... Wish I could help you out.

Quote from hrtburnout :

According to google, $4 per us gallon is about €0.72 per liter. That's half the price we pay here, and your minimum wage isn't twice as low as the Dutch minimum wage is.

I hate our petrol prices

Well I know cost of living in the states is high. Whats the cost of living there? and what's minimum wage at? is it hourly?

Well from my understanding it takes 3.78 liters to make one US Gallon correct? so there for your still pay $3.15/USD so it all equals out right?

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Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

dotdotdot... by this point in your life you should have moved out of your parents basement and started buying your own toys.

Why move out when I have my own PAD? I'm not going to move out knowing I wouldn't be able to afford it, Our basement it literally a medium apartment, I have all the privacy like I was living out on my own and the benefits of seeing my mom when I wake up. I dont see why this bothers people and it's mainly the people who've been struck in some kind of way as a child or growing up. Over here in the states it's expensive to LIVE and the average apartment cost $450, and some include utility's and grocery's are to damn much as it is, a gallon of milk and loaf of bread is over $5, then you have to pay for car payment and car insurance in order for you to get to and from work, and that depends on your credit how much you pay a month and if you have a poor driving record you'll pay more for insurance, Finally you have to pay other bills such as cell phone bill and credit cards all on a budget of $900 monthly, If I'd like to be struggling and have nothing in life then OF COURSE I'd move out, but right now I cant and I'm not going to do that to my future!! So what exactly was your point, are you just jealous that my mother wants the best for me and she's not going to send her only son out there to only hurt himself! So yeah I guess you can say I still live with my mommy, in her basement.

Quote from The Very End :

If your wheel is working, why buy a new one at the moment?
I rather go for the GFX card, that probally will give you more satisfaction than a new would. But if your wheel is damaged / not working, then I maybe would chose a wheel.
Well... that depends too, do your computer running LFS o.k? Or does it strugge? Hehe, there are many factors you should keep in mind

I havent seen any problem with my pc struggling to run LFS, so I'm going to say it runs LFS very good.

Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

I'm waiting for the day the Americans have to pay the same as everyone else for fuel. I can see the look on the guys face as he goes to pay after filling up his 100litre V2million pickup/monster truck with premium 20 star minced endangered Tiger ball gasoline. I imagine it would look something like this... :tired:

Well right now gas prices are about $2.96/gal and we've seen prices exceed over $3/gal. I've heard rumors about it reaching over $4/gal after the begging of the year, and considering our minimum wage is $6.85/per hour it's going to hurt alot of people.

Quote from Nick A :

Slightly off-topic, sorry but I'm buying an S2 licence for a Christmas present too and was wondering if anyone has a template for a kind of gift certificate or racing licence to put in the card? I knocked something up based on the S2 licence you see on the lfs.net homepage, but was just wondering if anyone has done anything a bit smarter? Would just be a bit better that giving a scrap of paper with some letters and numbers on it for Christmas!

I too was going to do the same thing, I was messing around with some one LFS logo's in cs2 but I'm still not sure if I hit the spot with it.

As long as it dosent get released for the next 2-5 days so I'll have my g25, then anytime after will be ok with me..

So I was looking at America's currency compared to others and I realized it's low, I pay $47.62 for s2 and I googled all the other currency comparing it to USD and WoW.. even though it's a few dollars cheaper I'm not going to complain. So how exactly does our currency go up in value or even drop in value? Is it determined by how much $ we have in the states or what? Please fill me in, I must've been sleeping in School when we were discussing this subject.

Quote from Hankstar :

I don't mind the Subi's front but I want the sedan-y arse back. I'm sick to **** of hot hatches.

I agree...

Thanks Scawen!!! I'm looking forward to the new update..

Well the only problem with that is in summer I'm out enjoying my time on my bike, and I'm not in the house as to where it's winter and I'm confined to a house so there for I play LFS.

I got a dell E520, and budget is not a problem, how ever I'm not going to take advantage of that and get something outrageous. Like I said I'm using the 7300le and I'd like something a little better, something that will bring my games to life. I also got some DDR2 coming so that'll help with performance. LMK what GFX card you think I should use.

Quote from Madman_CZ :

I second that! Although because nearly all my family is abroad it will be just me and my mum, like it has been for the last 15 years. Always kinda feels lonely. I don't expect any presents this xmas so it will be just like any other ymas... *sigh*

mad

I understand you totally. Every Year my mom and I open our gifts, talk for a bit, and then it's off to my sisters house where we enjoy watching the kids tear open presents from " SANTA " we eat dinner and have fun until I start feeling like I must go home and PLAY with my new stuff, After we've done all this I go home if I'm not working and plop my ass in front of the PC and get on LFS. It's been like this for a few years. This year I've gotten alot of sweet shat for my b-day and random surprises from my mom I cant see me getting much more, Other then My G25 which will be here in 2-5 days, WOOT!!!! I'm getting my g25 before Christmas.... WOOT...

Quote from Rappa Z :

Get the GFX card, and G25 for your birthday.

Well my birthday has come and gone, and I really don't feel like waiting until my 24th b-day, 9-11 is my bday. As of right now my mother ordered the wheel around 9ish this morning, I'm still considering a new GFX card but something thats going to give me good quality and still going to be fair in price, I'm not sure what card to get but I'd like a few steps higher then my current one, GEForce 7300LE Nvidia, So I'm looking around for a better one.

I test drove a 2007 STI and I was in love... I stopped at every yellow light just so I can feel it launch, rather orgasmic if you ask me.

Well looks like I'll be buying a Voucher real soon then, thanks for the help guys

Quote from Bladerunner :

G25 $300 (Guesstimate)
KickAss GFX (8800 GTX ULTRA) $1000

How rich are your parents?

Well I dont see why that matters..

Quote from Crommi :

..looks like marketing speech has worked on you.

Anyways, first thing to do is to check that your TV actually supports higher resolutions. It being only 32" it may not support higher modes than 720p.
1080x760 50/60Hz = 720p
1920x1080 50/60Hz = 1080i/p

I could go on with a rant about how overhyped whole HD thing is when most commonly used 720p is really a low resolution on PC standards with eye melting 60Hz refreshrate... but I won't.


As for my recommendation, get the steering wheel since it will last you alot longer. I'm actually getting myself G25 for christmas present aswell, althought I persuaded myself to start christmas little early and wheel is coming in next couple days

I'm not sure what you mean by " Marketing Speech worked on me " I wanted to know why my old version crashed.

Quote from wheel4hummer :

Ask her for the G25, and then I will pay you $200 for it, so you can get a kickass video card?


1280x720 = 720p

I'll pass on that!

Quote from tristancliffe :

You could have edited the cfg.txt and changed the resolution back in that. Or deleted cfg.txt completely.

I didn't know I could do that, but now I do.

Thanks for the help guys, just one more question though. In the future will they be able to put in that same voucher code to receive updates? Like us Licensed people we get 2 unlocks a month, and yes I know it'll never go over two, I'm just asking for sake of myself.

Well I'm going to get S2 for my nephew and his dad for christmas, I want it to be legit and I'm not sure how it works but I'm thinking I'd buy a voucher, Correct? Will they be registered on the forums, and will we both be able to play at the same time on the NET? I'm gettin my G25 in 3-7 days from today so I'll be handing over my Logitech MoMo wheel as well. What could be better then an S2 account and the Momo wheel, Well the G25 wheel would be better, but he's 11 and he got time to get use to the controls and what not, but I think it'll be a great gift for him this year?

So what I'm asking the community is this, Should I purchase an S2 account like I'm a new Demo user or is there a second way? Please LMK as to what I need to do.

Thank -Mike

Well overall I'm satisfied with my current GFX card, I'm not sure if the graphics can get better or not but I'm wanting to get NFS Pro Streets soon, And I use the PC for photo editing as well, and Adobe CS2 don't use much but I'd like to get a memory upgrade of maybe 2 total GB, and crucial got some killer deals so I might be getting some this week.

I forgot to mention one key factor. I'm playing LFS on a 32'' HDTV and I can only get a maximum of 1366*728 RES, I tried to switch to a higher RES and it said some something about something not being compatible, even in LFS i'm at 1366*728 at 60Hz and when I went bigger it crashed LFS and I couldnt restart it, so I had to download all over and unlock. So I'm not sure if GFX card will bring out the HD and better graphics, I'd like to see what this monitor can do and I'd like to experience some Kick BUTT graphics, but I"d like to experience the G25 as well.

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Well DUDE'S I got a DELL, so I'm not sure what motherboard I got, or even what GFX card would be compatible with the board. I've been procrasthating on the memory upgrade and I'll eventually get to it in the next week or so, This pay I got holiday pay so that's double time. I'd like to get one of them SLI cards with the double lifetime thing. LMK what I should get and what I shouldn't get.