That's because you have to devide RWD laps by FWD laps. The other way around isn't possible, because you can't devide by zero!



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Since the patch I did 13 154.6 km in RWD cars, and 1623.6 km in FWD cars.
That means I have travelled over 8 times the FWD-distance in RWD cars.
Exact ratio of RWD to FWD (each in distance) is 8.10.

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No one's doing a driver change as far as I know, so there should be 3 connection slots for viewers.

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Actually I'm hoping for Ford and GM to sell the brands they bought earlier. I'd like to see a few changes there.

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I'm gonna do something stupid now: I'll go back to the topic.

I don't believe that a change in the STCC-server structure would change anything about the car-preferance of the drivers. The FXO is very popular because it's both quick and easy to drive. A different structure won't change that.
Also, if you make single-car servers the aspect of multi-car driving is gone. I enjoy driving with different cars a lot. As an XRT driver I take several places from the standing start and the FXOs only have a few laps to get those back. If I'm quick I can keep some distance until well into lap 2, which means I only have to defend for 3-4 laps (mostly). That's definitely manageable and lots of fun.
Though I understand that I'd safe myself a lot of trouble by choosing the FXO. I'd be quicker, as simple as that. But I don't think we can do anything about it until the devs change the situation.

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I'm not sure on the statement you are trying to make now.
We both agree that we don't want spyware. Checked.
Beyond that you seem to want to say that advertisments are identical to spyware. You seem to be implying that it is impossible to have advertisment of any sort in the game without spyware, because the companies wouldn't do it if they didnt have the marketing data.
Is that correct?

If so, I disagree. The current billboards don't use spyware but are still a form of advertisment. I'm speaking about that. And I'm saying that I'm willing to accept changing billboards once in a while. So the whole deal is that I have to spend a few seconds downloading new billboards and that's the end of data exchange. Just like I did when I downloaded patch T, with the BMW and Intel ads. I already did that and I didn't mind it and I wouldn't mind doing that again.
That's the advertisment I'm speaking about.

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No one says that updating dds-files means espionage on what I'm doing. When I log on to the LFS master server it tells me there's a small update ready and wether I want to download it in windowed mode, and one click later the billboard says "AMD ownz Intel" instead of "Intel pwnz AMD". Not a big deal.
I just see no relation to spyware.

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I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be a good idea to put new logos on the ad-boards.
After all, that's what they are doing right now and what they are supposed to do. I don't mind wether it says Intel, BMW, or AMD, Chevrolet, or whatever.

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That guy that set off the grenade didn't even get it in the first moment. For some reason he didn't immediately try to get as far away as possible but rather tried to approach it (Suicide? Stupidity?).

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I hope I'll be able to make it to most of those events too, but I might not be able to put in much practice (currently I'm already in the STCC and LFS LeMans, and I have exams around this time, so this will have a rather low priority in my daily shedule ).
Prepare to pwn me.

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There we go, the sequel to the onboard video above. Here are laps 17 to 20.

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Last edited by Vain, Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:08.

Quote from Julppu :

Somehow those to quotes don't fit... How can one be into machines and not notice their broken souls when they are discarded?

Of course I do. My heart also breaks when I have to leave one of my beloved ones. (Right now I'm sad because you made me remember those cars! Damn you!)
But still, they don't go haywire and do stupid things when they face the inevitable.

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Another one that's rather on the creative side: A "You're doing it wrong"-avatar month (uncreative idea, I know). I'm sure there are a lot of good possibilities for that one.
I wonder wether I can get my hands on a screenshot from the jaffa-challenge for that one .

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Cats, film villains and LFS wrecks get my vote.

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Well, you're talking to a man who watches onboard-videos of cars doing one or more laps on the Nordschleife daily. I don't have any onboard-videos that are shorter than 10 minutes.
I'll record the last few laps later.

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1. The video was captured in realtime with fraps at constant 25 fps. So no fps loss at all. I don't know how many fps my pc would've generated if I hadn't put in the fps-restrictor. I capture in half-screen mode at 640x480 with full AA/AF. That makes the end result 320x240, which is the resolution youtube and google-video resize it to anyway.
(It's a E6300, 7900GS, 1GB DDR2 RAM and two harddiscs. LFS and virtualdub on one, fraps on the other.)
It's just a quick job. The video is supposed to need few production time but show much racing. I think it does that well.
2. @Tomi: I watched a few of those. Looked like it was some nice fun . But if you use trackside-cameras, try choosing them so that the viewer gets an overview over the layout. Or use a plain onboard-cam, perfect overview, minimum effort. Though I personally dislike in-eye views.
3. Yesterday I fraps'd another replay. This is #83 Harjula aka frokki opening a nice can of classic FXO-whoop-ass on the rest of the field in round 3 of the STCC. The shown laps are 3 to 12, where he makes it from basically the end of the field to 6th (finished 5th). On request I can capture the rest of it. The STCC broadcast showed only the very last seconds of the later fight. (The STCC might be the only series complaining about too much action on the track .)

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I was hoping for cat-pictures avatar month. MONORAIL CAT!

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Quote from niffer022 :

but on an other note, you will prob loose intrest in all that car business when you finally get laid, because that always has a better ending

No it doesn't. Cars don't go haywire and scream at you and do silly stuff when you dump them.

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No, nothing wrong with you. Most of us are here because of that passion.
Actually, right now, I'm not listening to music but to the sound of an onboard video of a Gallardo doing the Nordschleife. Thrills me everytime.
Read my signature.

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Basically you did win. The WR for the FZ5 is a second quicker than the WR for the LX6, and I finished by no means 5 seconds earlier than you did. We'll see on saturday.
I did the video in one afternoon. It did take me a bit time to get the compression sorted out, but apart from that it was very simple. I'll try to make the one or the other additional onboard-video from other replays I have flying around to encourage more people to do similar things.

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Hi.

I have a nice folder on my PC with all kinds of videos. Those about LFS are always artistic clips with music, those from real racing are always plain onboard-goodness. I often wondered why that is so.
So one day I went and fraps'd a replay from my LFS-folder with onboard-cams and cut it together for viewing pleasure in virtualdub. Here is the result. A 5 lap race between Hyperactive and me at Aston Historic (practice for round 1 of the LFS LeMans league).
Nothing fancy, just plain onboard shots from two cameras - I switched between them so you get to see the best angle. But the timeline is correct and no split second is lost. I only once used a trackside-camera because in one situation neither of the two onboard-cams captured the action well. If you watch it, count the laps - the fights get better the closer the finish line comes.

Please consider that I don't want to show off with this video (I was actually rather slow...). I want to inspire people (like you!) to do the same so I get to see your onboard-shots. It was really simple to do this and basically everyone can do it.

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So, how is it turning out for everyone?
I'm now clocking 2.49:* times when I emptied my fuel tank and I feel that's close enough to give me the possibility to challange for a top-3 place in LRF class.
But I don't know yet how the pitstop will influence the balancing between FZ5 and LX6. The FZ5 consumes about 140 litres of fuel in 40 laps, which is not only a lot of added weight (~100kg!) but also takes ages to get into the tank when you pit.

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I think it's best to do the test right before the event. Quali, pause, test, race. That way all participating drivers have done the test.
I wonder how many people will actually drive...

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No need to grab the torch and pitchfork, Sam .
@duke_toaster:
I often suggest things that I really enjoyed to other members of forums I participate in. e.g. I talked about Richard Burns Rally in this forum, and the people here also enjoyed it. And I started a discussion about the live for speed in a different forum, because I think that other people can also enjoy it. Of course I place such a thread in the offtopic-section so people are aware that this is not crucial info and may be skipped when just browsing the forum.
If don't like that then that's your beef. I have generally recieved positive feedback from such action, but you're free to have an own opinion about that.

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You got the cause of the problem just right.
Reduce exhaust volume, increase speaker volume.

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