Quote from Bladerunner :

Anybody know where this village is?

I believe its in Scotland??

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Around "The Ring" - I get 6 pmg in my motor..... 2.5 ltr turbo. Daily driving I get around 18mpg.

I dont think 12 mpg is un realistic in the LX6, but it is quite a suprise if your not used to that kind thing.

In fact - we dont even need a replay of another person driftin.....

If I was to sign up - could you postpone the race (maybe a week) so I can practice a bit with the restricted set?

Just thought I would share with you some pics of my latest purchase. With Current price rises in fuel - the Scoob is going to be used at weekends only.... and my daily drive will be a 1994 1300 SPi Cooper

http://i48.photobucket.com/alb ... CWiddowmaker/100_1904.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/alb ... iddowmaker/100_1897-1.jpg

Was checked out last night by a mini restorer - who was pretty scerptical at first but.... it stil has the origional sills - in excellent condition - origional wings in excellent condition, sub frames in excellent condition.

It does need anew exhaust manifold - getting a Maniflow LCB to be fitted this week.

Drives like it's on rails and I cant hear the stereo over the induction noise. I think I will be quite happy pootling back and forth to work....

You can re-intall in 10 minutes.....

Move your setup ands skins accross in another 10 minutes - 1hr 10 mins to spare...

Would help if you posted the link maybe.....

http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?t=232514

Theres is something wrong with that picture.

See the 2 drive shafts - they should go to the back of the wheels which whould be in the arches.... well the arches are not in line..... I think what your looking at is a car on a jig - being straightened/ then for rebuild after the job.

All is not as it first appears.

I do see the convienant thumb

PM replied.

Dells - not bad, there are worse out there - a few friends have them - but ultimatly your paying over the odds for entry level pcs.....

Good if your not upto speed with building them - saves you a load of hassle.

Just got 3Dsmax in stalled again -and was looking through some of my old renders...

http://i48.photobucket.com/alb ... Widdowmaker/tisdone03.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/alb ... Widdowmaker/tisdone02.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/alb ... TCWiddowmaker/tisdone.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/alb ... dowmaker/77ontrailer2.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/alb ... ddowmaker/77ontrailer.jpg

I dont remember where I got the Scenes - but I am going to find them again......

I have a tower for sale - about your price...

Pm me for details if your interested.

What was more disturbing was a picture of racers, who suffered maining injuries from accidents beyond their control. A puppy with a cross bow bolt in its head. None of those victims on that slide show were "owned"..... Thats not being "owned"....

"Owning" or being "Owned" is when you suffer a public humiliation for an act of blatant stupidity - not an accident.

Personally I find that post - irrelevant to the discussion, and sick - It should be removed.

The response to the post was a little over stated - but I agree with the sentiment entirely.

You will know if you installed Brazil corerctly -as when loading 3DSmax - a screen will pop up - with Rio on it - cant miss it.

You can render LFS cars - download the link above.

http://i48.photobucket.com/alb ... ddowmaker/77ontrailer.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/alb ... Widdowmaker/tisdone02.jpg

This happens very clearly on Blackwood Rev, as you come around Popeye, and head up the back straight. First sign of it is under the bridge, and then at the bottom of the slope where the rise is on the back stetch. It does disapear as you get closer and it does seem to be terrain related.

174.16 drviers dont allow af and AA for me - yet 169.32 does.... go figure....

Quote from Widdowmaker :

Running a 8800GTX - Ran LFS with Patch Y 14 earlier this eveing no isses - was running great on the triple head - I flicked on V Sync to run the machine comfortably with 60 frames. Every thing is running full - all siders to the right - every thing maxed (as per normal)

Saw JAks post about updating drivers and thought why not - not a problem.

Updated to drivers noted by Jak - 174.16

Went back into game - its started no probs - half way round the track of a single player game -I pressed paused and went into settings and turned off V Sync - wanted to check frame rate capabilities.

Thought ahh I am running nhancer - I set it in there - so alt-tabbed and turned of v sync in nhancer. Went back into LFS - and on alt tabbing back in - the game crashed - and now -"Cannnot initialize graphics".

Ive turned of fnhancer, and the nvidia control panel - after reseting v sync in nhancer - and this version of LFS now wont work.

I have a back up copy on another HD - so updated that to y14 - but it has no skins or settings in.

This version works - but if I go to choose any AA or AF other than the default - the game crashes. it will run ok with default.

Can anyone reproduce or similar issues?

I will leave both installations as they are (for referal purposes) - and will install another fresh version onto another HD.

On consultation with my pc guru friend - he advised deleting the config file and restarting LFS.

This done - LFS now ran - but on changing the AA and AF to anything higher than default- the game crashed. Result would be to delete config file again.

Rolled back drivers to 169.28 - all working fine again.

I dont think the 174.16 are whql???

Running a 8800GTX - Ran LFS with Patch Y 14 earlier this eveing no isses - was running great on the triple head - I flicked on V Sync to run the machine comfortably with 60 frames. Every thing is running full - all siders to the right - every thing maxed (as per normal)

Saw JAks post about updating drivers and thought why not - not a problem.

Updated to drivers noted by Jak - 174.16

Went back into game - its started no probs - half way round the track of a single player game -I pressed paused and went into settings and turned off V Sync - wanted to check frame rate capabilities.

Thought ahh I am running nhancer - I set it in there - so alt-tabbed and turned of v sync in nhancer. Went back into LFS - and on alt tabbing back in - the game crashed - and now -"Cannnot initialize graphics".

Ive turned of fnhancer, and the nvidia control panel - after reseting v sync in nhancer - and this version of LFS now wont work.

I have a back up copy on another HD - so updated that to y14 - but it has no skins or settings in.

This version works - but if I go to choose any AA or AF other than the default - the game crashes. it will run ok with default.

Can anyone reproduce or similar issues?

I will leave both installations as they are (for referal purposes) - and will install another fresh version onto another HD.

34 - The wife says I must be trying to live the kids life now, I dunno - I dont feel that old but I tell ya something - my kness dont Half hurt now.....

Quote from SamH :

When he's right he won't concede. Why should he? I respect that.

Right about what??? - MX5's are sh1T......


And because thats my opinion - its right - using that mentality.....

Quote from rainspecialist :

ok so im thinking of getting into this but i dont know what car i should buy and what parts i should use for racing.

can i get some hints. like watch should be the first thing to buy and how should i race my car. i dont wanna mess it up (internally) on my first timeattack/or race and (theres even rally!) rally

Has Lep got a 2nd user name......?

No - Surely not......

Quote from Migz :

Yeah i dont think you will get a reply, i think its all automated.

No its not - I had had an email back, and was told to expect a phone call, just after Xmas. It was more than just a mail that said - send a C.V. it was conversational and picked up on points I had raised in my previous email.

The phone call never happened - but I did send my CV as requested.
Having been a tester before (For EA Sports) - I know that they select testers for appropriatte programs, and for specific tests.

They may require Testers for the likes of marketing evaluation, ie does this box appeal?, what does the picture say to you?, does it describe the "product" visually? Testing can comprise of pretty much anything.

Its not all gaming and testing unreleased stuff. It can be pretty hard work and frustrating stuff - working to dead lines and having to follow set routines. You also cant discuss any of the testing with anyone, other than those on the program.

Its lucky that Testology are in the UK, When with EA - I had to make confrence calls the USA every fortnight, to understand the next stage of the testing phase, and those calls were at 2 in the morning.

Depending on your interests as well, will determine the testing package that you ar recruited for.

I believe that Testology are recruiting for a portfolio of testers and even if you dont get a response now - you may in the future, so hang on and be patient.

Last edited by Widdowmaker, Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:39.

Personally - I would contact the company that made the wheel and pedal combo.

Ask them for updated drivers - any compatibility issues.
Was it designed to work it win 95/98?
What install software did it come with?

I have googled the name Simulation Systems - but I cant find anything - do they go by any other name?

How does it connect to the pc? Is it usb, serial or what?

Try here for drivers? http://www.driverguide.com/

Mallory Park near Leicester

Watch this -
http://link.brightcove.com/ser ... 94382118?bctid=1392485027



Then travel back in time a few days and read this...
http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=111454
Brutal.

(seen on another forum and copied over

Last edited by Widdowmaker, Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:07.