Quote from haelje :

just a question: could it be ever possible to provide the possibility with some external prog / library / script so it would be possible to generate the RAF from SPR's without using the LFS.exe ?

You will always need lfs.exe to generate a RAF file. An SPR contains just the driver inputs. You then need to re-do the physics calculations to get the RAF data, and that can only be done with LFS itself.

It's thinkable that LFS will get scripting commands to generate a RAF file. (Or maybe the new patch already can - the RAF files for Victor's analyser are generated in an automatic process.) Another possibility is if LFS could generate the RAF data while you drive. (It would be optional, comparable with the option to auto-save replay files.) That can serve several purposes:

• To generate many RAF files in one go, like you need for your planning tool.
  
• To get a RAF file quickly (i.e. without needing to save & run the replay), thus shortening the drive - analyse - learn cycle.

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(i have some strategy-planning tool in my mind and the best way to enter data to analyze would be to use SPR's and get all data from it (by extractin the RAF from it ))

If it is pitting strategy that you want to generate, then I have bad news for you: fuel, tyre wear, or damage are not included in the RAF file. (At the moment, at least. Scawen might be persuaded to add them.)

Quote from Whitmore :

With a standard game/sim once you've paid - that's it (except perhaps when it comes to buying the next title). But with iRacing if they don't deliver then you just end your subscription.

Then iRacing at least got a month of subscription fee. With a standard sim, if it doesn't deliver the customer will only download the free demo, so the developer gets no money at all.

Quote from bbman :

And as sinbad said, once you're in, you're stuck with it, either because of the already invested money or the commitment you have to make when you first rent...

A situation also known as vendor lock-in, or "having the customer by the balls".

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"

Example of time difference graph.

Cosmetic remark: the window title of Vic's replay analyser will only appeal to fans of Nadal.

Quote from AndroidXP :

I think there can also be a normalised variant of this graph, where only the places where someone lost or gained time are shown.

That is the most useful variant. The line shows where one driver is gaining time on the other driver.

Suppose driver A focuses on braking late for a turn, and driver B uses "slow in, fast out". The time difference graph will go down at curve entry (A gains on B), and up (A loses on B) after the exit. By comparing the sizes of "up" part and the "down" part of the graph, you can see whose strategy was best.

Quote from Christopher Raemisch :

I'm in the same boat as Sam, I could afford it if I really wanted to, but on principle I won't touch the thing because I don't like how the payments are set up.

Same here. I could understand it if the price was double that of any other sim, or if you'd pay extra for software updates. Or if it included significant services, like stewarded races (which appears not to be the case).

As it stands, you keep on paying for a product whose main cost is one-off (namely development). And you must pay for more content. That's extortionate.

Quote from Huru-aito :

This might sound daft, but wouldn't a wheel+pedals set do the same and much, much more?

Yes, but LFS also supports driving with mouse/keyboard. The changes in patch Y have made it harder to control the car for mouse/kb drivers (more than for wheel drivers). This suggestion would correct that disadvantage.

FYI: In Racer (www.racer.nl) you can set separate button control rates. It even has separate settings for pressing and releasing the button.

Quote from Dajmin :

Disposal surely can't be that hard though. I mean in all fairness, it must be destructible.

Radioactivity comes as atoms, and atoms tend to be pretty hard to destroy. Molecules you can take apart easily. But splitting atoms takes lots of energy and/or produces new radioactive atoms.

Quote :

Can't we just fire it into the sun or something?

Yes, but that would make nuclear energy much more expensive. So expensive that solar cells would probably be cheaper.

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Or use a nuclear substance that has a shorter half-life.

There is a fair amount of Uranium in the Earth's crust exactly because it has a long half-life. All stuff with a shorter half-life has fallen apart after 5 billion years. (Except for material that is the result of a man-made nuclear reaction, but that won't solve the problem.)

I compared your lap (from the RAF file) with the current WR lap. The WR holder:

• Does not blip the throttle.
  
• Locks up the rear wheels often, but never the front wheels. In comparison, you slightly lock up the fronts, but never the rears.
  
• Uses a lower braking force than you, especially on the front wheels (WR: 560/71%, you: 590/77%)

I think you use too much brake force on the front. Tweak your setup, or get yourself a better one somewhere.

I like the idea, but I wonder why you ask that this works through a separate LFSW application. I think it would be simpler if the team manager connects to the race server, spectates, and enters his comands from there. (So everything is done in-game, and LFSW is not involved.)

Quote from March Hare :

Methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbondioxide. Herbivores produce vast amounts of methane. So kill a herbivore and you save the planet?

That's one way of putting it. An equivalent statement: raise cattle and you ruin the planet.

Quote from BigPeBe :

did you know that ~70% of CO2 is caused by nature?

Did you know that none of those 70% lead to an actual increase of the amount of CO2 in the air, because it is converted into biomass again? (Except maybe where forests are burned down by humans.)

Quote from BigPeBe :

And one thing, I have seen too many false documents about human creating CO2 "pollution" and getting earth warmer and at the same time I have seen enough documents about how that is false.

You seem to have enough expertise to see which documents are false and which are right. Yet you failed to see Becky's error in distinguishing between CO and CO2...

Oh, go on believing what you want to.
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I have been car-less for 9 years now. Bike to work and shop, train or bus where practical, rented car otherwise. A rented car is more expensive per mile, but because you use it only when needed, it turns out much cheaper per year. (And you can adapt the car's size to what you need for the trip. And no worries about maintenance, tax, and insurance.)

Becky, think again about the moped. IIRC it's more polluting than a car, even if driven alone (dirtier fuel, no catalytic converter).

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Quote from Kid222 :

AFAIK camber isn't saved in .raf file, so it cannot be showed in analyser.

Not the "Camber adjust" setting from the setup, but the live camber ("lean rel. to road") certainly is in the RAF file.

The standalone version is working fine here, except for two minor issues:

• I have Firefox. When I have the analyser running and open a second browser tab, the window height decreases (because the tab toolbar is opened). The analyser does not respond to this change, and the bottommost 20 pixels become invisible. (This might be a quirk in FF.)
  
• I'm missing a possibility to choose a different car/track combo. You can do that by refreshing the page, but it would be nice if the combo display (at the right of the analyser's toolbar) would be a button, leading back to the combo selection screen.

Some other suggestions:

• Camber display (in a graph)
  
• Possibility to move the cursor by clicking in the map
  
• Possibility to reset the zoom of a graph (e.g. with a scrollwheel-click)

Quote from wark :

Scarf = Keffiyeh = Arab = Terrorist

Here's another: Beard = Fundamentalist Muslim = Terrorist

Time to put Santa Claus behind bars, he's mainstreaming violence.

Quote from Lateralus :

Michelle Malkin deserves to contract ebola then die a horribly slow and painful death.

Dying from ebola may be horrible and painful, but is anything but slow.

Quote from Wolfgang Amadeus :

I've even been told to "respect the speed" of a faster driver

I'll bet that this "rule" does not apply when they happen to be the slower driver...

Quote from Technique :

I'm really disappointed in the max grid size. I really enjoy larger grids. In the US, Spec Miata is one of the most popular entry level series and the grids are huge (30-40+).

Why make such a fuss about the grid size? It's not a limit for eternity.

If I was iRacing I'd keep the grid size on the safe side too -- at least for the first release. Later, after some weeks/months of racing experience and subsequent tweaking of the net code, the limit can be raised.

Quote from frokki :

After all it's a song contest, not a singing contest.

Has it been renamed to Eurovision Voting Contest yet?

Quote from SamH :

For those of you who think that's expensive, you're absolutely wrong. The £11K price INCLUDES delivery, and is in fact for A PAIR of cables!

It should also include the services of a hunter, to shoot every bird in the vicinity. Birdsong in the garden ruins your S/N ratio, as every audiophile knows. Can't have that, can we? (Maybe he should shoot the neighbours too, who keep playing their Tom Jones and Celine Dion records.)

I used to wonder if audiophiles were crazy. Now I'm certain.

Audi owner's manual: Warning! Using excessive coolant may damage your car.

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SatNav voice: "You have arrived at your destination: Mont St.Michel."

Know your audience. You will lose readers if you insert unnecessary explanations, or if you use slang that only experts are familiar with.

Ask for feedback. And be selective in who you're asking it from.

Keep the reader in suspense. Announce some kind of "mystery" in the first paragraph, and reveal its details near the end of your article.

Be concise. Don't ramble. The more words you use, the more doubt is being cast on your expertise.

Work in advance. Don't wait for the deadline. Some writers even keep a couple of articles in stock, in case they catch a flu or run out of inspiration.

Quote from -V-Max- :

how far away are instant replays? (Single player)

Not too close, I think. To have instant replays, LFS needs to save the full game state, so it can resume when you finish looking at the replay. This is the same as the "keyframe" issue that Scawen talks about in post #30.