Besides this forum I run my own (pretty busy) forum for SCORE. I also visit the major Nascar Heat forums and of course read up on the sections that interest me on RSC and BHMS.

Quote from JJ72 :

I don't think anyone still use HTML anymore???

I rather spend more time actually designing the webpage rather than writing line of codes, Learn dreamweaver and flash, then you can already make a pretty professional flash based website.

I use HTML and will do for a long time to come. I see little or no need for creating a lot of flashy looking stuff that visitors will look at once and then click past as soon as they get a chance.
Good looks doesn't mean it's better. It loads slower and not everyone are connected with 2Mbit or better. Quite a few are still on dial-up, and let's face it, they love plain HTML.

SCORE is not the best looking site on the net, but it's clean, fast and easy to navigate. And when you press a link, it loads the page in a blink even if you are on dial-up. It's all HTML and it's all made with CoffeeCup HTML editor, witch works for both newbies and advanced editors.

Get it at www.coffeecup.com and try it.

Try Midnight to 6am every night, six nights a week, all year. That's what I've been doing for the past 6 years. But I get to drive fast on small country roads

Quote from MyBoss :

Anyway, there is talks about a scandinavian league with Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway in it.

Sounds great Count me in, hehe!

Well I am father of three, so I think I qualify as a sim racing dad

I would like an InSim application whitch has the all the features from AutoMessage combined with the some of the features from RaceManager like the Rolling Start and the Track Changer feature. I also could see a good use for the LFS Spotter included in this package.

Congratualtions, Scawen & Geraldine!
I wish you all the best

You know, about doped contestors...
I used to play together (music) with a bodybuilder. Say what you want about them, but they do know a heck of a lot about the human body, food and dope
He told me that any sportsman or woman who knew what they where doing (and most do) could calculate on the hour when any illegal substances had left their body and how long after that the effect from them started to degrade.
I, for one, believe him. I think that most of those who get caught in doping tests have just miscalculated the time for the substances to disapear. I also believe that just about every world class athlete experiment with one substance or another to performe better. It's just a matter of not getting caught.

So don't yell to much on those who get caught, they just calculated wrong.

It's a well known fact that Norway is THE home for good sportsmanship

Thankyou for that link
I have little or no chance to see any motorsport where I live now. This will be used

AI is important, no doubt. And the more real, the better. For instance, it would offer newbiew a great chance to practice offline (in traffic) before coming online and causing first turn mayhem and getting kicked and banned.

It would also offer those who are intimidated by online play a chance to fully enjoy LFS. Please keep in mind that not everyone likes to go online.

So... AI's are important and again, the more "real" they drive and behave, the bigger is the chance that all those offline players in the end start going online

Quote from 5th Earth :

I wonder why he started so far back... he's obviously way faster than most of the other cars, both in terms of skill and in vehicle.

I think I remeber a post on a forum somewhere that he had an engine change and was forced to start last, behind the much slower "Sport" cars (three classes on track in DSC, GT, SuperSport and Sport).
That site is well worth a visit, and I can recommend the broadcast from Spa 2005. No less than 53 cars on grid, including a BMW M1

I've said this in another thread, and i'll say it again. The best solution for online gaming is the last free, clean version of Roger Wilco.
You got full controll over it, it doesn't take much bandwidth (made for 56k dial up connections) and it's small (only 355Kb). Ok, so the sound quality isn't the best, but hey... If you really want to simulate those "Pit to Car" conversations, this is the one to do it with

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Roger Wilco is Available on SCORE, in the files/usefull section.

That is a Heckler & Koch "G3" witch in Sweden goes by the name of "AK4"
I am issued version 2 of that very rifle, complete with AimPoint and magazine upgrades.

Quote from amalgyte :

Do you think it would be possible to classify users by their experience by using their credits, total mileage and lap times for each course? This would mean that servers can then be pre-selective of what types of drivers they allow.

My best advice would be to join a series on SCORE. As the series move forward, drivers are "ranked" in a pretty unique way, totaly separated from the points table, and it allow each and every driver to track their progress and their average at the same time

Oh and a warm welcome to the wonderful world of LFS

Yes, road racing is definatly becoming more popular in America. 60% of the driver on SCORE (a European online racing site) is from USA or Canada. And SCORE is all about road racing.
I try my best to teach them about LFS

You just made PC Racing Sim Personality of the Year in the lastest AutoSimSport magazine! And LiveForSpeed won the Best Simulation cathegory!
Congratulations

Well if there is an interest I could set something up. Maybe a small series on the shorter tracks? Possibly something like two sprint races per session with reversed start order for second run? Tell me what you'd like and I'll try and whip something up. It has to be on tuesdays or thursdays tohugh, since SCORE server is engaged with other type or racing the other days.
Sadly, I guess that mean Europeans only due to time zones...

I use AutoMessage at the moment to tell new visitors where the rules can be found. Ok so they don't disconnect and go to the site and read the rules, but suddenly, they are aware that there are tules. Helps a bit
But... Some sort of screen that display the basic rules before they enter the track would be most welcome.

IMO the best budget wheel (and you really shouldn't go for anything cheaper) is the Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP. It's virtually impossible to brake it by normal every day use. I used mine for more than two years (almost every day use, for at least an hour, often much more). The only thing about this hweel is that the wheel shaft can become a little "lose". No worries though, cause it's very easy to fix.

For a little more money, you will get the Logitech MOMO. Basically, this is the Wingmans big brother. You do get a couple of extra buttons and a shifter (sequential that you can put on either side of the wheel) and a wheel witch feels much better to hold on to. IMO, well spent money if you'd like to pay for more than the Wingman.
The MOMO suffers from the same problem that the wheel might become a little lose, but it's not much harder than on the wingman to fix that.
Pedals on the MOMO is the real weak spot, but there are plenty of guides how to fix this.
You could also try the Logiteck Driving Force Pro, since the price differes very little between the MOMO and the DFP. But I can't imagine how 900 degree of turning would ever come to use on a race track...

Now... The big spender would go for the ECCI wheel and pedals (well, I would at least). Don't own such a wheel or pedals, but one day I will
http://ecci6000.com/6000_wheel_01.htm

Quote from Hyperactive :

PS: If you are from Russia you can replace that russian judge with a swedish one

Nice... Pick on the Swedes, why don't you :arge:
Well it's ok, cause we usually take it out on the Norweigians

Damn Tweaker... That last post was borderlining pure poetry :goodvibes
I agree that small tidbits of info every now and then helps. Sort of keeps everyone happy and the time until the next patch doesn't feel so long. Having said that, I must also say that I'm pretty confident that the devs are working at the best of their ability to improve this magnificent sim as we type this. Who knows?... They might just be so busy finalizing the next patch that they just don't have time to post much of anything

Results from Blackwood GP has been uploaded to the GT-Challenge section on SCORE main site. Results are of course not official until Wednesday (in case of a complaint or otherwise).

Sadly, almost half the field dropped out. Let's hope it's not like that on Aston National in 28 days

I second that one

Fair enough
I always thought it to be quite... friendly sort of...