I liked some of the transitions and shot angles near the end. The one where you were 'mounted' on the sidepod and switched seamlessly between three different cars was really impressive.

http://nismo.1g.fi/temp/fcseats.jpg

Holy crap, most uncomfortable seats ever?!

LINK

Quote from Autoweek.com :

Michelin sues FIA

French tire giant Michelin took unprecedented legal action against the world motorsports governing body, FIA, after it failed to win the contract to supply the World Rally Championship with control tires for the next three years.

After the FIA awarded the contract to rival firm Pirelli rather than Michelin-owned BFGoodrich (Competition, March 12), Michelin’s competition director Frederic Henry-Biabaud claimed the FIA had made its decision “for reasons that have nothing to do with sport.” Michelin’s complaint filed against the FIA in a French court asks that the decision “be annulled due to irregularities in the tender process.”

Henry-Biabaud pointed out that the decision to award the contract to Pirelli was “strange, given that all the manufacturers supported us.”

Manufacturer representatives make up only one element of the voting panel on the World Rallies Commission, which also consists of many other groups, such as event and commercial representatives.

The FIA would not comment on the case, but a senior Pirelli source said, “What [Michelin is] doing is madness. They are publicly accusing the FIA of corruption, and the FIA will not like that suggestion. This is simply suicidal if Michelin wants any kind of future in FIA-sanctioned motorsport.”

Michelin’s action is backed by world champion team Citroën, which has threatened to pull out of the sport if it is forced to run on Pirellis next year. Citroën has a multi-million-dollar deal with Michelin to supply tires for its road cars.

Even more drama for the FIA to deal with. I'm going to have to side with Michelin on this one, the Pirelli deal seems very, very shady.

Quote from LFSn00b :

Yay, only pics of me flying.

I give the people what they want!

Not to sound rude, but isn't there a 'Leagues & Events' section of the forums for stuff like this?

Quote from Ball Bearing Turbo :

I would test & see if it happens on a fresh "start", IE change the track & see what happens. Maybe it has to do with the location of checkpoints?

Interesting find though.

It doesn't. It sees the track as a road course when you first load the layout. I remember it giving me the opposite warning the first couple of times I ran the layout (on knobbies or hybrids).

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Last time I checked, Aston didn't have a rallycross layout. Did you make your own track or something?

I used my leet hax.

Quote from bbman :

If more than 30% of your ideal line is in the dirt/off the track, LfS thinks it's rallycross...

Scawen once explained it in one of the testpatch-threads I think, when somebody had this message when he just wanted to drive on Westhill...

Interesting. Does it determine this 'ideal line' by learning where the competitors go, or by how the layout is placed?

I just came across something odd today. I have a 'rallycross' layout that is based off of Aston Cadet, and when I tried to use road tires on it, it gives me the "Road Tires on a Rallycross Circuit" warning. How does LFS know that it's a rallycross layout? Does it determine it 'on the fly' by analyzing where competitors go? The only things that I could think of that give it away are the server name ([SimRS] Rallycross) and the layout file name (SIMRS_RALLYX).

Quote from mrodgers :

CEO of Ford?

Are you kidding me? Ford wouldn't be able to afford an S2 licence!

Quote from seinfeld :

yep it would stop a lot of T1 crashes, or at least a warmup lap so u cn get some heat into them

T1 crashes have more to do with greasy minds than greasy tires.

Open differentials are not one-wheel drive. Both wheels transmit the same amount of torque to the road, but when one wheel spins and loses traction (and its ability to transmit torque) the other wheel follows suit. All-wheel drive systems frequently use a set of open differentials connected by another open or limited-slip differential. This means that you can get hopelessly stuck in an all-wheel drive vehicle in the right conditions. I should know, I own one and have gotten stuck.

The biggest difference between those who get stuck and those who don't are the TIRES! I don't care if you have 500 ft/lbs of torque and a fully locked 4WD drivetrain, if you're running slicks you're not going anywhere in the snow. Snow tires are the best investment you can make for winter weather, period.

Did someone mention an Aston Martin rally car?

It gave me a power bulge.

Seriously though, I like it!

I'm not a huge fan of all of Chris Bangle's designs, but this one is spot-on.

Keep an eye on http://www.simrs.com/ in the next few weeks. We should (finally) be getting around to organizing some rallycross events. Our server ([SimRS] Rallycross) is also currently hosting some custom rallyx layouts.

I tried using Xoops and PHP-Nuke, but I gave up on both. I just ended up designing my own, which is still being developed.

I've seen the Saving Private Ryan gif before, good stuff. The WW2 chat thing was freakin' hilarious though!

I guess these guys are cheating scum then too?

Please..

Quote from superbee :

HI!

Ive played lfs on and off in spurts for the past 3 years or so, and just recently bought the full version.

Ive always just messed around with lfs tweak but im gonna sit back and get the courses down and actually pratice on finishing races and improving time so i can hit up online play!


Love the game, its nice playing a realistic game that doesnt have nawwzz as its main draw and a blurry map for added effects when you go fast. :rolleyes:

Welcome!

Is that a Typhoon in your avatar?

Some critique...

1) Post things like this in the League & Events section of the forums.
2) You won't attract many people with the obscure nature of the event (we 'might' use this track, 'maybe' we'll run 5-6 laps, etc)
3) Make event announcements atleast a week in advance. The earlier, the better.

Good luck.

I went through the growing pains of getting a series off the ground myself a few months ago, so I can sympathize.

Quote from banshee56 :

running a league is still a huge commitment

+1

That's the first thing I learned after launching SimRS. There is always something that needs done!