Quote from zeugnimod :

Race 2 is back at its best. :laola:

CRAZY racing. A FULL field in Race 2 and one race I was in the entire field bar a few finished on the leading lap. Great fun, just wish we had the same on the GT server

Quote from Intrepid :

That's is completely unfounded NONSENCE. I have met many kids through to adults who were fortunate enough to have their racing fully paid etc... and are perfectly normal.

You all talk about psychology as if you ahve a grip on the subject, when in fact NO ONE does.



lol

Your spelling is awful.

Well done guys! Awesome numbers...

What is a BDSM club? I looked on Google and was rather shocked...
http://www.google.com/search?h ... p;q=bdsm+club&spell=1

I'm really surprised at the responses to both this poll and the following thread.

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=43739

88% ish people use one monitor and 70%+ people use the keys to check left and right when racing.

Anyone else find this surprising? In the past few months i've had some amazing races on SS1 where the entire field of 20 cars can do the first lap with few crashes. Although in general there are still a lot of T1 crashes, i'm still very surprised at the quality of driving with people using just one monitor and quick looks left and right on the keys.

I wonder if there are people who drive from the external view behind the car, surely not. Or am I just over reacting and its not such a big deal to drive cleanly with just the one view and checking left and right and the mirrors.

Aoun, i'm totally with you here. I also find there are some drivers with high ranking licenses that are just plain rude and unfriendly. Some mind you, nearly all of the high ranked drivers i've met on servers are very friendly and mature.

Oddly I also find BnJ to be the worst for insults, I actually had one guy threaten to kill me if I made contact with his car again... what part of bump and jump doesn't he understand?

I used to get into arguements now I just realise what a waste of energy it is. However I do get frustrated when someone knocks you out or causes an incident without a single response, no recognition, nothing. Even worse when they have a lot of points and therefore understand the CTRA system. Yet these days a simple report is filed which removes my frustration because I can let someone else decide how to communicate to that driver.

I'd love to have a look at iRacing, but I just don't have time these days. With a new born son and the travel in my work, even getting on CTRA is hard work.

Yes yes, tell tell...!

Another late coming joining the party!

I say we remove the driving line as well from future versions of LFS and replace the depress of the "4" key with a link to Disney.com

Quote from SamH :

Meh!

Just keeping you on ya toes! See how diligent I am! Imagine what amazing feedback and help you would get from me if I could assist with testing of the X2 system.... ooooooooh how rude of me, but YES! Go on... lemme have a play and i'll be a good little beta tester....

DSN missing on new server...

Under License Statistics...

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005'
[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified
/inc/functions.asp, line 175

Ah ha, very good sir... i'll go take a poo then instead...

All CTRA servers have just gone offline...!

Edited to add: Ahhh and so has the www.raceauthority.com website, so i'm sure this is a known outage...

Following on from the "How many monitors do you use?" poll. I'm curious how people are able to see how close they are to other cars when racing.

I've been using TrackIR (www.trackir.com) for ages and find it very useful to quickly check the sides of the car when racing. Most useful it is in turn one when people tend to dive on my inside I can try and move to keep it clean.

So from a previous poll, 90%+ of people use one monitor, so I was wondering what the popular method of driving is?

Quote from SamH :

All I know about Jak's system is here: http://jakg.ukct.net/rig.gif

OMG you haxored his computer! You 0wn!

(Please excuse ones self if the above was not, "l33t" enough, i'm far removed from the world of the script kiddy.)

srdsprinter, you voted for "More", how many monitors you use?

Curious how many monitors people use when racing in LFS.

Quote from niels1 :

gongrats

Coming from you, excellent. I am mucho satisfied...

Quote from SamH :

Is this an issue of samantics?

Words, words, words... how about some action? Think there is any chance a reward might be in place for me when my Gold license comes in a few weeks?

Quote from SamH :

Niels, I couldn't agree more! The points in CTRA are just a road you travel. What makes it fun are the people you meet and race with on the way

As one famous person once said...

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“Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started”

And also...

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“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.”

But then someone else also said...

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“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”

Damn... so maybe the CTRA needs a religious section? Does that mean Sam would be God?

Quote from niels1 :

So forget you award for getting a higher license just focus on having fun m8. Thats it. Nothing more nothing less.

I think we are missing the point a little here and getting over zealous with the "in the good ole days we didn't care for points! We are just here for fun alone!" responses

Quote from niels1 :

The one thing I have learned from progressing in license is the skill in driving. Not the price, award or whatever you call it. And in the end I did pay the price big time. I lost all interest in LFS bcus it was getting to serious.

Of course! And the skills learned as you progress allow you access to different servers which requires certain skills. I wonder, if everyone was suddenly stripped of their points and all the servers opened up, would there be complaints? The fun surely would be affected

If the CTRA is soley for run and pick up games then why have licenses? Sure, being a points whore can feel like it gets a bit too serious when people are driving on a server on their own soley to gain a license increase. But the stages in license exist and therefore there is nothing wrong with having fun AND making progress in the system

My initial post isn't a moan, complaint or a winge, I was simply wondering if the stage of Gold license had any advantages because a quick look through the website didn't reveal any.


So anyway, I don't think there is anything at all wrong with a feeling of satisfaction in gaining a license stage. It's a milestone which says... "Well done mate, you worked hard for that and here's a little chocolate bar as a reward."

I just couldn't see where the gold chocolate bars were. I haven't even MADE gold license yet! I was just curious...

Quote from Toddshooter :

When you speak and write a second language as well as Niels does, then you can start to correct his punctuation.
If you want to correct someones correct mine, it's horrible.

Sorry, didn't mean to be rude, it's a bad habit of mine

Quote from Dru :

before your time in LFS

You mean before my time in CTRA, i've been racing LFS since March 2003

Quote from niels1 :

Well, you can read down below the real purpose for a gold license. I didn't and still don't care about the career move within CTRA and unlocking another car. I found it rather impressive to get to a gold license. It is the achievement that counts not the reward. I think.

I'm not obsessed by the license progress, but it exists for a reason and when you get another stage in the license process, some little reward is nice. Also I have actually improved a HUGE amount going from Silver to (nearly) Gold. So I would argue that maybe the GT2 cars are not worthy until Gold status? I'm sure that would upset a huge amount of people though, actually, me included

p.s. I also corrected your grammar and spelling mistakes...

Quote from SamH :

I'd be quite happy to re-lock the LRF and make it Gold+ again. I'm not really interested in hearing from the collective that demanded it were opened for Silver though. Been there, done that.

+1 from me

I'm on my way to getting my gold license and was thinking what new things I could do when I get it. However reviewing the servers and license requirements, it seems that getting Gold doesn't open any more features or racing in CTRA. Am I missing something? Or is Gold just another milestone and Platinum being the next license which would then allow me to race GT cars on Race 3?

Quote from RMachucaA :

what good is a 10000000 HP engine if you cant setup the car to deliver proper grip to use it? hence drifting became an excuse for that :P.

Oh man, I gotta pick you up on that.

I've competed in real drift championships for a few years and I can tell you now that drifters know a heck of a lot about suspension setup, infact more so than engine tuning. Ask any mature/professional drifter and he'll know by heart the geometery of his car and what tyre pressure's he'll use for different track conditions.

With respects to the power reference, yes a lot of drift cars have large power outputs. But when you are trying to unstick a set of 285 tyres at 120mph in an instant, it helps to have some power on tap. A drift engine actually isn't just about power, it's about delivery. A big turbo engine which shoves 800hp in a very short powerband, with huge lag and poor balance is not the goal. Most drift engine's i've seen built have been a good balance of power, response and reliability.

I should also add my comments on topic

I think something which balances fuel and engine is a good idea. I like the idea of a boost button which can be used, this made for some amazing races in F1 with people trying to figure out fuel versus use of boost. Or even having a selection of two engines, one with better low down torque and one with better top end hp, this could be implemented in a way which would allow a car like the FBM to be balanced for different types of circuit based on engine selection.

Last edited by yeager, Fri, 23 May 2008 03:12.

A new team has recently been created in LFS World and i've been made a member. I want to reflect this in the CTRA system however when I look through the drop down list of teams in CTRA our new team is not listed. The team has been in LFS World for at least 2/3 days now, any idea how often these teams are migrated over?

I'm working on getting to Int A, the problem is the FJR/F08. I just can't stand racing this car with the bugs in shifting. So this makes it all the harder to get to the BF1. I'm only racing FJR/F08 to get to BF1.