Odd, i'm sure FOX Sports broadcast a few races over here in the US in HD last year. Speed TV was in standard.

Quote from hazaky :

Where?!

Away from the bright light dummy!

I almost think Brand's resignation was one he was happy to make. He's probably bored of a regular radio show with his new fame in the US. This really isn't news, a lot of nonsense over some pretty light comments. Brand's a smart man, he has plenty of other work to be getting on with and it wouldn't surprise me if he ends up on another station or Satellite radio... hmm Russel with Howard Stern!

I usually record the races from http://www.grand-am.com/rolex/ and today realized that the fella from Grays Anatomy, Patrick Dempsey, drives an MX8. Good lad

The GT racing is awesome and I love the Daytona Prototypes, hopefully LFS will get something like those cars in the next release.

Quote from RS1T :

I dont know why everyone is getting so worked up about the drugs thing...it is completely harmless. The only this it could possibly result in is a ten year old kid asking his mum, What is valium??? It has nothing to do with drugs, apart from the names. You buy them at a certain price, which constantly varies, so you have to use your Brain to work out when is a good time to buy and sell. It is just like a minature version of the stock market just with the items named as drugs to make the server seem more fun, and ppl saying 'ohh what kind of sad person would play because of the drugs' just piss me off. The drug thing is just a disguise to make simple stock market techniques appear more interesting, as economics is as boring as shit tbh. And anyway this topic has gone off topic completely from some guy who was just wondering if another demo server could be opened up. People like the LC server because it lives up to its name - ITS LIBERAL. It is more fun than the TC server because you dont loose 100 euros per second if you go 10mph over the speed limit, they allow you to use more fun cars like the MRT and FBM, and you dont get banned for making the slightest mistake. So please i beg all of you idiots, STOP posting things about 'ohh why would anyone want to play on LC' its just a waste of your post, it is not constructive and does not help anybody

idiot...

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.

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 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.

Quote from mcgas001 :

I know, I know. Im just teasing.

And stalking by the look of things

I'm glad I can filter out "cruise" servers from my lists so I don't have to worry about it. I can't imagine a worse use of LFS than a "cruise" server... I cringe everytime I think about it...

My gosh drifter92, sit back and read this thread in its entirety, you should be able to see why people are responding in the way they are.

I've been grip racing since I was 20 and drifting since I was about 26, and i'm now 32. I've competed in championships and had some pretty good experience on all sorts of surfaces. I have to say by far that the high speeds of tracks like Silverstone and Snetterton are the best tracks i've ever drifted... and they sure were not built for drifting, ask Sterling Moss

Here is a quick video which I edited from a DVD. I'm driving the pink Nissan. It's at Snetterton in the UK, that top bend was a 110mph, 4th gear, hand brake yank and pray drift... loved it.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1195369569770518069

And this is a practice session at Silverstone on one of their big flat tarmac areas.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6475997310120561538

Both of these could easily be recreated in LFS. LFS has some awesome tracks for high speed drifts, there are some areas with decent 3rd gear transitions as well.

drifter92, go spend more time practicing than posting, you'll feel life is much more rewarding.

Last edited by yeager, Wed 5 Mar 2008, 04:37.

Read the bottom of this article for a good description on double declutching.

http://www.hiperformancestore.com/guiboDSclutch.htm

Quote from pearcy_2k7 :

A wheel barrow would have it in the corners though eh!

I saw a mustang today entering i280 (highway near San Francisco) and he booted it around the curved on ramp and boy that thing lumped about like a boat on the high seas. I was half expecting him to erect a mast and throw a sail to the wind in the hope of getting some mid corner stability.

I'm in... with Track IR I can't tell the difference between LFS and real life!!

Oh yes... actually in real life people are not as rude when you ram them off the road