Yeah, Yeah... The man in me is forking out the dough for a new roof. The kid in me wants the new wheel. For some reason she (wife) thinks a new roof is more important than "some computer game." As much as I hate to admit it, I think she's right... this time. LOL

Go figure. I upgraded to S2 last week... awesome. Last night, however, my MOMO died... Ugh! Guess I'll be spending time on the lake until I get it replaced. Luckily, it's still under warranty.

Hummm, wonder if I could convicnce my wife that I need a new one and still send this one off for replacement. Then I would have two. Or better yet, I could tell her I need a new G25 and still get this one replaced. LOL!!! Nah, I doubt she would fall for any of it. Only thing she picked up on was, "didn't you just buy that program." Sure would be fun though.

See you when my car's outta the shop. ;-)

I haven't had great exceptionally exciting loses, but I'll throw out a bad start.

I had been running the MRT-5 for about two days and had them ingrained into my brain. Joined a race using the XR-GT, in the line up, light turns green...

Um... have you driven the MRT-5? I assume it's this way for everyone and not just my controls... you have to down shift to get it started.

Know what happens when you're in a XR-GT in Neutral and down shift and hit the gas? :banghead:

Yes, my most embarrassing moment yet.

Alright, let the laughter and noob talk start.

Just wanted to post another quick follow-up. I've been on CRTA a couple of times in the last couple of days and things have been much better. Even the rhetoric between the drivers have been much better. Between that and this thread, I'm thinking I'll move up to S2 a little sooner and looking forward to it.

See you all on the raceway.

Thanks all. I'm feeling better about it with each reply. Today I've steered clear of the CTRA servers and again found more good and helpful racers than the alternative. Had much fun again. So, I think you hit the nail on the head when you said I really need to get some more experience before getting on CTRA.

BTW, I came up with StraightLine because I can go fast straight, but those dang corners slow me down. ;-)

Rubber side down and see you around.

Hello All,
I don't want to cause any flames or ill will this early in my LFS career, but I have something I just have to ask.

I found LFS and have been playing the demo for a couple of months now and even running a demo server off and on. I've been spreading the word to my friends at how great of a simulator it it and just how much fun it is. I've met many people who are willing to help noobs (like myself) with tips, instructions, and even some sets. Of course I've also met some that are... um... not as nice. This is all on the demo servers.

I expected the anything goes attitude from the demo hosts largely from the big disclaimer that comes up when you try to join one.

On Friday I bought the S1 license (with plans to get S2 a little later). I had high hopes for some really competitive and fun races. Between then and now I have enjoyed the racing not nearly as much and actually become very frustrated with it. The only S1 servers I have seen running, with drivers, are the CRTA servers. Maybe I'm just way out of my league... okay, I'm definanly out of my leage on those servers, but I am amazed and shocked at how unsportsmanlike "most" of the people I've met on there actually are. I will in all honest say I've seen better (not meaning faster) racers in the demo hosts.

The CRTA servers have this long list of rules dealing with code of conduct and it sounds great to me; I'm all for it. What I found on the track was much less than I was lead to belive it was.

For one single example, yes, I still get blue flags as I'm driving the stock cars on there and are getting dusted. When I get a blue flag, I do everything possible to make it easy for them to pass me including not switching lanes out of the true line, slowing down or maintaining a slower speed depending on the situation, all the way to getting off the dang road. Still, I have had more people literally drive me off the road as the pass or lay on the horn the entire pass.

I admit I'm out of my league and need more practice and a better set to go along with it, but after all my ramblings here's the questions. Do the friendly racers who abide by the rules outnumber the others and I'm just getting onto the wrong servers or was my impression of the LFS world just wrong?

I'm hoping I just picked bad days to get on those servers. Yes, I realize I may just be looking at it bad because I need more practice (and set) to race against those guys from a skill point of view, but just the whole code of conduct seems to be a bunch of hot air based on my initial impression. I hope I just picked bad times to be on those servers.

Any words of encouragement out there?

Sincerly,
Michael

Awesome. Thanks so much.

Hello All,
This has to be in the manual or forum somewhere but I haven't found it after a lot of looking and searching. If it's been a repeat question I do appoligize.

What is the meaning of all the various flags in the connection list when you are running a dedicated server?

Kick and ban are self explanitory and found in the manual, but what about the T, M, W, and I think I've seen some Ks or something similar.

Thanks in advance,
Straightline