Quote from eimer_ :

see, this is where we can start placing bets on who is gonna win

to put a time limit on the event, you could make it a 2 hours race maybe. and juts say that the winner doesnt need to cross the finish line after those 2 hours, we will just check who got most laps.

Just wanted to point out that a time limit won't work... whoever drives the fastest will have the most laps, regardless of fuel consumption. That's assuming the time limit is less then the time it takes to use all your fuel, and if not, then the time limit would be pointless.

Quote from J@tko :

If you vote restart it bypasses the system

Which is a good thing... if enough people want to continue racing the same track, they should be able to.

I ran into this on CTRA 2 over the weekend, but there they were Shift-X'ing all the long tracks. Either way, it is very annoying.

Quote from chavm481 :

i'd atleast like progress reports...

And I'd like a new Macbook Pro... who cares?

This is just my understanding based on what Scawen has said so far, but I take it that the Scirocco IS finished, that is, ready for release.

What's holding things up is that some graphics changes introduced unexpected bugs that still have to be fixed. The reason (again, just my opinion) that the Scirocco hasn't been included in the test patches is that it doesn't need further testing and Scawen doesn't want to release it until the official patch is ready.

just noticed a few misspellings on the page you linked to

I before E except after C... and except in "weird"

I understand that English isn't your first language, but nowhere in what you wrote to doof did I see anything remotely resembling an apology for deliberately and blatantly wrecking another driver out of the race.

I'd love to join in with the big grids on UFbR, but my POS PC gives horrible FPS at the starts, such that I can only race with about a max of 10 people on the start. I do fine after the first couple of turns, but when there's much more then 10 those first turns are so bad I sometimes can't control the car at all, much less keep race pace.
And since I'm usually starting right around the middle of the field, that's a sure recipe for disaster.

The cool thing about the 15 minute races is, a guy might pull ahead of you by a second a lap for the first five minutes, then you run even for the next 5, then you reel him in a second lap for the next 5 minutes.
In other words, just because you can't see the guy doesn't mean you're not racing him.

Mine was doing the same thing as J@tko's, fixed now on my end, too. Now if you could fix my PB list by getting all the red numbers out, so that it looks more like his, too.

There was some really nice racing in the TBOs yesterday. I even had fun at the hated FE Green!

Quote from z-ro 8 :

keep in mind that just because some1 has collected enough points to have a silver license, it doesn't mean they are ready for race2.
i have silver, and i get spanked in race1 all the time.
hate to admit it, but that's the way it is.....

That doesn't mean you can't compete in Race 2 or 3, either. I usually get spanked in Race 1 too, or I did when I last raced there (it's been a while). I'm hardly ever among the leaders on 2 or 3, but I can compete there and usually have people I can race with.

Well, to my mind, the long GP tracks are what Race 3 is all about. Most of the tracks you seem to despise are my favorites in LFS, though (Kyoto GP, all the Aston GP configs as well as Aston North, Westhill). OTOH, if you've only driven them in the GFRs I can well understand how you might feel that way.

Quote from RS1T :

that is why this forum disgusts me...simple

if you dont like my opinions dont read my posts...it is as simple as that. I just feel it is wrong for the devs to get everyones hopes up and then crush them in an instant. If you are not 100% sure the car will work with no probs, then dont mention its release until you are

You'd prefer that they rush your hopes slowly?

Quote from MiniVan :

I wanna make designs and stuff and want to be able to mirror it onto the other side without it looking like crap anyone know how and what I should use to skin on and how?

The GIMP has a very nice Rotate tool.

Quote from Electric Eye :

Ehm.. kinda "testing to the max" the roll over was SO MEANT TO HAPPEN! - ok that's the excuse now picture:

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6691/lfsbug2hz9.jpg

shouldn't you have some kind of shadows, for those ... metal bars or whatever you would call em that link the wheels to the body?

Control arms and tie rods.

Quote from SamH :

I'm suffering the same lack of information and comparitive data as everyone else at the moment, so it's just a case of waiting to see. The VWS may not appear instantly on the CTRA server suite, since quite a few simultaneous changes are required, to the X-System and website. The LFS servers will also need upgrading.

I coded an additional class into the X-System last night, but when I compiled the new one, it compiled first time. Obviously that can't be right.. I always make a typo or something.. so I'll figure out what the error is this weekend..

I'd like to make the VWS a Bronze+ licenced car, since its power output sits in the window between the XFG/XRG and the TBO - Copper and Silver. Nobody is making any indication that it's suited to TBO, and it's clearly far more powerful than the cars in Race 1. I'm reluctant to launch a new server, but even if it's temporary while the novelty wears off, I think a "Race VWS" server will be necessary.

Bringing Bronze drivers in to Race 2 is not an option.. Race 2 needs its Silver+ standards and experience protected.

So.. that's where I'm at, at the moment

That sounds like the best approach in the beginning Sam. You can always change it up if a more obvious niche becomes apparent. And I like the idea of another Bronze server. At least in the short term, there should be plenty of demand to justify it.

I still think it would be nice if the VWS could fit in with the TBOs, but there's just no way of knowing yet if that's possible.

Well, it might fit with the TBOs. At any rate, I hope CTRA will have a server for it when it's released. I already have my skin with the CTRA logo on the side ready.

That can of worms was opened and then buried long ago.

I thought restarts were disabled during the race on CTRA. Or at least they used to be.

Yep, that's the policy they decided on after giving some consideration to adding rules against post-race wrecking. I don't entirely agree with it, but I do understand the reasoning.

lol, I think pete's quite familiar with the SS servers.

Quote from e2mustang :

Even if your watching your speedo is way too fast for road cars. i usually drive xrt and its faster than my e36 m3 so if we are goint to make this game that so realisitic(coz wer doing it!) these things have to be fixed also right?

edit: also the speedfeel is not right for me.

Well, I'm sure with that data the devs should be able to get it perfect now.

Could you post the Report ID#?