Quote from Gutholz :

that might work for some software, for example photo editing or audio players.
But for a game, I am not sure...

LFS is terminally in beta. This philosophy is what happens with a vast number of beta releases.

Quote from arco :

Release early. Release often. And listen to your customers.

Surely sarcasm isn't just reserved for the British?

Ehm, well your gear stick is on the wrong side, and it appears that you stole your seat from an old School bus, but apart from that, looking good!

I pretty much left LFS and went to iRacing for this exact reason. I wasn't particularly happy about paying per circuit / vehicle, but I was much more bothered about being able to have clean racing fun, so it was my only real choice.

Quote from pik_d :

iRacing isn't as approachable (the cost drives many away) and from what I hear has cleaner racing. Then of course it has a built in safety rating.

Indeed, it is cleaner racing. I don't think it's just the SR or MPR that make the biggest difference though - I think part of the reason there is less wreckers in iRacing is because wreckers don't want to pay money to drive like a dickhead.

How can LFS make wrecking less appealing to people who can't control their anger to steering wheel ratio?

Quote from GianniC :

Vettel's issue was an electric problem in the engine, but the unit itself is not damaged. So Renault failed Vettel, not the exhaust.

Vettel's issue was a failed spark plug, so it wasn't Renault's fault at all.

Quote from Bean0 :

Source plz

Just FYI, this was all media speculation. There were some photos going around of a small diffuser on the back of the Macca at Bahrain, and everyone jumped on it, speculating that while Charlie Whiting was inspecting the shark fin, he took a look at the diffuser and declared parts of it illegal.

Of course, it's complete rubbish. The photos are of a semi-built diffuser, on a semi-built car. There's new photos doing the rounds, of the complete kit on the car in a garage, somewhere in the desert

Macca diffuser: http://twitpic.com/110stq
Macca oil cooler: http://twitpic.com/110tr2

Liking the oil cooler idea. This might be one of the things that Whitmarsh was eluding to the other day, when he said "we've got some things I've not seen on an F1 car before".

CCCCCCOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMEEEEEE OOOOOOOONNNNN YYYYYYOOOOUUUUUUUUU ... erm ... shiny .. silver .. and ... redys / orangeys?

Earlier on in the day, I was reading that Massa is doing a long stint, and running 1m14s. Rosberg is currently doing long stints, and running 1:16s. I can only compare this data. It's hardly like I'm arbitrarily plucking stats out of the air either, it's a best educated guess given all the facts and figures that are thrown at me.

And in that, it's not that different to watching practice sessions on Friday / Saturday of a normal race day - no, it doesn't give you the whole picture, but it does give you an indication of who is running fast on the track at the time. It's not like I've sat here and claimed that someone is going to win all the Grands Prix of the season

Sure, I'm being defensive, and it's hard not to be automatically defensive on these forums sometimes :P

I think we both know that's not the case Unless that sneaky Brazilian has hidden a turbo or two onto his horse.

Sure, there are a lot of unknowns, but it's the same set of unknowns for all the teams.

Edit: isn't Massa's best time today already better than his final showboat time of yesterday?

Quote from samjh :

It's not really that impressive. 20 laps of fuel is only a modest load. This season's cars have fuel tanks with roughly 150 litres of capacity. The average fuel consumption per lap is around 2.5 to 2.7 litres per lap on most tracks. 20 laps of fuel is only around 50 to 52 litres. Since a full tank of fuel is estimated to cost 4 seconds per lap on this track, that means 20 laps of fuel equates to roughly 1.2 to 1.4 seconds of deficit.

But remember, it's early times yet.

Are you looking at different timings to the rest of us then? Explain how your maths works please. You've just said that 20 laps equates to 1.2 to 1.4 seconds, and with that taken into account, and considering that Hamilton is running 0.6 seconds slower, it means that Hamilton's effective fastest lap is 0.6 to 0.8 seconds faster than Massa's current fastest lap. How is that not impressive? According to your maths, that is.

I was starting to get worried, until I read this:

Quote :

Lewis Hamilton is making a very long run.

The McLaren driver read on his pit board that he had twenty laps to do before he can begin his inlap and he already has three behind.

And with the heavy MP4-25 Hamilton also improves his time.

So with a heavy car, he's improving his lap time. Top stuff.

Rubens tells Nico to 'get out ouf there':

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLDE6110OU20100202

Quote from BlueFlame :

Wonder why they are running grooved tires. Makes no sense to me ...

Also, the new narrow front tires look wrong. Horrid.

Or any comments about this:



???

Also, this:

http://www.mercedes-gp.com/newsread.asp?mgp=j%BA%A5%99lTz

No comments yet?

Quote from BlueFlame :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v ... next_from=PL&index=94

This is viral advertising by Williams. Notice that throughout, the rear of the car (i.e. the diffuser) isn't seen. Also, the last scene - they are standing in front of a very open tent - as if nobody knew they were even there. Good attempt though.

Shark fin looks interesting, but tbh I'm not that bothered what it looks like - so long as it goes fast, who cares?

I noticed that Martin Whitmarsh was at the launch, and photos show him looking rather unsettlingly happy when they unveiled their car - does this mean that he's delighted that the Mercedes color scheme is nothing like the new McLaren scheme? Perhaps we could see McLaren return to a Marlboro orange and white scheme? That would be awesome.

Also, noticed in the photos how thin Schumacher is looking. He was never a fatty, but now he's looking VERY thin. Looks like he's got himself into shape in no time!

Quote from el pibe :

so does hamilton

grow up.

good to see some white back on the ferrari.

After driving European cars for years, then owning a Japanese car (MX5), for the first two weeks, I would wipe the windscreen to turn right, and indicate left to wipe the windscreen. Even now - nearly a year on - I sometimes wash the windscreen to flash somebody, and vice versa!

Indicator stalks on the right hand side makes much more sense in a RHD car though, for definite.

Quote from Boris Lozac :

Why do the steering movements look like the video is fast forwarded? Is it? cause i can't tell, it looks unreal to me..

That's what karting is like. It can be pretty brutal on your body sometimes. Which is why F1 drivers claim that it's so good for keeping your reactions and fitness in check.

Quote from BlueFlame :

How is anywhere in Lancashire,Manchester and Bury and Bolton are well known places, how is Bury OR Bolton, Manchester? And if you say Manchester is in Lancashire then you need your head piking because Manchester has it's own police force, therefore, in a different jurisdiction to Lancashire.

Seeing as you're being so anal about boundaries, what with Manchester not being in Lancashire and all, then surely you should know that Manchester City, Bury and Bolton are all in Greater Manchester.

Quote from rich_hobo94 :

On a related note, apparently Toyota is in talks with an "Asian buyer" and if it happens to be a manufacturer, Nissan and Hyundai seem to be the big players right now (speculations as late as 2008 seem to suggest these two), although I see Hyundai being better positioned as they've been recording record profit after record profit for quite some time now... but with all the stuff they've invested into Rhys Millen's Formula Drift and Pikes Peak ventures, I think they've got enough motorsport coverage. Yeah and I also think that it is highly unlikely that either would even be looking into it ATM.

Hyundai being South Korea's largest conglomerate, and South Korea having an F1 Grand Prix in the future, it's not totally implausible.