RaceSIM.co.uk & servers.racesim.co.uk (as mentioned above) have now closed. Thanks however for the interest.

Quote from vicbel :

Great to see some options for LFS Servers. However I tried to access the iste and I get a server not found error. Is this venture still providing services?

Thanks for the comments, but I must say the venture is no longer providing services to new clients.

Quote from bunder9999 :

i was told racesim closed down, but our server and it's tcadmin panel is still working...

Clients of RaceSIM have been previously contacted and a general announcement was forthcoming when we can confim closure. The server control panel is still online, but will become offline within the next few days as contracts expire. The actual servers will be down by the 22nd of October.

Thanks to all for your support throughout this venture.

Really still looking forward to this Darktimes.. keep it up

Just a small update today.

SSL certification has been installed and is now operational as expected. The installation of this did cause a small outage in the billing system while everything was correctly configured, but everything is now back online as expected, and your security is protected.

Thank you for your patience.

Thanks for the comments and concern shown. SSL certification is being sorted as we speak, but that was for me impossible without an internet connection for the last four days.

The offending padlock is actually just what is included default with the billing system RaceSIM Servers chose to use. There was no attempt to include something which we didnt have or no attempt to do anything negative to the LFS Community.

The same standard offending line can be seen on the billing systems of many other organisations also without SSL cirtifcation.

Regardless, RaceSIM clients should not that this situation is now in the process of being resolved, and if there are any concerns, then they should be communicated to RaceSIM via the appropriate channels.

I am now back online, and hope to catch up with your tickets shortly. Thanks for your patience.

Its not a terrible Idea, but it has been tried before. To do it, it would require a lot of work and commitment from whoever ran it, it would not be something to lightly step into.

Still looking forward to it! - May spark my LFS interest again.

Sorry if I've missed it, this arrow on leaving the pits.. is it/will it be optional with a /command or an option within options etc?

Its not a big issue, but its not exactly difficult to discover if you are leaving the pits in the correct direction or not.

Thanks!

....which has now ended im sorry to say. The late running time was to fit in and make our events more accessable for our international team members.

However, in the future you can expect to see a more european timeslot

Whats with this latest trend of dragging up the oldest threads possible.. are people really that bored?

...make one up.. (in support of GreyBull [CHA]'s) NON-stupid post..

5 hours of administration work a day.. sorry, but.. doing what? - My team know I do a lot for them, but its more like 5 minutes a day these days. The team runs itself.

On the other hand, if the members of the team flat refuse to do anything to help, then closure is probably the best thing to do. If my team mates flat refused to help, It'd make me not arsed to try too.

Best of luck in the future.

Best of Luck Dan & Co.

Quote from s1nn0n :

Well, cant believe the prices on this one! We are now running a 40 Slot server for a tenner! Just though id share this for anyone after a server at the mo.

I took that as meaning "They have rented a 40 slot server for a tenner" - and was sharing that information with our community .

The opening poster claims to be sharing a source with us, he doesnt claim to have anything to do with the actual website..

Also, while its bad practice to say "cheapest in the UK", at the time it was written, who's to know if it was correct or not?

Just sharing my thoughts.

What are you offering a potential host in exchange for hosting this server? Basically, why should you get a free server when others pay?

Not a stab, not taking the piss, not joking, just a question..

Thanks for the offer deko, I had a little fiddle earlier, and it does look impressive. When I have more time free, I may take you up on that.

Cheers.

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out in private testing, but personally, I wouldnt be using it anyway .

A possible suggestion for the iTCC future tho.

Quote from hyntty :

Ahem... the EGT_RA worked nicely

No idea what that is, but good for them

Quote from hyntty :

Oh, I don't know why no-one's thought about it but there are gridsorting applications. Isn't there even one creator of such racing with us? That could help.

Just to correct.. It HAS been thought about and several applications HAVE been made, however, personally, the single time I used either of them, I've failed to see them work as expected. - Thats probably more my own user error than any of the programming, as I know the quality of the work these clever guys put into these applications.

However, to answer quite simply.. It is my personal preference NOT to use such applications to sort the grid. I prefer a manual method, and if such a way takes longer than others, so be it. I will feel more confident sorting grids manually, always have, most cirtainly always will.

Last edited by mkinnov8, Tue 17 Mar 2009, 10:02. Reason : thick fingers ;)

A short note from me..

This was the 2nd ITCC race where I was asked at short notice to stand in as Race Director for ICON Darren whom again failed to make it. I did my best, this time learning from my own mistakes at round 2, and frankly, most of it went simmingly, which is far more than can be said for the shameful driving of some drivers this evening. Most drivers kept thier cool and got on with thier races, but some lost thier dummy and threw it at those around them.

I'd like you to note for a moment that I am only human, I will and do make mistakes, I am not a robot, and basically, when I ask for "NO CHAT" I really do expect there to be no answer to that. I may have working processes that you disagree with, like for example ending the session to start a new one, to reform the grid, or to change other settings as instructed or suggested by the race control team.

Quote from J@tko :

Although I have to say, would RC please type numbers instead of finding people in a 40+ long connection list

I quite honestly didnt think of doing it that way.. If I should be called on again to run these sessions, then that way would cirtainly be easier for me, with all the usernames in the same colour, its hard for (my) eyes to find everyone quickly, as those in my race control team will atest to.

Quote from J@tko :

AND FFS HOW CAN YOU NOT UNDERSTAND NO CHAT?

Exactly, I dont understand the problem with this.. Pickard, whom has always made himself known as a childish cock to me, once again shows his worth, representing his team, to both the other drivers on track, and the 60+ audience watching over the broadcast.

Quote from Ricou :

By the way, if I did that - overtaking under SC - it was because I was taken out (probably by Pickard as everyone says but I didnt see) and I didn't know about the "no overtaking under SC even if you get crashed" rule. My bad.

But to say what I think, this rule seems very unfair (and dumb) to me.
Unless there was some other way to be fair without giving me back my position ?

Overtaking under safety car periods IS dumb. The fact that you personally find such a rule dumb is of no consequence, a rule is a rule is a rule, which is a point which many many drivers who enter leagues fail to realise. You dont have to like the rules, just respect them. It's not your job to even question them, expecially within a race server, where your sole job - through choosing to be there - is to drive your car with respect to yourself and others on the track, following whichever dumb rules you agreed to follow by simply entering the series.

Has anyone tested this before posting? If its just an idea, sorry, but its a little silly as it will inspire posts like #10, then you start being held to ransom etc.

Do some testing, research etc, then come back with a working concept before introducing it to drivers.

Just the opinion of an outsider.

Nice to see one of the strongest still going..strong. Congratulations CoRe.

Quote from squidhead :

actually, you should re-read your post and see "why would you record with TV cameras"

and yes, my position still is the same, you are wasting your time, as well as 91mason91, since movies with regular TV cameras never turn out good... and I mean NEVER

Cheers.

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

I think what he means was that the starting order for race 2 was the finishing order for race 1, so there was no need to end and manually re-order.

I appreciate you stepping in to help out, but in the future I think the admins of the series need to better fill you in on how certain procedures work (i.e., SCs for flipped cars, etc). Your reordering of the grid was agonizingly slow--maybe just calling out the car numbers would be quicker next time? I mean for this to be constructive criticism and not an attack, so I hope you read it that way.

The admins of the series filled me in fine dwb. Race Control was talking during the races, I had guidance for every decision made during the races. Apart from the first Safety Car, no other driver stayed on the track long enough for a safety car to be scrambled. Guidance told me that Safety Car's were for cars on thier roof/side/beached etc.

If drivers are supposted to wait and/or signal, none was forthcoming. Not following the first Safety Car. If drivers dont wait, there is no reason to scramble the safety car, and disrupt the racing further.

As for the speed in which I reorganised the grid.. Firstly sourcing the replay/list of qualifying times took half the time. Then drivers thought the'd help by adding themselves where they remembered, which confused me more. In the end I was left with was a list of licence names rather than numbers followed by names, and it was a case of flicking between LFS and other software to make sure people were in the correct order.

31 licence names to usernames later, we got it sorted out. Then of course I had to check it again to make sure there wasnt another cockup.

Dont take this as an excuse, I made a mistake, I know I did, but I found out the problem, took action to correct it, and you had your racing. After reading some of the comments, I thought I'd post to try and shed some light on what happened, and what was being done to sort it out.

Quote from Mp3 Astra :

For races ordered on previous race results, you need to order the grid in order to put in all the cars that didn't finish the race in the correct order. Although, you don't need to wipe the grid to do so.

Agreed, thats a preference.

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

-maybe just calling out the car numbers would be quicker next time?

Hopefully, you guys shouldnt have to put up with me again