This is what happens when you ram into a line of AI cars with the BF1 and get that nice scooping effect.

This thread is really quite a coincidence. I say this because as I was AutoX'ing with the LX this week, I found myself doing exactly this technique subconsciously! I didn't know professional drivers did it too. And it really did help make fine movements such as going through the slaloms! Very cool.

Thread title should have been: Jak off!

Quote from e2mustang :

I have bilstein pss9 on my m3,it drops -1.0,-1.75 and its not that very expensive,~1500 $
here is a pic(found only this 1) : http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2928/picture120bl4.jpg i can go even more lower but its already too low
I love it

That's pretty much slammed! Looks nice.

Quote from JTbo :

First phase, learn and understand this:
http://e46m3performance.com/tech/transfer/index.htm

I already knew this. Thanks folks!

Quote from Slopi :

A .75 - 1.5 inch drop is more than it seems, especially when it's dealing with your suspension. Either way, just be careful. Some mistakes you can't take back

I hear you. There's also a BMW forum I frequent, and someone on it has the race springs installed with the OEM shocks with (apparently) no problem.

Thanks for the info, all of you. I did some reading, and the springs I have my eye on don't slam your ride. They have a sport version (slightly lower) and a race version (slammed, which they specifically recommend getting new shocks for). I'm looking at the sports, and you'll maybe get somehwere around a .75 inch drop. I'm thinking this should be alright with stock shocks

Just a quick question for you gearheads. I am thinking of putting some shorter "sport" shocks on my BMW 323i. I don't have a sporty shock system, so I was wondering if there are any dangerous effects of using sport springs with the softer, stock shocks. Thanks!

Quote from Count Duckula :

Hi All,

I've been racing single & multi AS-Nat, BF1 and my best time is 1:29:something but the top guys there clock 1:24:something. - I even asked one of them for his car setup which he gave me yet I was worse. For the life of me some corners I can't leave the breaking any later and the moment I give a pinch more gas comming out the corner I end up spinning - I'm on the raggard edge so how do they do it? BTW the top hot lap is 1:21:something - what am I missing??

You are most likely missing practice and a bit of natural skill. I say natural skill because, no matter how much most of us practice, we still probably will never be able to touch the WRs.

Quote from XCNuse :

..Who reads the newspaper online :S

I'm pretty sure it's a reprint of what they have in the actual paper. I also recall seeing a section like this a long time ago when I read papers more frequently (I never read them anymore).

Quote from Zipppy :

Could it be that the computer has to handle a plate without dropping it?

No, it adds a handle to the plates so that they won't be dropped at all!

Quote from XCNuse :

Guess I've just never come across a newspaper that ever talks about games. The AJC (Atlanta Journal Constitution) just ..is I guess what you'd call an ordinary newspaper.

The AJC does review games...

Here's some proof: http://www.ajc.com/search/cont ... 7/06/09/sbegames0609a.html

Being random, I decided to save this replay and show it to everyone. It's just one lap of the oval, so take a look. Maybe you'll laugh a bit.

Yeah, who cares about silly things such as different wheels that actually look realistic? In fact, let's just ask the developers to go back to early S1 style graphics, since looks don't matter at all anyway and definitely don't add to overall enjoyment...right?

Last edited by TaiFong, Wed, 30 May 2007 20:08.

Quote from GeForz :

That's already the case TaiFong.
Online = DNF
Offline = +1 minute

Is that so? Well good show then.

Great updates with U15! I love the new restricted areas feature in autoX. It's sure to keep everyone honest. However, I have a request. Instead of adding a minute onto the time after entering a restricted zone, would it be possible to simply DNF (did not finish) the driver at the end of the run? Going into a restricted zone means leaving the proper course, and autocrosses make use of the DNF for that reason, so I think it makes sense.

Last edited by TaiFong, Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:28.

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

But it'd be worth it to Visit Canada, which is Americans sane brother anyway.

Haha...don't remind me of our government and a lot of our people, please. I have to deal with them on a daily basis.

Quote from Bob Smith :

Ahhh, you tube, sodding shitting streaming flash video. Even when I copy the file out of my internet cache it won't play, must of locked it somewhere. Give me a damn downloadable avi!

(from what I saw, looked like it was going to be good)

Unfortunately, it was converted to digital in Windows Movie Maker, so it's only in .wmv, and I haven't found a way to convert it. However, here is an external link:

http://www.randminc.com/TF/TFFWeb.WMV

Last edited by TaiFong, Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:19.

Quote from MAGGOT :

Well, I'd think Canada would be better suited to a road trip.. heh, or maybe Russia.

Yeah, you're right, but I think the US has more...life...along the way. Maybe not with the route that showed up with Google maps, but if you travel from Florida, through the southern states, up through California with your final destination in Seattle, you'd have a lot of places to go to/stay/see along the way. Plus that would be a longer trip as well! Hehe

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

Why stop there? Keep going to Alaska

I would, but you'd have to leave the US for that and it wouldn't count as an in-country trip!

I think the US is more suited to super-long road trips. Take this one for example:

http://maps.google.com/maps?sa ... mp;spn=32.67146,53.261719


It actually takes about a minute calculate the drive and navigation is super slow as it updates the route.

Last edited by TaiFong, Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:22.

As much as I love driving, my biggest hobby is kung fu, so I wanted to share with you guys a movie we made...

Some of the members of my kung fu school and I made a short film about 4 years ago, in 2002. We shot it in one day, and it was basically a project for two guys who were into filmmaking and also happened to be students at the school (they are not in the film). It's been on VHS for all these years until a few days ago when I picked up a video grabber that converts analog to digital. So I finally got the movie digitized and uploaded on youtube.com. Anyway, take a look and enjoy.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3SpJHpBJum8

Quote from Matrixi :

So, which engine do you consider to be THE masterpiece of them all in the looks department? My vote goes for the V8 from the Ferrari 360 Modena.

That's the F430 engine my friend.

My pick? Zonda F:


Huge version:
http://www.seriouswheels.com/p ... gine-Layout-1920x1440.jpg

Last edited by TaiFong, Fri, 9 Jun 2006 03:20.

This is really amazing. Good work! You must release that track builder program you're working on! If you can get it to be clean and user-friendly, it would really streamline AutoX course building. I'm very impressed.

Great work! I feel like I'm driving the 2nd generation, 2006 Gti instead of an older version. The GTi logo on the dash really gives it that fresh, new gen feeling.