That would be a bike engine and specialist gearbox then

Quote from Blackout :

It's a new thing. They've made the boxes larger to fit two cars like on all other tracks.

Btw, saw a video from S1 yesterday and I had totally forgotten that the pits where on the other side of the road back then!

Yep, the fact there wasn't any damage on S1, just... freaks me out.

i thought you ment at blackwood, with the laptop

So:
Formula XR (Renault): 190CV and 490kgs -> 387CV/ton
Formula BMW: 140CV and 455kgs -> 307CV/ton

could be a nice competitor at some tracks

yep i meant the laptop computer.

yeah it will be and yes the fox is very similar to a formula renault, therfore on the ctra servers the fox is down as class type 'formula renault'

Quote from ZORER :

yep i meant the laptop computer.

yeah i though you meant the laptop on the desk at blackwood

Quote from Formula BMW UK Championship :

Drive Train



Ultra-lightweight BMW Power

The Formula BMW FB2's powerful four-cylinder engine is taken from the BMW K1200RS motorcycle. Its 140 bhp is enough to accelerate the 550-kilogram car to a top speed of up to 230 km/h, depending on the gear ratios used. There have been some changes compared to the production engine: the exhaust manifold and silencer have been enhanced, a racing catalytic converter fitted and the engine management system modified. An airbox has also been used to create additional dynamic pressure in the inlet duct and thus generate more power.

The engine's performance characteristics mean it operates best at high revs, and the car therefore needs a gearbox capable of handling these. The chosen solution is a Hewland sequential six-speed differential transmission of the kind employed in the more powerful Formula 3 cars. Only a limited number of gear ratios are allowed, chosen for the smoothest possible power delivery on every circuit, while the cardan drive-based engine layout also ensures the best possible frictional connection in the drive train.

The ultra-lightweight engine has horizontal cylinders, making it much flatter than usual for a Formula car. The BMW FB2 therefore enjoys all the advantages of a very low centre of gravity.

The engine is sealed so that it cannot be tuned by the teams; only Schnitzer Motorsport is permitted to carry out engine maintenance. The result is a longer lifetime and lower maintenance costs keeping equality of chances high.

The BMW engine's low weight, high reliability and affordable spare parts make it the ideal choice for a racing car

I hope we get the same gear ratio limitations. It will make a change. Pun slightly intended.

WRT igntion cut:

If it is simply the kind where the spark is cut to all the cylinders, that means the same amount of fuel and air is being added for the duration of shift, which means on the exhaust part of the cycle will dump nice, cool air and fuel straight into a nice hot exhaust manifold...

bruuuuummmmmmmmmmmmm BANG burbleburblepop bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


grin.

Yea, lay off the smarties dude.

Eric's Mitsubishi 3000GT in some shots (in one shot pictured in what may have been a drag race line-up with Scawen's M3).

So is the engine a flat 4, or a horizontally mounted inline 4?

Anyone thinks there will be any updates to the collision model between cars? ...thats really the single one thing I would love to see changed/improved/updated in LFS.

Excited about all these updates ...thanks Scavier!

Inline 4. Not that many bikes have flat 4's, and the K1200 is one of a few BMW bikes to have an inline 4, they're usually 2 cylinder Boxer's.

Quote from Bob Smith :

So is the engine a flat 4, or a horizontally mounted inline 4?

Inline, or that is what wiki says.

edit. More about the K series engine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_motorcycles#K_series

also are v quads like a double v-twin

Quote from Blackout :

Btw, saw a video from S1 yesterday and I had totally forgotten that the pits where on the other side of the road back then!

What version? Blackwood you're talking, right? I came to LFS with S1 0.3h, just before S2 demo release and BL pits were in the same area. Pit road was slightly different exiting halfway down the front stretch.

think he means so, ive never played that early of a one

Quote from mrodgers :

What version? Blackwood you're talking, right? I came to LFS with S1 0.3h, just before S2 demo release and BL pits were in the same area. Pit road was slightly different exiting halfway down the front stretch.

No, I mean in South city, which the video was mostly about. But you probably didn't see it in S1 or did you?

It was on the right side of the track on All of the layouts except Sprint 1, Sprint 2 and... Maybe Classic, not like the Pitlane was NEEDED in those days.

Quote from Blackout :

No, I mean in South city, which the video was mostly about. But you probably didn't see it in S1 or did you?

S1 demo only. Decided I needed to purchase the license the first night the S2 demo was released.

Quote from BlueFlame :

Yea, lay off the smarties dude.

Havn't you heard? they've taken out all the crazy colourings!

Quote from z3r0c00l :

Havn't you heard? they've taken out all the crazy colourings!

Thats what they want you to think

He doesn't THINK, he BELIEVES! :jedi: