Quote from wark :

Little bump: anyone seen the "Watch this video in higher quality." link under new videos? much better than the &fmt=18 difference!

Hooray!

Doesn't seem to work in firefox. And the result is the same as &fmt=6 which should be worse than &fmt=18.

Quote from hyntty :

Did you happen to see his q2 (and practice) runs? Compared to them, the actual pole lap was unbelievably stable and balanced.

Exactly. I think his style of learning is to chuck the car around to see what works and what doesn't and then when it's time to get serious he keeps it all neat and tidy. He wasn't very happy with his lap anyway but I don't understand how you can use the fact that he put in a faster, cleaner lap than anyone else against him.

Last edited by J.B., Sat 15 Mar 2008, 17:56.

Here's the pole lap. Sorry for the poor quality, apparently Premiere thinks that if youtube can get away with it then so can they...



http://rapidshare.com/files/99 ... ia_hamilton_pole.avi.html

Nothing spectacular but reasonably clean. Which isn't an easy task with the new regulations. He uses more inside curb than most but the car doesn't seem to mind.

Anyway, great season start. Hamilton FTW! Ferrari FTL!

Loving this. The cars actually look alive now. The more the drivers push the trickier it becomes.

Quote from Intrepid :

The track was quite green and slipy.

The biggest problem was the rears locking from what i could see. Once the track rubbers in, and we get the to the normal circuits it won't be so dramatic.


However good to see no doubt

Yeah, I agree that there will usually be less of this sort of thing. But the difference to having cars with TC will still be quite large in the sense that the corrections in the steering, the movement of the car and the sound of the engine will help us judge how good or bad a driver exited a corner. With TC it was just the same silly noise, no matter what. Although going by yesterdays sessions the corner entry without engine braking control may be the even more significant change.

Electronics don't make a big difference, eh?






Wonder if Lewis' driving style may cause tyre problems over a full GP length.

@gezmoor

Something is not correct.
According to what you tell, a texture of 256x256 will look very small on my screen when being close. What really happens, it gets blown up making it a blurry image.

There is only one possible solution to this problem, higher resolution/bigger textures.

I have a 27 inch monitor, and i do notice blurry textures everytime a car is nearby. 1024x1024 would already be a lot better. But that costs money

It is true, smal monitors need small textures..
But 19 inch?? small for today's standards.

"Pit to car (one way only) radios are very expensive."

Why? anybody who has some experience with electronics can built it himself.
Small legal simple devices area available for about €120. Radio receivers and transmitters of whatever type for short distances are cheap and small.

So why is it expensive for racing?


Datacollection will be more expensive, the software, all the sensors.. I can understand that, but it is not high-tech anymore. The analysis-software however, will be as high-tech as the team budget can afford

Quote from joen :

I saw a nature documentary once about some bird, I can't recall what kind. The bird almost always gave birth to twins. The twins would fight eachother. Once determined which one was the stronger one, the mother would stop feeding the weakest and the stronger one would fight the other one till death followed. The purpose of this would obviously be natural selection. This, ofcourse, is cruel. But it also serves a purpose. So, I'm not trying to say nature can't be cruel, it often is. Nature's ways can also be unclear to us, like in your example. But I believe, a species like humankind knows cruelty to a level other species don't. Not only towards other creatures but amongst themselves too.

The bird I was talking about is the Nazca Booby and it always kills its older sibling without any decision about which is the stronger.

But of course that's all completely different than human cruelty because it apparently has a "purpose". I never know which kind of purpose is meant when this is stated. A purpose in the religious sense i.e. "mother nature says so" or a purpose in the sense that it's beneficiary to the one behaving cruelly?

If it's the former then I don't believe in it (put more elequently than I could here.). If it's the latter then I'm sure many ways can be found in which the most immoral acts of humans fall into the category of having a "purpose".

mp4 is really only only a container, not a video format (think: box to put you video and audio streams inside). I think solution to your problem is finding out what video and audio formats your phone supports, rather than testing loads of soft, hoping that one of them accidentally creates a file that your phone likes.

Maybe this is a start: http://myforum.lasyk.net/showthread.php?t=19051

Quote from joen :

No other creature gets fun out of torturing.

You mean like cute little cats that playfully fool around with the slowly dying mouse or bird they just ripped open?

Not the same thing, I know. But I don't buy the whole "mother nature knows best, mother nature is beautiful, it's just humans that are evil" argument. Did you know that one of the things that convinced Charles Darwin that other powers than God must be at work in nature was all the messed up and cruel stuff he saw in the wild? Like the Galapagos bird that always kills it's second born for no apparent reason.

Throwing a puppy off a cliff may be messed up but in the big scheme of things I think a civilisation that is still based on building armies to go to war against each other has more serious things to worry about.

Sorry if that came across somewhat heartless, that certainly isn't the case. I'm not saying those guys aren't utter jerks or anything. In fact I didn't even watch the videos because I didn't want to see that kind of cruelty. I'm just saying that being up in arms about the puppy just shows how far removed we are from just how f**** up many places on this earth are.

Hi, can someone make me a skin for a xf gti i would like if possible
Bonnet= SCOTTY 275
Drivers side = 275
Passenger side= SJB services,
Boot= TEAM ALL BLACK
the whole car in BLACK and the the numbers and words in yellow and bubble effect if possible thanks scott

Hi, can someone make me a skin for a xf gti i would like if possible
Bonnet= SCOTTY 275
Drivers side = 275
Passenger side= SJB services,
Boot= TEAM ALL BLACK
the whole car in BLACK and the the numbers and words in yellow if possible thanks scott

Quote from GloryJ :

I haven't read everything but at least one person wants 4096x4096 skins. I think you only need such a high resolution for big render images. I don't really see a difference between 2048x2048 and 4096x4096 ingame

>> 4096x4096 skin file <<

Nice, it doens't fit on my 27 inch montior, have to scroll around.
2048x2048 should be enough for everybody

Nice discussion with some people claiming rather odd behaviour.

Is it too hard to understand what happens is you change gear down to early in mid corner while driving on te limit?
Well the tyres are on the limit, so they can' t handle the extra load from engine braking and car starts to slide.

On full braking, if rear wheels get locked by the engine AND the brakes, you indeed spin out. Its called gear-change error or wrong brake-balance. Changing gear in mid corner on rwd is dangerous, because only the rear-wheels are slowed down, same effect as mildly using the handbrake. But total lock? No unless the car is not moving

F1 Engine' s have adjustable engine-braking, in fact it is in lfs too. The motormanagement makes sure there is just enough fuel burned to counter the engine-brake effect or reduces it exactly as the driver wishes.

One note: my real car can certainly brake better then lousy 1g

Damage - felt/heard - No system gauges irl which report it

Tyre temps - felt, and measured in the pitlane - Hej! these things are not expensive irl, so i think it is not urealistic to have it

Clutch temp - felt (when it's too late usually) Clutch on some cars are made of paper in lfs. But anyway irl getting a tempature reading is possible, but irl not very usefull. Its fine to have it in lfs i think.

Map - memorised weeks if not months in advance - GPS systems? I agree irl no driver ever had such a system to see graphicly how much the competion is ahead or behind. For now it is more a safety system to check for upcoming traffic after a spin or when exiting pits.


ontopic:
engine damage indicator: thats ok: Just as in irl a light that goes on if anything is not within specified parameters. But not more than that.

One other thing, engine is more likely to blow-up/destroyed when over revved. Slow powerloss due overrevving is less likely on racing-engines.

Does anyone know what the safe range for the engine is, where zero damage will be done? Is it the rev limiter or the end of the red range?

Also, are the shift lights on the FBM power based or rpm based?

EDIT: Just checked the second question myself: 1 red light is 8500 rpm, 3 red lights are 9000 rpm, 4 is the limiter (9200ish) and five is about 100 rpm more. The special power based shift light on the rpm overlay doesn't activate. So if you're a proper nerd you need to calculate and memorize the optimum shift points for every gear for the FBM.

Last edited by J.B., Wed 5 Mar 2008, 10:35.

Quote from JeffR :

Regarding you-tube improvment in quality, it seems the main difference is a big increase in the streaming rate (number of bits of data output per second).

Damn. Yesterday I could download all versions of a video using downloadhelper. Now I can only get the low version. But from memory the specs were roughly:

normal:
320x240, Sorensen codec, 350 kbit/s

fmt=6
480x360, Sorensen codec, 900 kbit/s

fmt=18
480x360, AVC/h264 codec, 600 kbit/s

And btw. WMV/VC-1 does support interlacing so if you are reencoding a true 1080i source there is no need to destroy the temporal resolution by using a 30 fps deinterlacer. Motion smoothness FTW.

Quote from CSU1 :

Fact is LFS is a racing simulator, if I where a dev I'd do the same and try to steer my customers (pardon the pun:razz to use the appropriate tools for the job ie. a steering wheel, as it's the only way of driving the sim at its best....I suppose it's kinda like Boeing selling their new craft fitted with an Atari 2600 console and joystick instead of a cockpit....it just does'nt get the job done.

F-16' s, F-22's etc are doing very well with (seriously improved version of atari) joysticks. In fact a joystick and a seperate simple joystick for throttle is the best combination for flying in a airplane.

But for cars it is less suitable

Quote from l3aDb0y :

Yea I knew what you were saying, thats why I said give gamepad its own category. I apologize for forgetting that LFS recognizes axis and wheel users would be able to select this gamepad option of it were implemented.

I know LFS is meant for a wheel, but not everyone can get one so easily. Hopefully the devs figure out a way to do something about gamepad sensitivity problem without affecting wheel users. I exerpimented again with xbcd utility and deadzones for xbox 360 gamepad, got the best results I have ever gotten so far, but it still has a few problems, delayed steering being one of them due to steer smooth. New deadzone and ranges I am trying are working good for steering, but hard to drift smoothly and sticking to a line. Also car has trouble staying straight even with the deadzone due to steer smooth, any less steer smooth and the steering would go back to being super fast.

What are you talking about?? It is perfectly possible to be very fast with gamepad as long as it has dual analogue sticks on it. Any aids would ruin it. I did myself wr times on some trackes with a gamepad.

For the steering senstitivity, take a good look at the options lfs already has to offer.

Dirfting is an art, not racing, since patch Y you can drift even the f08 around with gamepad. And i don' t like drifting, because it slows me down And i am not good at drifting, much better at getting out of a drift.

Also there are different qualitys of gamepades, one of the best are thrustmaster dual powers, but they are no longer produced.
Maybe a gamepad of the xbox 360 is not as good as you might expected or not suitable to be used in a racing simulation.

Quote from tristancliffe :

Are file size and movie length maximums unchanged? Looks good now!

No idea, I don't even have an account, yet.

Quote from Lotesdelere :

Daily Motion is also experimenting HD:

http://www.dailymotion.com/hd/

Flash v9.0.115.0 required.

I hate it when HD labels are slapped on anything that looks slightly better than an average porn site trailer. The video I clicked on at that site was certainly not as good as DVD.

Quote from deggis :

That's is pretty big difference when you do a compare (with the actual video). I wonder does this transformation has anything to do with Stage6 quitting?

Also some time ago Youtube changed it's "recommended uploading settings". Previously it was 320x240, now it's 640x480 (meant for future?).

We recommend the following settings:

* MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format
* 640x480 resolution (* most updated recommendation)
* MP3 audio
* 30 frames per second

and on other page on the FAQ it says:

Our recommended file format is MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid, or SVQ3 rather than h.264) at 640x480 resolution with MP3 audio (64k mono).

Looks like with that new mode it doesn't automatically add letterbox bars if the video has been uploaded in widescreen aspect ratio Hope that gets fixed, nothing is more annoying than watching a video in wrong aspect ratio.

Interesting. I wonder why they don't recommend AVC. Why don't they just tell you the specs to create clips that won't need to be reencoded?

I've been complaining for a long time that youtube uses such a prehistoric codec as Sorensen, causing IMO vomit inducing image quality.

Apparently they have in fact kept the original versions of the uploaded videos on their servers and are currently converting them to the avc/h264 codec. All you have to do to load the new versions is add &fmt=18 to the end of the url when you open a video. Not all videos work and the quality still isn't anything special, but it is at least acceptable now.

Video links and screenshots:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAfQwDizpRo&fmt=18
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0&fmt=18

Gamepad support like dual ps2 controllers are very good with lfs.
Indeed, lfs cannot know what is connected. It just has several axes. Also forcefeedback is indeed usefull on gamepad, but not as good as on steering wheels.

Steering-wheels are more precise, which is a advantage in slower cars. But with formula cars, the ps2-like controllers give the ability to correct slides and spins very, very, very fast making it very equal to good steering wheels.

That' s why i strongly disagree to add driving aids to ps2-like(dual analogue mini sticks with force feedback) controllers. It would make it unfair for the people who drive with a steering-wheel. To be more precise NO i don' t want to have any help with steering! Ban the TC too on the BF1!

If you happen to have a digital(buttons only) gamepad, destroy it and get a decent dual analogue one, with force feedback :-)

Last edited by Bluebird B B, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 21:56.

Quote from petercollins :

I prefer the new version as does the majority of F1 drivers according to Brundle. The old one was boring and dangerous - if those words can be used in the same sentence

Brundle?? That failed F1 driver? one persons opinion. He has the right to have one. But i rather here the opionion of your self, not telling somebody else thinks it was boring.
Rather strange to call it boring, high speed part, and slow stadium section where the drivers sometimes could hear the public screaming. The stadium part they had to get through with only very little downforce.

In the days of grand prix one and two, hockenheim was a very populair track in the game/simulation and also very populair with the tv-viewers of F1 irl. But Ecclestone wanted more money money His left eye has $$$ in it and his right eye has €€€ in it.

Last edited by Bluebird B B, Mon 3 Mar 2008, 21:42. Reason : English stays difficicult:-)

Quote from spankmeyer :

There's no 'true' dpi.

But the amount of pixels would tell me straight away if it will be any good for my A2-size art quality printing needs when I do know my printer's lpi.

Correct answer. Wasn't asking you though.