Quote from DU-racer :

Is it possible to remove public bans after driving 1year or more.If somebody dont report you

Mid term bans will be removed, but not permanent.

I think you are forgetting a bit that it might be that Moose did indeed have a conversation with said beta tester and the beta tester said it was ok to leak information. The information would get to the public and it would be harder to trace....

Saying that the simulator could be made of gold but like Sam pointed out most of the community here will not touch it with a ten foot barge pole because of the simple fact of how they are running the rental system congruent with a service payment. I want my money to mean something, not pissed away into the wind. I don't care how amazing the services are. There are other ways to earn money to support services like the event system iRacing is running.

Personally I also don't like the fact that the sim developers have the say in who races in leagues and who doesn't. For obvious reasons I feel there is a strong conflict of interest. Which is another reason why I won't look at the sim.

Third reason I won't touch the sim, there is no demo that is free. Why would I want to pay $20 to find out IF I like something, something seems wrong there to me.


The simulator itself is not the major problem. The problem starts with these above said points which has nothing to do with the actual game engine and physics and the unwillingness to look at the game stems from the shear amount of money needed to support sim racing. I race online because it's cheap, not because I want to.

Quote from Intrepid :

If iRacing have the confidence it is going to be the sim of all sims, then they would be wiser to think of advertisement income rather than fleecing the simmer? If it really is that good then the numbers they want to attract 100,000+ (lol) would be sufficent to offer full advertisement packages.

This was the direction my first post eluded to. IMO it would be a much wiser direction. The people playing simulators play for a reason, that reason is they don't have the money to do the real thing and increasing the level of money required only raises the entrance bar, thus limiting participants, but I guess this is the way they want to go with their glorified league system with their own private simulator...

Quote from orange_boy_uk :

Ford Focus is a great handling FWD car, one of the best in it's class for handling. I never knew people actualy brought them LFS t'shirts :P

It's decent, here is the reigning king for FWD's in both handling and acceleration from the factory. The Super Mini is right behind it.

http://www.autoblog.com/2005/0 ... track-day-dodge-srt4-acr/

LOL awesome, love that 'bike' =)

Thats about 2 weeks before Aimee is due, not sure if I can go on this one =/

Quote from Shotglass :

is he deaf lives alone and is at least 10 miles away from the next house?

LOL I think he does now =)

Quote from Shotglass :

I did and i completely regret doing so... cost me a couple of months that ill never get back to get my money back from the crappy shop i bought it from

I made that same mistake as well. My 12 year old brother now has it while I use my momo.

Quote from SamH :

In STCC season 1, the curb was specifically defined as being part of the track, and therefore 2 wheels on the curb was not a cut in the rules. If/when drivers exceeded that tolerance, they were penalised.

Quote from bbman :

I've yet to see an LfS League that enforces the "2 wheels within the track"-rule, because nobody stays within the lines at Aston, Kyoto or Fern Bay...

Not seeing where you are getting this from. Pickup racing is one thing, but I have not seen league races where they allow people to cut tracks... unless the driver is running some club type event with little regard to professionalism. I know for a fact the STCC and eTM enforce/d these rules. I was a driver for one and I am an admin for the other. So there is at least two leagues that have/has enforced these rules.

So, if you goto the store and see something you really want, worth $300 over the course of a year? You think this is cheap and people should be wanting to spend their money on it? Which is what you guys are saying is acceptable. Can't see that myself. That pays for a month of food or fuel.

I cannot justify paying that much for something that I can play for free with a great community and has rules that are very similar, albeit a bit more variable in the enforcement.

Quote from xaotik :

In a world where people believe that a god's kid can be born by a virgin woman after being commanded to do so by a lily-bearing angel, I find it hard to accept that you find it hard to accept.

LOL

Quote from Technique :

In LFS most people don't care if they hit a wall or go off the track since it's just a game. I'm guilty of this too. I think iRacing's system will encourage better driving. People won't jump into a new track and attempt to drive it at 10/10ths.

I do agree to a certain extent, but you guys are willing to pay that much a month for something like that? To me thats just nuts, get in a good league and you will get the same level of professionalism.

Is having real cars/tracks really worth all that cash? To me it's not and find it hard to accept that others are crazy enough to think it's acceptable, but I am biased.

Quote from Technique :

A nascar is not similar to my own car though... My knowledge of rFactor is lacking, but I was under the assumption that the physics are only good in a few mods (good meaning acceptable but not as good as LFS).

the only two cars that will be available I though for Iracing was a stockcar and legend car. IIRC with Nascar you can get different cars as well.

RF is ok, it just feels funny at the limit and you don't need to be at the limit to learn which corner is next =)

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Have you seen Jakg? I don't think they want him for those skills as it is.

LOL now that was below the belt. From what I heard she's an honest keeper

Nice =) can't beat it =)

Nice to hear that you relate LFS to RL too. It's not perfect, but IMO the basics are there.

Quote from Technique :

Surprised to see so many vettes in that picture. I didn't think they were popular in other countries. I think I've been watching too much Top Gear Nice lambo behind you too..

yeah everyone loves them, they are cheap, handle well, and boatloads of power. Shame they flex more than a bodybuilder showing off their muscles... if only they had remembered that unibodies cannot really handle that much power without twisting...

I do enjoy vette's rumour has it the Viper is going to be mothballed.

Quote from Technique :

I don't want to get screwed. But the idea of racing at Limerock or Watkins Glen in cars similar to my own before I do my first track day at said tracks is appealing to me.

You can get these in other games as well. WG comes in NASCAR 2003 IIRC. Limerock is in RF I believe too.

Quote from Dark Elite :

Just to round off, hovering over the image on the ribbon tells you what the block means as well as its corresponding report number and the date of the offence.

Sounds like you've got this pretty well thought out, Sam and the team, I like the ideas

Sam

Sam does a wicked job with the web interface, he's genius! I think he may be freaked out though if I ever mentioned the fact that I could kiss him because of it...oops

DONT RUN SAM! I DIDNT MEAN IT No you don't have to worry, I don't think any other Chris' want to kiss you either. Dustin maybe though, still not sure about that one

Quote from spankmeyer :

But you don't how to make it in teh marketing.

And I got better rules (fancier graphs) and strict jurisdiction that mostly concentrates on keeping Vain in the UF1.

Not mentioning that Finns do everything better and fear no one. Saw the Monaco GP last Sunday? That's right. We went on full assault against India on our own. And they got nukes!

LOL BTW, what did you get your hands on.. I want some!

LOL Sorry vain =)

=)

Glad it will help =)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4242447.stm

Processing power... meh, nothing special IMO, not anymore, thats for sure.

How's the racing going?

No, sorry. History is history and it cannot be deleted. However, if you did have a report against you something we look at is the timeline everything happens, when we are looking at with the reports we also look at the the points the person has, as well as yellows, finish percentage, ect.

So in other words let these other stats show that you can indeed drive and your history will mean less and less the farther we get from them.

:edit: Had a quick chat with Sam, we are possibly going to make it so some infractions will not be shown on public record after a given amount of time. However these will always show up to the admins and any league organizers pulling license information for recruitment.

Last edited by Christopher Raemisch, Mon, 26 May 2008 15:29.

Quote from Ian.H :

Umm.. wrong

While you can use the simple sine(?) generated data effects (which still act the same at the same point, each lap), you can also model bumps specifically, within inches of where you like, that will remain constant for as long as you drive the track.

LFS' tracks however, are pretty much like a baby's arse and I think the only "intentional" bumps are from where Eric was having a good evening (read: on the sauce).

Most track bumps in LFS are down to bad track building where polys don't quite meet each other



Regards,

Ian

I find that hard to believe myself. LFS doesn't have a lot of bumps, but the ones that are there are intentional, unless you can give 100% definite proof. Showing me where graphics don't quite match up won't do it for me, sorry, the graphic could be separate from the actual track running on, I have seen screen shots of that, especially on curbs.

A side note: If your car is having problems on the bumps lower your spring rates and especially your shock rates to get the car to float over the bumps better, doubly so if the bumps are in a brakezone. You may have adjust your ride height as well.